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Metabolic syndrome biomarkers and early breast cancer in Saudi women: evidence for the presence of a systemic stress response and/or a pre-existing metabolic syndrome-related neoplasia risk?

Authors: Alokail, MS  Al-Daghri, N  Abdulkareem, A  Draz, HM  Yakout, SM  Alnaami, AM  Sabico, S  Alenad, AM  Chrousos, GP 
Citation: Alokail MS, etal., BMC Cancer. 2013 Feb 4;13:54. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-54.
RGD ID: 8548901
Pubmed: PMID:23374911   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3571930   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1186/1471-2407-13-54   (Journal Full-text)

BACKGROUND: Obesity has been linked to many adverse health consequences, including breast cancer. This study aims to determine adipocytokine and other biological changes in recently diagnosed breast cancer patients before therapy is started. METHODS: A total of 109 female Saudi subjects [56 newly diagnosed, treatment-naive, histologically-confirmed breast cancer cases and 53 age- and BMI-matched controls] were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric data were collected. Serum insulin, adipocytokines and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) concentrations were measured using a customized multiplex Luminex assay. Hypersensitive C-Reactive Protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and angiotensin II (ANG II) were measured using ELISA. RESULTS: A few days in the diagnosis, breast cancer subjects had significantly higher systolic blood pressure (p = 0.03), glucose (p = 0.01), triglycerides (p = 0.001), leptin (p = 0.044), resistin (p = 0.04), ANG II (p = 0.02), TNF-alpha (p = 0.045), and CRP (p = 0.04) than the controls. On the other hand, HDL (p = 0.01) and adiponectin (p = 0.02) were significantly lower in cancer subjects than controls. A significant association was found between elevated triglycerides (TG) and breast cancer [OR (95% CI), 6.1(1.8, 15.6), p = 0.004], as well as elevated ANG II [OR (95% CI), 5.2(1.2, 14.3), p = 0.03]. On the other hand, aPAI and HDL correlated negatively with breast cancer [OR (95% CI), 0.076(0.01, 0.34), p = 0.001; 0.30(0.09, 0.95), p 0.04, respectively]. CONCLUSION: Circulating ANGII and triglycerides were positively associated with early breast cancer. In contrast, HDL-cholesterol correlated negatively with ANG II and aPAI in these patients. This suggests that patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer have biochemical changes consistent with an activated stress response and/or that patients with metabolic syndrome manifestations have a higher risk of developing this disease.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
breast cancer  IEP 8548901protein:increased expression:serumRGD 
breast cancer  ISOAGT (Homo sapiens)8548901; 8548901protein:increased expression:serumRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Agt  (angiotensinogen)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Agt  (angiotensinogen)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
AGT  (angiotensinogen)


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