Estudio de los niveles basales de survivina y otros marcadores para la predicción de los resultados de la pleurodesis con talco en derrames pleurales malignos / Study on the baseline levels of survivin and other markers to predict the results of pleurodesis with talc in malignant pleural effusions

La survivina se encuentra sobre-expresada en tumores, y podría ser un buen biomarcador diagnóstico y pronóstico en derrames pleurales malignos. OBJETIVO: estudiar la concentración de survivina en pacientes con derrame pleural maligno sometidos a pleurodesis con talco, relacionarla con el resultado de ésta y comparar sus resultados con otros marcadores como pH, glucosa y LDH en líquido pleural. MÉTODOS: se han incluido 84 pacientes con derrame pleural maligno (32 con cáncer de mama, 25 de pulmón y 27 mesoteliomas) sometidos a toracoscopia y pleurodesis con talco. Se recogieron muestras de líquido pleural antes (basal) y 24 horas después de la pleurodesis, y en ellas se midieron los niveles de survivina, pH, glucosa y LDH. También se estudió la carga tumoral en la pleura y la re-expansión del pulmón tras la toracoscopia y pleurodesis.R RESULTADOS: la presencia de niveles basales de survivina > 30 pg/mL se asoció a alto índice de fracaso de la pleurodesis (p = 0,002), y superó en poder predictivo a pH (p = 0,004), glucosa (p = 0,005) y LDH (p = 0,013) CONCLUSIÓN: la survivina juega un poderoso papel como marcador pronóstico en derrames pleurales malignos, y se suma a otros marcadores clásicos como pH, glucosa y LDH, que están asociados a la agresividad tumoral

Survivin is found to be overexpressed in tumors and could be a good diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in malignant pleural effusions. OBJECTIVE: To study the concentration of survivin in patients with a malignant pleural effusion who undergo pleurodesis with talc, associate it with the result of the procedure and compare the results with other markers like pH, glucose and LDH in pleural liquid. METHODS: 84 patients with malignant pleural effusion (32 with breast cancer, 25 lung cancer and 27 mesotheliomas) who underwent thoracoscopy and pleurodesis with talc were included in the study. Pleural liquid samples were taken before (baseline) and 24 hours after the pleurodesis, measuring the levels of survivin, pH, glucose and LDH. The tumor burden in the pleura and the re-expansion of the lung after thoracoscopy and pleurodesis were also studied. RESULTS: The presence of baseline levels of survivin >30 pg/mL was associated with a high rate of pleurodesis failure (p = 0.002) and surpassed the predictive power of pH (p = 0.004), glucose (p = 0.005) and LDH (p = 0.013). CONCLUSION: Survivin plays a powerful role as a prognostic marker in malignant pleural effusions and joins other classic markers like pH, glucose and LDH, which are associated with tumor aggression

The dynamics of selected local inflammatory markers to talc in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions.

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusions accumulate in the space between the visceral (inner) layer covering the lungs and the parietal (outer) layer covering the chest wall. Larger effusions compress the pulmonary parenchyma resulting in increasing dyspnoea. Treatment is always local and palliative. Among others, chemical pleurodesis using talc can be performed in selected patients. Talc is hydrated magnesium silicate (chemically H2Mg3(SiO3)4) and has been used for pleurodesis since 1935. Videothoracoscopic talc powder insufflation (talc poudrage) is the most effective.However, markers of inflammatory reactions to extraneous substances like talc are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to assess the course of local inflammatory changes in the pleural cavity after talc insufflation. METHODS: The Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Kralove, treated 47 patients aged 65 on average; 29 males and 18 females with proven recurrent malignant pleural effusion of various aetiologies from January 2009 to December 2010. They were retrospectively divided into group A (40 patients) without recurring effusion, and group B (7 patients) with recurring effusion and the need for thoracentesis or chest drainage during the 9-month monitoring. RESULTS: Major findings were made in soluble forms of cell receptors. Group B showed statistically higher levels of the anti-inflammatory form of sCD-163 receptor in pleural fluid before the talc poudrage. This showed limited ability to create an adequate inflammatory response to external stimuli. This group also showed lower levels of the inflammatory form of sTLR-2 receptor immediately after the talc insufflation. This revealed low local reactivity to external stimuli. The effect of the treatment was not influenced by morphologic tumour type. No statistically significant differences in postoperative complications were found. This confirmed the safety of both videothoracoscopy and treatment. CONCLUSIONS: There was no correlation between the type of malignant affection and the outcome of the chemical pleurodesis. Patients with relapsing effusion have higher values of concentration of anti-inflammatory sCD-163 in pleural fluid even before the application of talc, and lower levels of concentration of inflammatory sTLR-2 immediately after application of talc.

Evidence that mesothelial cells regulate the acute inflammatory response in talc pleurodesis.

Intrapleural instillation of talc is used to produce pleurodesis in cases of recurrent malignant pleural effusions. The mechanisms by which pleurodesis is produced remain unknown but may involve either injury or activation of the mesothelium. The aim of the current study was to assess the inflammatory response of pleural mesothelial cells to talc in an experimental model in rabbits. A group of 10 rabbits were injected intrapleurally with talc (200 mg.kg(-1)) and undiluted pleural fluid was collected after 6, 24 or 48 h for measurement of interleukin (IL)-8, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1. Samples of pleura were studied to assess the inflammatory infiltrate and mesothelial cell viability. The pleural fluid IL-8 concentration peaked at 6 h, whereas VEGF and TGF-beta1 concentrations increased steadily over 48 h. Immunohistochemistry for cytokeratin showed a preserved layer of mesothelial cells despite the intense inflammatory pleural reaction. In conclusion, it is proposed that the mesothelial cell, although injured by the talc, may actively mediate the primary inflammatory pleural response in talc-induced pleurodesis.

The immunogenicity of starch glove powder and talc.

An antigen responsible for cutaneous delayed hypersensitivity to starch glove powder in guinea-pigs was found to be associated with starch grains. Talc was not immunogenic in this system, and did not cross-react in skin tests with starch glove powder. Additives and protein components in the glove powder did not appear to be antigenic.