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Circulating Omentin-1 as a Biomarker at the Intersection of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Occurrence and Cardiometabolic Risk: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Authors :
Gerasimos Socrates Christodoulatos
Sotiria Psallida
Georgios Antonakos
Theodora Stratigou
Maria Dalamaga
Irene Karampela
Styliani I. Kokoris
Ioanna Marinou
Athanasios G. Papavassiliou
Antigoni Lekka
Evaggelos Vogiatzakis
Natalia G. Vallianou
Source :
Biomolecules, Volume 11, Issue 11, Biomolecules, Vol 11, Iss 1609, p 1609 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI, 2021.

Abstract

Aberrant circulating omentin-1, which is an anti-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic adipokine, has been reported in various solid tumors. Therefore, we investigated whether or not circulating omentin-1 could be associated with postmenopausal BC (PBC) and could be used as a potential diagnostic and clinical tool taking into consideration clinicopathologic features, tumor markers, as well as anthropometric, metabolic, and inflammatory parameters. Serum omentin-1, tumor markers (CA15-3 and CEA)<br />metabolic (insulin, glucose, HOMA index, and serum lipids), anthropometric (BMI, waist circumference, and fat mass), and inflammatory (TNF-α, IL-6, hsCRP) parameters<br />classic adipokines (leptin and adiponectin)<br />the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) score<br />and cardiovascular (CVD) risk were determined in 103 postmenopausal women with pathologically confirmed incident invasive BC, 103 controls matched on age, 51 patients with benign breast lesions (BBL), and 50 obese postmenopausal women of similar age. The mean serum omentin-1 was significantly lower in cases than in controls and patients with BBL (p &lt<br />0.001). In the patients, omentin-1 was inversely associated with tumor, metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers, cancer stage, and the number of infiltrated lymph nodes (p &lt<br />0.05). In all study participants, omentin-1 was negatively correlated with CVD risk and positively correlated with MedDiet score. Lower circulating omentin-1 was independently associated with PBC occurrence above and beyond known risk factors. According to the ROC curve analysis, the overall diagnostic performance of omentin-1 (0.84, 95% CI 0.79–0.89) is similar to CA15-3. Circulating omentin-1 may be a biomarker at the intersection of PBC and cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal women, and could be modulated by the adoption of a MedDiet. Further mechanistic and large multicentric prospective and longitudinal studies are required to elucidate the ontological role of omentin-1 in BC and CVD risks, as well as its diagnostic and prognostic ability and its therapeutic potential.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2218273X
Volume :
11
Issue :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Biomolecules
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....67aa78276f5148a0591305308f97342e