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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
卷 11, 期 15, 页码 5481-5486出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-0285
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Purpose: To determine the prevalence and the prognostic value of microtubule component expression in tumors of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Experimental Design: Expression of microtubular components was immunohistochemically examined in 93 tumor samples from untreated patients with stage III and IV NSCLC. All patients received vinorelbine-based chemotherapy. Response to chemotherapy, progression-free survival, and overall survival were correlated with the expression of microtubule proteins. Results: The response rate was 27.3% (21 partial responses among 77 valuable patients). Although expression of microtubule components was not associated with the response rate, high class III beta-tubulin expression was correlated with resistance to vinorelbine, defined as disease progression under treatment. Patients whose tumors expressed high levels of class III beta-tubulin isotype had shorter progression-free survival and overall survival (P = 0.002 and 0.001, respectively). High Delta 2 alpha-tubulin expression was associated with a shorter overall survival (P = 0.018). Tubulin 11 levels were not found to be correlated with patient outcome. A multivariate analysis, taking into account sex, age, histology, stage, weight loss, and class II beta-tubulin, class III beta-tubulin, and Delta 2 beta-tubulin levels, confirmed that class III beta-tubulin expression was independently correlated with progression-free survival (P = 0.04) and overall survival (P = 0.012). Conclusions: These findings suggest that a high level of expression of class III beta-tubulin in tumor cells is associated with resistance to vinorelbine and a poor prognosis in patients with NSCLC receiving vinorelbine-based chemotherapy.
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