Expression of chemokines and their receptors in peripheral blood from elderly patients with breast cancer

Abstract

Objective To study the role of chemokines and their receptors in peripheral blood in the pathogenesis of breast cancer in elderly patients.Methods Serum levels of regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES),macrophage inflammatory protein-3 α (MIP-3α ) and stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1) were determined by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 30 elderly patients with breast cancer (breast cancer group) and 30 normal controls (control group).Meanwhile,chemokine receptors,CC chemokine receptor (CCR)5,CCR6 and CXC chemokine receptor(CXCR) 4 on peripheral blood CD3+ T-cell in two groups were analyzed by flow cytometry.Results Serum levels of RANTES,MIP-3 α and SDF-1 in breast cancer group were significantly higher than those in control group [ (27.9 ± 16.6) μ g/L vs.( 12.6 ± 4.2) μ g/L,( 10.9 ± 7.1 ) μ g/L vs.(5.4 ± 3.5 )μg/L,(339.4 ±94.6) ng/L vs. (195.0 ±70.8) ng/L,P ＜0.01].There was no significant difference in expressions of CCR5,CCR6 and CXCR4 on peripheral blood CD3+ T-cell between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The abnormal increase of serum levels of RANTES,MIP-3 α and SDF-1 in peripheral blood may play role in the carcinogenesis and progress of breast cancer in elderly patients. Key words: Chemokines; Receptors,chemokine; Breast neoplasms; Aged