Study on expression and correlation of Rac1 and E-cadherin protein in oral squamous cell carcinoma / 天津医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the expression levels of Rac1 and E-cadherin and their correlation in oral squamous cell carcinoma, and to explore their relations to clinical pathological parameters. Methods The expression levels of Rac1 and E-cadherin were detected in 22 samples of oral squamous cell carcinoma and 8 samples of para-carcinoma tissue by using immunohistochemistry technique (SP). The patients were divided into two groups according to the clinicopathological parameters. The differences of Rac1 and E-cadherin expression levels were analyzed between the groups. Results The positive expression rates of Rac1 were 1/8 and 77.3%(17/22) in para-carcinoma tissue and oral squamous cell carcinoma, respectively. The difference was statistically significant (P=0.003). The positive expression rates of E-cadherin were 8/8 and 31.8%(7/22), and there was a difference between them (P=0.002). The Rac1 protein expression rate was increased and E-cadherin was decreased in oral squamous cell carcinoma. There were no significant differences in Rac 1 and E-cadherin between different age and gender groups. There was significant difference in Rac1 expression between patients with metastasis and patients without metastasis (P=0.021). While there was no difference in E-cadherin expression between patients with metastasis and patients without metastasis. No correlation was found between Rac 1 and E-cadherin expressions in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Conclusion The high expression of Rac1 and low expression of E-cadherin may play an important role in the tumorigenesis and progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma.