AIM: Esophageal cancer remains a significant healthiproblem worldwide. It is important to investigate alterationsin expression of retinoic acid receptor-β, p53 and Ki67proteins in esophageal carcinogenesis.METHODS: T...AIM: Esophageal cancer remains a significant healthiproblem worldwide. It is important to investigate alterationsin expression of retinoic acid receptor-β, p53 and Ki67proteins in esophageal carcinogenesis.METHODS: To find biomarkers for early identification ofesophageal cancer, we analyzed the retinoic acid receptor-j3,p53 protein and the proliferation marker Ki67 in surgicalspecimens of normal, mildly, and severely dysplastic andmalignant esophageal tissues by in situ hybridization ofRNA and immunohistochemistry.RESULTS: RAR-β was expressed in 94.3 %(33/35) of normalmucosae, 67.8 %(19/28) of the mild, 58.1% (18/31) of thesevere ieaions and 53.2 % (116/218) of tumor samples. RAR-β mRNA was expressed in 62.7 % (42/67), 55.1% (43/78) and29.2 % (7/24) of well, moderated and poorly differentiatedSSCs. The p53 and Ki67 proteins were 5.9 % (2/34) of thenormal mucosa. P53 and Ki67 stained positively in 10.7 % (3/28) and 21.4 % (6/28) of mild dysplasia, and 51.6 %(16/31)and 58. 1% (18/31) of severely dysplasia respectively.Samples from esophageal cancer showed no higher levers ofp53 and Ki67 expression than seen in severely dysplasticlesions. There was significant difference of RAR-β、 p53 andKi67 expression between normal mucosa and dysplatictissue or esophageal cancer.CONCLUSION: Loss of RAR-β expression and acctnulation ofp53 and Ki67 proteins may serve as biomarkers for earlyidentification of esophageal cancer in the high-riskpopulations.展开更多
文摘AIM: Esophageal cancer remains a significant healthiproblem worldwide. It is important to investigate alterationsin expression of retinoic acid receptor-β, p53 and Ki67proteins in esophageal carcinogenesis.METHODS: To find biomarkers for early identification ofesophageal cancer, we analyzed the retinoic acid receptor-j3,p53 protein and the proliferation marker Ki67 in surgicalspecimens of normal, mildly, and severely dysplastic andmalignant esophageal tissues by in situ hybridization ofRNA and immunohistochemistry.RESULTS: RAR-β was expressed in 94.3 %(33/35) of normalmucosae, 67.8 %(19/28) of the mild, 58.1% (18/31) of thesevere ieaions and 53.2 % (116/218) of tumor samples. RAR-β mRNA was expressed in 62.7 % (42/67), 55.1% (43/78) and29.2 % (7/24) of well, moderated and poorly differentiatedSSCs. The p53 and Ki67 proteins were 5.9 % (2/34) of thenormal mucosa. P53 and Ki67 stained positively in 10.7 % (3/28) and 21.4 % (6/28) of mild dysplasia, and 51.6 %(16/31)and 58. 1% (18/31) of severely dysplasia respectively.Samples from esophageal cancer showed no higher levers ofp53 and Ki67 expression than seen in severely dysplasticlesions. There was significant difference of RAR-β、 p53 andKi67 expression between normal mucosa and dysplatictissue or esophageal cancer.CONCLUSION: Loss of RAR-β expression and acctnulation ofp53 and Ki67 proteins may serve as biomarkers for earlyidentification of esophageal cancer in the high-riskpopulations.
