The Expression and Significance of LGR5 in Endometrial Cancer / 实用妇产科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the expression of Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5(LGR5) in endometrial cancer(EC) and their relationship with clinicopathological characteristics.Methods:Immunohistochemistry were performed to measure the LGR5 expression in EC(n =90) and normal endometrium tissue(n =30).The expression of LGR5 and its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed.Results:The expression of LGR5 was significantly higher in EC than that in normal tissue (63.3％ vs 23.3％,P＜0.001).The expression of LGR5 in ＜ 1/2 myometrium infiltration group was higher than in ≥1/2 myometrium infiltration group(72.5％ vs 33.3％,P =0.001).There was no significant difference between the expression of LGR5 in different group of age,histological type,histological differentiation,cervical stroma invasion,lymph node metastasis,FIGO stage(P ＞ 0.05).Multivariate analysis showed that LGR5 was an independent influential factor of myometrium infiltration (OR =0.163,95％ CI 0.034 ～ 0.772,P =0.022).Conclusions:LGR5 is up-regulated in EC,and is correlated to myometrium infiltration.LGR5 may play an important role in EC tumorigenesis.