PMID- 31319607 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 7 DP - 2019 Jul 17 TI - Prognostic Impact of Melatonin Receptors MT1 and MT2 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). LID - 10.3390/cancers11071001 [doi] LID - 1001 AB - Background: Several studies have investigated the inhibitory effect of melatonin on lung cancer cells. There are no data available on the prognostic impact of melatonin receptors MT1 and MT2 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemical studies of MT1 and MT2 were conducted on NSCLC (N = 786) and non-malignant lung tissue (NMLT) (N = 120) using tissue microarrays. Molecular studies were performed on frozen fragments of NSCLC (N = 62; real time PCR), NMLT (N = 24) and lung cancer cell lines NCI-H1703, A549 and IMR-90 (real time PCR, western blot). Results: The expression of both receptors was higher in NSCLC than in NMLT. Higher MT1 and MT2 expression levels (at protein and mRNA) were noted in squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) compared to adenocarcinomas (AC). MT1 immunoexpression decreased as both the tumour size and the cancer stage increased in the whole cohort, while MT2 decreased as the cancer stage increased, with lymph node involvement (in the whole study group) and increasing malignancy grade (in SCC). Higher expression of MT2 was associated with a favorable prognosis. MT2 was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) in all analyzed NSCLC and in smoking patients. Conclusions: Our observations may point to the potential prognostic significance of MT2 in NSCLC. FAU - Jablonska, Karolina AU - Jablonska K AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. karolina.jablonska@umed.wroc.pl. FAU - Nowinska, Katarzyna AU - Nowinska K AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. katarzyna.nowinska@umed.wroc.pl. FAU - Piotrowska, Aleksandra AU - Piotrowska A AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. FAU - Partynska, Aleksandra AU - Partynska A AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. FAU - Katnik, Ewa AU - Katnik E AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. FAU - Pawelczyk, Konrad AU - Pawelczyk K AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland. AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lower Silesian Centre of Lung Diseases, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland. FAU - Glatzel-Plucinska, Natalia AU - Glatzel-Plucinska N AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. FAU - Podhorska-Okolow, Marzenna AU - Podhorska-Okolow M AD - Division of Ultrastructure Research, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. FAU - Dziegiel, Piotr AU - Dziegiel P AD - Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland. AD - Department of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland. LA - eng GR - STM.A110.17.027/Wroclaw Medical University/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190717 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC6679108 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MT1 OT - MT2 OT - cancer OT - immunohistochemistry OT - melatonin OT - melatonin receptor OT - non-small cell lung carcinoma COIS- The Authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2019/07/20 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/20 06:01 PMCR- 2019/07/17 CRDT- 2019/07/20 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/07/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers11071001 [pii] AID - cancers-11-01001 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers11071001 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2019 Jul 17;11(7):1001. doi: 10.3390/cancers11071001.