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Lookup NU author(s): Garrett Durkan, Dr Joyce Nutt, Colin Marsh, Dr Mary Robinson, Professor David Neal, Professor John LunecORCiD, Kilian Mellon
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Purpose: The purpose is to assess the prognostic significance of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 in patients with bladder cancer using a combination of ELISA (to measure MMP-9 in voided urine) and immunohistochemistry (to study MMP-9 in bladder tumors). The relationship between MMP-9 and its principal inhibitor, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 (in voided urine samples) was also studied. Experimental Design: A total of 134 patients with bladder tumors (7 cis, 76 Ta, 27 T1, 24 T2-T4; 40 G1, 43 G2, and 44 G3), 33 patients with benign urological conditions, and 36 healthy volunteers was studied. Samples from 106 patients with bladder cancer and 12 controls were stained for MMP-9. Clinical follow-up data were available on 116 patients (median: 25 months; range: 4-36 months). Results: MMP-9 was present in all urine samples analyzed. There were no differences between patients with cancer and patients with benign disorders. However, patients had significantly higher urinary MMP-9 than normal volunteers (P = 0.0167). Urinary MMP-9 was associated with bladder tumors of advanced stage (P = 0.0065) and large size (P < 0.0001) but not with grade (P = 0.14), multiplicity (P = 0.31), recurrence (P = 0.55), progression (P = 0.83), or survival (P = 0.55). Low MMP-9:TIMP-1 ratios in patients with nonmuscle-invasive tumors were associated with higher recurrence rates (P = 0.0035). Sixty percent (64 of 106) of bladder tumor specimens expressed MMP-9 compared with none of 12 normal urothelial biopsies (P < 0.0001). MMP-9 staining was associated with tumor size (P = 0.014), disease progression (P = 0.005), and poor disease-specific survival (P = 0.022) but was unrelated to tumor stage (P = 0.46), grade (P = 0.26), multiplicity (P = 0.85), or recurrence rate (P = 0.62). Conclusions: High urinary MMP-9 levels are associated with large bladder tumors. A low urinary MMP-9:TIMP-1 ratio may indicate a higher risk of intraluminal nonmuscle-invasive tumor recurrence and may assist in planning follow-up surveillance protocols.
Author(s): Durkan, G., Nutt, J., Marsh, C., Rajjayabun, P., Robinson,M., Neal, D.E., Lunec, J., Mellon, J.K.
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Clinical Cancer Research
Year: 2003
Volume: 9
Issue: 7
Pages: 2576-2582
Print publication date: 01/07/2003
ISSN (print): 1078-0432
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PubMed id: 12855633
