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Objective:To study the expressions of heat shock protein (HSP) 90α and HSP90β in colorectal cancer and paracancer tissues, and to investigate the relationships between HSP90α, HSP90β and clinicopathological features of colorectal cancer patients, and to analyze their correlation.Methods:The tumor tissues and paracancer tissues of 117 patients with colorectal cancer were selected from the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University from January 2016 to December 2020. The expression levels of HSP90α and HSP90β were detected by immunohistochemistry, and the relationships between the two proteins and clinicopathological features and the correlation of their expressions were analyzed.Results:The positive expression rates of HSP90α in colorectal cancer tissues and paracancer tissues were 74.4% (87/117) and 12.0% (14/117) , and there was a statistically significant difference ( χ2=92.83, P<0.001) . The positive expression rate of HSP90β in colorectal cancer tissues and paracancer tissues was 61.5% (72/117) and 10.3% (12/117) , and there was a statistically significant difference ( χ2=66.86, P<0.001) . The expression of HSP90α was correlated with tumor location ( χ2=8.67, P=0.003) , vascular invasion ( χ2=8.68, P=0.003) , lymph node metastasis ( χ2=8.52, P=0.004) , T stage ( χ2=21.07, P<0.001) , N stage ( χ2=11.94, P=0.003) , M stage ( χ2=5.37, P=0.020) , pathological stage ( χ2=25.64, P<0.001) . The expression of HSP90β was correlated with lymph node metastasis ( χ2=4.03, P=0.045) , T stage ( χ2=11.09, P=0.007) , N stage ( χ2=6.56, P=0.038) , M stage ( χ2=12.43, P<0.001) , pathological stage ( χ2=17.34, P=0.001) . There was a positive correlation between the expressions of the two proteins in colorectal cancer tissues ( r=0.42, P<0.001) . Conclusion:The expressions of HSP90α and HSP90β in colorectal cancer tissues are significantly higher than those in paracancer tissues, and they are related to lymph node metastasis and pathological stage. There is a positive correlation between the two proteins, which may be involved in the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer and are expected to become new tumor markers.
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Objective To investigate interventional procedures and polygene feasibility for the treatment of liver carcinoma.Methods pCMV-p53 plasmid-liposome complex and concentrated TKCD retrovirus of supernatant liquid were prepared along with rabbit VX2 liver tumor models of 50 adult New Zealand rabbits.VX2 liver tumors about 2 cm in diameter from 45 adult rabbits were randomly divided into 5 groups of 9.Group 1 was the control group that used 0.9％ sodium chloride as a placebo.Group 2 had transcatheter arterial embolization with lipiodol as treatment.Group 3 was the lipiodol and p53 group.Group 4 was the lipiodol and TK/CD group.Group 5 was the lipiodol,p53,and TK/CD group.The microtubule(1.2f)was inserted from the femoral to hepatic artery,tumor supply arteries were demonstrated by angiograms,and the drug was slowly injected under x-ray.The VX2 liver tumors were examined with B-ultrasound and computed tomography for maximum diameter (a) and minimum diameter (b) before and 10 days after interventional therapy.Gross tumor volume (V=ab2/2) and tumor growth rate were calculated.All the adult rabbits were euthanized 8 weeks after interventional therapy (including natural deaths).Histopathological examination was taken and survival time was observed.Results The tumor volume among the 5 groups had no significant difference before interventional therapy (P＞0.05).Ten days after interventional therapy,analysis of the tumor volume for variance and the T-test were carried out.The results showed that each group compared to the control showed a significant difference in inhibiting cancer growth (P＜0.05).The lipiodol,p53,and TK/CD group showed the best effect.According to factorial statistic analysis (2x2),p53 or TK/CD combined with lipiodol therapy can control the tumor obviously,but no mutual synergism effect was found (P=0.793).Each treatment group showed a significant difference of prolonged survival time compared to the control group (P＜0.01).The multi-treatment or multi-gene group showed the best curative effects.Conclusions Interventional therapy can be the ideal path for administering medications for gene therapy.Transcatheter arterial embolization with lipiodol,wild-type p53 gene,TK/GCV,and CD/5-Fc applied in combination can control tumor growth and prolong survival time.