Deciphering the impact of STAT3 activation mediated by PTPRT promoter hypermethylation as biomarker of response to paclitaxel-plus-cetuximab in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

PTPRT STAT3 cetuximab methylation paclitaxel squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Journal

Head & neck
ISSN: 1097-0347
Titre abrégé: Head Neck
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8902541

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Jul 2024
Historique:
revised: 10 06 2024
received: 08 04 2024
accepted: 12 07 2024
medline: 29 7 2024
pubmed: 29 7 2024
entrez: 29 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) is an aggressive disease with poor prognosis. It is known that the activation of STAT3 signaling pathways promotes the development and progression of this neoplasia and it has been described the role of PTPRT as a negative regulator of STAT3. Then, we have evaluated the impact of them as biomarkers of outcome in a series of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic SCCHN treated with weekly paclitaxel-plus-cetuximab (ERBITAX) regimen. Between 2008 and 2017, 52 patients with recurrent/metastatic SCCHN were treated with ERBITAX at our center, 34 of whom had available tumor samples. Phosphorylated STAT3 (pSTAT3) protein expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry, STAT3 mRNA expression by qPCR, and PTPRT promoter methylation by methylation-specific PCR. Molecular results were correlated with response rate (RR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). pSTAT3 overexpression was detected in 67% and PTPRT promoter hypermethylation in 41% of tumor samples. PTPRT promoter hypermethylation showed a trend towards an association with lower RR (21% vs. 60%; p = 0.06). A lower RR was also observed in patients with pSTAT3 overexpression (36% vs. 54%) and in those with high STAT3 mRNA levels (43% vs. 64%), but these differences did not reach statistical significance. PTPRT promoter hypermethylation correlated with pSTAT3 overexpression (p = 0.009) but not with STAT3 mRNA overexpression. OS and PFS was shorter in patients with activated STAT3, but the difference did not reach statistical significance. Although this was a relatively small retrospective study, it provides preliminary indications of the potential role of the STAT3 pathway on outcome in SCCHN and confirms that PTPRT acts as a negative regulator of STAT3. Our findings warrant investigation in a larger patient cohort to determine if inactivating this pathway through specific targeted treatments could improve outcomes in recurrent/metastatic SCCHN patients.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) is an aggressive disease with poor prognosis. It is known that the activation of STAT3 signaling pathways promotes the development and progression of this neoplasia and it has been described the role of PTPRT as a negative regulator of STAT3. Then, we have evaluated the impact of them as biomarkers of outcome in a series of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic SCCHN treated with weekly paclitaxel-plus-cetuximab (ERBITAX) regimen.
PATIENTS AND METHODS METHODS
Between 2008 and 2017, 52 patients with recurrent/metastatic SCCHN were treated with ERBITAX at our center, 34 of whom had available tumor samples. Phosphorylated STAT3 (pSTAT3) protein expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry, STAT3 mRNA expression by qPCR, and PTPRT promoter methylation by methylation-specific PCR. Molecular results were correlated with response rate (RR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).
RESULTS RESULTS
pSTAT3 overexpression was detected in 67% and PTPRT promoter hypermethylation in 41% of tumor samples. PTPRT promoter hypermethylation showed a trend towards an association with lower RR (21% vs. 60%; p = 0.06). A lower RR was also observed in patients with pSTAT3 overexpression (36% vs. 54%) and in those with high STAT3 mRNA levels (43% vs. 64%), but these differences did not reach statistical significance. PTPRT promoter hypermethylation correlated with pSTAT3 overexpression (p = 0.009) but not with STAT3 mRNA overexpression. OS and PFS was shorter in patients with activated STAT3, but the difference did not reach statistical significance.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Although this was a relatively small retrospective study, it provides preliminary indications of the potential role of the STAT3 pathway on outcome in SCCHN and confirms that PTPRT acts as a negative regulator of STAT3. Our findings warrant investigation in a larger patient cohort to determine if inactivating this pathway through specific targeted treatments could improve outcomes in recurrent/metastatic SCCHN patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39072941
doi: 10.1002/hed.27892
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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Beatriz Cirauqui Cirauqui (BC)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Head and Neck Functional Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.

Adrià Bernat Peguera (AB)

Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Ariadna Quer Pi-Sunyer (AQ)

Head and Neck Functional Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Department of Pathology, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain.

Angelica Ferrando-Díez (A)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Head and Neck Functional Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.

Jose Luis Ramírez Serrano (JLR)

Molecular Biology Unit, Hematology Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.

Marta Domenech Viñolas (MD)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Iris Teruel García (IT)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Vanesa Quiroga García (VQ)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Imane Chaib Oukadour (IC)

Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Andrea González Valencia (AG)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Pilar Hernández Vergara (PH)

Head and Neck Functional Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.

Itziar de Aguirre Egaña (I)

Molecular Biology Unit, Hematology Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.

Cristina Queralt Herrero (CQ)

Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Resistance Cancer Predictive Biomarkers Group, ProCURE Program-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Badalona, Spain.

Oscar Mesía Carbonell (OM)

Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Assumpció López Paradís (AL)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Anna Esteve (A)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Mireia Margelí Vila (MM)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Rafael Rosell (R)

Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Anna Martínez-Cardús (A)

Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

Ricard Mesía (R)

Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Badalona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (BARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.
Translational Program in Cancer Research (CARE), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Spain.

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