期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 18, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040622
关键词
triploid; circulating tumor microembolus; NE-iFISH; pancreatic cancer
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81525021, 81672431, 81672435, 81502067, 81302082, 31471340, 31470957, 81401957, 81472264]
- National Key Clinical Specialist Construction Programs of China [2013-544]
- Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin [13YCYBYC37400]
- Key Program of Public Health Bureau Foundation of Tianjin [15KG144]
- Major Anticancer Technologies R&D Program of Tianjin [12ZCDZSY16700]
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the most lethal type of gastrointestinal cancer, and early detection and monitoring is an urgent problem. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are emerging as a non-invasive biomarker for tumor detection. However, the low sensitivity is a main problem in the traditional CellSearch System for detecting CTCs, especially in patients with PC. In this study, we used negative enrichment (NE), immunofluorescence and in situ hybridization (FISH) of chromosome 8 (NE-iFISH) to capture and identify CTCs in PC patients. We showed that the NE-iFISH system exhibited a dramatically high detection rate of CTCs in PC patients (90%). The diagnostic rate of PC reached 97.5% when combining CTCs >= 2 and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) > 37 mu mol/L. The 1-year survival in the group of CTCs < 3 was significantly higher than that of CTCs >= 3 (p = 0.043). In addition, we analyzed the role of chromosomal instability in CTCs detection. The group of triploid (three hybridization signals of chromosome 8) CTCs >= 3 showed a shorter 1-year survival (p = 0.0279) and overall survival (p = 0.0188) than the group with triploid CTCs < 3. Importantly, the triploid CTC number but not the overall CTC counts could be a predictor of chemo-sensitivity. Moreover, circulating tumor microembolus (CTMs) were found in stage IV patients, and were positively related to the poor response to chemotherapy. In conclusion, the NE-iFISH system significantly improved the positive detection rate of CTCs and triploid CTC could be used to predict prognosis or the response to the chemotherapy of PC patients. CTM is a potential indicator of the chemotherapeutic effect in advanced PC patients.
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