Potential survival markers in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Clin Exp Med. 2015 Aug;15(3):381-7. doi: 10.1007/s10238-014-0313-6. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

Abstract

Due to the importance of the identification of chemotherapy outcome prognostic factors, we attempted to establish the potential of oxidative stress/DNA damage parameters such as prognostic markers. The aim of the study was to determine whether platinum derivative-based chemotherapy in cancer patients (n = 66) is responsible for systemic oxidatively damaged DNA and whether damage biomarkers, such as 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) and the modified base 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxo-Gua), in urine and DNA may be used as a prognostic factor for the outcome of chemotherapy. All the aforementioned modifications were analyzed using techniques involving high-performance liquid chromatography/electrochemical detection (HPLC/EC) or HPLC/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Among all the analyzed parameters, the significantly decreased levels of 8-oxo-Gua in urine collected from a subgroup of patients 24 h after the first infusion of the drug, as compared with the baseline levels, correlated with a significantly longer overall survival (OS) (60 months after therapy) than in the subgroup without any decrease of this parameter after therapy (median OS = 24 months, p = 0.007). Moreover, a significantly longer OS was also observed in a group with increased urine levels of 8-oxo-dG after chemotherapy (38.6 vs. 20.5 months, p = 0.03). The results of our study suggest that patients with decreased 8-oxo-Gua levels and increased 8-oxo-dG levels in urine 24 h after the first dose should be considered as better responders to the administered chemotherapy, with a lower risk of death. The conclusion may permit the use of these parameters as markers for predicting the clinical outcome of platinum derivative-based chemotherapy.

MeSH terms

  • 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biomarkers / analysis*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • DNA Damage
  • Deoxyguanosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Deoxyguanosine / analysis
  • Deoxyguanosine / urine
  • Drug Monitoring*
  • Drug Therapy*
  • Female
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Guanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Guanine / analysis
  • Guanine / urine
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Prognosis
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Guanine
  • 8-oxo-7,8-dihydrodeoxyguanine
  • 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine
  • Deoxyguanosine