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Differential CD146 expression on circulating versus tissue endothelial cells in rectal cancer patients: implications for circulating endothelial and progenitor cells as biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapy.

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Duda, DG; Cohen, KS; di Tomaso, E; Au, P; Klein, RJ; Scadden, DT; Willett, CG; Jain, RK
Published in: J Clin Oncol
March 20, 2006

PURPOSE: Circulating endothelial cells (CECs) and progenitor cells are currently evaluated as potential biomarkers of antiangiogenic therapy. CD146 is considered a panendothelial-specific marker, but its utility as a CEC marker in cancer patients remains unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed the expression of CD146 on mononuclear blood cells, primary tissue endothelial cells, and malignant and normal tissues by flow cytometric and immunohistochemical analyses. Furthermore, we measured the circulation kinetics of CD146+ cells before, and then 3 and 12 days after vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody blockade by bevacizumab infusion in rectal cancer patients enrolled in a phase I trial. RESULTS: In the peripheral blood of these cancer patients, over 90% of the CD146+ cells were CD45+ hematopoietic cells. CD146 expression was primarily detected on a subset of CD3+CD4+ lymphocytes, and was undetectable on CD34+CD133+CD45(dim) progenitor cells or CD31(bright)CD45- viable CECs. In contradistinction, CD146 was detectable in tissues on both cellular components of tumor vessel wall: CD31(bright)CD45- endothelial cells and alpha-SMA+ pericytes. Unlike viable CECs and progenitor cells, CD146+ cell concentration in the peripheral blood of cancer patients did not decrease during VEGF blockade. CONCLUSION: CD146 is fairly homogeneously expressed on vascular endothelium but not on viable CECs or progenitor cells. The vast majority of CD146+ blood cells are lymphocytes, and VEGF blockade by bevacizumab did not significantly change their number in rectal cancer patients. These results underscore the need for further characterization and identification of new markers for CEC subpopulations for their development as biomarkers of antiangiogenic therapy.

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J Clin Oncol

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1527-7755

Publication Date

March 20, 2006

Volume

24

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1449 / 1453

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stem Cells
  • Rectal Neoplasms
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Monocytes
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Humans
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Endothelial Cells
  • CD146 Antigen
 

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Duda, D. G., Cohen, K. S., di Tomaso, E., Au, P., Klein, R. J., Scadden, D. T., … Jain, R. K. (2006). Differential CD146 expression on circulating versus tissue endothelial cells in rectal cancer patients: implications for circulating endothelial and progenitor cells as biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapy. J Clin Oncol, 24(9), 1449–1453. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2005.04.2861
Duda, Dan G., Kenneth S. Cohen, Emmanuelle di Tomaso, Patrick Au, Rachael J. Klein, David T. Scadden, Christopher G. Willett, and Rakesh K. Jain. “Differential CD146 expression on circulating versus tissue endothelial cells in rectal cancer patients: implications for circulating endothelial and progenitor cells as biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapy.J Clin Oncol 24, no. 9 (March 20, 2006): 1449–53. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2005.04.2861.

Published In

J Clin Oncol

DOI

EISSN

1527-7755

Publication Date

March 20, 2006

Volume

24

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1449 / 1453

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stem Cells
  • Rectal Neoplasms
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Monocytes
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Humans
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Endothelial Cells
  • CD146 Antigen