Elevated platelets enhance cancer cell migration, promote hematogenous metastasis and associate with a poor prognosis in advanced non-small cell lung cancer cases

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Although correlations between platelets and lung cancer has been recognized, effects on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) metastasis remain to be determined in detail. In the present study, wound healing assays revealed a role of platelets in NSCLC cell migration . Thus the mean migration rate of lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells was significantly elevated after co-culture with platelets (81.7±0.45% vs 41.0±3.50%, P<0.01). Expression of GAPDH was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to study the effect of platelets on NSCLC cell proliferation. The result showed that the proliferation of A549 and SPC-A1 cells was not affected. Mouse models were established by transfusing A549 cells and SPC-A1 cells into mice lateral tail veins. We found tumor metastasis nodules in lungs to be increased significantly after co-transfusion with platelets (in A549, 4.33±0.33 vs 0.33±0.33, P=0.01; in SPC-A1, 2.67±0.33 vs 0.00±0.00, P=0.01). In addition, consecutive inoperable patients with newly diagnosed NSCLC (TNM stage III or IV) between January 2009 and December 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. Using the Kaplan-Meier method, NSCLC patients with a high platelet counts demonstrated a significantly shorter progression free survival compared with those with a low platelet count (>200×109/L, 3 months versus ≤200×109/L, 5 months, P=0.001). An elevated platelet count was also identified as an independent prognostic factor by Cox regression analysis for prgression free survival (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.16, 2.46; P=0.006). This study suggested that platelets might contribute to the hematogenous metastatic process by promoting cancer cell migration, which eventually affects the prognosis of NSCLC.

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Li, Y., Miao, L. Y., Xiao, Y. L., Cai, H. R., & Zhang, D. P. (2014). Elevated platelets enhance cancer cell migration, promote hematogenous metastasis and associate with a poor prognosis in advanced non-small cell lung cancer cases. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 15(1), 139–143. https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.1.139

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