Abstract:
Objective To explore the correlation of prognosis between BRCA1 and RAP80 in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.
Methods Patient-related information of NSCLC and receiving platinum-based chemotherapy in June 2010 to June 2012 in The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine was retrospectively studied. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted to determine the protein expression of BRCA1 and RAP80 with pathological tissue specimen of the patient, and the correlation between the expression of BRCA1 and RAP80 and the clinical characteristics of NSCLC was determined, then the correlation with the prognosis of platinum-based chemotherapy in NSCLC was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier survival curve and COX regression risk ratio model.
Results a total of 95 NSCLC patients were included in the study. A significant correlation was observed between BRCA1 and RAP80 expression(
r=0.229,
P=0.026). There was no significant difference between the protein expression of BRCA1 and RAP80 and the clinical characteristics including age(<60 years and ≥60 years), sex, PS score, clinical tage and other. However, a significant correlation was observed between the expression of RAP80 protein and histological classification, smoking status(
P<0.05). The median overall survival(OS) in patients with BRCA1 expression or positive RAP80 expression was significantly lower than that of negative expression(
P<0.05). Besides, the median OS in patients with negative expression of both BRCA1 and RAP80 was significantly longer than that in patients with positive expression of BRCA1 or RAP80(
P<0.05). There was no significant correlation between the expression of BRCA1 and RAP80 and the time of tumor progression. multivariate regression analysis showed that RAP80 and histological types were the independent indicators for overall survival in NSCLC treated with platinum-based chemotherapy(
P=0.008 and
P=0.017).
Conclusion NSCLC patients with negative BRCA1 and RAP80 expression can benefit from platinum-based chemotherapy. It is expected that RAP80 will be a potential predictor for chemotherapy in NSCLC patients.