C/EBP is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein.In order to identify its distribu-tion,localization and function,immunocytochemical technique(ABC method)was done usinganti-C/EBP polypeptide antibodies 1103~#,425~# in...C/EBP is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein.In order to identify its distribu-tion,localization and function,immunocytochemical technique(ABC method)was done usinganti-C/EBP polypeptide antibodies 1103~#,425~# in liver specimens from 20 normal adult,5neonatal,6 patients with hepatitis,25 patients with liver cirrhosis,80 patients with hepatocellu-lar carcinoma(40 cases were associated with surrounding nontumorous tissues)and 26 patientswith cholangiocarcinoma(15 cases were associated with surrounding nontumorous tissues).Theresults showed that C/EBP was diffusely distributed in nuclei and cytoplasm of differentiated liv-er cells and very low or undetectable in liver cancer cells.The expression of C/EBP was in pro-portion to differentiated degree of tumor cells,and was obviously weaker than that in surround-ing nontumorous tissues.C/EBP positive staining has also been found in regenerating epithelialcells of bile ductules.The results suggested that C/EBP might play an important role in estab-lishing and maintaining the differentiation of liver cells and might exert an inhibiting effect againsttransformation of liver cells and proliferation of neoplastic tissue.展开更多
文摘C/EBP is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein.In order to identify its distribu-tion,localization and function,immunocytochemical technique(ABC method)was done usinganti-C/EBP polypeptide antibodies 1103~#,425~# in liver specimens from 20 normal adult,5neonatal,6 patients with hepatitis,25 patients with liver cirrhosis,80 patients with hepatocellu-lar carcinoma(40 cases were associated with surrounding nontumorous tissues)and 26 patientswith cholangiocarcinoma(15 cases were associated with surrounding nontumorous tissues).Theresults showed that C/EBP was diffusely distributed in nuclei and cytoplasm of differentiated liv-er cells and very low or undetectable in liver cancer cells.The expression of C/EBP was in pro-portion to differentiated degree of tumor cells,and was obviously weaker than that in surround-ing nontumorous tissues.C/EBP positive staining has also been found in regenerating epithelialcells of bile ductules.The results suggested that C/EBP might play an important role in estab-lishing and maintaining the differentiation of liver cells and might exert an inhibiting effect againsttransformation of liver cells and proliferation of neoplastic tissue.
