Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2017, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 106-110,120.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2017.02.006

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Expression of Sox17 protein and correlation with β-catenin and cyclin D1 protein in gastric cardia adenocarcinoma

PAN Pan1, KUANG Gang2, GUO Yanli2, GUO Wei2, DONG Zhiming2, YANG Fei1   

  1. 1. Department of Pathology, Jinan Central Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250013, Shandong;
    2. Cancer Institute, Fouth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, Hebei, China
  • Received:2016-03-11 Revised:2017-02-10 Online:2017-03-31 Published:2017-03-31

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To investigate expression of Sox17,β-catenin and cyclin D1 proteins in gastric cardia adenocarcinoma(GCA),and to establish their relationship with pathogenesis of GCA. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry method was applied to examine the expression of Sox17,β-catenin and cyclin D1 proteins in 78 samples of GCA and the corresponding adjacent non-cancerous tissues.RESULTS: In GCA tissues,the frequency of Sox17,β-catenin and cyclin D1 expression was 47.4% (37/78),83.3% (65/78) and 70.5%(55/78),respectively,which was significantly lower than that in corresponding adjacent non-cancerous tissues:69.2%(54/78),62.8%(49/78) and 44.9%(35/78),(P < 0.01). The frequency of β-catenin ectopic expression was 83.3%(65/78) in GCA tissues which was significantly higher than that in corresponding adjacent non-cancerous tissues of 62.8%(49/78) (P < 0.01). Sox17 expression was negatively correlated with ectopic expression of β-catenin and cyclin D1 (r=-0.264,P < 0.05;r=-0.287,P < 0.05). Sox17 were significantly correlated with tumor stage (P=0.045). β-catenin and cyclin D1 were significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis(P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Low level expression of Sox17 protein may play an important role in the development of GCA via aberrantly activating the canonical Wnt/ β-catenin signaling pathway through influencing the expression of β-catenin and cyclin D1.

Key words: Sox17, β-catenin, cyclin D1, Wnt signal pathway, gastric cardia adenocarcinoma

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