Expression and Localization of Estrogen Receptor in Human Breast Cancer and Its Clinical Significance

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作者
Li, Lv [1 ]
Wang, Qimin [1 ]
Lv, Xiupeng [2 ]
Sha, Lin [3 ]
Qin, Huamin [1 ]
Wang, Lifen [1 ]
Li, Linlin [4 ]
机构
[1] Dalian Med Univ, Dept Pathol, Affiliated Hosp 2, Dalian 116027, Peoples R China
[2] Dalian Med Univ, Dept Radiat Oncol, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dalian 116011, Peoples R China
[3] Dalian Med Univ, Dept Radiat Imaging Div, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dalian 116011, Peoples R China
[4] Liaoning Canc Hosp & Inst, Dept Internal Med 4, Shenyang 110042, Peoples R China
关键词
Estrogen receptor (ER); Expression and localization; ER alpha 36; ER alpha 66; Breast cancer; ER-ALPHA-36; VARIANT; ALPHA;
D O I
10.1007/s12013-014-0163-6
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
070307 [化学生物学]; 071010 [生物化学与分子生物学];
摘要
The aim of this study was to analyze the clinicopathologic significance of ER alpha protein that localized in the cell cytoplasm and/or cell membrane of human breast cancer and explore what kind of protein that the cytoplasm/membrane ER alpha belongs to. ER alpha expressions in 61 cases of breast cancer are detected by immunohistochemistry, grouping is performed according to the positive staining of different subcellular localizations, the expression levels of ER alpha 66 and ER alpha 36 in cancer tissues of groups with different subcellular localizations are detected by Western blot, and correlation between the indicators and its clinicopathologic significance are analyzed by combining with the clinical pathological parameters. Localization by immunohistochemical staining in breast cancer cells shows that there are two types of ER alpha-in the cell nucleus and/or the cell membrane; there are four groups as ER nuclear staining positive + membrane staining positive (N+/C+), 23 cases; ER nuclear staining positive + membrane staining negative (N+/C-), 16 cases; ER nuclear staining negative + membrane staining positive (N-/C+), 8 cases; and ER nuclear staining negative + membrane staining negative (N+/C+), 14 cases. ER expression in the cytoplasm and/or membrane of cancer cells is correlated with the high expression of HER-2, the lymphatic metastasis, and the late clinical stage. Western blot results show that ER protein in breast cancer tissues mainly consists of ER alpha 66 and ER alpha 36 bands, and among all the groups, all the cases from the N+/C+ group (n = 23) have both ER alpha 66 and ER alpha 36 expressions; in the N+/C- group, 14 cases of which only have the ER alpha 66 expression without ER alpha 36 expression and 2 cases of which have both ER alpha 66 and ER alpha 36 expression; all the cases from the N-/C+ group have only the ER alpha 36 expression without ER alpha 66 expression; and in the N-/C- group, there is no either ER alpha 66 or ER alpha 36 expression. The expression level of ER alpha 36 relates to the age of patients, the menopause, the lymphatic metastasis, and the tumor size (p < 0.05), and no statistical significance was shown between it and the family history of patients as well as the clinical staging parameters (p > 0.05). The expression level of ER alpha 66 relates to the tumor size of breast cancer and the clinical stages (p < 0.05), and no statistical significance was shown between it and the age of patients, the history of menopause, and the family history as well as the parameters of lymphatic metastasis (p > 0.05). ER protein expression of human breast cancer is localized in the cell nucleus and/or the cell membrane, with poor prognosis of cytoplasm/membrane-positive patients; ER protein that localized in the nucleus is mainly ER alpha 66 and that localized in the cytoplasm and/or membrane is mainly ER alpha 36.
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