Diagnostic and prognostic value of metastasis inducer S100A4 transcripts in plasma of colon, rectal, and gastric cancer patients

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Diagnostic and prognostic value of metastasis inducer S100A4 transcripts in plasma of colon, rectal, and gastric cancer patients
Creators Name:	Stein, U. and Burock, S. and Herrmann, P. and Wendler, I. and Niederstrasser, M. and Wernecke, K.D. and Schlag, P.M.
Abstract:	Early detection of tumors and metastases is critical for improving treatment strategies and patient outcomes. The development of molecular markers and simple tests that are clinically applicable for detection, prognostication, and therapy monitoring is strongly needed. The gene S100A4 has long been known to act as a metastasis inducer. High S100A4 levels in the primary tumor are prognostic for metachronous metastasis and correlate with reduced patient survival. We provide, for the first time, a plasma-based assay for transcript quantification of S100A4 in gastrointestinal patients' plasma. We conducted a study to define the diagnostic and prognostic power of S100A4 transcripts using 466 plasma samples from colon, rectal, and gastric cancer patients. Plasma was separated, RNA was isolated, and S100A4 mRNA was determined by quantitative RT-PCR. S100A4 transcripts were increased in cancer patients of each entity (P < 0.0001) and all disease stages (P < 0.05), compared with tumor-free volunteers (sensitivities of 96%, 74%, and 90% and specificities of 59%, 82%, and 71%, for colon, rectal, and gastric cancer patients, respectively). Prospectively analyzed follow-up patients who later experienced metastasis showed higher S100A4 levels than follow-up patients without metastasis. Disease-free survival was decreased in high S100A4-expressing follow-up colorectal cancer patients (P = 0.013). In summary, we developed a method for quantitative S100A4 transcript determination in plasma that allows clinical application routinely. We demonstrated the diagnostic and prognostic potential of this method for early defining cancer staging and patients' risk for metastasis.
Keywords:	Biological Assay, Colorectal Neoplasms, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Neoplasm Metastasis, Prognosis, S100 Proteins
Source:	Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
ISSN:	1525-1578
Publisher:	American Society for Investigative Pathology
Volume:	13
Number:	2
Page Range:	189-198
Date:	March 2011
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2010.10.002
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