The expression of MMP-9 in breast carcinoma and its significance / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in breast carcinoma and the relationship between the expression and clinical pathological characterization.Methods Specimens taken from 50 fresh resected breast carcinoma tissue and 16 normal breast tissue were selected.Tissue sections were stained by EnVisionTM imnunohistochemistry with MMP-9 as monoclonal antibody.The expression of MMP-9 in breast carcinoma and the relationship between the expression and clinical pathological characterization were studied.Results The positive rate of MMP-9 breast cancer carcinoma was 59.32％,which was significantly higher than that of normal breast tissue 9.62％,with statistical significance (P ＜ 0.01).The average rank and score of MMP-9 in the metastatic tissue of breast carcinoma were higher than that of no metastatic breast cancer tissue (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions MMP-9 may be related to the destruction of extracellular matrix and basement membrane near the surface of breast cancer cells,thereby promoting the invasion and metastasis of breast cancer.