Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2007, vol. 16, nr 3, May-June, p. 389–394

Publication type: review article

Language: English

Circulating Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule−1 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Patients with Laryngeal Squamous Cell Cancer

Ocena stężenia rozpuszczalnych form naczyniowej cząsteczki adhezyjnej oraz naczyniowo−śródbłonkowego czynnika wzrostu w surowicy pacjentów chorych na raka płaskonabłonkowego krtani

Marcin Frączek1,, Bożena Jaźwiec2,, Marcin Masalski1,, Beata Nadolska1,, Tomasz Kręcicki1,

1 Department of Otolaryngology, Silesian Piasts University of Medicine in Wrocław, Poland

2 Department of Hematology, Silesian Piasts University of Medicine in Wrocław, Poland

Abstract

Background. Tumor growth and subsequent metastatic spread of cancer cells are multistep processes accompanied by changes in the expressions of many growth factors and vascular adhesion molecules.
Objectives. Investigation whether serum levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule−1 (sVCAM−1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are related to clinicopathological variables of laryngeal squamous cell cancer (LSCC) patients.
Material and Methods. The serum concentrations of sVCAM−1 and VEGF165 were investigated in 41 patients with LSCC and in 27 controls by an enzyme−linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Results. In LSCC cases the mean ± SD serum concentration of sVCAM−1 was 542.1 ± 164.9 ng/ml (range: 388–1284 ng/ml) and of VEGF 519.4 ± 335.9 pg/ml (82–1374 pg/ml). The serum levels of both sVCAM−1 and VEGF were significantly elevated in LSCCs compared with the healthy controls (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively). In the control group the mean sVCAM−1 concentration was 434.8 ± 76.3 ng/ml (314.7–648.8 ng/ml) and VEGF level 263.6 ± 166.4 pg/ml (70.5–702.9 pg/ml). There were no significant differences between the serum levels of sVCAM−1 and VEGF and clinicopathological variables of the patients with LSCC. In neither the cancer cases nor the control group was a linear correlation between sVCAM−1 and VEGF serum levels found.
Conclusion. The results suggest that the serum levels of sVCAM−1 and VEGF165 are not clinically useful biomarkers for predicting tumor progression or for identifying the metastatic potential of LSCC.

Streszczenie

Wprowadzenie Wzrost guzów nowotworowych oraz tworzenie przerzutów to wieloetapowe procesy, w których często dochodzi do nadekspresji wielu czynników wzrostu i cząstek adhezyjnych.
Cel pracy. Ocena poziomu naczyniowej cząsteczki adhezyjnej−1 (sVCAM−1) oraz naczyniowo−śródbłonkowego czynnika wzrostu (VEGF) w surowicy pacjentów chorych na raka płaskonabłonkowego krtani oraz korelacja uzyskanych wyników ze wskaźnikami klinicznymi.
Materiał i metody. Stężenie rozpuszczalnych postaci sVCAM−1 i VEGF165 oceniono w surowicy krwi obwodowej pacjentów chorych na raka płaskonabłonkowego krtani oraz 27 osobowej grupie kontrolnej za pomocą metody immunoenzymatycznej (ELISA).
Wyniki. Stężenie sVCAM−1 w surowicy pacjentów z rakiem krtani wynosiło 388–1284 ng/ml (średnia 542,1 ng/ml; SD 164,9), stężenie VEGF 82–1374 pg/ml (średnia 519,4 pg/ml; SD 335,9). Stężenia sVCAM−1 i VEGF były istotnie statystycznie większe w surowicy pacjentów chorych na nowotwór w porównaniu z grupą kontrolną (odpowiednio p < 0,05 i p < 0,001). W grupie kontrolnej stężenie sVCAM−1 wynosiło 314,7–648,8 ng/ml (średnia 434,8 ng/ml; SD 76,3), a stężenie VEGF 70,5–702,9 pg/ml (średnia 263,6 pg/ml; SD 166,4). Nie stwierdzono istotnych zależności między stężeniem sVCAM−1 i VEGF a wskaźnikami klinicznymi i patologicznymi. Zarówno w grupie pacjentów chorych na raka krtani, jak i w grupie kontrolnej nie wykazano liniowej zależności między stężeniami obu badanych markerów.
Wnioski. Uzyskane wyniki sugerują, że ocena stężenia sVCAM−1 oraz VEGF w surowicy pacjentów chorych na raka płaskonabłonkowego krtani nie ma klinicznego znaczenia w przewidywaniu progresji raka i ocenie możliwości tworzenia przerzutów.

Key words

laryngeal cancer, sVCAM−1, VEGF

Słowa kluczowe

rak krtani, sVCAM−1, VEGF

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