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ID 111303
Author
Horiguchi, Hidehisa The University of Tokushima KAKEN Search Researchers
Yamagata, Sumiyo Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital
Qian, Zhi Rong The University of Tokushima
Kagawa, Seiko The University of Tokushima KAKEN Search Researchers
Sakashita, Naomi The University of Tokushima KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
axillary lymph node
breast carcinoma
desmoplasia
metastasis
thrombospondin-1
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Desmoplastic (scirrhous) invasion and lymph node metastasis are critical for the treatment and prognosis of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Despite being an anti-angiogenic therapeutic candidate, Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) promotes invasion and metastasis of some carcinomas. To clarify the effect of TSP-1 on invasion and metastasis, we obtained 101 invasive ductal carcinomas of the breast with axillary lymph node resection. All tumors were histologically divided into two categories, carcinomas with, and those with non- /minimal desmoplastic component. Immunohistochemistry for TSP-1 was performed on all primary tumors and axillary lymph nodes with tumor metastasis. Fifty-four (53.5%) of 101 tumors were recognized as positive for TSP-1 in the cytoplasm of tumor cells. Histological study showed that significantly more cancers with desmoplastic components (46/69, 66.7%) manifested TSP-1 expression than did cancers with no- or minimal (less than 20%) desmoplasia (8/32, 25.0% ; p< 0.001). Axillary lymph node metastasis was significantly higher in TSP-1-positive- (28/54, 51.9%) than TSP-1-negative cancers (11/47, 23.4% ; p<0.005). The present study indicates that tumor cells in the desmoplastic component strongly expressed TSP-1 in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast and TSP-1 participates in invasion of these tumors. Our findings also suggest that TSP-1 promotes lymph node metastasis and TSP-1 potentially could be a predictive marker for metastasis.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
AA12022913
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
Volume
60
Issue
1-2
Start Page
91
End Page
96
Sort Key
91
Published Date
2013-02
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language
eng
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Medical Sciences