Identification of beta-arrestin-1 as a diagnostic biomarker in lung cancer

Victoria El-Khoury*, Mélanie Béland, Anna Schritz, Sang Yoon Kim, Petr V. Nazarov, Louis Gaboury, Katriina Sertamo, François Bernardin, Roxane Batutu, Laurent Antunes, Catherine W. Bennett, François Faÿs, Guy Berchem, Yeoun Jin Kim

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Abstract

Background: Distinguishing lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has a tremendous therapeutic implication. Sometimes, the commonly used immunohistochemistry (IHC) markers fail to discriminate between them, urging for the identification of new diagnostic biomarkers. Methods: We performed IHC on tissue microarrays from two cohorts of lung cancer patients to analyse the expression of beta-arrestin-1, beta-arrestin-2 and clinically used diagnostic markers in ADC and SCC samples. Logistic regression models were applied for tumour subtype prediction. Parallel reaction monitoring (PRM)-based mass spectrometry was used to quantify beta-arrestin-1 in plasma from cancer patients and healthy donors. Results: Beta-arrestin-1 expression was significantly higher in ADC versus SCC samples. Beta-arrestin-1 displayed high sensitivity, specificity and negative predictive value. Its usefulness in an IHC panel was also shown. Plasma beta-arrestin-1 levels were considerably higher in lung cancer patients than in healthy donors and were higher in patients who later experienced a progressive disease than in patients showing complete/partial response following EGFR inhibitor therapy. Conclusions: Our data identify beta-arrestin-1 as a diagnostic marker to differentiate ADC from SCC and indicate its potential as a plasma biomarker for non-invasive diagnosis of lung cancer. Its utility to predict response to EGFR inhibitors is yet to be confirmed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)580-590
Number of pages11
JournalBritish Journal of Cancer
Volume119
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2018

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