title: Prognostic impact of CD73 and A2A adenosine receptor expression in non-small-cell lung cancer.
abstract: In immune cells, CD73 dephosphorylates and converts extracellular AMP into adenosine, which binds the A2A adenosine receptor (A2AR). Blockade of this interaction, which induces an immunosuppressed niche in the tumor microenvironment, represents a potential novel treatment strategy. The clinical significance of CD73 and A2AR expression in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), however, has yet to be thoroughly investigated. Here we evaluated CD73 and A2AR protein expression levels using immunohistochemistry in tissue microarrays containing 642 resected NSCLC specimens. Furthermore, we compared the expression profiles of 133 paired primary tumors and lymph node metastases. CD73 and A2AR expression levels were significantly higher in females than in males, in never smokers than in ever smokers, and in adenocarcinomas than in squamous cell carcinomas. Among adenocarcinomas, significantly higher CD73 and A2AR expression was observed in TTF-1-positive and mutant EGFR-positive tumors than in their counterparts. Compared with CD73, A2AR expression was more inconsistent between primary tumors and lymph node metastases. Among NSCLC patients, high CD73 expression was an independent indicator of poor prognosis in multivariate Cox regression analyses for overall survival [hazard ratio (HR), 2.18; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.38-3.46] and recurrence-free survival (HR, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.42-2.95). In contrast, high A2AR expression was an independent predictor of favorable prognosis for overall survival (HR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.50-0.98) and recurrence-free survival (HR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.56-0.97). Together, these findings indicate that CD73 and A2AR have opposing prognostic effects, although cases involving CD73 or A2AR expression share some clinicopathological features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.|Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.|Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kahyo
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Akikazu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanahashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.affiliation: Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.|Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Funai
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinmura
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.affiliation: Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimura
mesh_terms: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase / Q000032:analysis*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D043705:Receptor, Adenosine A2A / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D046888:Tissue Array Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D043705:Receptor, Adenosine A2A; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; C548241:NT5E protein, human
keywords: A2AR; CD73; adenosine; non-small-cell lung cancer; prognosis