Expression of the stem cell marker ALDH1 in BRCA1 related breast cancer

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 34 - Trang 3-10 - 2011
Marise R. Heerma van Voss1, Petra van der Groep2, Joost Bart3, Elsken van der Wall2, Paul J. van Diest1
1Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
3Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Tóm tắt

The BRCA1 protein makes mammary stem cells differentiate into mature luminal and myoepithelial cells. If a BRCA1 mutation results in a differentiation block, an enlarged stem cell component might be present in the benign tissue of BRCA1 mutation carriers, and these mammary stem cells could be the origin of BRCA1 related breast cancer. Since ALDH1 is a marker of both mammary stem cells and breast cancer stem cells, we compared ALDH1 expression in malignant tissue of BRCA1 mutation carriers to non-carriers. Forty-one BRCA1 related breast cancers and 41 age-matched sporadic breast cancers were immunohistochemically stained for ALDH1. Expression in epithelium and stroma was scored and compared. Epithelial (P = 0.001) and peritumoral (P = 0.001) ALDH1 expression was significantly higher in invasive BRCA1 related carcinomas compared to sporadic carcinomas. Intratumoral stromal ALDH1 expression was similarly high in both groups. ALDH1 tumor cell expression was an independent predictor of BRCA1 mutation status. BRCA1 related breast cancers showed significantly more frequent epithelial ALDH1 expression, indicating that these hereditary tumors have an enlarged cancer stem cell component. Besides, (peritumoral) stromal ALDH1 expression was also more frequent in BRCA1 mutation carriers. ALDH1 may therefore be a diagnostic marker and a therapeutic target of BRCA1 related breast cancer.

Tài liệu tham khảo

S. Chen, G. Parmigiani, Meta-analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 penetrance. J Clin Oncol 25, 1329–1333 (2007) E. Honrado, J. Benitez, J. Palacios, Histopathology of BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated breast cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 59, 27–39 (2006) A.L. Bane, J.C. Beck, I. Bleiweiss, S.S. Buys, E. Catalano, M.B. Daly et al., BRCA2 mutation-associated breast cancers exhibit a distinguishing phenotype based on morphology and molecular profiles from tissue microarrays. Am J Surg Pathol 31, 121–128 (2007) P. van der Groep, A. Bouter, R. van der Zanden, I. Siccama, F.H. Menko, J.J. Gille et al., Distinction between hereditary and sporadic breast cancer on the basis of clinicopathological data. J Clin Pathol 59, 611–617 (2006) T. Sorlie, R. Tibshirani, J. Parker, T. Hastie, J.S. Marron, A. Nobel et al., Repeated observation of breast tumor subtypes in independent gene expression data sets. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100, 8418–8423 (2003) A.R. Venkitaraman, Cancer susceptibility and the functions of BRCA1 and BRCA2. Cell 108, 171–182 (2002) M. Kubista, M. Rosner, E. Kubista, G. Bernaschek, M. Hengstschlager, Brca1 regulates in vitro differentiation of mammary epithelial cells. Oncogene 21, 4747–4756 (2002) S. Furuta, X. Jiang, B. Gu, E. Cheng, P.L. Chen, W.H. Lee, Depletion of BRCA1 impairs differentiation but enhances proliferation of mammary epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102, 9176–9181 (2005) S. Liu, C. Ginestier, E. Charafe-Jauffret, H. Foco, C.G. Kleer, S.D. Merajver et al., BRCA1 regulates human mammary stem/progenitor cell fate. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105, 1680–1685 (2008) E. Lim, F. Vaillant, D. Wu, N.C. Forrest, B. Pal, A.H. Hart et al., Aberrant luminal progenitors as the candidate target population for basal tumor development in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Nat Med 15, 907–913 (2009) J. Stingl, A. Raouf, P. Eirew, C.J. Eaves, Deciphering the mammary epithelial cell hierarchy. Cell Cycle 5, 1519–1522 (2006) M. Shackleton, F. Vaillant, K.J. Simpson, J. Stingl, G.K. Smyth, M.L. Asselin-Labat et al., Generation of a functional mammary gland from a single stem cell. Nature 439, 84–88 (2006) M. Al-Hajj, M.S. Wicha, A. Benito-Hernandez, S.J. Morrison, M.F. Clarke, Prospective identification of tumorigenic breast cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100, 3983–3988 (2003) V. Vasiliou, A. Pappa, D.R. Petersen, Role of aldehyde dehydrogenases in endogenous and xenobiotic metabolism. Chem Biol Interact 129, 1–19 (2000) C. Ginestier, M.H. Hur, E. Charafe-Jauffret, F. Monville, J. Dutcher, M. Brown et al., ALDH1 is a marker of normal and malignant human mammary stem cells and a predictor of poor clinical outcome. Cell Stem Cell 1, 555–567 (2007) C. Ginestier, J. Wicinski, N. Cervera, F. Monville, P. Finetti, F. Bertucci et al., Retinoid signaling regulates breast cancer stem cell differentiation. Cell Cycle 8, 3297–3302 (2009) W.D. Foulkes, BRCA1 functions as a breast stem cell regulator. J Med Genet 41, 1–5 (2004) M.R. Heerma van Voss, P. Van der Groep, J. Bart, E. Van der Wall, P.J. Van Diest, Expression of the stem cell marker ALDH1 in the normal breast of BRCA1 mutation carriers. Br Cancer Res Treat 123, 611–612 (2010) E.B. Claus, N. Risch, W.D. Thompson, Autosomal dominant inheritance of early-onset breast cancer, Implications for risk prediction. Cancer 73, 643–651 (1994) P.J. van Diest, No consent should be needed for using leftover body material for scientific purposes. For. BMJ 325(7365), 648–51 (2002). Review P.J. van Diest, J.P. Baak, P. Matze-Cok, E.C. Wisse-Brekelmans, C.M. van Galen, P.H. Kurver et al., Reproducibility of mitosis counting in 2, 469 breast cancer specimens: results from the Multicenter Morphometric Mammary Carcinoma Project. Hum Pathol 23, 603–607 (1992) J.E. Armes, A.J. Egan, M.C. Southey, G.S. Dite, M.R. McCredie, G.G. Giles et al., The histologic phenotypes of breast carcinoma occurring before age 40 years in women with and without BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations: a population-based study. Cancer 83, 2335–2345 (1998) L.A. Carey, C.M. Perou, C.A. Livasy, L.G. Dressler, D. Cowan, K. Conway et al., Race, breast cancer subtypes, and survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. JAMA 295, 2492–2502 (2006) Kwaliteitsinstituut voor de Gezondheidszorg CBO, Richtlijn mammacarcinoom, september 2008, http://www.cbo.nl/Downloads/328/rl_mamma_08.pdf, viewed 20/10/2010, 11:45 hr P. Van der Groep, A. Bouter, R. Van der Zanden, F.H. Menko, H. Buerger, R.H.M. Verheijen, E. Van der Wall, P.J. Van Diest, Germline BRCA1 mutations and a basal epithelial phenotype in breast cancer. JNCI 96, 712–713 (2004) P. Van der Groep, P.J. van Diest, F. Menko, J. Bart, E. de Vries, E. van der Wall, Molecular profile of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutation carriers. J Clin Pathol 62, 926–930 (2009) S.Y. Park, H.E. Lee, H. Li, M. Shipitsin, R. Gelman, K. Polyak, Heterogeneity for stem cell-related markers according to tumor subtype and histologic stage in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 16, 876–887 (2010) E. Resetkova, J.S. Reis-Filho, R.K. Jain, R. Mehta, M.A. Thorat, H. Nakshatri, S. Badve, Prognostic impact of ALDH1 in breast cancer: a story of stem cells and tumor microenvironment, Breast Cancer Res Treat (2009), Epub ahead of print. Nov 13 K. Morimoto, S.J. Kim, T. Tanei, K. Shimazu, Y. Tanji, T. Taguchi et al., Stem cell marker aldehyde dehydrogenase 1-positive breast cancers are characterized by negative estrogen receptor, positive human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2, and high Ki67 expression. Cancer Sci 100, 1062–1068 (2009) H. Nalwoga, J.B. Arnes, H. Wabinga, L.A. Akslen, Expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) is associated with basal-like markers and features of aggressive tumours in African breast cancer. Br J Cancer 102, 369–375 (2010) E. Korsching et al., Basal carcinoma of the breast revisited: an old entity with new interpretations. J Clin Pathol 61, 553–560 (2008) E. Charafe-Jauffret, C. Ginestier, F. Iovino, C. Tarpin, M. Diebel, B. Esterni, G. Houvenaeghel, J.M. Extra, F. Bertucci, J. Jacquemier, L. Xerri, G. Dontu, G. Stassi, Y. Xiao, S.H. Barsky, D. Birnbaum, P. Viens, M.S. Wicha, Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1-positive cancer stem cells mediate metastasis and poor clinical outcome in inflammatory breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 16(1), 45–55 (2010) T. Tanei, K. Morimoto, K. Shimazu, S.J. Kim, Y. Tanji, T. Taguchi et al., Association of breast cancer stem cells identified by aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression with resistance to sequential Paclitaxel and epirubicin-based chemotherapy for breast cancers. Clin Cancer Res 15, 4234–4241 (2009) G. Somenzi, G. Sala, S. Rossetti, M. Ren, R. Ghidoni, N. Sacchi, Disruption of retinoic acid receptor alpha reveals the growth promoter face of retinoic acid. PLoS One 2(9), e836 (2007) T.M. Phillips, W.H. McBride, F. Pajonk, The response of CD24-/low/CD44+ breast cancer-initiating cells to radiation. J Natl Cancer Inst 98, 1777–1785 (2006) J.P. Chute, G.G. Muramoto, J. Whitesides, M. Colvin, R. Safi, N.J. Chao et al., Inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase and retinoid signaling induces the expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103, 11707–11712 (2006) M.S. Tallman, J.W. Andersen, C.A. Schiffer, F.R. Appelbaum, J.H. Feusner, A. Ogden et al., All-trans-retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia. N Engl J Med 337, 1021–1028 (1997) R.W. Glynn, N. Miller, M.J. Kerin, 17q12-21—The pursuit of targeted therapy in breast cancer. Cancer Treat Rev. 36(3), 224–9 (2010) C. Ginestier, S. Liu, M.E. Diebel, H. Korkaya, M. Luo, M. Brown et al., CXCR1 blockade selectively targets human breast cancer stem cells in vitro and in xenografts. J Clin Invest 120(2), 485–97 (2010)