J Korean Cancer Assoc.
2001 Feb;33(1):9-15.
Apoptosis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Correlation to Apoptosis Related Genes and Cell Proliferation, and Its Prognostic Significance
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- 1Department of Pathology, Seonam University College of Medicine, Namwon.
- 2Department of Pathology, Chonam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
Abstract
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PURPOSE: To investigate the prognostic role of apoptosis and to evaluate the relationship between apoptosis and apoptosis-related genes, as well as cell proliferation in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Apoptosis was detected by using the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) technique in 67 formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded RCC specimens. Immunohistochemical stainings for p53 and retinoblastoma (Rb) proteins and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were also conducted simultaneously.
RESULTS
The apoptotic index (AI) varied from 0.2% to 25.5%. The PCNA index (PI) ranged from 2.1% to 70.3%. The expression of p53 protein was found in 31 of 67 (46.3%) cases. Abnormal expression of Rb was seen in 23 of 67 (34.3%) cases. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between AI and increasingnuclear grade (p<0.001). A significant correlation was found between AI and PI (r=0.329, p<0.01). When comparing the AI with the expression of p53 and Rb proteins, there was no significant difference. In univariate survival analysis, nuclear grade, TNM stage, PI, expression of Rb and AI were significantly associated with shortened survival. However, TNM stage was the only independent prognostic factors by multivariate analysis.
CONCLUSION
The present findings indicate that apoptosis in RCC is closely associated with cell proliferation, but not with the expression of p53 and Rb proteins. In multivariate analysis, the AI does not carry an independent prognostic significance.
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