High expression of SDF‑1 and VEGF is associated with poor prognosis in patients with synovial sarcomas

  • Authors:
    • Qi Feng
    • Peng Guo
    • Jin Wang
    • Xiaoyu Zhang
    • Hui‑Chai Yang
    • Jian‑Gang Feng
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  • Published online on: January 2, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.5684
  • Pages: 2597-2603
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Abstract

Stromal cell‑derived factor‑1 (SDF‑1) predicts poor clinical outcomes of certain types of cancer. Furthermore, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes the growth and metastasis of solid tumors. The aim of the present study was to examine the expression of SDF‑1 and VEGF in patients with synovial sarcoma and to determine their expression is correlated with unfavorable outcomes. Levels of SDF‑1 and VEGF proteins were evaluated in 54 patients with synovial sarcoma using immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence staining. Potential associations between the expression of SDF‑1 and VEGF and various clinical parameters were analyzed using Pearson's χ2 test and the Spearman‑rho test. Additionally, univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to identify potential prognostic factors, and the Kaplan‑Meier method was used to analyze the overall survival rates of patients. Low SDF‑1 and VEGF expression was detected in 20.4% (11/54) and 22.2% (12/54) of patients with synovial sarcoma; moderate expression was detected in 35.2% (19/54) and 37.0% (20/54) of patients and high expression was detected in 44.4% (24 of 54) and 40.7% (22 of 54) of patients, respectively. Levels of SDF‑1 and VEGF proteins were significantly associated with histological grade (P<0.05), metastasis (P<0.05) and American Joint Committee on Cancer staging (P<0.05). In addition, levels of SDF‑1 and VEGF expression were positively correlated with each other (P<0.001). Univariate analysis also indicated that VEGF expression was associated with shorter overall survival rates in (P<0.05), whereas multivariate analysis demonstrated that SDF‑1 expression was associated with shorter patient survival rates (P<0.05). Finally, both SDF‑1 and VEGF expression were associated with various characteristics of synovial sarcoma. Therefore, SDF‑1 expression may be a potential independent prognostic indicator in patients with synovial sarcomas.

Introduction

Synovial sarcomas (SS) are clinically aggressive malignant tumors of mesenchymal origin and patients with SS are susceptible to early systemic metastases (1,2). Although the long-term outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for SS have improved due to the development of systemic chemotherapy, the overall prognosis of patients with SS remains unsatisfactory (3,4). SS are characterized by local recurrence and early lung metastases, and the 5-year survival rate for SS ranges between 20 and 30% (5). Therefore, the establishment of efficient therapeutic strategies is required to improve the prognosis of such patients.

Chemotaxis is involved in many physiological processes, including stem-cell homing, hematopoiesis, extracellular matrix remodeling and cell-mediated wound healing (611). Previous studies have identified an association between tumorigenesis and chemokines (612). Thus, these chemokines such as CXCL may be useful as potential therapeutic targets to attenuate tumor progression.

Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), also known as CXCL-12, primarily regulates the progression of chemotaxis and may promote tumor formation (613). SDF-1 has been implicated in almost all malignant cancers, including breast, lung, and colon cancer, as well as tumors of hematopoietic origins (14). Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that SDF-1 increases the recurrence and metastasis of malignant tumors, as it may enhance the survival of tumor cells by preventing apoptosis (15,16), resulting in decreased survival rates and unfavorable clinical outcomes in cancer patients.

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important cytokines in the human body and promotes neovascularization and carcinogenesis via SDF-1 signaling (17). Previous studies have demonstrated that overexpression of VEGF is essential for the growth and survival of many types of cancer cells (18). In addition, high levels of VEGF are associated with unfavorable survival rates in patients with SS (18,19). The present study aimed to evaluate the expression patterns of SDF-1 and VEGF in samples from SS tissue and determine the potential association between SDF-1 and VEGF expression and patient clinical outcomes.

Materials and methods

Patients and samples

Paraffin-embedded specimens were collected from 54 patients who visited the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University (Shijiazhuang, China) between January 2004 and December 2010. Clinical and histopathological characteristics, including sex, age, tumor size, histological grade, distant metastasis, AJCC staging, and information on patient follow-up and survival, were collected retrospectively. The specimens were fixed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin overnight at room temperature and then were achieved for later use. Furthermore, radiotherapy and chemotherapy were not administered prior to surgery in any patient. All of the data were grouped according to the patient's age, sex, tumor size (<5 vs. ≥5 cm) and histological cancer profile. Each patient was assigned a histological grade according to the Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer (20), the presence of distant metastases and American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging (21). The present study was approved by Ethics Committee of The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University (Shijiazhuang, China) and informed written consent was obtained from all patients.

Immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence staining and scoring

For immunohistochemical analysis, a tissue microarray was produced using 4.0-mm diameter tumor cores with 1 core per case. Antigen retrieval was performed by microwaving the array in sodium citrate buffer at 95°C for 10 min. Subsequently, the samples were blocked in normal goat serum (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) at 37°C for 1 h Immunohistochemical staining was performed according to a routine protocol (18). Samples were incubated at 37°C for 1 h with rabbit anti-human SDF-1 (cat. no. GTX116092, 1:100; Bethyl Laboratories, Montgomery, Inc., TX, USA) and rabbit anti-human VEGF (cat. no. sc-152, 1:50; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Dallas, TX, USA). Following this, samples were incubated with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody (cat. no. A6667, Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) at 37°C for 1 h. Stained sections were analyzed under an optical microscope by three pathologists who were blinded to the patient data. The mean number of immunopositive cells in the samples was determined in 5 random fields-of-view at a magnification of ×400. Furthermore, immunohistochemical results were evaluated according to the Friedrich' immunoreactivity score (IRS) (18) based on two categories: The percentage of stained cells (X): <1% (score=0); 1–25% (score=1); 25–50% (score=2); 51–80% (score=3); >80% (score=4); the staining intensity (Y): no staining (score=0); buff (score=1); darker buff (score=2); tan (score=3). X × Y was calculated as the final score, and staining was described as low (final score 0–3, −/+), moderate (final score 4–7, ++) or high (final score >7, +++). Analysis was performed using ImagePro Plus software (version 6; Media Cybernetics, Rockville, MD, USA).

Statistical analyses

The end of the follow-up period was defined as either the date of patient mortality or the patient's last date of contact, up to January 2015. Overall survival (OS) was defined as the period of time from the date of the diagnosis to the date of last contact or patient mortality. Furthermore, the association of potential prognostic factors with SEF-1 and VEGF expression was analyzed using the χ2 test. For the correlation analysis, the Spearman-rho test was used to compare histological and clinical variables. Univariate and multivariate analysis for the potential prognostic factors and the OS was conducted using the Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. Additionally, the Kaplan-Meier curve method was used to determine the OS. SPSS software (version 22.0; IBM SPSS, Armonk, NY, USA) was used for statistical analysis and P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Patient characteristics

Patient characteristics are presented in Table I. The mean patient age was 56.2±18.4 years (range, 25–74 years) and the median OS was 11 months (range, 3–83 months).

Table I.

Clinicopathological variables and the expression of SDF-1 and VEGF.

Table I.

Clinicopathological variables and the expression of SDF-1 and VEGF.

SDF-1VEGF


Characteristics −/+ (%)++ (%)+++ (%)P-value−/+ (%)++ (%)+++ (%)P-value
Sex 0.202 0.717
  Female236 (26.1)10 (43.5)  7 (30.4)   6 (26.1)  9 (39.1)  8 (34.8)
  Male31  5 (16.1)  9 (29.0)17 (54.8)   6 (19.4)11 (35.5)14 (45.2)
Age (years) 0.217 0.490
  ≥3025  5 (20.0)  6 (24.0)14 (56.0)   4 (16.0)11 (44.0)10 (40.0)
  <3029  6 (20.7)13 (44.8)10 (34.5)   8 (27.6)  9 (31.0)12 (41.4)
Tumor size (cm) 0.609 0.787
  <532  6 (18.8)10 (31.3)16 (50.0)   7 (21.9)13 (40.6)12 (37.5)
  ≥522  5 (22.7)  9 (40.9)  8 (36.4)   5 (22.7)  7 (31.8)10 (45.5)
Histological gradea 0.004 0.042
  I12  5 (41.7)  2 (16.7)  5 (41.7)   6 (50.0)  4 (33.3)  2 (16.7)
  II20  2 (10.0)13 (65.0)  5 (25.0)   2 (10.0)10 (50.0)  8 (40.0)
  III22  4 (18.2)  4 (18.2)14 (63.6)   4 (18.2)  6 (27.3)12 (54.5)
Distant metastatisa 0.009 0.028
  No3411 (32.4)12 (35.3)11 (32.4) 11 (32.4)13 (38.2)10 (29.4)
  Yes200 (0.0)  7 (35.0)13 (65.0) 1 (5.0)  7 (35.0)12 (60.0)
AJCC staginga <0.001 0.003
  I/II2511 (44.0)11 (44.0)  3 (12.0) 10 (40.0)10 (40.0)  5 (20.0)
  III/IV290 (0.0)  8 (27.6)21 (72.4) 2 (6. 9)10 (34.5)17 (58.6)

{ label (or @symbol) needed for fn[@id='tfn1-etm-0-0-5684'] } Pearson's χ2 test was used.

a P<0.05. SDF-1, stromal cell-derived factor-1; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.

Association between SDF-1 and VEGF expression levels and clinicopathological characteristics

Associations between SDF-1 and VEGF and clinicopathological characteristics are summarized in Table I. Typical SDF-1 and VEGF staining in SS tissues are presented in Fig. 1. It was determined that in SS tissues, SDF-1 expression was low in 20.4% (11/54), moderate in 35.2% (19/54) and high in 44.4% (24/54) of cases, whereas VEGF expression was low in 22.2% (12/54), moderate in 37.0% (20/54) and high in 40.7% (22/54) of cases. Additionally, both SDF-1 and VEGF expression were significantly associated with histological grade (P<0.05), distant metastasis (P<0.05) and AJCC staging (P<0.05). No significant associations were identified between SDF-1 and VEGF expression levels and other clinicopathological features (Table I).

SDF-1 expression is positively correlated with VEGF expression

The expression of SDF-1 was significantly correlated with VEGF expression (P<0.001), with a correlation coefficient of 0.618 (Table II). Furthermore, immunofluorescence analysis of paraffin-embedded specimens determined that SDF-1 and VEGF were located at the appropriate sections in SS cells (Fig. 2).

Table II.

Correlation between SDF-1 and VEGF expression.

Table II.

Correlation between SDF-1 and VEGF expression.

SDF-1

Characteristics −/+ (%)++ (%)+++ (%)P-value (Spearman)
VEGFa <0.001
  −/+128 (66.7)3 (25.0)1 (8.3)
  ++202 (10.0)11 (55.0)7 (35.0)
  +++221 (4.5)5 (22.7)16 (72.7)
Total54111924

{ label (or @symbol) needed for fn[@id='tfn3-etm-0-0-5684'] } Spearman-rho test was used.

a P<0.05. Stromal cell-derived factor-1; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.

High expression of SDF-1 and VEGF in patients with SS correlates with poor OS

Univariate Cox proportional hazard analyzes for OS are summarized in Table III and Kaplan-Meier curves are presented in Fig. 3. Sex, age, tumor size and histological grade were not significant in predicting OS. However, distant metastasis (P<0.01) and higher AJCC staging (P<0.01) predicted shorter OS (Fig. 3). In addition, univariate analysis revealed that SDF-1 (P<0.05) and VEGF (P<0.01) expression were significantly associated with shorter OS (Table III; Fig. 3).

Table III.

Univariate Cox proportional regression analysis of clinicopathological factors associated with OS.

Table III.

Univariate Cox proportional regression analysis of clinicopathological factors associated with OS.

OS

Characteristics HR95% CIP-value
Sex
  Female231
  Male311.5430.810–2.9360.187
Age (years)
  ≥30251
  <30291.0620.569–1.9820.851
Tumor size (cm)
  <5321
  ≥5220.9240.492–1.7360.806
Histological grade
  I1210.251
  II201.1050.471–2.5890.819
  III221.8020.802–4.0480.154
Distant metastasisa
  No561
  Yes332.4521.247–4.8200.009
AJCC staginga
  I91<0.001
  II163.5171.013–12.2100.048
  III1122.105.371–90.908<0.001
  IV1833.336.599–139.440<0.001
SDF-1a
  Low (−/+)111<0.001
  Moderate (++)193.1651.042–9.6100.042
  High (+++)2418.735.496–63.880<0.001
VEGFa
  Low (−/+)121<0.001
  Moderate (++)203.3051.265–8.6320.015
  High (+++)224.8261.825–12.7600.002

a P<0.05. OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; SDF-1, stromal cell-derived factor-1; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; OS, overall survival.

SDF-1 expression is an independent prognostic factor for poor overall survival of SS patients

Univariate factors associated with OS were identified by a multivariate Cox proportional hazard (Table IV). Distant metastasis [P=0.017, HR=0.185 (0.046–0.737)], AJCC staging [P=0.04, HR=3.680 (1.519–8.914)] and SDF-1 expression [P=0.026, HR=2.640 (1.124–6.200)] were independent prognostic factors for OS. Furthermore, SS patients with higher SDF-1 expression exhibited a significantly greater risk of mortality (Plog-rank <0.01) than patients with lower SDF-1 expression (Fig. 3). Therefore, the expression of SDF-1 appears to be a potentially significant clinical prognostic factor in patients with SS.

Table IV.

Multivariate Cox regression analysis of clinicopathological factors associated with OS.

Table IV.

Multivariate Cox regression analysis of clinicopathological factors associated with OS.

OS

FactorsHR95% CIP-value
AJCC staginga3.6801.519–8.9140.004
Distant metastasisa0.1850.046–0.7370.017
SDF-1a2.6401.124–6.2000.026

a P<0.05. OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; SDF-1, stromal cell-derived factor-1.

Discussion

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that levels of SDF-1 and VEGF expression are correlated with the occurrence of SS. In addition, it was determined that high SDF-1 and VEGF expression was significantly associated with unfavorable clinical variables. Furthermore, SDF-1 expression was positively correlated with VEGF expression, and SDF-1 expression alone was sufficient to be an independent prognostic indicator of OS in multivariate Cox regression analysis. Overall, the results of the present study demonstrate that both SDF-1 and VEGF expression may be significant prognostic factors for SS and result in unfavorable clinical outcomes in patients.

SDF-1 is one of the CXCs family chemokines and is important in chemotaxis, stem cell homing, self-renewal and differentiation, hematopoiesis and wound healing (3,12,2224). Tumor cells are capable of overexpressing chemokine receptors and chemokines may be important in cancer progression and organ-selective metastasis (14,25). It has been hypothesized that disseminated tumor cells expressing chemokine receptors can invade the circulation and are subsequently attracted and arrested by their corresponding ligands. The local/original and specific metastatic sites initiate an inflammatory response in nearby tissues, resulting in the expression of additional chemokines (26). These chemokines are then able to induce the procession, recurrence, and migration of tumor cells. A number of studies have demonstrated that SDF-1 is important in various types of cancers, including prostate, ovarian and breast tumors (12,13,27). The observations of the present study are consistent with those from previous studies and confirm that SDF-1 expression is associated with poor clinical outcomes.

In original and/or metastatic tumor sites, reconstruction of local microvascular environment is one of the most important steps facilitating the survival of new mitotic tumor cells (28). It is thought that SDF-1 may upregulate the expression of VEGF via the SDF-1/CXCR-4 (chemokine receptor-4, the specific receptor of SDF-1) pathway (29). Furthermore, overexpression of VEGF in tumor cells may lead to aggressive tumorigenesis and distant metastasis, resulting in poor clinical outcomes (30,31). The present study revealed that there is a significant association between the levels of SDF-1 and VEGF expression in SS. A strong association between levels of SDF-1 and VEGF expression and lower histological grade, higher stage, increased distant metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with SS was also identified. To the best of our knowledge, these results provide the first evidence that SDF-1 and VEGF are involved in SS, which is consistent with previous studies (32). Therefore, SDF-1 is not only a potential prognostic marker, but also a novel target for therapeutic intervention in patients with SS. However, the exact role of SDF-1 and VEGF in SS has not been fully elucidated, and additional in vivo and in vitro investigations of the molecular mechanisms are required.

There were a number of limitations in the present study. For example, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were semi-quantitative and not as accurate as reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction or western blot analysis would have been. Therefore, some bias may have been introduced. However, the samples were analyzed in a blinded fashion by three pathologists, and a consensus was reached by discussion if disagreements occurred. The sample size of the present study was also relatively small, meaning that the results would need to be confirmed in a larger population.

In conclusion, a significant proportion of patients with SS exhibited high expression of SDF-1 and VEGF. Expression of SDF-1 and VEGF was associated with unfavorable clinical characteristics and poor prognosis of SS patients. Although the role of SDF-1 and VEGF in SS remains unclear, SDF-1 appears to be a significant potential clinical prognostic factor in patients with SS.

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