Comparison of the Expression of Variants of CD44 between Node-positive and Node-negative Breast Carcinomas

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to determine the value of CD44 and its splice variants as markers for the metastatic potential of infiltrating ductal carcinomas of the breast. METHODS: Tissue samples of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast were examined for the expression of standard CD44 (CD44H) and s CD44 isoforms, v3, v4-5 and v6 in 41 node-positive and 31 node-negative cases. The immunohistochemistry results were correlated with other clinicopathologic parameters, and these results were correlated with accompanying high grade and non-high grade DCIS areas of the tumors in both node-positive and node-negative cases. RESULTS: The expression of CD44 in the invasive tumor areas and in the metastatic foci of the lymph nodes showed a statistically significant correlation. The expression of CD44H in the invasive tumor areas and the DCIS area showed a statistically significant correlation in the lymph node (-) group. There was statistical significance between the CD44 H and CD44v3 expressions and the histologic grade of the invasive tumor in the cases with positive lymph nodes. There was no statistical significance between CD44 expression and lymph node metastasis, tumor size and type of tumor margin. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that changes in the CD44 expression in breast cancer occur early in breast carcinogenesis, and this is involved in tumor differentiation, but we could not establish any correlation between the expression of the CD44 variant isoforms and the metastasis of breast cancer.

Expressions of CD44v3 and CD54 in oral premalignant epithelia / 实用口腔医学杂志

Objective:To investigate the expressions of CD44v3 and CD54 in oral premalignant epithelia and its significance in the carcinogenesis of oral mucosa.Methods:The expressions of CD44v3 and CD54 in 19 cases of normal mucosa and mucosal hyperplasia,22 case of dysplastic epithelia,26 cases of oral cancer mucosa were detected by using immunohistochemistry.Results:CD44v3 and CD54 proteins showed no expression or micro-expression in normal and hyperplastic epithelia.The expressions increased in the dysplastic epithelia and mucosa of oral cancer gradually.The difference between the expressions of the three groups was significant(P

Inhibitory effects of shRNA targeting CD44v3 on invasion behavior of human colon cancer cell SW480 in vitro induced by hyaluronan / 中国癌症杂志

Purpose:To investigate the effect of short hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting CD44v3 on adhesion and invasion behavior of human colon cancer cell line SW480 induced by hyaluronan in vitro. Methods:RNA interference plasmid including U6 promoter and expressing shRNA of CD44v3 was designed, constructed, and transfected into SW480 cell line. CD44v3 expression was examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. Adhesive and invasive ability were examined by plate adhesion model and Boyden chamber model.Results:After plasmid transfection,CD44v3 expression in SW480 cell and the number of SW480 cell induced by hyaluronan adhesiving on plate or permeating septum of Boyden chamber decreased significantly (P