Persistent CXCR4 expression after preoperative chemoradiotherapy predicts early recurrence and poor prognosis in esophageal cancer

作     者：Kenji Koishi Reigetsu Yoshikawa Tohru Tsujimura Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki Syoudou Kojima Hidenori Yanagi Takehira Yamamura Yoshinori Fujiwara 

作者机构：Second Department of Surgery Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 Japan Second Department of Surgery Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 Japan Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 Japan Second Department of Pathology Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 Japan Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 Japan Department of Genetics Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 Japan 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第12卷第47期

页      面：7585-7590页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by grants from the Medical Research Fund of Hyogo Medical Association 

主　　题：CXC chemokine receptor-4 Metastasis Chemoradiotherapy Esophageal cancer 

摘      要：AIM: To study the effect of CXC chemokine receptor-4 (CXCR4) expression on disease progression and prognosis in esophageal cancer. METHODS: CXCR4 expression was evaluated in 37 patients with histologically confirmed esophageal squamous carcinomas (ESCC) undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) by immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: Eleven out of 37 ESCC patients showed a pathological complete response (CR) after CRT. CXCR4 protein expression was observed in cell cytoplasms of 13 tumors, and null expression was seen in 13 tumors. Distant recurrence was significantly more common in patients with positive CXCR4 expression (P = 0.0318). After a median follow-up time of 31.6 mo, 19 patients progressed (12 of 19 expressed positive CXCR4) and 11 died (10 of 11 expressed positive CXCR4). Overall survival was significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis (952.1 ± 53.8 d in negative group vs 475.1 ± 56.2 d in positive group, P = 0.023), distant metastasis (874.0 ± 60.4 d in negative group vs 434.9 ± 75.2 d in positive group, P = 0.014) and CRT (811.5 ± 51.2 d in responder group vs 459.6 ± 94.0 d in non-responder group, P = 0.00038) and further with an absence ofCXCR4 expression or no residual tumor (959.8 ± 51.0 d in null expression or no tumor group vs 412.0 ± 57.1 d in positive expression group, P = 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Persistent positive CXCR4 expression is implicated in tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis in ESCC after CRT, and preoperative CRT may improve the prognosis of ESCC via CXCL12-CXCR4 signaling pathway.