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Quantification of apoptotic phenomenon on endometrial biopsies in postmenopausal patients under hormonal replacement
Dana Terzea1, Cristina Iosif, Florina Vasilescu
1Department of Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry, Victor Babeş National Institute for Research and Development in Pathology and Biomedical Sciences, 99-101 Independenţei Avenue, Bucharest, Romania. danaterzea@gmail.com
Aim:
To quantify the apoptotic phenomenon on endometrial biopsies in postmenopausal patients under hormonal replacement therapy (HRT).
Material And Methods:
The study lot consisted of 30 endometrial biopsies on which we studied the apoptotic phenomenon through morphological and molecular biology techniques (TUNEL reaction). Examination of endometrial biopsies before and post-therapeutically has been made.
Results And Discussions:
From morphological point of view, pre-therapeutically, endometrial biopsies presented apoptotic changes in about 1-3% of cells and under TSH there have been observed apoptotic changes in about 1-2% of cells. In female reproductive system, we found out a raised rate of cellular proliferation and concurrently a raised rate of apoptosis. Apoptotic phenomenon can be observed in endometrium at every menstrual cycle. In proliferative endometrium apoptosis rate is low, but in endometrial carcinoma apoptosis rate grow up. Bcl2 and Bax are expressing in normal and hyperplastic endometrium, but in endometrial carcinoma Bcl2/Bax ratio decline.
Conclusions:
Quantification of apoptosis, using morphological and TUNEL reaction methods, on endometrial biopsies in postmenopausal patients before and after therapy indicate a low rate of apoptotic phenomenon.
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