Diagnostic performance of the urinary canine calgranulins in dogs with lower urinary or urogenital tract carcinoma

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1 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 DOI /s RESEARCH ARTICLE Diagnosti performane of the urinary anine algranulins in dogs with lower urinary or urogenital trat arinoma Romy M. Heilmann 1,2*, Elizabeth A. MNiel 3,4, Niels Grützner 5,2, David J. Lanerie 2, Jan S. Suhodolski 2 and Jörg M. Steiner 2 Open Aess Abstrat Bakground: Onset of anine transitional ell arinoma (TCC) and prostati arinoma (PCA) is usually insidious with dogs presenting at an advaned stage of the disease. A biomarker that an failitate early detetion of TCC/PCA and improve patient survival would be useful. S100A8/A9 (algranulin A/B or alprotetin) and S100A12 (algranulin C) are expressed by ells of the innate immune system and are assoiated with several inflammatory disorders. S100A8/A9 is also expressed by epithelial ells after malignant transformation and is involved in the regulation of ell proliferation and metastasis. S100A8/A9 is up-regulated in human PCA and TCC, whereas the results for S100A12 have been ambiguous. Also, the urine S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio (ucalr) may have potential as a marker for anine TCC/PCA. Aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnosti auray of the urinary S100/algranulins to detet TCC/PCA in dogs by using data and urine samples from 164 dogs with TCC/PCA, non-neoplasti urinary trat disease, other neoplasms, or urinary trat infetions, and 75 healthy ontrols (nested ase-ontrol study). Urine S100A8/A9 and S100A12 (measured by speies-speifi radioimmunoassays and normalized against urine speifi gravity [S100A8/A9 USG ; S100A12 USG ], urine reatinine onentration, and urine protein onentration and the ucalr were ompared among the groups of dogs. Results: S100A8/A9 USG had the highest sensitivity (96%) and speifiity (66%) to detet TCC/PCA, with speifiity reahing 75% after exluding dogs with a urinary trat infetion. The ucalr best distinguished dogs with TCC/ PCA from dogs with a urinary trat infetion (sensitivity: 91%, speifiity: 60%). Using a S100A8/A9 USG to sreen dogs 6 yearsofagefortcc/pcayieldedanegativepreditivevalueof100%. Conlusions: S100A8/A9 USG and ucalr may have utility for diagnosing TCC/PCA in dogs, and S100A8/A9 USG may be a good sreening test for anine TCC/PCA. Keywords: Biomarker, Calprotetin, Diagnosti auray, S100A8/A9, S100A12, Transitional ell arinoma Bakground Transitional ell arinoma (TCC) is the most ommon naturally ourring lower urinary trat malignany in dogs affeting a number of anine patients [1 3]. Several predisposing fators (inluding the use of ertain drugs, hemials, or preventive mediations, breed, gender, and diet) have been evaluated (reviewed by Fulkerson et al. * Correspondene: Romy.Heilmann@kleintierklinik.uni-leipzig.de 1 College of Veterinary Mediine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 23, DE Leipzig, Germany 2 Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University, TAMU 4474, College Station, TX , USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the artile [3]). Despite many advanes in the management of dogs with TCC or prostati arinoma (PCA), early detetion of these neoplasms is rare, and their onset is usually insidious with dogs presenting at an advaned stage of the disease (20 40% with metastasis) [1 4]. Thus, as with any aner, a biomarker that an failitate early detetion of TCC/PCA (i.e., aner sreening) and improve patient survival would be a useful tool in linial pratie. Urinary ytology as a test for TCC/PCA has been demonstrated to have a low sensitivity and speifiity [3, 5]. The veterinary bladder tumor antigen (V-BTA) The Author(s) Open Aess This artile is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Liense ( whih permits unrestrited use, distribution, and reprodution in any medium, provided you give appropriate redit to the original author(s) and the soure, provide a link to the Creative Commons liense, and indiate if hanges were made. The Creative Commons Publi Domain Dediation waiver ( applies to the data made available in this artile, unless otherwise stated.

2 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 2 of 11 test has been evaluated as a non-invasive sreening tool for TCC in dogs and is urrently the biomarker with the best diagnosti auray for non-invasive TCC diagnosis, but this test was shown to have a high false-positive rate (12 65%) [6 9]. Conentrations of urinary basi fibroblast growth fator was also inreased in dogs with bladder aner and to some extent disriminated dogs with TCC from dogs with a urinary trat infetion (UTI) [10], but sensitivity and speifiity of urinary basi fibroblast growth fator have not been reported in a larger population of dogs. A reent urine metabolomis study identified a metabolite signature that ould disriminate dogs with TCC from healthy ontrol dogs with a sensitivity of 86% and a speifiity of 78% [11], and a mass spetrometry analysis of anine urine samples identified a multiplex biomarker model prediting the presene of TCC with 90% diagnosti auray [12]. However, the utility of these models as either a sreening tool or a diagnosti test for anine TCC has not been evaluated to date. S100A8/A9 (algranulin A/B) and S100A12 (algranulin C) are members of the S100/algranulin family of Ca 2+ -binding proteins, and both members are expressed by ells of the innate immune response [13]. Aside from its assoiation with several inflammatory diseases [13, 14], the S100A8/A9 protein omplex (also referred to as alprotetin) has been shown to be expressed by epithelial ells after malignant transformation [15 18] and to be involved in the regulation of ell proliferation [19] and metastasis [20, 21]. In humans, both S100A9 and S100A8 were found to be up-regulated in PCA and TCC [22 30], whereas studies on the expression of S100A12 in TCC/ PCA have yielded ambiguous results [31, 32]. However, S100A12 has not been investigated extensively in aner patients. Similar to human urothelial arinoma, the S100A8/A9 gene has been shown to harbour an inreased frequeny of opy number gains in anine urothelial arinoma [33], and pilot data by our group suggested that the urinary onentration of S100/algranulins, partiularly the S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio (ucalr), may have potential as a diagnosti biomarker for TCC/PCA in dogs [34]. Thus, further evaluation of the urinary S100/algranulins and ucalr in dogs is needed to determine their speifiity for the diagnosis of TCC/PCA. This retrospetive aseontrol study investigated urine S100A8/A9 and S100A12 onentrations as well as the ucalr in dogs with TCC/ PCA (treated or treatment-naïve), dogs with other diseases of the urinary trat, dogs with neoplasti diseases not involving the urinary trat, and healthy ontrol dogs. We hypothesized (1) that the onentration of S100/ algranulins in urine speimens is a useful sreening test for TCC/PCA and (2) that the ucalr an distinguish dogs with TCC/PCA and UTI with high diagnosti auray. Methods Sampling population A nested ase-ontrol study design was used. Urine samples from dogs with TCC/PCA that were treatment-naïve (n = 22) or reeiving speifi antianer treatment at the time of sampling (n = 40), dogs with non-neoplasti diseases of the urinary trat (n = 22), dogs with other neoplasms (n = 35), dogs with a urinary trat infetion (UTI; n = 45), and a group of healthy ontrol dogs (n = 75) were used. The study design is summarized in the flow hart (Fig. 1). Cases were reruited at the Veterinary Medial Teahing Hospitals (VMTH) at Texas A&M University (n = 99), Mihigan State University (n = 62) as part of another study [9], and three other North Amerian universities (n = 40) as well as from seven Onology referral praties loated in five different US states (n = 38). Samples from some of the dogs (9 dogs with TCC/PCA, 9 dogs with a UTI, and 38 healthy dogs) had also been inluded in the assay validation study [34]. Complete patient information was extrated from the eletroni medial reords (for all VMTH ases) or a study questionnaire that had to be ompleted by the owner and/or the attending veterinary onologist prior to patient enrolment (for all referral pratie ases). Sample olletion and analyses Urine samples were obtained by ystoentesis, urethral atheterization, or free-ath, and were prepared for analysis of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 as previously desribed [34]. Briefly, debris was separated from samples by entrifugation for three minutes at 1000 g, and the supernatants were plaed into ryovials and stored frozen at 80 C until analyses. Urine samples were then thawed and diluted 1:2 in 0.05 M sodium phosphate, 0.02% sodium azide, and 0.5% bovine serum albumin (ph 7.5) [34]. Urine S100A8/A9 and S100A12 were measured in all samples using established and validated speiesspeifi in-house radioimmunoassays [34]. Urine onentrations of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 were normalized against urine speifi gravity 1 (S100A8/A9 USG and S100A12 USG ), urine reatinine onentration 2 (S100A8/ A9 Cre and S100A12 Cre ), and urine protein onentration 3 (S100A8/A9 Prot and S100A12 Prot ) [34]. In addition, the S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio (ucalr) was alulated for eah sample [34]. Data analyses Commerial statistial software pakages 4,5 were used for all statistial analyses. Data were tested for the assumptions of normality and equality of varianes using a Shapiro-Wilk and a Brown-Forsythe test, respetively. All parameters (S100A8/A9 USG, S100A8/A9 Cre, S100A8/A9 Prot, S100A12 USG, S100A12 Cre,S100A12 Prot, and ucalr) were

3 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 3 of 11 Fig. 1 Study flow hart summarizing the group distribution of the 239 dogs inluded into the study. The two different parts of the study are marked by the grey shaded areas: (i) evaluation of the urinary S100/algranulins in dogs with a defined disease state; and (ii) evaluation of the diagnosti auray of the urinary S100/algranulins for the diagnosis of transitional ell arinoma (TCC)/prostati arinoma (PCA) in dogs 6 yearsofage(n = 141). # e.g., lak of a definitive diagnosis, not possible to ategorize in one group (e.g., onurrent non-urinary trat malignany and urinary trat infetion), abnormal urinalysis results in healthy ontrols, or Leptospirosis suspet (analysis of urine onsidered as a possible publi health onern) tested among the six different groups of dogs using non-parametri multiple- (Kruskal-Wallis test followed by a Dunn s test for multiple omparisons) or twogroup (Mann-Whitney U test) omparisons. Summary statistis are reported as medians and interquartile ranges (IQR). Reeiver operating harateristi (ROC) urves were onstruted to determine the sensitivities and speifiities of normalized urinary S100A8/A9, S100A12, and the ucalr to distinguish dogs with TCC/PCA from the other groups of dogs; the Youden index was used to establish the optimum ut-off values. Positive (PPV) and negative preditive values (NPV) were alulated for the best-performing markers; the prior probability for a diagnosis of TCC/PCA in middle aged to older dogs (defined as 6 years of age) was estimated at 0.7% [2], and in dogs older than 6 years after exlusion of a UTI and those with linial signs of lower urinary trat disease was estimated at 1% and 20%, respetively [8]. Signifiane was set at P <0.05. Results Study population Treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs Breeds inluded Beagle (n = 3), Labrador Retriever (n = 3), Australian Cattle dog (n = 2), Sottish Terrier (n = 2), Shetland Sheepdog (n = 2), Australian Shepherd dog, Boston Terrier, Chow, Fox Terrier, Lhasa Apso (eah n = 1), and mixed breed (n = 5). The most ommon tumor loation was the urinary bladder (n = 15), followed by the urethra (n = 7), and the prostate (n =5).Thediagnosis was onfirmed by histopathologi evaluation of a tissue biopsy (n = 7) or ytology (n =15).Aurineulturewas performed in 12 dogs, 5 (42%) of whih were positive for baterial growth and the majority (80%) of positive samples were growing a single organism (E. oli,

4 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 4 of 11 Enteroous sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, orstreptoous equisimilis). TCC/PCA dogs under treatment Breeds inluded Beagle (n = 5), Shetland Sheepdog (n = 4), West Highland White Terrier (n = 4), Sottish Terrier (n = 2), Amerian Spitz, Bihon Frise, English Springer Spaniel, Jak Russell Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Maltese, Miniature Pinsher, Miniature Shnauzer, Papillion, Poodle, Rat Terrier, Shipperke (eah n = 1), and mixed breed (n = 13). Most ommon tumor site was the urinary bladder (n = 33), followed by the prostate (n =7), and the urethra (n = 6). Treatment at the time of urine sample olletion inluded non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID; piroxiam: n = 30; arprofen: n = 4; firooxib: n = 2; deraoxib: n = 1), hemotherapy (mitoxantrone: n = 5; ylophosphamide: n = 1), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (toeranib phosphate: n =3), and/or surgial exision (n = 2). The diagnosis had been previously onfirmed by histopathology or ytology. A urine ulture was performed in 7 dogs, 3 (43%) of whih were positive for baterial growth and a single organism (E. oli, Aeroous sp., Myoplasma anis) being isolated in the majority (80%) of the dogs that had a positive urine ulture. Dogs with UTI Breeds inluded Beagle (n = 3), Boston Terrier (n = 3), Labrador Retriever (n = 3), Pug (n = 3), Standard Shnauzer (n = 3), Bihon Frise (n = 2), Brittany Spaniel (n = 2), Dahshund (n = 2), Golden Retriever (n = 2), Australian Cattle dog, Boxer, Coker Spaniel, English Bulldog, Fox Terrier, Frenh Bulldog, Great Dane, Husky, Jak Russell Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Miniature Poodle, Miniature Shnauzer, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Rat Terrier, Rottweiler, Shih Tzu, Swiss Mountain dog (eah n = 1), and mixed breed (n = 5). Urine ulture was positive in 44/45 (98%) dogs, and marked bateriuria but a negative ulture was seen in one dog. The isolated baterial strains were doumented in 38 dogs, 6 (16%) of whih had a polymirobial UTI. The most ommon isolate was E. oli (n = 21), followed by Enteroous sp. (n =5),Klebsiella (n =3),Proteus mirabilis (n =6), Staphyloous pseudintermedius (n =2),Streptoous anis (n =2),Atinobaillus sp., Baillus sp., Enterobater sp., Pasteurella sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa (eah n = 1). A reurrent UTI was seen in one dog and a resistant UTI in two dogs. One dog had onurrent bilateral ureteral etopy and one dog had urolithiasis. Dogs with non-neoplasti urinary trat diseases Breeds inluded Miniature Shnauzer (n = 3), Beagle (n = 2), Maltese (n = 2), Australian Shepherd, Bihon Frise, Bloodhound, Chihuahua, Dalmatian, Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Miniature Poodle, Standard Shnauzer, Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, Shih Tzu, West Highland White Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier (eah n = 1), and mixed breed (n = 2). Diseases inluded urolithiasis (n = 11), International Renal Interest Soiety (IRIS) stage I-IV hroni kidney disease (n = 7), detrusor sphinter dyssynergia, polypoid ystitis, urethral striture, or urethral sphinter mehanism inompetene (eah n =1). Dogs with non-urinary trat neoplasia Breeds inluded Beagle (n = 6), Labrador Retriever (n = 5), Shetland Sheepdog (n = 3), West Highland White Terrier (n = 3), Golden Retriever (n = 2), Sottish Terrier (n = 2), Basset Hound, Bearded Collie, Boxer, Brittany Spaniel, Cokapoo, German Shorthaired Pointer, Greater Swiss Mountain dog, Rottweiler (eah n = 1), and mixed breed (n = 6). Neoplasti diseases were: lymphoma (n = 5), mast ell tumor (n = 5), hepatoellular arinoma (n = 4), appendiular osteosaroma (n =3),undefined adrenal masses (n =2),undefinedsplenimasseswith hemoabdomen (n = 2), thymoma (n = 2), adrenal arinoma, hemangiosaroma, hepati arinoma, oral soft tissue saroma, oral squamous ell arinoma, perianal adenoma, plasma ell tumor, pulmonary arinoma, renal adenoarinoma, undefined intraranial neoplasia, undefined mandibular neoplasia, and undefined mesenhymal neoplasia (eah n = 1). Onologi therapy at the time or prior to urine sample olletion for the study inluded surgery (n =12),hemotherapy(n = 8), and/or radiation therapy (n =2). Healthy ontrol dogs Breeds inluded West Highland White Terrier (n = 7), Beagle (n = 4), Labrador Retriever (n = 4), Dahshund (n = 3), Sottish Terrier (n = 3), Shetland Sheepdog (n = 3), Amerian Pitbull Terrier (n = 2), Giant Shnauzer (n = 2), Miniature Shnauzer (n = 2), Weimaraner (n =2), Yorkshire Terrier (n = 2), Australian Shepherd, Basset Hound, Bihon Frise, Border Collie, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Chihuahua, Chinese Shar Pei, English Springer Spaniel, Frenh Bulldog, Golden Retriever, Great Dane, Neopolitan Mastiff, Portuguese Water dog, Saint Bernard, Standard Poodle, White Shepherd dog (eah n = 1), and mixed breed (n = 17); breed was not doumented in 7 dogs. Urinalysis was unremarkable in 64 dogs and was not performed on the same urinalysis in 11 dogs (these dogs were determined to be healthy based on previous diagnostis). Age-related onditions (e.g., degenerative joint disease) not reported to affet the urinary trat were not onsidered as an exlusion riterion. Among group omparisons Patient harateristis, urine S100A8/A9 and S100A12 onentrations, and the ucalr are summarized in Table 1.

5 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 5 of 11 Table 1 Patient harateristis, normalized urine S100A8/A9 and S100A12 onentrations, and the urine S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio (ucalr) in all dogs inluded in the study (n = 239) Parameter TCC/PCA, treatment-naïve TCC/PCA, under treatment Baterial urinary trat infetion Non-neoplasti UT disease Other, non-ut neoplasia Healthy ontrol dogs Total number P value Age, in years median [IQR] 10.2 A [ ] 11.1 A [ ] 8.8 A [ ] 10.0 A [ ] 9.4 A [ ] 5.5 B [ ] < Weight a, in kg median [IQR] 18.2 A [ ] 13.7 A [ ] 12.7 A [ ] 9.8 A [ ] 21.8 A [ ] 18.1 b, A [ ] Sex male/female 9/13 20/20 12/33 9/13 17/18 40/32 b S100A8/A9 USG median [IQR] A [ ] A [ ] A [ ] B [ ] 23.5 B [ ] 40.4 B [ ] < S100A8/A9 Cre median [IQR] A [ ,600.2] A [ ] A [ ] B [ ] 53.3 B [ ] 23.4 B [ ] < S100A8/A9 Prot Median [IQR] A [ ] 81.7 A [ ] A [ ] 37.8 B [ ] 16.4 B [ ] A [ ] < S100A12USG median [IQR] 12.4 A [ ] 5.0 A [ ] 44.5 A [ ] 2.8 B [ ] 1.9 B [ ] 4.5 B [ ] < S100A12Cre median [IQR] 35.2 A [ ] 12.1 B [ ] A [ ] 4.9 B [ ] 3.9 B [ ] 6.1 B [ ] < S100A12Prot median [IQR] 7.5 A [ ] 3.0 A [ ] 41.3 A [ ] 2.4 B [ ] 1.6 B [ ] 10.9 A [ ] < ucalr median [IQR] 14.7 A [ ] 29.9 A [ ] 6.9 B [ ] 14.2 A [ ] 12.1 A [ ] 10.6 A [ ] < TCC transitional ell arinoma, PCA prostate gland arinoma, UT urinary trat; a no signifiant differenes deteted when omparing individual groups with TCC/PCA group; b unknown in 3 dogs; medians [IQR in brakets] within a row not sharing a ommon supersript (boldfae) are signifiantly different from treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs at P < Global P value (boldfae values indiate a signifiant differene at P <0.05)

6 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 6 of 11 S100A8/A9 USG (Fig. 2) and S100A8/A9 Cre were numerially higher in dogs with untreated TCC/PCA than in dogs with TCC/PCA under treatment, but both differenes did not reah signifiane (P = and , respetively). No differenes in S100A8/A9 USG (Fig. 2) and S100A8/A9 Cre were seen between treatment-naïve TCC/ PCA dogs and those with a UTI (P = and , respetively). Compared to treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs, urinary S100A12 onentrations were also lower in TCC/PCA dogs undergoing treatment, but the differene was only signifiant for S100A12 Cre (P = ; P = for S100A12 USG ), whereas dogs with a UTI had numerially higher (but not signifiant) S100A12 USG and S100A12 Cre (both P = ). The ucalr did not differ between newly diagnosed TCC/PCA dogs and those undergoing treatment (P = ), but the ucalr was signifiantly lower in dogs diagnosed with a UTI ompared to all other disease groups of dogs: treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs (P = ) (Fig. 3), TCC/PCA dogs undergoing treatment (P < ), non-neoplasti urinary trat diseases (P = ), and neoplasti disease not involving the urinary trat (P = ). S100A8/A9 Prot and S100A12 Prot were signifiantly higher in dogs with TCC/PCA than those with nonneoplasti urinary trat diseases (P = and , respetively) or other neoplasms (P < and , respetively) but were omparable to those in dogs with a UTI (both P = ) and healthy ontrols (both P = ). Comparing urinary anine S100/algranulin onentrations amongst the same groups of dogs after exlusion of all dogs <6 years of age yielded similar results, with the exeption that the differene did not reah signifiane for S100A12 USG in treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs ompared to dogs with non-neoplasti urinary trat disease (P = ) and healthy ontrol dogs (P = ), for S100A12 Cre between treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs and those dogs with TCC/PCA under treatment (P= ), and for S100A12 Prot between treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs and dogs with non-neoplasti urinary trat disease (P = ). Within group omparisons In patients with TCC/PCA, S100A8/A9 USG, S100A8/A9 Cre, S100A8/A9 Prot, S100A12 USG, S100A12 Cre, S100A12 Prot,and ucalr did not differ between dogs with a single tumor site (bladder, urethra, or prostate; n = 53) and dogs with more than one of those sites affeted (n =9;allP > 0.05). This finding was no different in treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs (all P > 0.05) and those dogs reeiving antitumor therapy at the time of sample olletion (all P > 0.05). S100A8/A9 Prot and S100A12 Prot were signifiantly higher in treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs with a positive urine ulture (n = 5; median [IQR]: [ ,353.6] and 39.8 [ ], respetively) than dogs without a onurrent UTI (n = 7;median[IQR]:44.5[ ] and 2.5 [ ], respetively; both P = ), whereas no differenes in S100A8/A9 USG,S100A8/A9 Cre, Fig. 2 Urinary onentrations of S100A8/A9 normalized against urine speifi gravity (S100A8/A9 USG ) were signifiantly higher in newly diagnosed TCC/PCA dogs ompared to dogs with non-neoplasti urinary trat (UT) diseases (P = ), dogs with neoplasti diseases not involving the urinary trat (P < ), and healthy ontrol dogs (P < ); but did not differ from S100A8/A9 USG measured in dogs with TCC/PCA undergoing aner therapy (P = ) or dogs with a baterial urinary trat infetion (UTI; P = ). Boxes: interquartile range (IQR); vertial lines within boxes: medians; whiskers: determined by the outermost data pointsorvaluesomputedas(25thquartile 1.5 IQR)or(75thquartile+1.5 IQR);dashed line: optimum ut-off onentration ( 109.9) to distinguish dogs with TCC/PCA from those of other groups; **signifiant differene at P < 0.01; ***signifiant differene at P < 0.001

7 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 7 of 11 Fig. 3 Urinary S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratios (ucalr) were signifiantly lower in dogs diagnosed with a urinary trat infetion (UTI) ompared to treatment-naïve TCC/PCA dogs (P = ), but did not differ between newly diagnosed TCC/PCA dogs and all other disease groups (all P = ) or healthy ontrol dogs (P = ). Boxes: interquartile range (IQR); vertial lines within boxes: medians; whiskers: determined by the outermost data points or values omputed as (25th quartile 1.5 IQR) or (75th quartile +1.5 IQR); dashed line: optimum ut-off onentration ( 9.1) to distinguish dogs with TCC/PCA from dogs with a UTI; **signifiant differene at P <0.01 S100A12 USG, S100A12 Cre, or ucalr were seen between both groups of dogs (all P >0.05). S100A8/A9 USG, S100A8/A9 Cre, S100A8/A9 Prot, S100A12 USG, S100A12 Cre, S100A12 Prot,anduCalRdid not differ among the three different primary tumor sites in newly diagnosed TCC/PCA dogs (all global P > 0.05), whereas S100A8/A9 USG, S100A12 USG, S100A12 Cre, and S100A12 Prot were signifiantly lower with primary involvement of the urinary bladder (n = 31; median [IQR]: [ ], 3.3 [ ], 6.6 [ ], and 2.0 [ ], respetively) than the prostate (n = 7; median [IQR]: [ ], [ ], [ ], and 58.1 [ ], respetively) in dogs undergoing treatment (P = , , , and , respetively). Also, S100A8/A9 USG, S100A8/A9 Cre, S100A8/A9 Prot, S100A12 USG, S100A12 Cre, S100A12 Prot,anduCalRdid not differ between dogs treated with a single agent (n = 30) ompared to ombination protools (n = 10; all P > 0.05) nor those treated with an NSAID (n = 37) ompared to dogs not reeiving an NSAID (n =3;all P > 0.05). In patients diagnosed with a UTI, S100A8/A9 USG, S100A8/A9 Cre,S100A8/A9 Prot, S100A12 USG,S100A12 Cre, S100A12 Prot, and ucalr did not differ in dogs with a single baterial isolate (n = 43) from those with a polymirobial UTI (n =7;allP > 0.05); and there were no differenes seen in dogs where only Enteroous sp. (n =5)and/or other isolates (n = 45) were ultured from urine samples (all P >0.05). Diagnosti auray The area under the ROC urve (AUROC), optimum ut-off onentrations (and ut-off onentrations for at least a 90% sensitivity and a 90% speifiity, respetively), sensitivities, and speifiities are summarized in Table 2. Using a ucalr of 9.3 or a S100A8/A9 USG of to sreen middle-aged to older dogs ( 6 years of age) for TCC/PCA (0.7% estimated prevalene of TCC/PCA) yielded an NPV of 100% (1.000 for both) and a PPV between 1 and 2% (0.011 and 0.019, respetively). If a UTI has been exluded in the same population of dogs (estimated prevalene of TCC/PCA: 1%), a S100A8/ A9 USG resulted in a NPV of ~100% (1.000) and a PPV of ~4% (0.038). In dogs 6 years of age, a ucalr of 5.2 [or 9.1] or a S100A8/A9 USG of 96.3 differentiated patients with TCC/PCA from those with non-neoplasti auses of similar presenting signs (estimated prevalene of TCC/PCA in this population: 20%) with a NPV of % (1.000 [0.956] and 0.975, respetively) and a PPV of 29 31% (0.294 [0.308] and 0.301, respetively). Use of a ucalr of 9.1 ombined with a S100A8/ A9 USG of to sreen middle-aged to older dogs ( 6 years of age) for TCC/PCA (estimated prevalene: 0.7%) yielded a sensitivity of 86% (95% CI: 67 95%) and a speifiity of 80% (95% CI: 72 87%; OR: 25.6, 95% CI: ) (Fig. 4), with a NPV of ~100% (0.999; 95% Cl: ) and a PPV of 3% (0.030; 95% CI: ).

8 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 8 of 11 Table 2 Sensitivities and speifiities at the optimal ut-off values (and ut-offs for resulting in a sensitivity and speifiity of at least 90% eah), and area under the reeiver operating harateristi urve (AUROC) for urinary S100/algranulins and the S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio (ucalr) to distinguish treatmentnaïve dogs with transitional ell arinoma (TCC)/prostati arinoma (PCA) from other groups of dogs (all dogs 6 years of age [n = 141]) Parameter AUROC Cut-off Sensitivity Speifiity Treatment-naïve TCC/PCA (n = 22) vs. UTI (n = 35) S100A8/A9 USG % 43% % 94% S100A8/A9 Cre % 35% S100A12 USG % 29% S100A12 Cre % 62% ucalr % 60% % 49% % 94% Treatment-naïve TCC/PCA vs. other diseases ausing lower urinary trat signs (n = 45) S100A8/A9 USG % 44% % 96% S100A8/A9 Cre % 39% S100A12 USG % 42% S100A12 Cre % 34% ucalr % 40% % 49% % 96% Treatment-naïve TCC/PCA vs. other disease groups (n = 86) a S100A8/A9 USG % 64% % 92% S100A8/A9 Cre % 55% % 91% S100A12 USG % 57% % 93% S100A12 Cre % 78% % 95% ucalr % 42% % 96% Treatment-naïve TCC/PCA vs. all other groups (n = 119) a S100A8/A9 USG % 66% % 93% S100A8/A9 Cre % 59% % 92% S100A12 USG % 66% % 90% S100A12 Cre % 57% % 90% Table 2 Sensitivities and speifiities at the optimal ut-off values (and ut-offs for resulting in a sensitivity and speifiity of at least 90% eah), and area under the reeiver operating harateristi urve (AUROC) for urinary S100/algranulins and the S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio (ucalr) to distinguish treatmentnaïve dogs with transitional ell arinoma (TCC)/prostati arinoma (PCA) from other groups of dogs (all dogs 6 years of age [n = 141]) (Continued) ucalr % 41% % 96% Treatment-naïve TCC/PCA vs. all other groups, exl. Urinary trat infetions (n = 84) S100A8/A9 USG % 75% % 95% S100A8/A9 Cre % 70% % 91% S100A12 USG % 86% % 71% S100A12 Cre % 76% % 91% ucalr % 33% a exluding TCC/PCA dogs undergoing antianer therapy values in boldfae are signifiant at P < 0.05 Disussion This study evaluated the diagnosti utility of measuring urine onentrations of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 as well as the ucalr in dogs with TCC/PCA (treatment-naïve or undergoing antineoplasti therapy). Measurement of these biomarkers in urine speimens has the advantage of yielding information from the urinary trat. However, the results maybeskewedbyprerenalfators(e.g.,inreasedamino aid turnover with neoplasti diseases ausing glomerular Fig. 4 Four-way Venn diagram demonstrating the separation between dogs with TCC/PCA (treatment-naïve) and all other groups of dogs 6 yearsofagebyuseofaucalr 9.1 ombined with a S100A8/A9 USG 109.9

9 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 9 of 11 hyperfiltration [35]), renal diseases (e.g., hroni kidney disease), and/or other diseases of the lower urinary trat (e.g., baterial ystitis or urolithiasis). Thus, dogs with other non-neoplasti diseases of the urinary trat and dogs with neoplasti onditions not involving the urinary trat were inluded as disease ontrol groups of dogs. Diagnosti auray of the urinary anine S100/ algranulins was evaluated in dogs 6 years of age to mimi the situation of using these biomarkers in the linial setting to sreen for or diagnose dogs with TCC/PCA. The results of this study showed that urine S100A8/A9 and the ucalr may have limited diagnosti utility in dogs with TCC/PCA. Conentrations of urine S100A8/A9 as well as the parameters of diagnosti auray (AUROC, sensitivity, and speifiity) and the optimum ut-offs for the separation of dogs diagnosed with TCC/PCA from the other groups of dogs were omparable to those in one study evaluating urine S100A8/A9 onentrations in humans with bladder aner [30]. The study by Ebbing et al. also showed higher urine onentrations of S100A8/A9 in people with higher grade urothelial arinomas [30]. However, the possibility of a orrelation between urinary onentrations of the S100/algranulins and the results of omplete aner staging and/or grading, response to treatment, and the individual patient outome were not investigated as part of our study, and this will need to be further explored. Further researh is also needed to determine when hanges in S100A8/A9 and S100A12 ould possibly our along the spetrum of tumor development and whether these tests an detet pre-anerous pathology or early aner. The omponents of diagnosti auray for the urinary S100/algranulins in this study were higher than the sensitivity and speifiity reported for urine sediment analysis, where neoplasti ells are detetable in approximately 30% of patients with TCC but neoplasti ells an be diffiult to distinguish from reative epithelial ells assoiated with inflammation [3, 5]. Also, both sensitivity and speifiity of the S100A8/A9 USG were higher than those of the V-BTA [6 9]. But similar to the V-BTA measurement, the S100A8/A9 USG in dogs 6 years of age also suffers from a moderate rate of false positives (59% for dogs with a UTI and 24% [18 33%] for the remaining groups of dogs when using a ut-off of 109.9), whih is also onsistent with the inreased urinary proteome fration of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 (i.e., S100A8/A9 Prot and S100A12 Prot ) in TCC/PCA dogs with onurrent UTI. An additional advantage over the V-BTA test [8], S100A8/A9 USG is not affeted by hematuria and offers a quantitative result [34]. The high sensitivity and NPV of S100A8/A9 USG observed in this study suggest that measuring S100A8/ A9 USG ould be a good sreening test for TCC/PCA in dogs, espeially patients where a UTI has been ruled out as a ause of linial signs of lower urinary trat disease, and that a negative test result (i.e., a S100A8/ A9 USG of <109.9) essentially exludes a diagnosis of TCC/PCA in dogs. The ucalr, on the other hand, appears to be a better marker to distinguish patients with a UTI from those with TCC/PCA. However, the false negative rate of the ucalr in dogs 6 years old with a UTI was still moderate (54% and 43% when using 5.2 and 9.1 as the ut-off onentration, respetively), but a ombination of S100A8/A9 USG and the ucalr improved the diagnosti auray (i.e., speifiity) for the detetion of TCC/PCA in dogs. Similar to the V-BTA test [8], the PPV of the ucalr and S100A8/A9 USG inreased to about 30% if used in a population of dogs with a higher index of suspiion for lower urinary trat disease. Further prospetive studies are warranted in a larger ohort of dogs to validate our findings and to diretly ompare the diagnosti performane of the urinary S100/algranulins with the V-BTA test. Dog breeds reported to have a higher risk of developing TCC (Sottish Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Shetland Sheepdog, Beagle, and Dahshund) [1 3, 36] were overrepresented (36%) in our study. The female:male ratio (1.4:1) as well as the urinary bladder trigone being the most ommon tumor site were similar to previous reports [1, 3, 4, 8]. Detetion of a onurrent UTI in 42% of the dogs with TCC/PCA (both treatment-naïve dogs and dogs undergoing antianer therapy) and the spetrum of organisms isolated are also in line with the results of others [37]. An interesting finding of the urrent study is that, ompared to dogs with TCC/PCA that reeived antianer treatment at the time of urine sample olletion, treatment-naïve dogs with TCC/PCA had 2.1- to 2.5-fold higher urinary S100A8/A9 onentrations and 2.5- to 2.9-fold higher urinary S100A12 onentrations (albeit statistial signifiane was reahed only for S100A12 Cre ). While the ause of urinary S100/algranulins being lower in dogs with TCC/PCA under treatment annot be evaluated through this study, potential explanations inlude a dereased expression of these proteins by tumor ells or redution of tumor-assoiated inflammation (partiularly tumor-assoiated or even metastasis-assoiated marophages) in response to treatment [38]. However, with the soure and treatment-indued hange of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 expression in anine TCC/PCA being unknown and the relatively large variation in the ucalr seen in the group of TCC/PCA dogs reeiving antianer treatment, it remains to be determined whether the S100/algranulins are part of a pro-tumorigeni [39] or anti-tumorigeni [40] signature in anine TCC/PCA [38], or if they may even have a dual role. This distintion is partiularly important as the synergism and onvergene in the signaling pathways of inflammation and aner espeially the

10 Heilmann et al. BMC Veterinary Researh (2017) 13:112 Page 10 of 11 release of damage-assoiated moleular pattern moleules (suh as S100A8/A9 and S100A12), downstream ativation of nulear fator-κb, and expression of inflammatory ytokines and hemokines an lead to positive feedbak loops perpetuating hroni inflammation and thus a protumorigeni miroenvironment [13, 38]. From a linial perspetive, these aspets lend themselves to researh of novel moleular-based therapeuti strategies aimed at targeting tumor-assoiated inflammation, whih an drive tumor progression and metastasis [38, 41]. From a omparative onology standpoint, study of the S100/algranulins in anine TCC/PCA is of very high interest beause here the spontaneous disease in dogs serves as a better model for human urothelial arinoma than murine models (rodents lak S100A12 and S100A8 appears to funtionally resemble S100A12 [42 44]). Another interesting finding in TCC/PCA dogs reeiving antianer therapy is that urinary S100A8/A9 and S100A12 onentrations were lower with primary involvement of the urinary bladder than that of the prostate. Whether this reflets a higher degree of tumor-assoiated inflammation with prostati involvement, the response (inreased antitumor immunity or treatment-indued inflammation) or even lak of response to treatment [38] requires further study. In view of this finding, the lak of a differene in urinary S100/algranulin onentrations between TCC/PCA dogs given an NSAID (either alone or as part of a ombination protool) and those reeiving other forms of antineoplasti therapy was unexpeted as metronomi NSAIDs predominantly affet the tumor-promoting inflammation [1, 38] and the expression of S100A8 and S100A9 has been indiretly linked to the ylooxygenase (COX)-2/AMP pathway [45, 46]. We aknowledge the limitation of the study that healthy ontrol dogs did not undergo the same diagnosti evaluation as patients with TCC/PCA or other urinary trat or non-urinary trat diseases. Thus, the possibility of an oult urinary trat disease (inluding TCC/PCA) annot be exluded with ertainty in this group of dogs. Conlusions The results of this study show that urine S100A8/A9 and the ucalr have utility as an exlusionary tool in dogs with suspeted TCC/PCA. Despite a limited diagnosti value (i.e., as a onfirmatory test), the high sensitivity and NPV of S100A8/A9 USG suggests that S100A8/A9 ould be a good sreening test for TCC/PCA in dogs and that the ucalr an help differentiate dogs with a UTI. Further studies are warranted to validate our findings in a larger ohort of dogs, to evaluate the soure of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 expression in anine TCC/PCA patients, and to determine whether S100A8/A9 and/or S100A12 expression orrelates with tumor grade and/or omplete tumor stage, response to treatment, progression of aner, and/or survival time. Endnotes 1 Clinial refratometer, Atago USA In., Bellevue, WA, USA. 2 Sirrus Creatinine LiquiColor, Stanbio Laboratory, Boerne, TX, USA. 3 Coomassie protein Bradford assay, Thermo Fisher Sientifi In., Rokford, IL, USA. 4 Analyse-it v Method validation edition, Analyseit Software, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. 5 JMP v12.0, SAS Institute In., Cary, NC, USA. Abbreviations AUROC: Area under the ROC urve; CI: Confidene interval; NPV: Negative preditive value; PCA: Prostati arinoma; PPV: Positive preditive value; ROC: Reeiver operating harateristi urve; S100A12: S100A12 protein; S100A8/A9: S100A8/A9 (alprotetin) protein omplex; TCC: Transitional ell arinoma; ucalr: Urine S100A8/A9-to-S100A12 ratio; USG: Urine speifi gravity; UTI: Urinary trat infetion Aknowledgements The authors aknowledge the help of Dr. Mary Nabity, Dr. Stephanie Smith, Dr. Tomomi Minamoto, Ms. Kelly Salgado, and Ms. Katja Weber with the olletion and proessing of urine samples. Part of the data were presented at the 34rd Annual Meeting of the Amerian College of Veterinary Internal Mediine (ACVIM), Denver, CO, USA (8 11 June, 2016). Funding This study was not supported by a grant or otherwise. Availability of data and materials The datasets used and/or analysed during the urrent study are available from the orresponding author on reasonable request. Authors ontributions RMH, EAM, NG, DJL, and JMS designed the study and enrolled patients into the study. RMH, NG, and DJL analysed the speimens from dogs enrolled in the study. RMH, EAM, NG, DJL, and JSS analysed and interpreted the patient and biomarker data. All authors read and approved the final manusript. Competing interests The authors delare that they have no ompeting interests. Consent for publiation Not appliable. Ethis approval The protool for olletion of urine samples from dogs with urinary trat disease and healthy dogs was independently reviewed and approved by the Clinial Researh Review Committee at Texas A&M University (CRRC# and # ), and written onsent was obtained from the owners of dogs enrolled in the study. Publisher s Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisditional laims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Author details 1 College of Veterinary Mediine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 23, DE Leipzig, Germany. 2 Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University, TAMU 4474, College Station, TX , USA. 3 Cummings Shool of Veterinary Mediine, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA. 4 College of Veterinary Mediine, Mihigan State University, 784 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. 5 Farm Animal Clini,

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