Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 69(4); 2010 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2010;69(4):271-278.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2010.69.4.271    Published online October 1, 2010.
PNA-Mediated PCR Clamping for the Detection of EGFR Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Kye Young Lee, Hee Joung Kim, Sun Jong Kim, Gwang Ha Yoo, Won Dong Kim, Seo Young Oh, Wan Seop Kim
1Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kyleemd@kuh.ac.kr
2Department of Pathology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Recent studies have demonstrated that the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) genotype is the most important predictive marker to EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and first-line gefitinib treatment will be approved in the near future for use in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with the EGFR mutation. Direct sequencing is known to be the standard for detecting EGFR mutations; however, it has limited sensitivity. Peptide nucleic acids (PNA)-mediated PCR clamping method is a newly introduced method for analyzing EGFR mutations with increased sensitivity and stability. METHODS: A total of 71 NSCLC patients were analyzed for EGFR mutations using the PNA-mediated PCR clamping technique. Sixty-nine patients were analyzed for clinicopathologic correlation with EGFR genotype; 2 patients with indeterminate results were excluded. In order to determine EGFR-TKI drug response, 57 patients (42 gefitinib, 15 erlotinib) were included in the analysis. RESULTS: The EGFR mutation rate was 47.8%. Being female, a non-smoker, and having adenocarcinoma were favorable clinicopathologic factors, as expected. However, more than a few smokers (33.3%), male (28.1%), and patients with non-adenocarcinoma (28.6%) had the EGFR mutation. Having a combination of favorable clinicopathologic factors did not increase the EGFR mutation rate significantly. Drug response to EGFR-TKIs showed significant differences depending on the EGFR genotype; ORR was 14.3% for wild type vs 69.0% for mutant type; DCR is 28.6% for wild type vs 96.6% for mutant type. The median EGFR-TKI treatment duration is 7.6 months for mutant type group and 1.4 months for wild type group. CONCLUSION: EGFR genotype determined using the PNA-mediated PCR clamping method is significantly correlated with the clinical EGFR-TKI responses and PNA-mediated PCR.
Key Words: Peptide Nucleic Acids, Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung


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