Expression and clinical significance of Netrin-1 protein in human renal clear cell carcinoma / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the expression of Netrin-1 protein in human renal clear cell carcinoma (RCCC) and the relationships between Netrin-1,pathology and prognosis.Methods Fortyeight cases of RCCC and their adjacent tissues were selected for study,including 26 males and 22 females.The median age was 62 years (range,26 to 83 years).All 48 patients were onset for the first time,confirmed by pathology.All cases had no radiotherapy,chemotherapy or biological treatment before operation.Fuhrman grade6 cases in grade Ⅰ,6 cases,in grade Ⅱ,27 cases in grade Ⅲ and 9 cases in grade Ⅳ.The AJCC staging in 201020 cases in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ],28 cases in stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ.The expression of Netrin-1 protein was detected by immunohistochemical staining and its clinical significance was analyzed.All cases were followed up for more than 5 years.Survival analysis lines were made by Kaplan-Meier method and the difference between groups was tested by the Log-rank test.Results The expression of Netrin-1 protein was higher in renal cancers [71％ (34/48)] than that in the adjacent normal tissues [17％ (8/48)] (P＜0.05).Netrin-1 protein expression rates were 42％(5/12) in Fuhrman Ⅰ-Ⅱ tumors and 81％ (29/36) in Fuhrman Ⅲ-Ⅳ tumors,while 55％ (11/20) in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ and 82％ (23/28) in stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ,respectively (P＜0.05).The 5-year survival rate in high protein expression group and in low protein expression group was 62％ (21/ 34) and 79％ (11/14).The survival curve had different trend,with no significant difference between groups (P＞0.05).Conclusions Netrin-1 protein plays an important role in the development of RCCC.It might be a new specific tumor marker of RCCC,and might become a new target in treatment of RCCC.