Expression of ABCG2, SFRP2, BRMS1 and HPA in benign and malignant lesions of the gallbladder and their clinicopathological significances / 中华普通外科杂志

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ObjectiveTo study the expression of ABCG2, SFRP2, BRMS1 and HPA and detect their clinicopathologicalsignificancesinthebenignandmalignatntlesionsofthegallbladder.MethodsEnVisiom immunohistochemical method for determining the expressions of ABCG2, SFRP2,BRMS1 and HPA was used in paraffin-embedded sections of surgical resected specimens from gallbladder adenocarcinoma (n =108), peritumoral tissues (n =46 ), adenomatous polyp (n =15 ), and chronic cholecystitis ( n =35 ).ResultsThe positive rates of ABCG2 and HPA expression were significantly higher in gallbladder adenocarcinoma than that in peritumoral tissues, adenomatous polyp and chronic cholecystitis (P ＜ 0. 05 or P ＜ 0. 01 ) ; The positive rates of SFRP2 and BRMS1 expression were significantly lower in gallbladder adenocarcinoma than that in peritumoral tissues, adenomatous polyp and chronic cholecystitis(P ＜0. 05 or P ＜0. 01 ). The positive cases of ABCG2 and/or HPA as well as negative ones of SFRP2 and/or BRMS1in the benign lesions showed moderately-or severely-atypical hyperplasia of gallbladder epithelium. The frequency of samples with positive staining for ABCG2 and/or HPA in cases with small tumor volume (diameter ＜ 2 cm), no lymph node metastasis, and no invasion into surrounding tissues was significantly lower than that in cases with larger tumor volume (diameter＞ 2 cm ), lymph node metastasis, and invasion into surrounding tissues ( P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0. 01 ). However, compared with ABCG2 and/or HPA, the expression of SFRP2 and/or BRMS1 showed an opposite correlation in these cases ( P ＜ 0. 05 or P ＜0. 01 ). Unitivariate Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that increased expressions of ABCG2 (P =0. 019) and HPA ( P =0. 016) or decreased expression of SFRP2 ( P =0. 019) and BRMS1 ( P =0. 008 )were associated with poorer overall survival, respectively. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that increased expression of ABCG2 (P =0. 018 ) and HPA ( P =0. 019) and/or decreased expression of SFRP2 (P =0. 015 ) and BRMS1 ( P =0. 011 ) were independently poor-prognostic predictors in gallbladder adenocarcinoma.ConclusionsThe expression of ABCG2, SFRP2, BRMS1 or HPA might be closely related to the carcinogenesis, clinical biological behaviors, and prognosis of gallbladder adenocarcinoma.