Immunoradiometric measurement of pS2 in breast cancer--correlation with steroid receptors and plasminogen activators.
pS2 was measured by radioimmunometric assay in tumour extracts from 197 breast cancer patients. Values ranged from 0 to 50 ng/mg protein (mean 9.6 and median 3 ng/mg). We found no correlation with age, menopausal status, nodal metastases, disease stage or tumour histology. There was, however, a linear relationship with both ER (p < 0.0001) (particularly nuclear ER) and PR (p < 0.0001) expression determined by enzyme immunoassay (ELISA), as well as a good correlation when high and low expressors were stratified on the basis of combined ER/PR expression using consensus cut-off points. Only 15% of ER - ve/PR - ve patients were classified as pS2 + ve compared with 83% of those who were ER + ve/PR + ve. pS2 was also directly correlated with high expression of tPA and inversely with uPA. Comparison with previous studies showed that the current ELISA method produced consistent results, in contrast to other methods, particularly those based on immunohistochemical detection. The close relationship between pS2 and both steroid receptors suggests that pS2 may be important in terms of defining hormone-responsive patients who are likely to benefit from endocrine therapy.
Luqmani
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Kuwait Cancer Control Center, and the Faculties of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Sulaibikhat. yunus@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw
Temmim
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Memon
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Parkar
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Ali
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Motawy
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Baker
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H
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D008875:Middle Aged; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000032:analysis*; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000032:analysis; D000071163:Trefoil Factor-1; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000032:analysis
D011506:Proteins; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; C051838:TFF1 protein, human; D000071163:Trefoil Factor-1; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator