PMID- 19287949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090720 LR - 20190606 IS - 1019-6439 (Print) IS - 1019-6439 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 4 DP - 2009 Apr TI - Significance of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in angiogenesis and survival in colorectal liver metastases. PG - 923-30 AB - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has been demonstrated to play a role in tumor progression. The present study examined the MCP-1 expression of colorectal liver metastases and determined whether MCP-1 is related to tumor progression and is a predictive marker for survival after hepatic resection of colorectal liver metastases. Eighty-seven patients with colorectal liver metastases were evaluated by immunohistochemistry of MCP-1, Angiopoietin-2, CD68, and CD34 for determination of microvessel density. Clinicopatholgical data were also examined. In a separate experiment, immunohistochemistry of MCP-1 was performed to investigate the expression of primary colorectal tumor according to the clinical stage. MCP-1 mRNA expression was determined in colorectal cancer cell lines. Forty-nine patients (56%) showed high expression of MCP-1 of colorectal liver metastases. High MCP-1 expression was related to multiple colorectal liver metastases. When the degree of MCP-1 expression increased, microvessel density count significantly increased compared with low MCP-1 expression. The MCP-1 expression correlated with Angiopoietin-2 expression. MCP-1 expression of the primary colorectal cancer increased as the clinical stage advanced. The increased MCP-1 mRNA expression was observed in cancer cell lines which have high metastasis potency. Univariate analysis demonstrated that the timing of metastases, tumor size, number of metastases, and MCP-1 expression were significant prognostic factors. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that MCP-1 expression was a significant prognostic factor in hepatic disease-free survival. The MCP-1 expression in colorectal liver metastases, at least in part, may be associated with angiogenesis and be a predictive marker for hepatic recurrence after hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases. FAU - Yoshidome, Hiroyuki AU - Yoshidome H AD - Department of General Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. h-yoshidome@faculty.chiba-u.jp FAU - Kohno, Hirohiko AU - Kohno H FAU - Shida, Takashi AU - Shida T FAU - Kimura, Fumio AU - Kimura F FAU - Shimizu, Hiroaki AU - Shimizu H FAU - Ohtsuka, Masayuki AU - Ohtsuka M FAU - Nakatani, Yukio AU - Nakatani Y FAU - Miyazaki, Masaru AU - Miyazaki M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Greece TA - Int J Oncol JT - International journal of oncology JID - 9306042 RN - 0 (Angiopoietin-2) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD34) RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic) RN - 0 (CD68 antigen, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Angiopoietin-2/biosynthesis MH - Antigens, CD/biosynthesis MH - Antigens, CD34/biosynthesis MH - Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/biosynthesis MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism/*physiology MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/*metabolism/mortality/*pathology MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/*metabolism/mortality/*pathology/secondary MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Neovascularization, Pathologic MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2009/03/17 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/21 09:00 CRDT- 2009/03/17 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/17 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/17 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/21 09:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/ijo_00000218 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Oncol. 2009 Apr;34(4):923-30. doi: 10.3892/ijo_00000218.