Main Page Aims and Scope Editorial Board Instructions to Authors Contact

 
Predicting Malignant Mesothelioma by Analyzing Serum N-ERC/Mesothelin, C-ERC/Mesothelin, Hyaluronan, Osteopontin, and Syndecan-1 Levels [Eurasian J Pulmonol]
Eurasian J Pulmonol. 2017; 19(3): 130-138 | DOI: 10.5152/ejp.2017.50023  

Predicting Malignant Mesothelioma by Analyzing Serum N-ERC/Mesothelin, C-ERC/Mesothelin, Hyaluronan, Osteopontin, and Syndecan-1 Levels

Sertaç Arslan1, Filip Mundt2, Selma Metintaş3, Güntülü Ak4, Katalin Dobra2, Anders Hjerpe2, Muzaffer Metintaş4
1Department of Pulmonology, Hitit University School of Medicine, Çorum, Turkey
2Division of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
3Department of Public Health, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey
4Lung and Pleural Cancers Application and Research Center, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

Objective: Tumor biomarkers are promising study areas for the early or differential diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of analyzing serum N-ERC/mesothelin, C-ERC/mesothelin, hyaluronan, osteopontin, and syndecan-1 levels for distinguishing patients with MPM from those with metastatic malignant pleural diseases (MMPDs), benign pleural diseases (BPDs), and benign asbestos pleurisy (BAP).

Methods: Tumor biomarker levels of serum samples of 230 cases were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.

Results: All investigated biomarkers did not reveal sufficient diagnostic information to distinguish MPM from MMPD. N-ERC/mesothelin showed moderate ability to distinguish MPM from BPDs and particularly BAP (sensitivities of 67% and 73%, respectively, and specificities of 84% and 86%, respectively). C-ERC/mesothelin had a lower efficacy than N-ERC/mesothelin, whereas osteopontin had a high specificity for distinguishing MPM from other pleural diseases (80%) but with a poor sensitivity (32%). Hyaluronan and syndecan-1 had only limited effects as individual biomarkers. However, logistic regression analysis indicated that all the studied biomarkers could contribute, and a logistic model improved their performance, with the receiver operating characteristic curve plot showing an area under the curve of 0.75. Thus, the investigated biomarkers were unable to provide sufficient sensitivity and specificity levels; however, they all may contribute as a basis for an expanded logistic multiparameter model.

Conclusion: Patients with high N-ERC/mesothelin and C-ERC/mesothelin levels have a high risk for MPM; appropriate invasive procedures should be performed. The patients who have high tumor biomarker levels and undefinite histopathological investigation results at the first-line procedure, should be managed using further invasive procedures.

Keywords: Hyaluronan, megakaryocyte potentiating factor, mesothelin, mesothelioma, osteopontin, syndecan-1


Sertaç Arslan, Filip Mundt, Selma Metintaş, Güntülü Ak, Katalin Dobra, Anders Hjerpe, Muzaffer Metintaş. Predicting Malignant Mesothelioma by Analyzing Serum N-ERC/Mesothelin, C-ERC/Mesothelin, Hyaluronan, Osteopontin, and Syndecan-1 Levels. Eurasian J Pulmonol. 2017; 19(3): 130-138

Corresponding Author: Sertaç Arslan, Türkiye


TOOLS
Full Text PDF
Print
Download citation
RIS
EndNote
BibTex
Medlars
Procite
Reference Manager
Share with email
Share
Send email to author

Similar articles
PubMed
Google Scholar




 
Quick Search




 




















 
Copyright © 2024 Turkish Respiratory Society. All rights reserved
Bu web sitesi sağlık profesyonellerine yöneliktir. İçeriğindeki yazılar ve dökümanlar hekim veya eczacı görüşü yerine geçmez. Sitenin kullanımıyla ilgili her türlü sorumluluk kullanıcıya/ziyaretçiye aittir.

LookUs & Online Makale