Immune Condition of Colorectal Cancer Patients Featured by Serum Chemokines and Gene Expressions of CD4+ Cells in Blood

• Published in: Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology Vol. 2018; no. 2018; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Matsui, Shigeyuki, Kaneko, Shuichi, Sakai, Yoshio, Honda, Masao, Seki, Akihiro, Ogawa, Norihiko, Miyazawa, Masaki, Takabatake, Hisashi, Miyake, Akimitsu, Yano, Masaaki, Komura, Takuya, Wada, Takashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2018; Hindawi; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Analysis; Biochemistry; Blood; Cancer genetics; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Chemokine CCL11 - blood; Chemokines; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - blood; Colorectal Neoplasms - genetics; Colorectal Neoplasms - immunology; Cytokines; DNA; DNA - blood; DNA microarrays; Gastroenterology; Gene Expression; Genes; Growth factors; Humans; Immune system; Immunology; Inflammation; Interleukin-8 - blood; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; Patients; Statistical analysis; T cells; Transcriptome; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; United States > US; Germany
• ISSN: 2291-2789; 2291-2797
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/7436205

Background. Colorectal cancer (CRC), the most common malignancy worldwide, causes inflammation. We explored the inflammatory pathophysiology of CRC by assessing the peripheral blood parameters. Methods. The differences in gene expression profiles of whole blood cells and cell subpopulations between CRC patients and healthy controls were analyzed using DNA microarray. Serum cytokine/chemokine concentrations in CRC patients and healthy controls were measured via multiplex detection immunoassays. In addition, we explored correlations between the expression levels of certain genes of peripheral CD4+ cells and serum chemokine concentrations. Results. The gene expression profiles of peripheral CD4+ cells of CRC patients differed from those of healthy controls, but this was not true of CD8+ cells, CD14+ cells, CD15+ cells, or CD19+ cells. Serum IL-8 and eotaxin-1 levels were significantly elevated in CRC patients, and the levels substantially correlated with the expression levels of certain genes of CD4+ cells. Interestingly, the relationships between gene expression levels in peripheral CD4+ cells and serum IL-8 and eotaxin-1 levels resembled those of monocytes/macrophages, not T cells. Conclusions. Serum IL-8 and eotaxin-1 concentrations increased and were associated with changes in the gene expression of peripheral CD4+ cells in CRC patients.