Synaptonemal complex protein 3 is associated with lymphangiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer patients with lymph node metastasis
- Authors
- Kitano, Haruhisa; Chung, Joon-Yong; Noh, Kyung Hee; Lee, Young-Ho; Kim, Tae Woo; Lee, Seok Hyung; Eo, Soo-Heang; Cho, Hyung Jun; Choi, Chel Hun; Inoue, Shuhei; Hanaoka, Jun; Fukuoka, Junya; Hewitt, Stephen M.
- Issue Date
- 17-6월-2017
- Publisher
- BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
- Keywords
- SCP3; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymph node metastasis; Non-small cell lung cancer
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, v.15
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 15
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/83110
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12967-017-1241-5
- ISSN
- 1479-5876
- Abstract
- Background: The interaction of vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C)/VEGF-D/VEGF receptor-3 is considered to be a major driver of lymphangiogenesis, however the mechanism of this process remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the possible lymphangiogenic significance of synaptonemal complex protein 3 (SCP3) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: The expression of SCP3, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D were measured and examined a correlation between SCP3 and VEGF-C or VEGF-D in various human lung cancer cell lines. Subsequently, we assessed SCP3, VEGF-A, VEGF-B, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D expression in archival tumor tissues from 89 NSCLC patients with lymph node (LN) metastasis by combined immunohistochemistry with quantitative digital image analysis. Results: Positive correlations between SCP3 and VEGF-C expression (R-2 = 0.743) and VEGF-D expression (R-2 = 0.932) were detected in various human lung cancer cell lines. The high expression of SCP3, VEGF-A, VEGF-B, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D were detected in 24 (27.0%), 22 (24.7%), 27 (30.3%), 27 (30.3%), and 24 cases (27.0%), respectively. Notably, SCP3 positively correlated with VEGF-C and VEGF-D expression (for both, P < 0.001) and negatively correlated with VEGF-A and VEGF-B expression (P = 0.029 and P = 0.026, respectively). In multivariate analysis of patients with LN metastasis, SCP3 expression predicted worse overall survival (hazard ratio = 1.86, P = 0.008). Conclusions: SCP3 is associated with lymphangiogenesis and provides insight into the SCP3-VEGF-C/VEGF-D axis based cancer therapy strategy.
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