目的:探究MMP9蛋白在良性甲状腺结节与甲状腺恶性肿瘤的表达差异。方法:通过检索2020年12月31日之前PubMed、Web of Science、CNKI和万方数据库关于MMP9蛋白水平与甲状腺恶性肿瘤关系的病例对照研究。根据相应标准选择文献并提取相关的数据,采用纽卡斯尔–渥太华量表评价其方法学质量,提取的资料通过Stata12.0软件进行统计学分析,I2检验评价文章的异质性。结果:共纳入10篇符合要求的文献,其中包括554名诊断为甲状腺恶性肿瘤患者和337名良性甲状腺结节患者。甲状腺恶性肿瘤患者组织中MMP9蛋白水平明显高于良性甲状腺结节组,差异有统计学意义(OR = 9.80, 95% CI: 5.77~16.62, P < 0.05)。根据不同临床特征将甲状腺恶性肿瘤分为多个亚组进行Meta分析,结果显示MMP9的高表达与更大的肿瘤直径(OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.36~8.34, P < 0.05),存在包膜侵犯(OR = 13.95, 95% CI: 4.13~47.09),淋巴结转移(OR = 6.05, 95% CI: 3.28~11.15, P < 0.05)以及更高的TNM分期(OR = 5.03, 95% CI: 2.40~10.56, P < 0.05)密切相关。结论:MMP9蛋白在甲状腺恶性肿瘤中高表达,且与肿瘤直径大小、包膜侵犯、淋巴结转移、临床分期密切相关,有望成为甲状腺癌的一个新的治疗靶点。 Objective: To investigate the difference of MMP9 protein expression in benign thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. Methods: Case-control studies on the relationship between MMP9 protein levels and thyroid cancer by searching PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI and Wanfang databases before December 31, 2020. The literature was selected and relevant data were extracted according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the methodological quality was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale, and the extracted data were statistically analyzed by Stata 12.0 software, and the I2 test was used to evaluate the heterogeneity of the articles. Results: A total of 10 eligible articles, including 554 patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer and 337 patients with benign thyroid nodules were included. MMP9 protein levels were significantly higher in the samples from patients with thyroid cancer than in the group with benign thyroid nodules, with a statistically significant difference (OR = 9.80, 95% CI: 5.77~16.62, P < 0.05). Meta-analysis by dividing thyroid cancer into multiple subgroups by different clinical features showed that high expression of MMP9 was associated with larger tumor diameter (OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.36~8.34, P < 0.05), the presence of envelope invasion (OR = 13.95, 95% CI: 4.13~47.09), lymph node metastasis (OR = 6.05, 95% CI: 3.28~11.15, P < 0.05) and higher TNM stage (OR = 5.03, 95% CI: 2.40~10.56, P < 0.05) were closely associated. Conclusion: MMP9 protein is highly expressed in thyroid cancer tissues, closely correlated with tumor diameter size, envelope invasion, lymph node metastasis, and clinical stage, and is expected to be a new therapeutic target for thyroid cancer.
目的:探究MMP9蛋白在良性甲状腺结节与甲状腺恶性肿瘤的表达差异。方法:通过检索2020年12月31日之前PubMed、Web of Science、CNKI和万方数据库关于MMP9蛋白水平与甲状腺恶性肿瘤关系的病例对照研究。根据相应标准选择文献并提取相关的数据,采用纽卡斯尔–渥太华量表评价其方法学质量,提取的资料通过Stata12.0软件进行统计学分析,I2检验评价文章的异质性。结果:共纳入10篇符合要求的文献,其中包括554名诊断为甲状腺恶性肿瘤患者和337名良性甲状腺结节患者。甲状腺恶性肿瘤患者组织中MMP9蛋白水平明显高于良性甲状腺结节组,差异有统计学意义(OR = 9.80, 95% CI: 5.77~16.62, P < 0.05)。根据不同临床特征将甲状腺恶性肿瘤分为多个亚组进行Meta分析,结果显示MMP9的高表达与更大的肿瘤直径(OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.36~8.34, P < 0.05),存在包膜侵犯(OR = 13.95, 95% CI: 4.13~47.09),淋巴结转移(OR = 6.05, 95% CI: 3.28~11.15, P < 0.05)以及更高的TNM分期(OR = 5.03, 95% CI: 2.40~10.56, P < 0.05)密切相关。结论:MMP9蛋白在甲状腺恶性肿瘤中高表达,且与肿瘤直径大小、包膜侵犯、淋巴结转移、临床分期密切相关,有望成为甲状腺癌的一个新的治疗靶点。
甲状腺癌,甲状腺良性结节,基质金属蛋白酶9,Meta分析
Song Wang1,2*, Fangxu Yin1,2, Xiangsheng Zhang1,2, Xiaohong Wang1, Zhenlin Yang1#
1Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou Shandong
2The First School of Clincal Medicine of Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou Shandong
Received: Oct. 2nd, 2021; accepted: Oct. 29th, 2021; published: Nov. 5th, 2021
Objective: To investigate the difference of MMP9 protein expression in benign thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. Methods: Case-control studies on the relationship between MMP9 protein levels and thyroid cancer by searching PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI and Wanfang databases before December 31, 2020. The literature was selected and relevant data were extracted according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the methodological quality was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale, and the extracted data were statistically analyzed by Stata 12.0 software, and the I2test was used to evaluate the heterogeneity of the articles. Results: A total of 10 eligible articles, including 554 patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer and 337 patients with benign thyroid nodules were included. MMP9 protein levels were significantly higher in the samples from patients with thyroid cancer than in the group with benign thyroid nodules, with a statistically significant difference (OR = 9.80, 95% CI: 5.77~16.62, P < 0.05). Meta-analysis by dividing thyroid cancer into multiple subgroups by different clinical features showed that high expression of MMP9 was associated with larger tumor diameter (OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.36~8.34, P < 0.05), the presence of envelope invasion (OR = 13.95, 95% CI: 4.13~47.09), lymph node metastasis (OR = 6.05, 95% CI: 3.28~11.15, P < 0.05) and higher TNM stage (OR = 5.03, 95% CI: 2.40~10.56, P < 0.05) were closely associated. Conclusion: MMP9 protein is highly expressed in thyroid cancer tissues, closely correlated with tumor diameter size, envelope invasion, lymph node metastasis, and clinical stage, and is expected to be a new therapeutic target for thyroid cancer.
Keywords:Thyroid Cancer, Benign Thyroid Nodules, Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, Meta-Analysis
Copyright © 2021 by author(s) and beplay安卓登录
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
甲状腺癌(TC)是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一 [
两名作者分别检索PubMed、Web of science、CNKI和万方数据库。收集所有国内外公开发表的有关MMP9蛋白表达与甲状腺相关的研究,遇到分歧时由第三位作者决定。检索时间:自数据库建库以来至2020年12月30日。中文检索词为:MMP9、基质金属蛋白酶9、甲状腺恶性肿瘤、甲状腺癌,检索策略为:((MMP9) or (基质金属蛋白酶9)) and ((甲状腺恶性肿瘤) and (甲状腺癌));英文检索词为:MMP9 [Mesh], Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, Thyroid Neoplasms [Mesh], ThyroidCancer*, Thyroid Carcinoma*, Thyroid Adenoma*, Thyroid tumor*,检索策略为:((Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) or (MMP9)) and ((Thyroid Neoplasm) or (Thyroid Carcinoma) or (Thyroid Adenoma) or (Thyroid Cancer))。最后,手动检索相关参考文献列表上的文章。
1) 研究对象为甲状腺肿瘤患者MMP9蛋白相关表达的研究;2) 行甲状腺术后病理诊断为甲状腺恶性肿瘤或良性甲状腺结节以及甲状腺腺瘤组织;3) 采用免疫组织化学方法检测组织中MMP9蛋白的表达水平。
1) 研究对象病理未确诊或者术前接受其他治疗的研究;2) 数据缺乏或者样本量不足20例的研究;3) 非免疫组化法检测组织中MMP9蛋白的表达水平;4) 细胞实验、动物实验以及重复发表的研究。
两名作者通过筛选文章的标题、摘要和全文后提取文章数据,若文章数据不一致将由第三名作者最终决定。对纳入的文献进行资料及数据提取。提取内容包括:① 文章发表时间、第一作者、病人年龄、病人性别、所属国家;② 患者样本量、MMP9表达水平、肿瘤大小、是否肿瘤包膜侵犯、是否淋巴结转移、TNM分期及研究类型等。最终共纳入10篇文献 [
采取纽卡斯尔–渥太华量表(Newcastle-Ottawa scale, NOS)评价纳入的文献质量 [
所有的统计分析均采用Stata12.0软件。P值和I2分析纳入研究的异质性评价,若各研究间不存在统计学异质性(P > 0.05, I2< 50%),固定效应模式进行Meta分析;若各研究间存在统计学异质性(P < 0.05, I2> 50%),随机效应模式进行Meta分析,并对纳入文献进行敏感性分析以及漏斗图分析。最后,Egger’s检验判断是否存在发表偏倚。
根据文献的筛选流程(图1),纳入的10篇文献均为病例对照研究,包括1篇英文文献和9篇中文文献。纳入的10篇文献均报道了MMP9在良性甲状腺结节与甲状腺恶性肿瘤组织中的表达差异,其中关于MMP9与甲状腺恶性肿瘤直径大小关系的文献3篇,MMP9蛋白表达与甲状腺恶性肿瘤肿瘤包膜侵犯关系的文献4篇,MMP9蛋白与甲状腺恶性肿瘤淋巴结转移关系的文献8篇,MMP9蛋白与甲状腺恶性肿瘤TNM分期关系的文献6篇(表1)。
纳入的10篇文献包括甲状腺恶性肿瘤554例,良性甲状腺结节组织337例。由于各研究间存在统计学异质性(P = 0.011, I2= 58.1%),故采用随机效应模型进行Meta分析(图2)。结果显示,与良性甲状腺结节相比,MMP9的在甲状腺恶性肿瘤中的表达是甲状腺良性结节组的9.80倍,差异有统计学意义(OR = 9.80, 95% CI: 5.77~16.62, P < 0.05)。
图1. Meta分析文献筛选和纳入流程图
第一作者 | 发表时间 | MMP9 (阳性/总数) | 年龄 | 性别(男/女) | 治疗评分 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
甲状腺癌 | 甲状腺良性结节 | 甲状腺癌 | 甲状腺良性结节 | 甲状腺癌 | 甲状腺良性结节 | |||
张金军 | 2007 | 24/32 | 8/30 | 39 | 22-60 | 9/23 | 10/20 | 6 |
张金江 | 2008 | 32/50 | 17/45 | 57.6 | 27.4 | 20/30 | 12/33 | 6 |
许力 | 2009 | 29/48 | 2/18 | 18~64 | 17~78 | 12/36 | 5/13 | 7 |
李艳萍 | 2010 | 52/60 | 10/40 | 48.5 | NA | 27/33 | NA | 6 |
周少飞 | 2012 | 40/56 | 12/40 | 54 | 51 | 24/32 | 17/23 | 7 |
李良毅 | 2012 | 51/53 | 11/20 | 37.53 | NA | 10/43 | NA | 6 |
王朝辉 | 2012 | 46/56 | 11/30 | 53 | NA | 18/38 | NA | 6 |
Xian ying meng | 2014 | 61/66 | 8/40 | 45.8 | 42.1 | 31/35 | 13/27 | 7 |
刘咏 | 2015 | 72/85 | 14/26 | 44 | 43 | 30/55 | 9/17 | 7 |
郜静 | 2018 | 37/48 | 9/48 | 44 | 43.15 | 16/32 | 18/30 | 7 |
表1. 纳入文献的基本情况
图2. MMP9在甲状腺癌组织及良性甲状腺结节中表达的Meta分析
我们进一步分析MMP9在甲状腺恶性肿瘤中的表达与不同临床特征的关系,根据肿瘤直径大小、包膜侵犯、淋巴结转移、TNM分期分为四个亚组。关于MMP9蛋白的表达与甲状腺恶性肿瘤直径的关系文献中,包括95例甲状腺恶性肿瘤直径大于1 cm以及53例甲状腺恶性肿瘤直径小于1 cm的患者。各研究间不存在异质性(P = 0.285, I2= 20.4%),Meta分析采用固定效应模型(图3)。结果显示,MMP9蛋白高表达与直径大于1 cm的甲状腺恶性肿瘤密切相关(OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 1.36~8.34, P < 0.05)。关于MMP9的表达与甲状腺恶性肿瘤包膜侵犯的关系文献中,包括119例甲状腺包膜侵犯的患者以及106例无甲状腺包膜侵犯的患者。各研究间无异质性(P = 0.922, I2= 0.0%),同样运用固定效应模型(图4)。结果显示,MMP9蛋白高表达患者容易发生包膜侵犯(OR = 13.95, 95% CI: 4.13~47.09, P < 0.05)。关于甲状腺恶性肿瘤组织中MMP9的表达与淋巴结转移关系的文献报道中,包括有淋巴结转移患者202例,无淋巴结转移患者243例。根据各研究间不存在异质性(P = 0.227, I2= 25.3%),采用固定效应模型进行Meta分析(图5)的结果显示,MMP9在有淋巴结转移的甲状腺恶性肿瘤组织中的表达更高(OR = 6.05, 95% CI: 3.28~11.15, P < 0.05)。最后,甲状腺恶性肿瘤组织中MMP9的表达与TNM分期的关系文献中,包括TNM分期I~II期的患者218例,III~IV期的患者147例。各研究间不存在异质性(P = 0.957, I2= 0.0%),采用固定效应模型进行Meta分析(图6)。Meta分析结果显示,MMP9蛋白高表达与更高的肿瘤分期密切相关,差异有统计学意义(OR = 5.03, 95% CI: 2.40~10.56, P < 0.05)。
我们逐一剔除每一篇纳入的文献进行敏感性分析。异质性检验结果相差不大,这说明Meta分析结果可靠(图7)。
图3. MMP9在甲状腺癌中的表达与肿瘤直径大小关系的Meta分析
图4. MMP9在甲状腺癌中的表达与肿瘤包膜侵犯关系的Meta分析
图5. MMP9在甲状腺癌中的表达与淋巴结转移关系的Meta分析
图6. MMP9在甲状腺癌中的表达与肿瘤TNM分期关系的Meta分析
图7. MMP9在甲状腺癌组织及良性甲状腺结节组织中表达的敏感性分析
对纳入文献进行漏斗图的绘制,结果显示漏斗图中文献大部分在可信区间内均匀且对称分布(图8),同时Egger’s检验结果为P = 0.070。说明我们纳入研究不存在发表偏倚。
图8. MMP9在甲状腺癌组织及良性甲状腺结节组织中表达的漏斗图分析
随着人们自我健康意识的增加以及各种精密检查设备的广泛使用,甲状腺结节的发现率呈现逐年增高趋势。这些甲状腺结节大约有10%~15%可以诊断为甲状腺癌 [
国家青年自然科学基金项目(编号:81902702);山东省临床重点专科项目建设基金项目(编号:20110731250)。
王 松,尹方旭,张湘生,王晓红,杨振林. MMP9蛋白与甲状腺恶性肿瘤关系的Meta分析Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between MMP9 Protein and Thyroid Cancer[J]. 临床医学进展, 2021, 11(11): 4901-4911. https://doi.org/10.12677/ACM.2021.1111720
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.path.2019.08.002
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30172-6
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-018-0903-0
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60109-9
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-019-03180-8
https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1482.157337
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134822
https://doi.org/10.3390/s18103249
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5768-0
https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S233776
https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9850
https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060513505485
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-010-9491-z
https://doi.org/10.5694/mja17.01204
https://doi.org/10.4158/EP13143.OR
https://doi.org/10.1111/cyt.12531
https://doi.org/10.1002/cncy.22217
https://doi.org/10.2741/1915
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112260
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-018-3483-9
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2020.108259
https://doi.org/10.1093/abbs/gmy165
https://doi.org/10.5603/GP.2019.0006
https://doi.org/10.1089/dna.2013.2289
https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.12479
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109096
https://doi.org/10.1002/mc.22148