Correlation between FDG uptake and glucose transporter type 1 expression in neuroendocrine tumors of the lung
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摘要
19 patients with early stage NSCLC, who had undergone both preoperative FDG-PET imaging and curative surgery, were enrolled in this study. Standardized uptake values (SUVs) were used for evaluation of primary tumor FDG uptake. Final diagnosis, tumor type, tumor cell differentiation and size of the primary tumors were confirmed histopathologically in resected specimens. Histologic sections were analyzed for amount of inflammation and necrosis. Expression of the glucose membrane transporters (GLUT-1 and GLUT-3); the isoforms of the glycolytic enzyme hexokinase (HK-I, HK-II and HK-III); and the cysteine protease caspase-3, was evaluated immunohistochemically.

Results

FDG uptake was significantly higher in squamous cell carcinomas (mean SUV 13.4 ± 4.9, n = 8) compared to adenocarcinomas (7.1 ± 3.3, n = 8, p = 0.007), or large cell carcinomas (5.9 ± 1.9, n = 3, p = 0.02). The degree of FDG accumulation seemed to depend especially on GLUT-1, GLUT-3 and tumor cell differentiation. The summed standardized values of these three parameters correlated significantly with the SUV (r = 0.47, p = 0.05).

Conclusion

The present study supports the hypothesis that tumor cell differentiation in combination with overexpression of GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 determine the extent of FDG accumulation and that squamous cell carcinomas accumulate more FDG than adenocarcinomas or large cell carcinomas.


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Correlation between FDG uptake and glucose transporter type 1 expression in neuroendocrine tumors of the lung

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