Rikhof B, van Doorn J, Suurmeijer AJH, Rautenberg MW, Groenen PJTA, Verdijk MAJ, Jager PL, de Jong S, Gietema JA, van der Graaf WTA. Insulin-like growth factors and insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins in relation to disease status and incidence of hypoglycaemia in patients with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
Ann Oncol 2009;
20:1582-1588. [PMID:
19276395 DOI:
10.1093/annonc/mdp038]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Patients with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) suffering from non-islet cell tumour-induced hypoglycaemia (NICTH), being associated with increased plasma levels of pro-insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-IIE[68-88], have been reported occasionally. We studied the clinical relevance of pro-IGF-IIE[68-88] and other IGF-related proteins in GIST patients.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Twenty-four patients were included. Plasma samples were collected before 1 week and median 5 months after start of treatment with imatinib, and levels of IGF-I, total IGF-II, pro-IGF-IIE[68-88], insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-2, -3 and -6 were determined. GIST specimens from 17 patients and tumour cyst fluid from two patients were analysed for IGF-II and IGFBP-2.
RESULTS
Before treatment and/or during follow-up, 3 of 24 (13%) patients showed increased plasma levels of pro-IGF-IIE[68-88]. All three developed NICTH. Overall, patients with metastatic disease, elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase activity or total tumour size >12 cm had the highest pro-IGF-IIE[68-88] levels. Most patients had increased plasma IGFBP-2 levels and these levels were significantly higher in patients with progressive disease. (Pro-)IGF-II was expressed in 82% of GISTs and IGFBP-2 only in one case.
CONCLUSION
We identified pro-IGF-IIE[68-88] as a marker that may be used in the surveillance of GIST.
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