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Huo L, Gilcrease MZ. Fibroepithelial lesions of the breast with pleomorphic stromal giant cells: a clinicopathologic study of 4 cases and review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol 2009; 13:226-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Revised: 03/19/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gilcrease MZ, Zhou X, Lu X, Woodward WA, Hall BE, Morrissey PJ. Alpha6beta4 integrin crosslinking induces EGFR clustering and promotes EGF-mediated Rho activation in breast cancer. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2009; 28:67. [PMID: 19470173 PMCID: PMC2694164 DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-28-67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Background The α6β4 integrin is overexpressed in the basal subtype of breast cancer and plays an important role in tumor cell motility and invasion. EGFR is also overexpressed in the basal subtype of breast cancer, and crosstalk between α6β4 integrin and EGFR appears to be important in tumor progression. Methods We evaluated the effects of α6β4 crosslinking on the distribution and function of EGFR in breast carcinoma cell line MDA-MB-231. Receptor distribution was evaluated by fluorescence microscopy and multispectral imaging flow cytometry, and ligand-mediated EGFR signaling was evaluated using Western blots and a Rho pull-down assay. Results Antibody-mediated crosslinking of α6β4 integrin was sufficient to induce cell-surface clustering of not only α6β4 but also EGFR in nonadherent cells. The induced clustering of EGFR was observed minimally after 5 min of integrin crosslinking but was more prominent after 15 min. EGFR clustering had minimal effect on the phosphorylation of Akt or Erk1,2 in response to EGF in suspended cells or in response to HB-EGF in adherent cells. However, EGFR clustering induced by crosslinking α6β4 had a marked effect on Rho activation in response to EGF. Conclusion Crosslinking α6β4 integrin in breast carcinoma cells induces EGFR clustering and preferentially promotes Rho activation in response to EGF. We hypothesize that this integrin-EGFR crosstalk may facilitate tumor cell cytoskeletal rearrangements important for tumor progression.
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Hennessy BT, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Stemke-Hale K, Gilcrease MZ, Krishnamurthy S, Lee JS, Fridlyand J, Sahin A, Agarwal R, Joy C, Liu W, Stivers D, Baggerly K, Carey M, Lluch A, Monteagudo C, He X, Weigman V, Fan C, Palazzo J, Hortobagyi GN, Nolden LK, Wang NJ, Valero V, Gray JW, Perou CM, Mills GB. Characterization of a naturally occurring breast cancer subset enriched in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and stem cell characteristics. Cancer Res 2009; 69:4116-24. [PMID: 19435916 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-3441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 632] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Metaplastic breast cancers (MBC) are aggressive, chemoresistant tumors characterized by lineage plasticity. To advance understanding of their pathogenesis and relatedness to other breast cancer subtypes, 28 MBCs were compared with common breast cancers using comparative genomic hybridization, transcriptional profiling, and reverse-phase protein arrays and by sequencing for common breast cancer mutations. MBCs showed unique DNA copy number aberrations compared with common breast cancers. PIK3CA mutations were detected in 9 of 19 MBCs (47.4%) versus 80 of 232 hormone receptor-positive cancers (34.5%; P = 0.32), 17 of 75 HER-2-positive samples (22.7%; P = 0.04), 20 of 240 basal-like cancers (8.3%; P < 0.0001), and 0 of 14 claudin-low tumors (P = 0.004). Of 7 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathway phosphorylation sites, 6 were more highly phosphorylated in MBCs than in other breast tumor subtypes. The majority of MBCs displayed mRNA profiles different from those of the most common, including basal-like cancers. By transcriptional profiling, MBCs and the recently identified claudin-low breast cancer subset constitute related receptor-negative subgroups characterized by low expression of GATA3-regulated genes and of genes responsible for cell-cell adhesion with enrichment for markers linked to stem cell function and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In contrast to other breast cancers, claudin-low tumors and most MBCs showed a significant similarity to a "tumorigenic" signature defined using CD44(+)/CD24(-) breast tumor-initiating stem cell-like cells. MBCs and claudin-low tumors are thus enriched in EMT and stem cell-like features, and may arise from an earlier, more chemoresistant breast epithelial precursor than basal-like or luminal cancers. PIK3CA mutations, EMT, and stem cell-like characteristics likely contribute to the poor outcomes of MBC and suggest novel therapeutic targets.
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Gilcrease MZ, Kilpatrick SK, Woodward WA, Zhou X, Nicolas MM, Corley LJ, Fuller GN, Tucker SL, Diaz LK, Buchholz TA, Frost JA. Coexpression of alpha6beta4 integrin and guanine nucleotide exchange factor Net1 identifies node-positive breast cancer patients at high risk for distant metastasis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009; 18:80-6. [PMID: 19124484 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Preclinical data indicate that alpha6beta4 integrin signaling through Ras homolog gene family, member A, plays an important role in tumor cell motility. The objective of this study was to determine whether the combined expression of alpha6beta4 integrin and neuroepithelioma transforming gene 1 (Net1), a guanine nucleotide exchange factor specific for Ras homolog gene family member A, is associated with adverse clinical outcome in breast cancer patients. Immunohistochemical expression of each protein was evaluated in a tumor tissue microarray prepared from the primary tumors of 94 node-positive patients with invasive breast carcinoma treated with total mastectomy and doxorubicin-based chemotherapy without radiation with a median follow-up of 12.5 years. Associations between staining results and multiple clinicopathologic variables were investigated. Although there was no significant association between alpha6beta4 integrin or Net1 expression and clinical outcome when each marker was considered individually, coexpression of alpha6beta4 and Net1 was associated with decreased distant metastasis-free survival (P = 0.030). In the subset of patients with hormone receptor-positive tumors, coexpression of alpha6beta4 and Net1 was associated with a decrease in distant metastasis-free and overall survival (P < 0.001 and P = 0.006, respectively). Although an association between human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression and coexpression of alpha6beta4 and Net1 (P = 0.008) was observed, coexpression of alpha6beta4 and Net1 (hazard ratio, 1.63; P = 0.02) and lymphovascular invasion (hazard ratio, 2.35; P = 0.02) were the only factors independently associated with the development of distant metastasis in multivariate analysis. These findings suggest that coexpression of alpha6beta4 integrin and Net1 could be a useful biomarker for aggressive disease in node-positive breast cancer patients.
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Khalifeh I, Deavers MT, Cristofanilli M, Coleman RL, Malpica A, Gilcrease MZ. Primary Peritoneal Serous Carcinoma Presenting as Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Breast J 2009; 15:176-81. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00693.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Akins JS, Hwang RF, Lucci A, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Gilcrease MZ, Hunt KK. How many sentinel lymph nodes are enough during sentinel lymph node dissection for breast cancer? Cancer 2008; 113:30-7. [PMID: 18457326 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND : It remains unclear how many sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) must be removed to accurately predict lymph node status during SLN dissection in breast cancer. The objective of this study was to determine how many SLNs need to be removed for accurate lymph node staging and which patient and tumor characteristics influence this number. METHODS : The authors reviewed data for all patients in their prospective database with clinical tumor, lymph node, metastasis (TNM) T1 through T3, N0, M0 breast cancer who underwent lymphatic mapping at their institution during the years 1994 through 2006. There were 777 patients who had at least 1 SLN that was positive for cancer. Simple and multiple quantile regression analyses were used to determine which patient and tumor characteristics were associated with the number of positive SLNs. The baseline number of SLNs that needed to be dissected for detection of 99% of positive SLNs in the total group of patients also was determined. RESULTS : The mean number of SLNs removed in the 777 lymph node-positive patients was 2.9 (range, 1-13 SLNs). Greater than 99% of positive SLNs were identified in the first 5 lymph nodes removed. On univariate analysis, tumor histology, patient race, tumor location, and tumor size significantly affected the number of SLNs that needed to be removed to identify 99% of all positive SLNs. On multivariate analysis, mixed ductal and lobular histology, Caucasian race, inner quadrant tumor location, and T1 tumor classification significantly increased the number of SLNs that needed to be removed to achieve 99% recovery of all positive SLNs. CONCLUSIONS : In general, the removal of a maximum of 5 SLNs at surgery allowed for the recovery of >99% of positive SLNs in patients with breast cancer. The current findings indicated that tumor histology, patient race, and tumor size and location may influence this number.
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Yi M, Meric-Bernstam F, Ross MI, Akins JS, Hwang RF, Lucci A, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Gilcrease MZ, Hunt KK. How many sentinel lymph nodes are enough during sentinel lymph node dissection for breast cancer? Cancer 2008. [PMID: 18457326 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23514.pmid:18457326;pmcid:pmc4365472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND : It remains unclear how many sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) must be removed to accurately predict lymph node status during SLN dissection in breast cancer. The objective of this study was to determine how many SLNs need to be removed for accurate lymph node staging and which patient and tumor characteristics influence this number. METHODS : The authors reviewed data for all patients in their prospective database with clinical tumor, lymph node, metastasis (TNM) T1 through T3, N0, M0 breast cancer who underwent lymphatic mapping at their institution during the years 1994 through 2006. There were 777 patients who had at least 1 SLN that was positive for cancer. Simple and multiple quantile regression analyses were used to determine which patient and tumor characteristics were associated with the number of positive SLNs. The baseline number of SLNs that needed to be dissected for detection of 99% of positive SLNs in the total group of patients also was determined. RESULTS : The mean number of SLNs removed in the 777 lymph node-positive patients was 2.9 (range, 1-13 SLNs). Greater than 99% of positive SLNs were identified in the first 5 lymph nodes removed. On univariate analysis, tumor histology, patient race, tumor location, and tumor size significantly affected the number of SLNs that needed to be removed to identify 99% of all positive SLNs. On multivariate analysis, mixed ductal and lobular histology, Caucasian race, inner quadrant tumor location, and T1 tumor classification significantly increased the number of SLNs that needed to be removed to achieve 99% recovery of all positive SLNs. CONCLUSIONS : In general, the removal of a maximum of 5 SLNs at surgery allowed for the recovery of >99% of positive SLNs in patients with breast cancer. The current findings indicated that tumor histology, patient race, and tumor size and location may influence this number.
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Hennessy BT, Gilcrease MZ, Kim E, Gonzalez-Angulo AM. Breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation and myocardial metastases. Clin Breast Cancer 2008; 7:892-4. [PMID: 18269781 DOI: 10.3816/cbc.2007.n.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A 63-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma presenting as a perianal mass without an obvious primary site. Two years later, she presented with a breast mass determined on histologic examination to be the primary neuroendocrine carcinoma. The tumor was weakly positive for estrogen receptor and clearly originated in multifocal ductal carcinoma in situ. At the same time, she was found to have multiple metastases in bone and liver and, later, heart. Most studies report a relatively poor prognosis and limited treatment responsiveness for neuroendocrine breast carcinoma. Better understanding of the cellular origin and molecular pathogenesis of this relatively enigmatic rare disease is required.
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Nicolas MM, Wu Y, Middleton LP, Gilcrease MZ. Loss of myoepithelium is variable in solid papillary carcinoma of the breast. Histopathology 2007; 51:657-65. [PMID: 17927587 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02849.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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AIMS Reports on the frequency of myoepithelial loss in solid papillary carcinoma (SPC) of the breast, an unusual variant of papillary carcinoma with a solid pattern of expansile growth, have been strikingly contradictory. The aim was to clarify the frequency of myoepithelial loss in cases of SPC diagnosed at our institution. METHODS AND RESULTS Eleven cases of SPC with available blocks or unstained slides were retrieved from the M. D. Anderson archives or obtained from outside contributors. Immunohistochemistry for smooth muscle actin (SMA) and p63 was evaluated on the circumscribed nests that appeared to be non-invasive by haematoxylin and eosin morphology. Three of the 11 cases (27%) were positive for both SMA and p63 at the periphery of all such foci, whereas eight cases (73%) lacked staining for both myoepithelial markers in at least one focus. Of these eight cases, one was diagnosed with only microinvasion, yet metastatic tumour resembling the circumscribed primary SPC was identified in two ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS SPC of the breast frequently lacks myoepithelial markers at the tumour-stromal interface in spite of a circumscribed non-invasive appearance. Metastases from such tumours are infrequent, but can occur in cases that lack myoepithelial marker expression by immunohistochemistry.
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Shen J, Gilcrease MZ, Babiera GV, Ross MI, Meric-Bernstam F, Feig BW, Kuerer HM, Francis A, Ames FC, Hunt KK. Feasibility and accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy after preoperative chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with documented axillary metastases. Cancer 2007; 109:1255-63. [PMID: 17330229 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND The feasibility and accuracy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with breast cancer after preoperative chemotherapy has been demonstrated in a number of large, single-institution studies. However, a relative contraindication to SLN biopsy after preoperative chemotherapy is the presence of axillary metastases at initial diagnosis. The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility and accuracy of SLN biopsy after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with documented axillary metastases at presentation. METHODS Between 1994 and 2002, 69 patients who had axillary metastases identified by ultrasound-guided, fine-needle aspiration underwent SLN biopsy after treatment on prospective, preoperative chemotherapy protocols. All but 8 patients underwent axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Those 8 patients either declined additional surgery or were offered enrollment in other institutional protocols. RESULTS The median patient age was 49 years, and the median primary tumor size was 4 cm. The SLN identification rate was 92.8%. Thirty-one of 64 patients (48.4%) had successfully mapped, positive SLNs. Sixty-one patients underwent ALND, including 5 patients who did not have an SLN identified. In the 56 patients in whom a SLN was identified and an ALND was performed, 10 patients had a false-negative SLN (25%). CONCLUSIONS SLN biopsy was feasible after preoperative chemotherapy, even in patients who initially presented with cytologically proven, lymph node-positive disease. However, the false-negative rate of SLN biopsy in this group of patients was much higher than that observed in clinically lymph node-negative patients. Based on the current results, the status of the SLN cannot be used as a reliable indicator of the presence or absence of residual disease in the axilla in this patient population.
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Mazurek N, Sun YJ, Liu KF, Gilcrease MZ, Schober W, Nangia-Makker P, Raz A, Bresalier RS. Phosphorylated galectin-3 mediates tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand signaling by regulating phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 in human breast carcinoma cells. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:21337-48. [PMID: 17420249 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608810200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Galectin-3 (GAL3), a beta-galactoside-binding lectin, confers chemoresistance to a wide variety of cancer cell types. It may exhibit anti- or pro-apoptotic activity depending on the nature of the stimulus. We report here that introducing phosphorylated galectin-3 (P-GAL3) into GAL3-null, tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-resistant human breast carcinoma cells promotes TRAIL-induced apoptotic cell death by stimulating the phosphorylation/inactivation of the pro-apoptotic molecule Bad resulting in the inhibition of mitochondrial depolarization and the release of cytochrome c. Exposure of the transfectant cells to TRAIL leads to the recruitment of the initiator capase-8 followed by activation of the effector caspase-9, independent of cytochrome c, and subsequently the processing of the executioner caspase-3. P-GAL3 and phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) were coordinately expressed, with concomitant dephosphorylation of Akt in TRAIL-sensitive cells. In contrast, overexpression of phospho-mutant GAL3 (incapable of phosphorylation) failed to elicit similar responses. Depletion of PTEN using small interference RNAs reinstated Akt phosphorylation and conferred TRAIL resistance. In addition phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors rendered the phospho-mutant GAL3-resistant cells sensitive to TRAIL. These findings suggest a pivotal role for P-GAL3 in promoting TRAIL sensitivity through activation of a nonclassic apoptotic pathway and identify P-GAL3 as a novel regulator of PTEN.
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Gilcrease MZ. Integrin signaling in epithelial cells. Cancer Lett 2006; 247:1-25. [PMID: 16725254 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Revised: 03/29/2006] [Accepted: 03/29/2006] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Although most cells of adult mammals express multiple different integrins, particular types of cells have a characteristic repertoire of integrin expression. Benign and malignant epithelial cells use specific integrins to allow the epithelial microenvironment to modulate a wide variety of cell functions, including cell survival, proliferation, morphogenesis, differentiation, motility, invasion and metastasis. An important concept emerging from the data on integrin signal transduction is that integrin signaling impinges on pathways downstream of other receptors, creating elaborate intracellular signaling networks. This review highlights signal transduction functions of epithelial integrins, with particular emphasis on signaling pathways underlying some of the most important functions of epithelium.
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Gilcrease MZ, Sahin A. Pathological evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer. METHODS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE 2006; 120:113-25. [PMID: 16491598 DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-969-9:113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Nodal staging is the most important prognostic factor in the management of patients with breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure enables selective targeting of the first lymph node that drains the tumor when the initial metastases occur. A negative sentinel node predicts the absence of tumor mestastases in the other regional lymph nodes with high accuracy. Thorough histopathological evaluation of SLNs important for accurate assessment. In this chapter, we discuss the histopathological evaluation of SLNs.
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Davis WG, Hennessy B, Babiera G, Hunt K, Valero V, Buchholz TA, Sneige N, Gilcrease MZ. Metaplastic Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Breast With Absent or Minimal Overt Invasive Carcinomatous Component. Am J Surg Pathol 2005; 29:1456-63. [PMID: 16224212 DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000176431.96326.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms ranging from tumors with a predominant component of overt carcinoma and focal mesenchymal differentiation to keratin-positive tumors with pure sarcomatoid morphology. We examined the clinicopathologic features of 22 patients previously diagnosed at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center with metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with pure or almost pure sarcomatoid morphology. Patients were included in the study if their tumors had sarcomatoid morphology and: 1) an invasive carcinomatous component identifiable on hematoxylin and eosin stains comprising less than 5% of the invasive tumor; or 2) associated ductal carcinoma in situ; or 3) immunohistochemical expression of keratin in the sarcomatoid areas. Patients with low-grade fibromatosis-like metaplastic tumors and those who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy were excluded. Axillary lymph node dissection or limited axillary node excision was performed in 17 patients, including 1 patient who had a sentinel lymph node biopsy. Lymph node involvement occurred in only 1 patient and consisted of a single 3.5-mm metastasis. Clinical follow-up was available for 21 patients and ranged from 4 months to 155 months (median follow-up, 35 months). Ten patients experienced local relapse, including 7 of 11 patients treated with breast-conserving surgery, and 9 developed distant metastases, most frequently to the lungs. These findings suggest that metaplastic sarcomatoid carcinomas that lack or have only a minimal overt invasive carcinomatous component have a biologic behavior similar to that of sarcomas. In addition to systemic treatment, early aggressive local therapy is recommended, as these patients have a high rate of local relapse.
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Onn A, Choe DH, Herbst RS, Correa AM, Munden RF, Truong MT, Vaporciyan AA, Isobe T, Gilcrease MZ, Marom EM. Tumor cavitation in stage I non-small cell lung cancer: epidermal growth factor receptor expression and prediction of poor outcome. Radiology 2005; 237:342-7. [PMID: 16183941 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2371041650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To retrospectively identify radiographic characteristics of stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that may correlate with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or HER2 expression or with prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was approved by the institutional review board, with waiver of informed consent, and was in compliance with HIPAA regulations. Findings of chest computed tomography (CT) were retrospectively evaluated in 72 patients who underwent resection of pathologic stage I NSCLC; tumor diameter, presence of calcifications, type of contour, type of margins, attenuation of the nodule, presence of a halo, presence of cavitation, and tumor location were documented. Immunohistochemical studies were performed in surgical specimens. Imaging and molecular data were correlated with patient outcome. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to correlate biologic and radiographic variates with clinical outcome. RESULTS There were 38 men (53%) and 34 women (47%) (median age, 65.5 years). Median follow-up was 56.3 months; median overall survival, 76.3 months. A strong correlation was found between tumor diameter measured by radiologists and that measured by pathologists (P < .001; Pearson correlation coefficient, 0.81). EGFR overexpression was found in 48 (67%) tumors; significantly more was found in squamous cell carcinomas than was found in adenocarcinomas (P = .028), and more was found in T2 tumors than was found in T1 tumors (P = .001). HER2 overexpression was found in 13 (18%) tumors; cavitation, in 16 (22%) tumors. Cavitary lesions were significantly more common in squamous cell carcinomas than were in adenocarcinomas (P = .013) and in EGFR-overexpressing tumors (P = .012) than in tumors that did not overexpress EGFR. Cavitary lesions were significantly associated with shorter disease-free survival time (P = .01) and shorter overall survival time (P < .007). CONCLUSION Patients who have stage I NSCLC with cavitary lesions have an adverse prognosis and are likely to have tumor EGFR overexpression.
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Diaz LK, Cristofanilli M, Zhou X, Welch KL, Smith TL, Yang Y, Sneige N, Sahin AA, Gilcrease MZ. Beta4 integrin subunit gene expression correlates with tumor size and nuclear grade in early breast cancer. Mod Pathol 2005; 18:1165-75. [PMID: 15920552 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In vitro data support a role for the alpha6beta4 integrin in tumor cell migration and invasion, particularly in breast carcinoma cells, but clinical data on this potentially important integrin are limited. The beta4 integrin subunit has been shown to cluster with genes characteristic of basal/myoepithelial cells in cDNA microarray analyses of breast cancer, and the subset of breast cancers with increased expression of genes characteristic of basal/myoepithelial cells appears to be particularly aggressive. The purpose of this study was to determine whether alpha6beta4 integrin expression correlates with aggressive clinicopathologic features of breast cancer and whether expression of this integrin has prognostic significance in early breast cancer. We evaluated tumor expression of the beta4 integrin subunit gene in a cohort of patients with early invasive breast carcinoma by in situ hybridization and correlated expression levels with multiple clinicopathologic characteristics. We also evaluated expression of laminin-5 protein, the principal ligand of alpha6beta4, in this patient cohort. Although we observed a slight trend towards decreased disease-free survival for patients whose tumors had high beta4 gene expression and coexpression of laminin-5, this did not reach statistical significance (P=0.11). However, we did observe a correlation between beta4 mRNA expression and both tumor size (P=0.01) and tumor nuclear grade (P<0.01). These results do not demonstrate prognostic significance for beta4 gene expression and/or laminin-5 protein expression in early breast cancer, but increased beta4 gene expression in larger tumors and in higher grade tumors does support a potential role for the alpha6beta4 integrin in tumor progression.
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Erguvan-Dogan B, Dempsey PJ, Ayyar G, Gilcrease MZ. Primary Desmoid Tumor (Extraabdominal Fibromatosis) of the Breast. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2005; 185:488-9. [PMID: 16037525 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.185.2.01850488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Diaz LK, Zhou X, Wright ET, Cristofanilli M, Smith T, Yang Y, Sneige N, Sahin A, Gilcrease MZ. CD44 expression is associated with increased survival in node-negative invasive breast carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11:3309-14. [PMID: 15867228 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-2184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE CD44 is a multifunctional cell surface receptor with many known splice variants, some of which have been reported to play a role in tumor progression. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of CD44 isoforms in early-stage, lymph node-negative invasive breast carcinoma. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Immunohistochemical staining for CD44 isoforms was done on archival paraffin tissue sections of invasive breast carcinoma from a cohort of lymph node-negative patients who received no adjuvant tamoxifen or chemotherapy and who had a mean clinical follow-up period of 15 years. Immunohistochemical staining was done with antibodies to CD44s, the standard isoform of CD44, and to isoforms containing variant exon 6 (CD44v6); levels of staining were correlated with clinical outcome data. RESULTS There was a trend towards increased disease-free survival for patients whose tumors had high anti-CD44s positivity (P = 0.05), and a significant association was observed between anti-CD44s positivity and disease-related survival (P = 0.04). Expression of CD44v6 isoforms did not correlate with clinical outcome. CONCLUSION CD44 expression, as assessed by immunohistochemical staining with anti-CD44s, may be a favorable prognostic factor in patients with node-negative invasive breast carcinoma.
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Gilcrease MZ, Zhou X, Welch K. Adhesion-independent alpha6beta4 integrin clustering is mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Cancer Res 2004; 64:7395-8. [PMID: 15492261 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-1809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Clustering of cell-surface integrins is known to augment integrin-mediated signal transduction, but mechanisms of integrin clustering are poorly understood. Here we report that adhesion-independent clustering of alpha6beta4 integrin, known to be important in mediating tumor cell motility, is driven by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) but does not require activation of the PI3K-Akt pathway. We observed clustering of alpha6beta4 in breast carcinoma cells after adhesion-independent cross-linking of the beta4 integrin subunit. Clustering was significantly blocked when cross-linking was performed in the presence of PI3K inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin. In contrast, no significant inhibition of clustering was observed with protein kinase C inhibitor GF109203X, rapamycin, or heparin. Although alpha6beta4 clustering was blocked by PI3K inhibitors, clustering was not associated with increased PI3K lipid kinase activity or increased phosphorylation of Akt. A novel role for PI3K in alpha6beta4 integrin clustering is proposed.
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Diaz LK, Zhou X, Welch K, Sahin A, Gilcrease MZ. Chromogenic in situ hybridization for alpha6beta4 integrin in breast cancer: correlation with protein expression. J Mol Diagn 2004; 6:10-5. [PMID: 14736821 PMCID: PMC1867466 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-1578(10)60485-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The alpha6beta4 integrin is the receptor for the basement membrane protein laminin-5. Recent studies suggest that alpha6beta4 integrin expression in invasive breast carcinomas may be a poor prognostic factor. Because we have not had reliable results with commercially available antibodies for the immunohistochemical detection of alpha6beta4 integrin in archival paraffin-embedded tissues, we designed a probe to detect beta4 integrin subunit mRNA in paraffin sections. In situ hybridization for beta4 mRNA was performed on paraffin-embedded tissue sections of 25 invasive breast carcinomas using a hyperbiotinylated oligonucleotide DNA probe. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on corresponding frozen tumor sections using two commercially available antibodies to the beta4 integrin subunit. All cases positive for beta4 protein by one or both antibodies were also positive for beta4 mRNA by in situ hybridization, but three cases with beta4 mRNA expression were negative by immunohistochemistry with both antibodies. These findings suggest that in situ hybridization appears to be a sensitive method for detecting beta4 integrin mRNA, but it appears to identify some cases that either lack beta4 protein or express variants not recognized with commercial antibodies directed to particular extracellular or cytoplasmic domains.
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Esteva FJ, Sahin AA, Rassidakis GZ, Yuan LXH, Smith TL, Yang Y, Gilcrease MZ, Cristofanilli M, Nahta R, Pusztai L, Claret FX. Jun activation domain binding protein 1 expression is associated with low p27(Kip1)levels in node-negative breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2003; 9:5652-9. [PMID: 14654548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose is to evaluate expression levels of Jun activation domain-binding protein 1 (JAB1) in breast cancer tissue and adjacent normal tissue, to determine whether JAB1 expression is associated with p27(Kip1) expression in invasive breast carcinomas, and to evaluate the prognostic significance of JAB1 and p27(Kip1) in node-negative breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN JAB1 levels were measured in 10 matched pairs of invasive breast tumor tissue and adjacent normal tissue using Western blot analysis. We also investigated the immunoreactivity of JAB1 and p27(Kip1) levels in paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 220 patients with node-negative breast cancer who had not received adjuvant systemic therapy. The median follow-up was 15 years. RESULTS JAB1 was expressed at higher levels in invasive tumors than in adjacent normal tissue (P = 0.01). JAB1 overexpression was observed in 57% of invasive breast cancers. Low levels of p27(Kip1) were noted in 70% of the tumor specimens. We found an inverse correlation between JAB1 and p27(Kip1) expression levels (P = 0.01). JAB1 overexpression was associated with patient age of at least 50 years (P = 0.03) and tumor size of </=2 cm (P = 0.01). Elevated levels of p27(Kip1) were associated with low nuclear grade (P = 0.01). At 5 years of follow-up, neither JAB1 nor p27(Kip1) expression was related to disease-free survival. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that JAB1 is commonly overexpressed in invasive breast carcinomas. JAB1 overexpression is associated with low levels of p27(Kip1) in node-negative breast cancer. In this study, JAB1 and p27(Kip1) were not independent prognostic factors.
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Diaz LK, Hunt K, Ames F, Meric F, Kuerer H, Babiera G, Ross M, Singletary E, Middleton LP, Symmans WF, Krishnamurthy S, Sahin A, Sneige N, Gilcrease MZ. Histologic localization of sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer. Am J Surg Pathol 2003; 27:385-9. [PMID: 12604895 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200303000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Data from a recent study support the hypothesis that axillary lymph node metastases frequently localize near the inflow junction of the afferent lymphatic vessel. Our goal was to evaluate the microscopic location of axillary sentinel lymph node metastases in a prospective study of breast cancer patients. A total of 305 axillary sentinel lymph nodes from 213 breast cancer patients undergoing surgery at our institution were evaluated. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy using technetium-labeled sulfur colloid and intraoperative isosulfan blue dye injection were used for identifying the sentinel lymph node. Intraoperatively, the surgeon placed a suture either at the point of entry of isosulfan blue dye or at the area with the highest radioactive counts, and this area was inked at the grossing bench before processing. Metastases were identified in 55 of the 305 lymph nodes examined. Thirty-four nodes contained metastases in both the inked half and the opposite half. Metastatic tumor was identified in the inked half alone in 18 lymph nodes. Only three nodes contained metastatic tumor in the opposite half with no tumor in the inked half (p <0.001). Similar results were found when nodes tagged at the point of blue dye entry and nodes tagged at the area with the highest radioactive counts were analyzed separately. Our findings suggest that metastatic tumor has a higher probability of being present in the region of the inflow junction of the afferent lymphatic vessel. This information may be useful in determining the optimal method for evaluating axillary sentinel lymph node specimens from breast cancer patients.
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Zhang X, Liu Y, Gilcrease MZ, Yuan XH, Clayman GL, Adler-Storthz K, Chen Z. A lymph node metastatic mouse model reveals alterations of metastasis-related gene expression in metastatic human oral carcinoma sublines selected from a poorly metastatic parental cell line. Cancer 2002; 95:1663-72. [PMID: 12365014 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Greater than 40% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity have lymph node metastasis at the time of diagnosis and a 5-year survival rate of less than 50%. Changes in gene expression that regulate metastasis of SCC to lymph nodes have not been identified. METHODS To study metastasis of oral SCC, highly metastatic oral SCC cell lines from a poorly metastatic oral SCC cell line were established by in vivo selection using a lymph node metastatic mouse model. The metastatic potential of the cells was studied using Matrigel invasion and cell surface protein adhesion assays. mRNA and protein encoded from metastasis-related genes in the metastatic derivatives and in their parental cells were examined using Northern blot analysis, immunoblotting, rapid analysis of gene expression, and a cDNA microarray technique. RESULTS The in vivo selected metastatic cells showed much higher Matrigel invasion capability than the parental cells. They also showed alterations in their adhesion properties to three cell surface proteins. Comparison of metastatic and nonmetastatic cells revealed several significant alterations in the expression of metastasis-related genes, including up-regulation of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, integrin beta1, membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase, and down-regulation of protease-activated receptor-1. CONCLUSIONS To the authors' knowledge, the current study is the first to report on gene expression analysis using a lymph node metastatic mouse model of human oral SCC. The data suggest that certain alterations of metastasis-related gene expression favor invasion of oral SCC and that cell surface proteins may play major roles in the metastasis of oral SCC to the lymph nodes.
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Liu Y, Gilcrease MZ, Henderson Y, Yuan XH, Clayman GL, Chen Z. Expression of protease-activated receptor 1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Lett 2001; 169:173-80. [PMID: 11431106 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00504-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR-1) is a G-coupled membrane protein. In this study, we analyzed the expression of PAR-1 in oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). PAR-1 was expressed in oral SCCs, but the level of PAR-1 protein was lower in non-metastatic cells than in metastatic cells. Thrombin stimulated the growth of metastatic cells, and both thrombin and thrombin receptor activation peptide (TRP) enhanced the adhesion of these cells to fibronectin, but had no effect on non-metastatic cells. Thrombin and TRP also induced matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 activities in metastatic cells. These results suggest that PAR-1 may contribute to the growth and invasive potential of oral SCC.
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