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Prognostic significance of thyroglobulin antibody epitopes in differentiated thyroid cancer

Lupoli, G. A., Okosieme, Onyebuchi E., Evans, C., Clark, P. M., Pickett, A. J., Premawardhana, Lakdassa D. K. E., Lupoli, G. and Lazarus, John Henry 2015. Prognostic significance of thyroglobulin antibody epitopes in differentiated thyroid cancer. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 100 (1) , pp. 100-108. 10.1210/jc.2014-2725

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Abstract

Context: Thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAbs) are surrogate markers of disease recurrence or persistence in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). However, the prognostic significance of TgAb heterogeneity in DTC has not been investigated. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between TgAb epitope specificities and clinical outcomes in DTC patients. Design: We studied 61 TgAb-positive patients with DTC, post-thyroidectomy and remnant ablation (7 males, 54 females; age-range 16–80 years, median follow-up duration 8.9 years). TgAb epitope reactivities were mapped using a panel of 10 thyroglobulin (Tg) monoclonal antibodies delineating six antigenic Tg clusters in competitive ELISA studies. Sera from 45 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and 22 TgAb-positive healthy subjects served as autoimmune and healthy controls. Tg was measured by immunoradiometric assay (IRMA), electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA), and RIA, while TgAbs was measured by ELISA and ECLIA methods. Results: Samples from 26 DTC patients showed TgAb epitope restriction similar to HT patients, while 35 patients exhibited nonspecific reactivity comparable to healthy controls. DTC patients with epitope restriction had higher rates of recurrent/persistent disease (81% vs 17%, P < .001), higher median TgAb concentration (887.0 vs 82.0 kIU/L; P < .001), and a higher prevalence of thyroid lymphocytic infiltration (71.4% vs 26.8%; P < .001) compared to patients with nonspecific reactivity. Samples with epitope restriction also had a lower median Tg-IRMA/RIA ratio (3.0% vs 36.0%; P < .001) denoting greater degrees of Tg assay interference. Conclusions: TgAb epitope restriction is associated with a less favorable prognosis than nonspecific reactivity in DTC patients. TgAb epitope specificities may have prognostic value in DTC

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Publisher: The Endocrine Society
ISSN: 0021-972X
Date of Acceptance: 9 October 2014
Last Modified: 12 Jun 2019 09:24
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85365

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