イワモト タカユキ   Takayuki Iwamoto
  岩本 高行
   所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 臨床医学 乳腺甲状腺外科学
   職種   講師
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Influences of preoperative metformin on immunological factors in early breast cancer.
掲載誌名 正式名:Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology
略  称:Cancer Chemother Pharmacol
ISSNコード:14320843/03445704
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 86(1),pp.55-63
著者・共著者 Takahiro Tsukioki, Tadahiko Shien, Takehiro Tanaka, Yoko Suzuki, Yukiko Kajihara, Minami Hatono, Kengo Kawada, Mariko Kochi, Takayuki Iwamoto, Hirokuni Ikeda, Naruto Taira, Hiroyoshi Doihara, Shinichi Toyooka
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
発行年月 2020/07
概要 PURPOSE:Metformin has been suggested to possibly reduce cancer risk. However, the mechanism underlying the positive effects of metformin on cancer treatment remains unclear. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the effects of preoperative metformin in patients with early breast cancer.METHOD:We evaluated the effects on immunological factors (TILs, CD4 + , CD8 + , PD-L1, IFNγ and IL-2) by comparing core needle biopsies (CNB) obtained before metformin treatment with surgical specimens. Seventeen patients were enrolled in this prospective study from January to December 2016. We also analyzed 59 patients undergoing surgery during the same period to reveal the correlation of immune factors between CNB and surgical specimen.RESULT:There was a moderate correlation between CNB and surgical specimens on TILs and CD8 + lymphocyte. (TILs Rs = 0.63, CD4 + Rs = 0.224, CD8 + Rs = 0.42) In the metformin group, TILs increases were confirmed in five (29%) patients, while a decrease was confirmed in two (12%). The expressions of CD4 + and CD8 + by TILs were increased in 41% and 18% of surgical specimens, respectively. However, TILs number (p = 0.0554), CD4+ (p = 0.0613) and CD8 + (p = 0.0646) expressions did not significantly increased. Furthermore, IFNγ expression appeared to be increased in response to metformin (p = 0.08).CONCLUSION:Preoperative metformin tends to increase TILs, as well as the numbers of CD4 and CD8 positive lymphocytes, and IFNγ levels. Metformin might improve immune function and have a possibility of chemo-sensitivity and thereby increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy, based on the results of this preliminary study.
DOI 10.1007/s00280-020-04092-2
PMID 32533334