Expression and correlation of P73 and PS3 proteins in esophagus squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract

Objective To investigate the expression and correlation of P73 and PS3 proteins in esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Methods The immunohistochemistry staining assay was conducted to detect the expression of PS3 and P73 proteins in 46 cases with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus and 30 normal mucosa cases. The protein expressions and clinic pathological observation and the correlation between two proteins were statistically analyzed. Results The expression of P53 and P73 proteins showed differences between esophageal cancer tiksue and normal mucosa ( P = 0.007,0.008) . The expression of P53 appeared to be correlated with lymph node metastasis(P = 0.047) and gender(P =0.028),but not correlated with age, the depth of invasion , differentiation of cancer tissue, gross observation and position of the tumor( P > 0.05 ). The expression of P73 appeared to be correlated with differentiation of cancer tissue and lymph node metastasis ( P = 0. 023, 0.035), but not correlated with age, gender, the depth of invasion,gross observation and position of the tumor (P >0.05). P73 expression was positively corelated with P53 expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus ( r = 0.359 ,P = 0.014 ). Conclusion Both P73 and P53 proteins are associated with the occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus and participate in the development of esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Key words: Esophageal neoplasms; Carcinoma,squamous cell; DNA-binding proteins; Tumor suppressor protein p53