Prognostic Significance of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine in Solid Tumors: a Meta-analysis

Overview

Journal BMC Cancer

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Oncology

Date 2019 Oct 26

PMID 31651287

Citations 27

Authors

Xiangcheng Qing

Deyao Shi

Xiao Lv

Baichuan Wang

Songfeng Chen

Zengwu Shao

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Abstract

Background: High level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been detected in almost all cancers, which make it become one of the best-characterized phenotypes in cancers. Though ROS plays an important role in tumors, the degree of oxidative stress can be better evaluated by assessing stable metabolites of oxidative reactions because of its high instability. 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a product of oxidative damage to 2'-deoxyguanosine, is known as a useful marker for assessing oxidative DNA damage and has been a feature of carcinogenesis in several researches. But the exact prognostic value of 8-OHdG expression in patients with cancer is still unclear.

Methods: A comprehensive search was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE. Eligible studies were included based on defined exclusion and inclusion criteria to perform a meta-analysis. STATA 14.0 was used to estimate pooled hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI), the heterogeneity among studies and publication bias to judge the prognostic value.

Results: A total of 2121 patients from 21 eligible studies were included in the meta-analysis. A significant association was found between elevated 8-OHdG expression and poor OS (overall survival) in cancer patients (pooled HR 1.921, 95% CI: 1.437-2.570); In the subgroup analysis, race of sample, cancer types, detection method of 8-OHdG, sample classification, detection location of 8-OHdG and paper quality (score more or less than 7) did not alter the association between 8-OHdG expression and cancer prognosis. Furthermore, 8-OHdG expression was an independent prognostic marker for overall survival in patients with cancer (pooled HR 2.110, 95% CI: 1.482-3.005) using Cox multivariate analyses.

Conclusions: This meta-analysis found that highly expressed 8-OHdG in tumor tissues may be a predictor of prognosis in most solid tumors. However, especially in breast cancer, low 8-OHdG expression is associated with poor prognosis, which is partly because of the increased antioxidant mechanisms in breast cancer tissues. This study demonstrates for the first time that 8-OHdG expression is associated with the prognosis of cancer patients. In the future, whether the expression level of 8-OHdG can be used as a biomarker for the prognosis of all human cancers requires more research.

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