Correlation between multi-drug resisitance and Her-2 gene in breast cancer

Abstract

Objective To investigate the correlation between the expression of p170、GST-π 、TOPO Ⅱ and the expression of Her-2 in human breast cancer. Methods The expression of Her-2 was detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization.The expression of p170,GST-π,TOPO Ⅱ were tested in 48 breast cancer by immunohistochemical SP method,and their correlations with clinicopathological features and the expression of Her-2 were analyzed.Results The positive rate of p170,GST-π,TOPO Ⅱ were 43.8 ％(21/48),39.6 ％(19/48),56.3 ％(27/48),respectively. The expression of p170, GST-π,TOPO Ⅱ positively correlated with the expression of Her-2(P＜ 0.05).The levels of p170,GST-π,TOPO Ⅱ expression were not associated with age,primary tumor and lymph node metastasis(P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion There is great possibility of chemotherapy drug resistance in breast cancer with expression of Her-2.Expressions of p170,GST-π,TOPO Ⅱ and Her-2 have an instructive significance for chemotherapy. Key words: Breast neoplasms; Multidrug resistance-associated proteins; Genes, erbB-2; In situ hybridization,fluorescence; Immunohistochemistry