Expression and significance of S100A4 and E-cadherin in colorectal carcinoma

Abstract

Objective To investigate the expression and significance of S100A4 protein and Ecadherin in coloreetal carcinoma. Methods S-P immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of S100A4 and E-cadherin in 87cases with colorectal carcinoma and 87 cases with adjacent colorectal tissue, and the expression of S100A4 and E--cadherin were analyzed with relation to clinicopathologic factors and post-operative five-year survival. Results There was no expression for S100A4 protein in glandular epithelium of adjacent colorectal tissues. The positive expression rate of S100A4 was 64.4 %(56/87) in colorectal carcinoma. There was a significant difference between eolorectal carcinoma and adjacent group(P ＜0.01). The expression of S100A4 was positively correlated with the clinical stages, lymph node metastasis and five-year survival (P ＜0.05), but not with other clinicopathalagic factors (P ＞0.05). There was 100 % expression for E-cadherin in adjacent colorectal tissues. The positive expression rate of Ecadherin was 62.1%(54187) in colorectal carcinoma. There was a significant difference between colorectal carcinoma and adjacent group (P ＜0.01). The expression of E-cadherin was positively correlated with the clinical stages, lymph node metastasis, tumor site and five-year survival (P ＜0.05), hut not with other clinicopathologic factors (P ＞0.05). The expression of S100A4 was negatively correlated to E-cadherin in colorectal carcinoma without statistical meaning(r =-0.087, P ＞0.05). Conclusion S100A4 and E-cadherin are closely related with colorectal cancer invasion, metastasis and prognosis; S100A4 might be an important predictor of the clinicopathologic features and prognosis of eolorectal carcinoma. Key words: Intestinal neoplasms; E-cadherins; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis