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Vol. 67. Issue 3.
Pages 130-134 (May - June 2016)
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Vol. 67. Issue 3.
Pages 130-134 (May - June 2016)
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HSP-90 Expression as a Predictor of Response to Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Expresión de Heat Shock Protein-90 (HSP-90) como factor predictor de la respuesta a radioterapia en pacientes con tumores de cabeza y cuello
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Jacinto García Lorenzoa,
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, Xavier León Vintróa, Mercedes Camacho Pérez de Madridb
a Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
b Laboratorio de Angiología, Biología Vascular e Inflamación. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Table 1. Demographic Data of the Patients Included in the Study.
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Abstract
Introduction and objectives

HSP-90 is an intracellular protein that protects the cell from environmental stress situations. The overexpression of HSP-90 isoforms could serve as a mechanism of resistance to radiotherapy for tumour cells. We studied this effect in a sample of head and neck tumours.

Methods

We included 87 patients diagnosed with oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx and hypopharynx tumours. We studied the expression of the HSP-90 isoforms by real-time PCR on pre-treatment biopsy samples. We analysed the relationship between HSP-90 expression levels and local relapse of the tumour with CRT decision trees.

Results

The expression levels of the inducible cytosolic isoform (HSP90AA) allowed the definition of two groups of patients with different rates of local relapse. The group with a low expression level showed a 2.9% local relapse rate, while the group with a high expression level showed a 38.2% rate.

Survival curves showed differences in time to local relapse for both groups of patients. These differences did not reach statistical significance.

Conclusions

Radiotherapy response was related to expression levels of HSP-90 in a sample of head and neck cancer patients. This result could prove useful in the selection of treatments for this group of patients.

Keywords:
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
Head and neck neoplasms
Radiotherapy
Local neoplasm recurrence
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Introducción y objetivos

La HSP-90 es una proteína intracelular que protege la célula en situaciones de estrés ambiental. El objetivo de este estudio es valorar si la sobreexpresión de alguna de las isoformas de HSP-90 confiere resistencia a la radioterapia en una muestra de tumores de cabeza y cuello.

Métodos

Se incluyeron en el estudio 87 pacientes con tumores de cavidad oral, orofaringe, laringe e hipofaringe. En muestras de biopsia pretratamiento se analizaron mediante PCR en tiempo real la expresión de las isoformas de HSP-90. Se utilizaron árboles de decisión para estudiar la relación entre el nivel de expresión de HSP-90 y la recidiva local del tumor.

Resultados

La expresión de la isoforma citosólica inducible (HSP90AA) permitió definir 2 grupos con diferentes índices de recidiva local. El grupo con expresión baja presentó un 21,9% de recidivas frente al 38,2% del grupo con expresión alta.

Las curvas de supervivencia muestran diferencias en el tiempo libre de recidiva local entre ambos grupos, aunque estas diferencias no alcanzaron significación estadística.

Conclusiones

La respuesta de los tumores de cabeza y cuello a la radioterapia parece relacionada con la expresión de HSP-90. Este resultado podría ser de utilidad en la selección de tratamientos en este grupo de pacientes.

Palabras clave:
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
Neoplasias de cabeza y cuello
Radioterapia
Recidiva local

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