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ArticleMolecular biology reports2024

Evaluation of the role of EGFR exon 19 747-750 deletion mutation and plasma amino acid profile in the development of lung cancer.

Tahia H Saleem, Hussein Elkhayat, Ahmed Farouk, Fify Alfy Gabra, Esraa A Omar, Amira A Kamel

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Tahia H SaleemDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt.
Hussein ElkhayatDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Ahmed FaroukDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Fify Alfy GabraDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Esraa A OmarDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Amira A KamelDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt. amirakamel@aun.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7567-7022

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backgroundLung cancer (LC) is the most common form of cancer in the world. Of the proteins involved in cell differentiation and proliferation, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is among the most significant. Amino acids play a crucial role in cell physiology as metabolic regulators. The benefits of liquid biopsies are their non-invasive nature, ease of collection, and ability to depict the entire tumor's status. The present study is designed to detect the relation between the EGFR exon 19 747-750 deletion mutation and lung cancer and investigate the patterns of alterations of plasma-free amino acids (PFAA) in lung cancer patients of different histopathological types and stages as biomarkers for early detection of lung cancer.

methodsThe study sample comprised 60 lung cancer patients and 60 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals as the control group. Polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) were used to examine the EGFR exon 19 747-750 deletion mutation, and an AA analyzer was used to quantify the plasma free amino acid (PFAA) profile.

resultsCompared with controls, LC patients had significantly higher levels of three AAs and significantly lower levels of fifteen AAs. Thirteen AAs varied significantly between stages I and II. In the lung cancer group, the percentage of cases of mutant EGFR exon-19 deletion increased to 30% from 13.3% in the control group. The histological forms of lung cancer did not significantly differ in this rise. Valine and citrulline plasma levels were substantially greater in the mutant than in the wild-type. Lysine, histidine, and methionine were the independent predictors of the LC group in multivariate analysis.

conclusionLung cancer development is influenced by the EGFR exon 19 747-750 deletion mutation, and the prognosis and early prediction of lung cancer are greatly affected by the amino acid profile concentrations.

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Amino AcidsErbB ReceptorsExonsLung NeoplasmsSequence DeletionAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAmino AcidsBiomarkers, TumorEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsAmino acidsEGFRLiquid biopsyLung cancer

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