中国癌症杂志 ›› 2015, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 241-246.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-3969.2015.04.001

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中晚期宫颈鳞癌患者治疗前外周血Treg计数分析

郑雨薇1,黄啸2,郭林3,杨文韬1,吴佳文1,平波1   

  1. 1. 复旦大学附属肿瘤医院病理科,复旦大学上海医学院肿瘤学系,上海 200032 ;
    2. 复旦大学附属肿瘤医院妇瘤科,复旦大学上海医学院肿瘤学系,上海 200032 ;
    3. 复旦大学附属肿瘤医院检验科,复旦大学上海医学院肿瘤学系,上海 200032
  • 出版日期:2015-04-30 发布日期:2015-05-25
  • 通信作者: 平波 E-mail:bping@shca.org.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金青年科学基金资助项目(81101956/H1621)。

Pre-treatment circulating regulatory T cell count analysis of advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma patients

ZHENG Yuwei1, HUANG Xiao2, GUO Lin3, YANG Wentao1, WU Jiawen1, PING Bo1   

  1. 1.Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; 2.Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; 3.Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Published:2015-04-30 Online:2015-05-25
  • Contact: PING Bo E-mail: bping@shca.org.cn

摘要:   背景与目的:中晚期宫颈鳞癌同期放化疗(concurrent chemoradiotherapy,CCRT)治疗前性价比高的疗效判断方法较有限,该研究拟通过检测治疗前外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/-调节性T细胞(regulatory T cells,Tregs)亚群计数及血清鳞癌抗原(squamous cell carcinoma antigen,SCC-Ag)水平,评价两者预测临床疗效的可行性。方法:采集44例ⅡB~ⅣA期宫颈鳞癌患者行CCRT治疗前的外周血标本,分别利用流式细胞免疫表型分析和酶联免疫法检测外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg计数及血清SCC-Ag水平。收集临床和病理资料,并统计检验2个指标对疗效的预测作用。结果:治疗前外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg计数在临床有效组低于无效组[(8.78±2.80)% vs (10.95±2.56)%,P<0.05],血清SCC-Ag在不同临床疗效组间差异无统计学意义,且这2个、指标之间未发现相关性(Spearman’rho=-0.093,P=0.540)。经受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线确定治疗前外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg及血清SCC-Ag最佳界值分别为9.76%与9.50 ng/mL。单因素分析显示,治疗前外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg计数(OR=1.901,95%CI:1.112~3.219,P=0.017)对CCRT疗效有预测作用,而血清SCC-Ag水平无预测作用(OR=0.998,95%CI:0.001~4.253,P=0.897)。多因素Logistic回归分析显示,治疗前外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg为独立的临床疗效预测因子(OR=3.115,95%CI:1.253~7.742,P=0.014)。结论:治疗前外周血CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg计数用于中晚期宫颈鳞癌患者CCRT临床疗效预测具有可行性。

关键词:  中晚期宫颈鳞状细胞癌, 同期放化疗, 调节性T细胞, 血清鳞状细胞癌抗原

Abstract:      Background and purpose: Due to the lack of cost-effective pre-treatment predictors for advanced cervical squamous cell carcinomas treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), both baseline circulating CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- regulatory T cell (Treg) count and serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) level were measured for this feasibility study. Methods: Peripheral blood samples were collected from 44 patients with stage ⅡB-ⅣA cervical squamous carcinomas before CCRT. Flow cytometry immunophenotyping and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used for circulating CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg count and serum SCC-Ag level testing, respectively. Clinical and pathological characteristics were retrospectively reviewed to analyze the predictive value of the 2 indexes. Results: The baseline circulating CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg count was lower in the patient group with positive treatment response than in the group with negative response [(8.78±2.80)% vs (10.95±2.56)%, P<0.05], and the serum SCC-Ag level showed no significant difference between the 2 groups. No correlation was detected between these 2 markers (Spearman’rho=-0.093, P=0.540). Determined by plotting receiver operating characteristic curves, the best cut-off points were 9.76% for circulating CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg count and 9.50 ng/mL for serum SCCAg level, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that pretherapeutic circulating CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg count (OR=1.901, 95%CI: 1.112-3.219, P=0.017), but not serum SCC-Ag level (OR=0.998, 95%CI: 0.001-4.253, P=0.897), was predictive of clinical response to CCRT. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that pre-treatment CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg count was an independent predictor for clinical response to CCRT (OR=3.115, 95%CI: 1.253-7.742, P=0.014). Conclusion: Pretherapeutic circulating CD4+CD25+CD127Low/- Treg count is a feasible method to predict clinical response to CCRT in patients with advanced cervical squamous cell carcinomas.

Key words: Advanced uterine cervical squamous cell carcinoma, Concurrent chemoradiotherapy, Regulatory T cells, Serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen