PMID- 37048701 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230415 IS - 2077-0383 (Print) IS - 2077-0383 (Electronic) IS - 2077-0383 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 7 DP - 2023 Mar 30 TI - Plasma Levels of Metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) and Metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) as New Candidates for Tumor Biomarkers in Diagnostic of Breast Cancer Patients. LID - 10.3390/jcm12072618 [doi] LID - 2618 AB - Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of enzymes that mediate both physiological and pathological processes such as carcinogenesis. The role of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) and (MMP-7) in the pathogenesis of breast cancer (BC) has been demonstrated, suggesting that they may be considered as potential markers of this condition. The aim of this study was to assess plasma concentrations and diagnostic utility of MMP-3 and MMP-7 in 100 patients with early-stage breast cancer with Luminal A subtype or Luminal B HER-negative subtype, before and after surgical treatment, and in the following control groups: patients with a benign tumor (fibroadenoma) and healthy subjects. The concentrations of MMP-3 and MMP-7 were referenced to the levels of the widely recognized marker for BC diagnosis CA 15-3. MMP-3 and MMP-7 was measured by ELISA method and CA 15-3 by CMIA. Plasma levels of MMP-7 were significantly higher in Luminal A and Luminal B HER2-negative subtype breast cancer patients as compared to the healthy group. MMP-7 demonstrated comparable but mostly higher to CA 15-3 or MMP-3 values of diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and AUC (0.6888 for Luminal A subtype; 0.7612 for Luminal B HER2-negative; 0.7250 for BC total group, respectively) in the groups tested. The combined use of the tested parameters resulted in a further increase in diagnostic criteria and AUC. These results suggest the usefulness of combining MMP-7 with CA 15-3 in the diagnostics of breast cancer, especially in Luminal B HER2-negative subtypes patients, as a new candidate for tumor markers. FAU - Lawicki, Pawel AU - Lawicki P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4377-085X AD - Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Malinowski, Pawel AU - Malinowski P AD - Department of Oncological Surgery, Bialystok Oncology Center, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Motyka, Joanna AU - Motyka J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1815-2427 AD - Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Lawicki, Michal AU - Lawicki M AD - Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Kicman, Aleksandra AU - Kicman A AD - Department of Aesthetic Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-267 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Kulesza, Monika AU - Kulesza M AD - Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Gacuta, Ewa AU - Gacuta E AD - Department of Perinatology, University Clinical Hospital of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Guszczyn, Tomasz AU - Guszczyn T AD - Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Januszkiewicz, Marcin AU - Januszkiewicz M AD - Department of Oncological Surgery, Bialystok Oncology Center, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Zbucka-Kretowska, Monika AU - Zbucka-Kretowska M AD - Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Adolescent Gynecology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Lawicki, Slawomir AU - Lawicki S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6747-2123 AD - Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230330 PL - Switzerland TA - J Clin Med JT - Journal of clinical medicine JID - 101606588 PMC - PMC10094779 OTO - NOTNLM OT - breast cancer OT - ca 15-3 OT - fibroadenoma OT - luminal a subtype OT - luminal b her2-negative subtype OT - mmp-3 OT - mmp-7 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/14 06:01 PMCR- 2023/03/30 CRDT- 2023/04/13 01:20 PHST- 2023/02/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/14 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/13 01:20 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jcm12072618 [pii] AID - jcm-12-02618 [pii] AID - 10.3390/jcm12072618 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 30;12(7):2618. doi: 10.3390/jcm12072618.