Carcinoma subseroso de la vesícula biliar (pT2): valor pronóstico de la expresión de los genes supresores de tumores p53 y p27 en matrices de tejidos / p53 and p27 gene expression in subserosal gallbladder carcinoma

Background: Subserosal carcinoma is the stage that presents the greatest difficulty in the diagnosis therapeutic handling and prognosis evaluation. Aim To study the expression of p53 and p27 genes in subserosal gallbladder cancer. Material and methods: One hundred twenty seven tissue samples of subserosal gallbladder cancer (coming from 112 females aged 62 ± 13years and 15 men aged 67 ± 17years) and 50 control samples were selected to construct tissue arrays. p53 andp27genes were determined by immunohistochemistry. Results: Thirty eight percent of tumors were not detected at the macroscopic examination, 52 percent and 17 percent had lymph node and blood vessel involvement, respectively. Fifty six and 46 percent were positive for p53 and p27, respectively. No association between the expression of both genes and gender, degree of differentiation, lymph node or blood vessel involvement, was observed. Overall five years actuarial survival was 32 percent. Patients with positive or negative p53 expression had a 22 percent and 53 percent survival, respectively (p =0.05). No association between survival and p27 expression was observed. Conclusions: p53 gene expression is a prognostic factor for subserosal gallbladder cancer.

Proliferación celular en la mucosa de la vesícula biliar no tumoral en colecistitis crónicas litiásicas. Expresión de Ki-67 en matrices de tejidos / Immunohistochemical expression of Ki-67 as a marker of proliferation in gallbladder mucosa samples with or without cancer

Background: There is paucity of knowledge on the proliferative features of normal or chronically inflamed gallbladder and the mechanisms of development of gallbladder cancer. Aim: To study the proliferation features of non tumoral gallbladder mucosa through the expression of Ki-67 antigen in tissue micro array analysis. Material and methods: The immunohystochemical expression of Ki-67 in tissue micro array was studied in 96 samples of non tumoral gallbladder mucosa (coming from 74 females aged 45±16 years and 22 males aged 53±16 years) and 102 samples of gallbladder cancer (coming from 84 females aged 62± 14 years and 18 males aged 70± 13 years). Results: The staining index of Ki-67 expression was 19±25 percent (range 096-8996) in samples of non tumoral mucosa and 46±29 percent (range 396-9896) in gallbladder cancer (p <0.01). Ki-67 was expressed in less than 10 percent of epithelial cells in 55 percent of non tumoral mucosa samples and 6 percent of gallbladder cancer samples. Seventy five percent of gallbladder cancer samples had a staining index of more than 20 percent. An expression of Ki-67 over 20 percent or 50 percent was observed in 25 percent and 15 percent of non tumoral mucosa samples, respectively Conclusions: Non tumoral gallbladder mucosa samples have a high proliferation index, measured using Ki-67 immunohystochemical expression. There is a group of samples with cellular hyper-proliferation that maybe related to the pathogenesis of gallbladder cancer.