Shift from cytoplasmic to nuclear maspin expression correlates with shorter overall survival in node-negative colorectal cancer
| Autor: | Bruno Märkl, Daniel Oruzio, Matthias Anthuber, G. Schlimok, Hendrik Jähnig, Robert A. Herrmann, Gerhard Schenkirsch, Hanno Spatz, Hans Arnholdt, Karlheinz Haude |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Cytoplasm Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Colorectal cancer medicine.medical_treatment Kaplan-Meier Estimate Risk Assessment Pathology and Forensic Medicine Tumor budding medicine Humans Serpins Aged Neoplasm Staging Retrospective Studies Cell Nucleus Chemotherapy business.industry Maspin Cancer Anatomical pathology Prognosis medicine.disease Immunohistochemistry Cell nucleus medicine.anatomical_structure Cancer research Female Colorectal Neoplasms business |
| Zdroj: | Human Pathology. 41:1024-1033 |
| ISSN: | 0046-8177 |
| Popis: | Maspin has been characterized as a potent tumor suppressor in many in vitro and in vivo studies. In contrast, in stage III colon cancer, an association with shorter overall survival as well as sensitivity to chemotherapy was found for cases with nuclear maspin expression. Because 20% of node-negative colorectal cancer cases show a fatal clinical course, we hypothesized that immunohistochemical maspin expression could be of help to identify higher-risk cases. Therefore, we analyzed survival in a study employing 156 cases of stage I/II colorectal cases. Immunohistochemical cytoplasmic and/or nuclear maspin expression was found in 72% and 48% of the cases, respectively. Significant correlations between cytoplasmic expression and high tumor grade (P < .01) and between nuclear expression and tumor budding (P < .001) were shown. No differences concerning overall survival and immunohistochemical maspin expression were found when the complete collective was analyzed. However, evaluation of the pT3 cases revealed a highly significant worse mean overall survival of cases with a combination of nuclear expression and cytoplasmic loss of maspin compared to cases with the opposite expression pattern nuclear loss and cytoplasmic expression (mean overall survival 40 versus 63 months, respectively; P < .001). The other possible combinations (complete positive and complete negative) showed intermediate mean overall survival times with 54 and 49 months, respectively. Our findings suggest a compartment-dependent function of maspin in colorectal cancer, which can be useful in identifying stage II cases with a higher risk for fatal outcome with a possible benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect