Pan Xinning, Ma Lili, Wang Jinsheng
Department of Pathology, Changzhi Medical College Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
Department of Pathology, Heping Hospital Affiliated to Changzhi Medical College Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2019 Oct 1;12(10):3928-3933. eCollection 2019.
Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays important role in development and tumorigenesis. The accumulation of β-catenin in cytoplasm/nucleus leads to many diseases including cancer. In the normal cells, β-catenin is phosphorylated by CKIα and GSK-3, then phosphorylated β-catenin is sequentially degraded. However, the exact role and correlation of CK1α and β-catenin Ser45-phosphorylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains little known.
The present study was aimed at exploring the role and the correlation between the expression of CK1α and β-catenin Ser45-phosphorylation in ESCC.
The expression of CK1α and β-catenin Ser45-phosphorylation were detected by immunohistochemical technique in 90 cases of ESCC and their corresponding adjacent nonneoplastic esophageal tissues (n=90), and evaluated the correlation between the expression of CK1α, phosphorylation at Ser45 of β-catenin and clinicopathological parameters of ESCC patients.
The lever of the expression of CK1α in ESCC was 63.3% (57/90), significantly lower than that in nonneoplastic esophageal tissues was 84.4% (76/90), (X=16.567, P=0.000). The lever of the expression of phosphorylation at Ser45 of β-catenin in ESCC was 65.6% (59/90), significantly lower than that in nonneoplastic esophageal tissues was 88.9% (80/90), (X=10.340, P=0.003). The expression of CK1α and β-catenin Ser45-phosphorylation was significantly related to the degree of tumor cell differentiation, but not with age, gender, tumor size, AJCC clinical stage and lymphatic metastasis. And CK1α and β-catenin Ser45-phosphorylation expression were also positively correlated (0.356, P=0.001).
CK1α and β-catenin Ser45-phosphorylation may play an important role in the pathogenesis and development of ESCC, and provide clinically useful information.
Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路在发育和肿瘤发生中起重要作用。β-连环蛋白在细胞质/细胞核中的积累会导致包括癌症在内的多种疾病。在正常细胞中,β-连环蛋白被CKIα和GSK-3磷酸化,然后磷酸化的β-连环蛋白被依次降解。然而,CK1α和β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化在食管鳞状细胞癌(ESCC)中的确切作用及相关性仍鲜为人知。
本研究旨在探讨CK1α表达与β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化在ESCC中的作用及相关性。
采用免疫组织化学技术检测90例ESCC及其相应的癌旁非肿瘤食管组织(n = 90)中CK1α和β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化的表达,并评估CK1α表达、β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化与ESCC患者临床病理参数之间的相关性。
ESCC中CK1α的表达水平为63.3%(57/90),显著低于非肿瘤食管组织中的84.4%(76/90),(X = 16.567,P = 0.000)。ESCC中β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化的表达水平为65.6%(59/90),显著低于非肿瘤食管组织中的88.9%(80/90),(X = 10.340,P = 0.003)。CK1α和β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化的表达与肿瘤细胞分化程度显著相关,但与年龄、性别、肿瘤大小、AJCC临床分期及淋巴转移无关。且CK1α与β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化表达也呈正相关(0.356,P = 0.001)。
CK1α和β-连环蛋白Ser45磷酸化可能在ESCC的发病机制和发展中起重要作用,并提供临床有用信息。