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Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy

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    • Shuo Wang
    • Yiqun Sun
    • Anning He
    • Caiwei Zheng
    • Xinyu Zheng
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    Affiliations: Department of Breast Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China, Department of Burns, General Hospital of Benxi Iron and Steel Company, Benxi, Liaoning 117000, P.R. China, Lab 1, Cancer Institute, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA
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The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E‑binding protein 1 (4E‑BP1) pathway plays a critical role in cell growth, survival and angiogenesis, and has been demonstrated to correlate with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), also known as preoperative therapy, is now well established in the treatment of inoperable locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancer. In vitro study has shown that mTOR inhibitors, together with cytotoxic agents, exhibit tumor cell killing activity. A number of non‑randomized studies in HER2‑positive trastuzumab‑resistant metastatic breast cancer have revealed the antitumor activity of mTOR inhibitors when used together with standard chemotherapy plus trastuzumab. In the present study, the expression levels of phosphorylated (p)‑mTOR and p‑4E‑BP1 were analyzed in breast cancer patients prior to and following NAC, to determine whether p‑mTOR and p‑4E‑BP1 affect the response to NAC and the subsequent survival. Formalin‑fixed, paraffin‑embedded tissues representing matched pairs of core biopsy (pre‑NAC) and surgical specimen (post‑NAC) from 83 patients with invasive ductal carcinomas were collected. Immunohistochemistry was performed to evaluate the expression of p‑mTOR and p‑4E‑BP1 using a semi‑­quantitative scoring system by two pathologists. It was found that the expression of p‑mTOR and p‑4E‑BP1 was downregulated following NAC. The decrease in mTOR expression following NAC was found to positively correlate with HER2 expression and the reduction of tumor sizes. The high expression of p‑mTOR and p‑4E‑BP1 in pre‑NAC specimens was associated with poor disease‑free survival (DFS). Furthermore, the high expression of p‑mTOR in post‑NAC specimens was associated with poor DFS, regardless of whether the expression was high or low in the pre‑NAC specimens. In conclusion, NAC was found to decrease the expression levels of p‑mTOR and p‑4E‑BP1. The p‑mTOR expression post‑NAC may potentially serve as a predictor for DFS. However, further study is required to clarify the mechanism and to evaluate the predictive value of the phosphatidylinositol 3‑kinase/Akt/mTOR/4E‑BP1 pathway in NAC.
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Wang S, Sun Y, He A, Zheng C and Zheng X: Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Oncol Lett 8: 2642-2648, 2014.
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Wang, S., Sun, Y., He, A., Zheng, C., & Zheng, X. (2014). Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Oncology Letters, 8, 2642-2648. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2551
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Wang, S., Sun, Y., He, A., Zheng, C., Zheng, X."Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy". Oncology Letters 8.6 (2014): 2642-2648.
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Wang, S., Sun, Y., He, A., Zheng, C., Zheng, X."Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy". Oncology Letters 8, no. 6 (2014): 2642-2648. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2551
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Wang S, Sun Y, He A, Zheng C and Zheng X: Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Oncol Lett 8: 2642-2648, 2014.
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Wang, S., Sun, Y., He, A., Zheng, C., & Zheng, X. (2014). Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Oncology Letters, 8, 2642-2648. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2551
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Wang, S., Sun, Y., He, A., Zheng, C., Zheng, X."Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy". Oncology Letters 8.6 (2014): 2642-2648.
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Wang, S., Sun, Y., He, A., Zheng, C., Zheng, X."Predictive value of phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin for disease‑free survival in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy". Oncology Letters 8, no. 6 (2014): 2642-2648. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2551
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