INTERACTION OF STEROID HORMONES AND HORMONE-SPECIFIC AUTOANTIBODIES IN THE REGULATION OF TUMOR PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
- Authors: Glushkov A.N.1, Polenok E.G.1, Gordeeva L.A.1, Mun S.M.1, Studennikov A.E.1, Eliseikin A.M.1, Kostyanko M.V.2, Zakharov V.N.3, Antonov A.V.3, Bayramov P.V.3, Verzhbitskaya N.E.3, Kolpinsky G.I.4,5
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Affiliations:
- Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
- Kemerovo State University, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
- Kuzbass Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
- Kemerovo State Medical University, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
- Kemerovo Clinical Diagnostic Сenter, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
- Section: ORIGINAL ARTICLES
- Submitted: 21.04.2025
- Accepted: 24.07.2025
- URL: https://rusimmun.ru/jour/article/view/17239
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.46235/1028-7221-17239-IOS
- ID: 17239
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Early it was shown that steroid hormones, estradiol and progesterone (E2 и Pg); antibodies of A and G class against benzo[a]pyrene (IgA1-Bp and IgG1-Bp), estradiol (IgA1-E2 and IgG1-E2), progesterone (IgA1-Pg and IgG1-Pg) and corresponding antiidiotypic antibodies (IgG2-E2 and IgG2-Pg) influenced on breast carcinogenesis. It was proposed that some of these effects way be enriched or inhibited at the simultaneous action of all these factors in breast cancer patients (BCP). So only some of these hormones and autoantibodies may be shown the significance associations with tumor growth. Our study aimed for research the participation of E2 и Pg, IgA1-Bp and IgG1-Bp, IgA1-E2 and IgG1-E2, IgA1-Pg and IgG1-Pg, IgG2-E2 and IgG2-Pg in regulation of tumor proliferation in BCP. Blood serum autoantibodies in 1258 BCP (620 with I stage and 638 with II–IV stages) were studied using ELISA technique. Steroid hormones concentrations were measured using “ImmunoEA-Estradiol”, and “ImmunoEA-Pg” (“Immunotech”, Russia). Tumor Ki67 was determined by standard immunohistochemical technique. Statistical analysis of the results was performed using CART algorithm of Statistica13.0 Software. The levels of Ki67 positive cells in tumors of I stage BCP were high when blood serum Pg concentrations were high and depended on levels of IgA1-Bp, IgG1-Bp, IgA1-E2 and IgG2-E2. The levels of Ki67 positive cells in tumors of II–IV stages BCP were high when IgG2-Pg were low and IgA1-Bp were high. The levels of these factors were the same in the blood serum of I stage and II–IV stages BCP. So the revealed difference in associations of tumor proliferation with studied serum factors were depended on changes of tumor cells receptivity during cancer progression. Immunoanalysis of IgG2-Pg and IgA1-Bp may be used for determine of tumor proliferation in BCP. It is advisable to research the antiproliferative properties of manufactured antibodies against Pg receptor for replenishment of IgG2-Pg deficit in BCP.
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Andrey N. Glushkov
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: glushkovan@ihe.sbras.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8560-6719
SPIN-code: 9536-8530
Scopus Author ID: 7006323832
ResearcherId: Q-5985-2016
PhD, MD (Medicine), Professor, Chief Research Associate, Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Human Ecology
Russian Federation, KemerovoElena G. Polenok
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: egpolenok@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9368-2340
SPIN-code: 3925-0185
Scopus Author ID: 6506567994
ResearcherId: Q-5381-2016
PhD (Pharmacy), Leading Researcher Associate, Immunochemistry Laboratory, Institute of Human Ecology
Russian Federation, KemerovoLyudmila A. Gordeeva
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: gorsib@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5870-7584
SPIN-code: 6662-4616
Scopus Author ID: 14052058500
PhD (Biology), Leading Researcher Associate, Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Human Ecology
Russian Federation, KemerovoStella M. Mun
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: stellamun@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5530-3469
SPIN-code: 5579-8939
Scopus Author ID: 7101645456
ResearcherId: J-6484-2018
PhD (Medicine), Senior Research Associate, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Institute of Human Ecology
Russian Federation, KemerovoArtem E. Studennikov
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: StudennikovAE@ihe.sbras.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6623-8818
PhD (Medicine), Senior Research Associate, Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Human Ecology
Russian Federation, KemerovoAlexey M. Eliseikin
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal chemistry SB RAS, Institute of Human Ecology, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: aleksejelisejkin.98@bk.ru
SPIN-code: 8293-6721
Leading Biological Engineer, Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Human Ecology
Russian Federation, KemerovoMikhail V. Kostyanko
Kemerovo State University, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: kmvksu@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0053-1752
SPIN-code: 5953-6554
Scopus Author ID: 6507008191
Leading Engineer, Department of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Fundamental Sciences
Russian Federation, KemerovoVadim N. Zakharov
Kuzbass Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: vadim-zaxarov2016@ya.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-1731-1534
PhD (Medicine), Main Physician
Russian Federation, KemerovoAlexander V. Antonov
Kuzbass Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: al0412@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0802-9759
Scopus Author ID: 57190130097
Chief, Breast Cancer Department
Russian Federation, KemerovoPavel V. Bayramov
Kuzbass Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: bayramov_pavel82@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4649-5892
Scopus Author ID: 58912387800
Main Physician, Pathologoanatomical Department
Russian Federation, KemerovoNatalia E. Verzhbitskaya
Kuzbass Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Email: verzhbitskaia@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3860-825X
Scopus Author ID: 59410662300
PhD (Medicine), Pathologist
Russian Federation, KemerovoGleb I. Kolpinsky
Kemerovo State Medical University, Kemerovo, Russian Federation;Kemerovo Clinical Diagnostic Сenter, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Author for correspondence.
Email: Glebss@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5526-2687
SPIN-code: 6894-6419
Scopus Author ID: 56677706300
PhD, MD (Medicine), Professor, Department of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Oncology; Main Physician
Russian Federation, KemerovoReferences
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