Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Head Neck. 2011 Sep;33(9):1294-300. doi: 10.1002/hed.21596. Epub 2010 Nov 29.
An overexpression of PIN1, the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase, might cause cell cycle arrest and growth inhibition by binding to the p53 protein, a process leading to p53 stabilization. The rationale of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate the expression pattern of PIN1 in Merkel cell carcinomas (MCCs) and its suitability as a prognostic factor.
Samples of 27 MCCs were immunhistochemically stained for PIN1 expression and correlated with overall and disease-free survival of patients.
All samples expressed PIN1. We showed a significantly better overall survival in patients with an overexpression of PIN1 than in patients with a weak PIN1 expression (p = .031), but expression was not significant for disease-free survival (p = .821). The 5-year overall survival rate was 14.4% in patients with weak and 50.9% in patients with overexpression of PIN1.
PIN1 seems to be a prognostic factor for a better overall survival rate of patients with MCC.
肽基脯氨酰顺反异构酶 PIN1 的过表达可能通过与 p53 蛋白结合导致细胞周期停滞和生长抑制,这一过程导致 p53 稳定。本回顾性分析的基本原理是评估 PIN1 在 Merkel 细胞癌 (MCC) 中的表达模式及其作为预后因素的适宜性。
对 27 例 MCC 样本进行 PIN1 表达的免疫组织化学染色,并与患者的总生存率和无病生存率相关联。
所有样本均表达 PIN1。与 PIN1 弱表达的患者相比,PIN1 过表达的患者总生存率显著提高(p =.031),但无病生存率无显著差异(p =.821)。PIN1 弱表达患者的 5 年总生存率为 14.4%,PIN1 过表达患者的 5 年总生存率为 50.9%。
PIN1 似乎是 MCC 患者总生存率较好的预后因素。