ABSTRACT
Purpose To study the effects of p57kip2, Cyclin D1 on the carcinogenesis and progression of endometrial carcinoma. Meth-ods 100 cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma ( EA) , 20 cases of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia ( EIN) , 20 cases of hyperpla-sia lesion, 20 cases of endometrial proliferative phase were selected. Different endometrial cells ( well-differentiated endometrial cancer cells Ishikawa, moderately differentiated endometrial cancer cells JEC, poorly differentiated endometrial cancer cells KLE and normal endometrial cells ESC) were cultured. Protein expression of p57kip2, Cyclin D1 was measured by immunohistochemical EliVision meth-ods. The expression of p57kip2, Cyclin D1 protein in different endometrial cells was detected by Western blot. Results The highest expression of p57kip2 protein was in EIN, the higher expression was in endometrial proliferative phase, the low expression was in EA and the lowest expression was in hyperplasia lesions, but only the expression of p57kip2 protein in EIN was higher than that in hyperplasia le-sions (P<0.05). The highest expression of Cyclin D1 protein was in EA and the lowest expression of Cyclin D1 protein was in endom-etrial proliferative phase, expression of Cyclin D1 protein increased gradually in hyperplasia lesions and EIN, p57kip2, Cyclin D1 pro-tein expression in the tissue of EA increased along with the histological grade, all present decreasing trend, but only p57kip2 protein ex-pression related to histological grade ( P<0.05 ) . The highest expression of p57 kip2 protein was in KLE and the lowest expression of p57kip2 protein was in ESC, but only the expression of p57kip2 protein in KLE was higher than that in ESC (P<0.05). The expression of Cyclin D1 in JEC, Ishikawa higher than that in ESC (P<0.05). Conclusion p57kip2, Cyclin D1 are involved in the occurrence and development of endometrial carcinoma, Cyclin D1 is an early event in endometrial carcinoma, but there may also be have abnormal p57kip2 protein by synthesized, synergistically. Cyclin D1 promoting endometrial malignant transformation. Combined detection of p57kip2, Cyclin D1 expression in endometrial carcinoma, to predict the prognosis of endometrial carcinoma has a certain clinical signifi-cance.