PMID- 26318038 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160822 LR - 20210816 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 29 DP - 2015 Sep 29 TI - Nuclear estrogen receptor-alpha expression is an independent predictor of recurrence in male patients with pT1aN0 lung adenocarcinomas, and correlates with regulatory T-cell infiltration. PG - 27505-18 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.4752 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Tumor biology of estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) and progesterone receptor (PR) has been studied in breast cancers. However, clinical impact in lung cancer remains controversial. In our study, we investigate whether ERalpha and PR expression predicts disease recurrence and correlates with immunologic factors in stage I lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS: We reviewed patients with pathologic stage I resected lung adenocarcinoma. Tumors were classified according to the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification. Immunostaining of ERalpha and PR was performed using tissue microarrays (n = 913). Immunostaining of CD3+ and forkhead box P3 (FoxP3)+ lymphocyte infiltration, interleukin-7 receptor (IL-7R), and IL-12Rbeta2 were performed. Cumulative incidence of recurrence (CIR) analysis was used to estimate probability of recurrence. RESULTS: Nuclear ERalpha expression was observed in 157 (17%) patients and presented more frequently in females (P = 0.038) and smaller tumors (P = 0.019). Nuclear ERalpha expression was not identified in mucinous tumors. In pT1a patients, 5-year CIR of patients with ERalpha-positive tumors was significantly higher (5-year CIR, 20%) than those with ERalpha-negative tumors (8%; P = 0.018). This difference was statistically significant in males (P = 0.003) but not females (P = 0.55). On multivariate analysis, nuclear ERalpha expression was an independent predictor of recurrence (hazard ratio = 2.27; P = 0.030). In pT1a patients, nuclear ERalpha expression positively correlated with tumoral FoxP3+ lymphocytes (P < 0.001), FoxP3/CD3 index (P < 0.001), and IL-7R (P = 0.022). CONCLUSIONS: Nuclear ERalpha expression is an independent predictor of recurrence in pT1a lung adenocarcinomas and correlates with poor prognostic immune microenvironments. FAU - Kadota, Kyuichi AU - Kadota K AD - Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. AD - Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. AD - Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. FAU - Eguchi, Takashi AU - Eguchi T AD - Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Villena-Vargas, Jonathan AU - Villena-Vargas J AD - Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Woo, Kaitlin M AU - Woo KM AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Sima, Camelia S AU - Sima CS AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Jones, David R AU - Jones DR AD - Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Travis, William D AU - Travis WD AD - Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Adusumilli, Prasad S AU - Adusumilli PS AD - Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. AD - Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. LA - eng GR - U54 CA137788/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA086438/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA164585-01A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA009501/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA164568-01A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA086438-13/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA136705-06/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA136705/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA164585/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA164568/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA129243/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (CD3 Complex) RN - 0 (ESR1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (IL12RB2 protein, human) RN - 0 (IL7 protein, human) RN - 0 (Interleukin-7) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-12) RN - 0 (Receptors, Progesterone) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/diagnosis/*metabolism/pathology MH - Adenocarcinoma of Lung MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - CD3 Complex/metabolism MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Estrogen Receptor alpha/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-7/metabolism MH - Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis/*metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Multivariate Analysis MH - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local MH - Prognosis MH - Receptors, Interleukin-12/metabolism MH - Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes/cytology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4695005 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adenocarcinoma OT - estrogen receptor OT - lung OT - recurrence OT - regulatory T-cell COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST All authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2015/09/01 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/23 06:00 PMCR- 2015/09/29 CRDT- 2015/08/31 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/07/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/08/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/09/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 4752 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.4752 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 29;6(29):27505-18. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.4752.