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Osteopontin, CD44, and NFkappaB expression in gastric adenocarcinoma
Jung Yeon Kim1, Byung-Noe Bae, Kyoung Soo Kim
1Department of Pathology, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Purpose:
Osteopontin (OPN) binds to CD44 and nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB) and OPN mediates tumorigenesis, invasion and metastasis, but the interrelationships between OPN, CD44 and NFkappaB are not fully understood, and especially in gastric carcinogenesis. We examined the expressions of OPN, CD44, and NFkappaB in untreated gastric adenocarcinomas.
Materials And Methods:
The materials from 211 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma were immunostained for OPN, CD44 and NFkappaB by using a tissue microarray. The OPN mRNA expression was measured in 10 cases by performing real-time RT-PCR.
Results:
The expression of OPN, CD44 and NFkappaB was noted in 61.7%, 11.4% and 26.6% of the adenocarcinoma tissues, respectively. No significant correlation was detected among the expressions of these proteins. The OPN protein expression was negatively correlated with angioinvasion (p<0.05) and patient survival (p<0.05), whereas the CD44 and NFkappaB protein expressions were not correlated with any of the clinicopathological factors we examined. The depth of invasion, lymph node status and perineural invasions were prognostic factors based on the Cox analysis. The OPN mRNA expression showed no significant difference between the adenocarcinoma and the paired normal mucosa on real-time RT-PCR.
Conclusion:
OPN may have a currently undetermined role in gastric carcinogenesis, and CD44 and NFkappaB may have minor roles in gastric adenocarcinoma.
