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Circulating tumor cells and drug history in primary breast cancer patients

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Cancer Drug Resist 2020;3:98-109.
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Abstract

Aim: Different types of chronic medication may affect breast cancer prognosis. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) play an important role in cancer metastasis formation. There is no evidence of how chronic medication affects CTCs and breast cancer prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate association between chronic medication and CTCs in patients with primary breast cancer.

Methods: This study involved 414 patients with stage I-III primary breast cancer. Chronic drug history was collected from patients’ medical records and included all drugs that were prescribed for patients over at least the last 6 months prior to CTCs evaluation. CTCs were detected using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)-based method at the time of breast surgery.

Results: There was no association between CTCs, including their different subpopulations and chronic medication. Chronic medication using angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), metformin, and insulin were associated with inferior disease-free survival (HR = 0.49, 95%CI 0.26-0.94, P = 0.007 for ACEi; HR = 0.27, 95%CI 0.08-0.91, P < 0.001 for metformin; and HR = 0.12, 95%CI 0.01-2.91, P < 0.001 for insulin) and this was most pronounced in patients with epithelial to mesenchymal transition (CTC_EMT) phenotype. In multivariate analysis, chronic administration of metformin and/or insulin was an independent predictor of inferior outcome.

Conclusion: Our findings show that there was no association between chronically used medication and CTCs in primary breast cancer patients. However, administration of ACEi, metformin, and/or insulin could negatively affect prognosis of patients with CTC_EMT.

Keywords

Circulating tumor cells, chronic medication, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, early breast cancer

Introduction

According to global cancer statistics, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among females, accounting for 23% of total cancer cases and 14% of cancer deaths[1].

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells intravasated into the blood stream after their separation from the primary tumor, which directly contribute to metastasis development[2,3] and are also established as an independent predictor of progression-free and overall survival in patients with primary and metastatic breast cancer[4-7]. Although the connection between CTCs and bad prognosis is well described in breast cancer, CTCs are detected only in a subset of patients.

Comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, alcohol consumption, and non-cancer related drug exposure as well as regular physical activity may affect outcomes of breast cancer. Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2 is a known factor responsible for increase in overall morbidity and mortality and is associated with breast cancer risk especially in postmenopausal women[8-10].

Chronically used medications including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), metformin, statins, and insulin may influence the progression of cancer[11-14]. However, there is limited evidence about how chronic medication can affect CTCs. In a previous study, it was shown that patients who were treated with statins before the diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) had significantly lower baseline CTC counts than patients not taking statins[15]. This observation was most pronounced in patients taking H-statins and was associated with improved progression-free and overall survival compared with non-statin users[15]. This could be attributed to the fact that certain types of statin may block a step involved in metastasis formation, including invasion, extravasation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and angiogenesis, and therefore may block pathways associated with cancer stem cells[16]. However, while clinical data support this observation in IBC, there are no data about the association between CTCs and statin use in non-IBC patients[16].

In this study, we hypothesized that certain types of chronic medication utilized before diagnosis of primary breast cancer could correlate with presence of CTCs in peripheral blood. The aim of our study was to evaluate an association between different CTC subpopulations and chronic medication and/or whether these drugs could be linked to patients’ outcomes in primary breast cancer.

Methods

Study patients

This was a prospective translational study that evaluated prognostic value of CTCs in stage I-III primary breast cancer, including 427 patients, as described previously[17]. For this sub-study, 414 patients for whom complete medical history, including drug history, was available were eligible. Chronic drug history was collected from the medical records and included all drugs that were prescribed for patient over at least the last six months before date of surgery, when CTCs were evaluated. Chronic medication was categorized into several classes including NSAIDs, L-thyroxin, angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), sartans, anticoagulants (low molecular weight heparin and/or warfarin), betablockers, statins, metformin, and insulin. BMI was calculated at the time of surgery.

All study participants provided signed informed consent before study enrollment. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the National Cancer Institute of Slovakia and was conducted between March 2012 and February 2015. Healthy donors (n = 60) were age-matched women without breast cancer who were enrolled according to the IRB-approved protocol and all of them signed informed consent, as described previously[17].

Detection of CTC in peripheral blood

Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay was used for CTCs detection in peripheral blood that was previously depleted of CD45+ cells for CTCs enrichment, as described previously[17-20].

CTC definition

Patient samples with higher KRT19 gene transcripts than those of healthy donors were scored as epithelial CTCs positive (CTC_EP), while patient samples with higher Epithelial-mesenchymal transition transcription factor (TWIST1, SNAIL1, SLUG, and ZEB1) gene transcripts than those of healthy donors were scored as CTC_EMT positive. Expression of at least one of the markers (either epithelial or mesenchymal) at levels above the defined cut-off was sufficient to define a sample as CTC positive[18,20].

Statistical analysis

The patients’ characteristics were summarized using the median (range) for continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. The median follow-up period was calculated as a median observation time among all patients and among those still alive at the time of their last follow-up. Disease-free survival (DFS) was calculated from the date of CTC measurement to the date of disease recurrence (locoregional or distant), secondary cancer, death, or last follow-up. DFS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier product limit method and compared between groups by log-rank test. Cox-Mantel hazard ratio and 95%CI for Cox-Mantel hazard ratio were calculated as well. Univariate analyses with Chi squared or by the Fisher’s exact test were performed to find association between drug history and CTC status.

A multivariate Cox proportional hazards model for DFS was used to assess differences in outcome on the basis chronic medication, CTC_EMT status (present vs. absent), hormone receptor status (positive for either vs. negative for both), HER-2 status (positive or negative), tumor size (T1 vs. T2 and higher), axillary lymph node involvement (N0 vs. N+), and Ki67 status (< 20% vs. > 20%). Step-wise regression techniques were used to build multivariate models using a significance level of 0.10 to remain in the model. All P values presented are two-sided, and associations were considered significant if the P value is less than or equal to 0.05. Statistical analyses were performed using NCSS 11 Statistical Software (2016). NCSS, LLC. Kaysville, Utah, USA, ncss.com/software/ncss.

Results

Overall, 414 patients with primary breast cancer were included in this analysis. Patients’ characteristics are shown in Table 1. Median age of patients in this cohort was 60 years (range: 25-83 years). The majority of patients were of good prognosis, with tumor size less than 2 cm (69.3%), without axillary lymph nodes involvement (65.0%), and with low/intermediate grade (65.5%). CTC_EP was detected in 48 patients (11.6%), while CTC_EMT in 73 patients (17.6%); any type of CTC was present in 113 patients (27.3%).

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics

n  %
All patients414100.0
T-stage
  T128769.3
  > T112730.7
Histology
  IDC35285.0
  Other6215.0
Grade
  Low and intermediate27165.5
  High grade13231.9
  Unknown112.7
Lymph nodes
  N026965.0
  N+14033.8
  Unknown51.2
Hormone receptor status (cut-off 1%)
  Negative for both35485.5
  Positive for either6014.5
HER2 status
  Negative35285.0
  Positive6215.0
Ki67 status (cut-off 20%)
  < 20%24960.1
  > 20%16339.4
  Unknown20.5
Molecular subtype
  Luminal A21151.0
  Luminal B9723.4
  HER2+6215.0
  TN4210.1
  Unknown20.5
  CTC_EP4811.6
  CTC_EMT7317.6
  CTC_Any11327.3

Association between chronic medication and CTC status

Associations between CTC and chronic medication are shown in Tables 2-4. There was no association between CTC, including different subpopulations and chronic medication, except the trend for association between CTC_EP and ACEi/sartans, where patients on ACEi/sartans had lower prevalence of CTC_EP compared to no ACEi/sartan (7.9% vs. 16.1%, P = 0.06). Association between BMI status and CTC was not detected [Table 5].

Table 2

Association between drug history and CTC_EP

DrugCTC_EP negativeCTC_EP positiveP-value
nn%n%
NSAIDNo34029386.24713.8  1.00
Yes9888.9111.1
L-thyroxinNo30726385.74414.3  0.48
Yes423890.549.5
ACEiNo29024684.84415.2  0.10
Yes595593.246.8
SartansNo30526185.64414.4  0.48
Yes444090.949.1
ACEi/SartanNo24820883.94016.1  0.06
Yes1019392.187.9
BetablockersNo25021887.23212.8  0.40
Yes998383.81616.2
StatinsNo29525185.14414.9  0.20
Yes545092.647.4
MetforminNo33228585.84714.2  0.49
Yes171694.115.9
InsulinNo34529786.14813.9  1.00
Yes44100.000.0
Insulin/MetforminNo32928285.74714.3  0.33
Yes201995.015.0
LMWH/WarfarinNo33528886.04714.0  0.70
Yes141392.917.1
Table 3

Association between drug history and CTC_EMT

DrugCTC_EMT negativeCTC_EMT positiveP-value
    n    n  %  n  %
NSAIDNo36629380.17319.9   0.36
Yes88100.000.0
L-thyroxinNo32526380.96219.1   0.57
Yes493877.61122.4
ACEiNo30624680.46019.6   1.00
Yes685580.91319.1
SartansNo31926181.85818.2   0.14
Yes554072.71527.3
ACEi/SartanNo25420881.94618.1   0.33
Yes1209377.52722.5
BetablockersNo26721881.64918.4   0.39
Yes1078377.62422.4
StatinsNo31225180.46119.6   1.00
Yes625080.61219.4
MetforminNo35228581.06719.0   0.40
Yes221672.7627.3
InsulinNo37029780.37319.7   1.00
Yes44100.000.0
Insulin/MetforminNo34928280.86719.2   0.60
Yes251976.0624.0
LMWH/WarfarinNo35828880.47019.6   1.00
Yes161381.3318.8
Table 4

Association between drug history and CTC

DrugCTC_Any negativeCTC_Any positiveP-value
    n    n  %n  %
NSAIDNo40529372.311227.7  0.45
Yes9888.9111.1
L-thyroxinNo36226372.79927.3  1.00
Yes523873.11426.9
ACEiNo34324671.79728.3  0.38
Yes715577.51622.5
SartansNo35526173.59426.5  0.35
Yes594067.81932.2
ACEi/SartanNo28720872.57927.5  0.91
Yes1279373.23426.8
BetablockersNo29621873.67826.4  0.54
Yes1188370.33529.7
StatinsNo35025171.79928.3  0.36
Yes645078.11421.9
MetforminNo39228572.710727.3  1.00
Yes221672.7627.3
InsulinNo41029772.411327.6  0.58
Yes44100.000.0
Insulin/MetforminNo38928272.510727.5  0.82
Yes251976.0624.0
LMWH/WarfarinNo39728872.510927.5  1.00
Yes171376.5423.5
Table 5

Association between BMI and CTC

BMICTC_EP negativeCTC_EP positiveP-value
nn%n%
< 2518015787.22312.8  0.47
26-3011810790.7119.3
31-35928087.01213.0
> 36232295.714.3
CTC_EMT negativeCTC_EMT positiveP-value
< 2518015083.33016.7  0.46
26-301189983.91916.1
31-35927581.51718.5
> 36231669.6730.4
CTC_Any negativeCTC_Any positiveP-value
< 2518013273.34826.7  0.60
26-301189076.32823.7
31-35926469.62830.4
> 36231565.2834.8

Disease outcome according to chronic medication

At a median follow-up time of 55.0 months (range: 4.9-76.7 months), 74 patients (17.3%) had experienced a DFS event, and 36 patients (8.4%) had died. In univariate analysis, chronic administration of ACEi, metformin, and/or insulin was associated with inferior DFS [Table 6 and Figures 1-3] This correlation was most pronounced in patients with CTC_EMT phenotype. The negative prognostic impact of chronic medication was especially observed in patients with CTC_EMT that were on ACEi compared to patients with CTC_EP and/or no CTCs, where administration of ACEi had no impact on patient’s prognosis [Table 7 and Figure 4].

Table 6

Impact of drug history on disease-free survival in primary breast cancer

DrugnHR*95% Low**95% High**P-value***
No NSAID
NSAID
405
9
0.00    0.00  0.00    0.200
No L-thyroxin
L-thyroxin
362
52
0.93    0.45  1.91    0.840
No ACEi
ACEi
343
71
0.49    0.26  0.94    0.007
No sartans
Sartans
355
59
0.69    0.35  1.37    0.230
No ACEi/sartan
ACEi/sartan
287
127
0.53    0.31  0.89    0.008
No betablockers
Betablockers
296
118
0.82    0.49  1.40    0.450
No statins
Statins
350
64
0.63    0.32  1.22    0.110
No metformin
Metformin
392
22
0.27    0.08  0.91    < 0.001
No insulin
Insulin
410
4
0.12    0.01  2.91    < 0.001
No insulin/metformin
Insulin/metformin
389
25
0.24    0.08  0.77    < 0.001
No LMWH/warfarin
LMWH/warfarin
397
17
1.43    0.43  4.71    0.620
Circulating tumor cells and drug history in primary breast cancer patients

Figure 1. Kaplan-Meier estimates of probabilities of disease-free survival according to chronic administration of ACEi (n = 414), HR = 0.49, 95%CI 0.26-0.94, P = 0.007. HR: hazard ratio

Circulating tumor cells and drug history in primary breast cancer patients

Figure 2. Kaplan-Meier estimates of probabilities of disease-free survival according to chronic administration of metformin (n = 414), HR = 0.27, 95%CI 0.08-0.91, P < 0.001. HR: hazard ratio

Circulating tumor cells and drug history in primary breast cancer patients

Figure 3. Kaplan-Meier estimates of probabilities of disease-free survival according to chronic administration of insulin (n = 427), HR = 0.12, 95%CI 0.01-2.91, P < 0.001. HR: hazard ratio

Table 7

Impact of drug history on disease-free survival in primary breast cancer according to CTC subgroups

Sample size 0/1HR*95% Low**95% High**P-value***
No NSAID vs. NSAID
  CTC negative293/80.00  0.00  0.00    0.253
  CTC_EP positive47/10.00  0.00  0.00    0.739
  CTC_EMT positiveNANA  NA  NA    NA
  CTC_any112/10.00  0.00  0.00    0.673
No L-thyroxin vs. t-thyroxin
  CTC negative263/380.89  0.36  2.18    0.782
  CTC_EP positive44/40.30  0.01  9.38    0.251
  CTC_EMT positive62/111.18  0.37  3.77    0.785
  CTC_any99/141.10  0.34  3.54    0.874
No ACEi vs. ACEi
  CTC negative246/550.58  0.27  1.26    0.104
  CTC_EP positive44/40.36  0.01  8.7    0.339
  CTC_EMT positive60/130.36  0.1  1.31    0.029
  CTC_any97/160.27  0.07  1.03    0.002
No sartan vs. sartan
  CTC negative261/400.67  0.28  1.62    0.308
  CTC_EP positive44/40.00  0.00  0.00    0.490
  CTC_EMT positive58/150.78  0.27  2.31    0.636
  CTC_any94/190.79  0.27  2.28    0.642
No ACEi/sartan vs. ACEi/sartan
  CTC negative208/930.57  0.3  1.09    0.063
  CTC_EP positive40/80.82  0.08  8.44    0.856
  CTC_EMT positive46/270.50  0.20  1.27    0.114
  CTC_any79/340.43  0.18  1.07    0.036
No blockers vs. blockers
  CTC negative218/830.93  0.48  1.79    0.817
  CTC_EP positive32/161.98  0.31  12.73    0.535
  CTC_EMT positive49/240.51  0.2  1.34    0.131
  CTC_any78/350.72  0.3  1.72    0.431
No statin vs. statin
  CTC negative251/500.53  0.24  1.17    0.054
  CTC_EP positive44/40.00  0.00  0.00    0.490
  CTC_EMT positive61/120.92  0.26  3.26    0.892
  CTC_any99/140.85  0.23  3.07    0.787
No metformin vs. metformin
  CTC negative285/160.37  0.09  1.53    0.027
  CTC_EP positive47/10.00  0.00  0.00    0.739
  CTC_EMT positive67/60.13  0.01  1.6    < 0.001
  CTC_any107/60.10  0.01  1.78    < 0.001
No Insulin vs. Insulin
  CTC negative297/40.11  0.00  3.00    < 0.001
  CTC_EP positiveNANA  NA  NA    NA
  CTC_EMT positiveNANA  NA  NA    NA
  CTC_anyNANA  NA  NA    NA
No Insulin/metformin vs. Insulin/metformin
  CTC negative282/190.29  0.08  1.1    0.002
  CTC_EP positive47/10.00  0.00  0.00    0.739
  CTC_EMT positive67/60.13  0.01  1.6    < 0.001
  CTC_any107/60.1  0.01  1.78    < 0.001
No LMWH vs. LMWH
  CTC negative288/130.96  0.23  4.08    0.960
  CTC_EP positive47/10.00  0.00  0.00    0.739
  CTC_EMT positive70/30.00  0.00  0.00    0.312
  CTC_any109/40.00  0.00  0.00    0.348
Circulating tumor cells and drug history in primary breast cancer patients

Figure 4. Kaplan-Meier estimates of probabilities of disease-free survival according to CTC status A, CTC negative B, CTC_EP positive C, CTC_EMT positive D, CTC_any. CTC: circulating tumor cell; CTC_EP: circulating tumor cell with epithelial phenotype; CTC_EMT: circulating tumor cell with epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype

In multivariate analysis, presence of CTC_EMT, axillary nodal involvement, hormone receptor status, Ki67 status, and chronic prescription of insulin/metformin were independently associated with DFS [Table 8].

Table 8

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with disease-free survival

VariableHR95% Low95% HighP-value
N stage N+ vs. N02.43  1.50   3.940.0003
ER/PR status positive for either vs. negative for both0.51  0.28   0.940.0315
Ki 67 > 20% vs. < 20%2.33  1.36   4.000.0021
ACEi yes vs. no1.71  0.94   3.080.0766
Insulin/metformin yes vs. no3.97  1.95   8.080.0001
CTC_EMT present vs. absent2.44  1.43   4.150.0010

Discussion

In this translational study, we observed no association between CTCs, including their different subpopulations and chronic medication, except the trend for association between CTC_EP and ACEi/sartans, where patients on ACEi/sartans had lower prevalence of CTC_EP compared to patients without ACEi/sartans. We did not noticed association between BMI status and CTCs as well. These data suggest that chronic medication for general co-morbid conditions have only a slight impact on metastatic cascade. Moreover, we observed that chronic administration of ACEi, metformin, and/or insulin was associated with inferior DFS, while, in multivariate analysis, only insulin/metformin remained independently associated with clinical prognosis. CTC status had no effect on patient’s outcome according to chronic medication; however, due to small size of several subgroups, e.g., NSAID, low molecular weight heparin, and others, the statistical power for analysis is limited.

Approximately 16% of breast cancer patients have diabetes[21]. Diabetes mellitus not only increases the risk of breast cancer, but might also worsen breast cancer prognosis[21]. Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia state may be a potential mediator of this effect[22]. In our study, chronic use of metformin and insulin was associated with inferior outcome. Previously, it was shown that continual administration of insulin over ≥ 3 years was associated with an increased risk of mortality in breast cancer[23]. Moreover, fasting hyperinsulinemia was reported to be an independent predictor for higher risk of breast cancer distant recurrence and death in women without known diabetes[24]. Insulin is known as an enhancer of cancer cell proliferation, inhibiting apoptosis by its receptor and insulin-like growth factor through the PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways[22]. The other reason contributing to progression of breast cancer is decrease of plasma levels of sex hormone binding globulin related to insulin, which results in increase of endogenous estrogen and androgen levels[22]. Contrary to our study, metformin, front-line therapy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, especially in overweight and obese patients, may reduce breast cancer incidence and improve prognosis by several potential mechanisms according to some preclinical data[24,25]. We suppose that, in our trial, worse prognosis associated to metformin and/or insulin administration could be related to diabetes as comorbid condition. Data related to glycemic control and insulinemia were not available. Therefore, we cannot exclude that poor glycemic control and/or hyperinsulinemia might influence this observation. The most negative impact on DFS was observed in CTC_EMT positive subtype. However, our data suggest that worse prognosis related to these drugs might not be related to more efficient metastatic cascade, as there were no differences between CTC and this antidiabetic medication. Due to limited sample size, however, we cannot exclude limited statistical power to definitively answer this question, while the multiple testing approach could affect study results as well. Therefore, our results are only hypothesis generating and validation studies are needed.

Certain classes of antihypertensive drugs are associated with shorter survival in several types of cancers. However, the connection between antihypertensive agents and cancer patient survival remains unclear[26]. ACEis/angiontensin receptor antagonists are the most active drugs approved for treatment of hypertension, heart failure, and diabetic nephropathy. Several epidemiological studies have investigated relationship between ACEi use and cancer-specific mortality in patients with breast cancer[26-30]. In some of them, there was a small increase in cancer recurrence with ACEi use, while others suggest that this drug could be safely administered to breast cancer patients, without affecting breast cancer outcome. In our study, chronic administration of ACEi was associated with inferior DFS, and this was most pronounced in patients with CTC_EMT phenotype. Contrary to this observation, there was no association between ACEi and CTC count.

In conclusion, our findings show that there was no association between chronically used medication and/or CTCs in patients with primary breast cancer, while chronic administration of ACEi, metformin, and insulin could negatively affect prognosis. These data suggest that evaluated chronic medications are not able to favorably affect biology of primary breast cancer.

Declarations

Authors’ contributions

Conception and design of this study: Mardiak J, Mego M

Participated in selection of patients, collection of samples, informed consent obtaining, clinico-pathological data collection: Jurisova S, Karaba M, Benca J, Pindak D

CTCs detection and analysis: Minarik G, Manasova D, Kalavska K, Sedlackova T

Performed statistical analysis: Mego M

Participatedin manuscript preparation: Jurisova S, Mego M

All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Availability of data and materials

All data source could be available to readers on request.

Financial support and sponsorship

This publication is the result of the implementation of projects no. APVV-16-0010 and APVV-14-0327 funded by the Slovak Research and Development Agency.

Conflicts of interest

All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate

The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the National Cancer Institute of Slovakia and all patients signed informed consent.

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Copyright

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Jurisova S, Karaba M, Minarik G, Benca J, Sedlackova T, Manasova D, Kalavska K, Pindak D, Mardiak J, Mego M. Circulating tumor cells and drug history in primary breast cancer patients. Cancer Drug Resist 2020;3:98-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/cdr.2019.79

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