Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 89-95.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2019.02.001

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Clinical significance of Skp1 protein expression in non-small cell lung cancer tissues and peripheral blood

ZHU Jiawei, HU Xiao, WANG Xijun, WANG Yaru, FENG Lin, XIAO Ting   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Carcinogenesis and Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
  • Received:2018-12-28 Revised:2019-02-25 Online:2019-03-30 Published:2019-03-30

Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To detect the protein expression of Skp1(S-phase kinase-associated protein 1) in non-small cancer lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues and peripheral blood,and to explore its clinical significance.METHODS:Expressions of Skp1 protein in 34 NSCLC tissues and 34 adjacent tissues were detected by Western Blot.In addition,the expressions in 86 NSCLC tissues and 86 adjacent tissues were detected by tissue microarray and immunohistochemical staining method.The plasma expression level of Skp1 in 39 NSCLC patients and 27 healthy person was detected by ELISA (enzyme linked immunesorbent assay).The relationships between Skp1 expression with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis of NSCLC patients were analyzed.RESULTS:The expression level of Skp1 protein in NSCLC tissues was significantly higher than that in adjacent tissues by both Western blot and immunohistochemical staining methods (P < 0.01).The plasma levels in NSCLC patients were significantly higher than that in healthy person (P=0.003).The simple factors analyses show that over-expression of Skp1 protein in NSCLC tissues was significantly associated with poor prognosis in the middle to late cancer stages (Ⅱ+Ⅲ)(P=0.001),and the multiple factors Cox regression analysis showed that Skp1 protein could be used as the independent risk factors for the middle to late stages (Ⅱ+Ⅲ).The expression of Skp1 protein had no correlation with pathological type,clinical stage,pathological grade,lymph node metastasis and other factors (P > 0.05).CONCLUSION:Skp1 protein was over-expressed in NSCLC tissues and plasma from patients,and the over-expression of Skp1 protein in NSCLC tissues was significantly associated with poor prognosis in the middle to late cancer stages (Ⅱ+Ⅲ).Therefore,the over-expression can be considered for use as an independent risk factor for the middle to late stages among NSCLC patients.

Key words: Skp1, non-small cell lung cancer, prognosis, risk factors

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