Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Cancer cachexia is a complex wasting syndrome affecting patients with advanced cancer, with systemic inflammation as a key component in pathogenesis. Protein degradation and release of amino acids (AAs) in skeletal muscle are stimulated in cachexia. Here, we define factors contributing to serum AA levels in colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS:Serum levels of nine AAs were characterised in 336 CRC patients and their relationships with 20 markers of systemic inflammatory reaction, clinicopathological features of cancers and patient survival were analysed. RESULTS:Low serum glutamine and histidine levels and high phenylalanine levels associated with indicators of systemic inflammation, including high modified Glasgow Prognostic Score, high blood neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and high serum levels of CRP, IL-6 and IL-8. Low levels of serum glutamine, histidine, alanine and high glycine levels also associated with advanced cancer stage and with poor cancer-specific survival in univariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS:In CRC, serum AA levels are associated with systemic inflammation and disease stage. These findings may reflect muscle catabolism induced by systemic inflammation in CRC.
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Sirniö P,Väyrynen JP,Klintrup K,Mäkelä J,Karhu T,Herzig KH,Minkkinen I,Mäkinen MJ,Karttunen TJ,Tuomisto Adoi
10.1038/s41416-018-0357-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-01-01 00:00:00pages
238-246issue
2eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827pii
10.1038/s41416-018-0357-6journal_volume
120pub_type
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