p27 KIP1 expression in gastric cancer : differential pathways in the histological subtypes associated with Helicobacter pylori infection

Objective. Decreases in p27 KIP1 and C-MYC expression have been associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. Furthermore, C-MYC seems to be a transcriptional repressor of p27 KIP1 . Therefore, in a series of gastric adenocarcinomas we studied the association of p27 KIP1 expression with H. pylori g...

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Autores: Alves, Markênia Kélia Santos, Lima, Valeska Portela, André, Ângela Rosa, Ferreira, Márcia Valéria Pitombeira, Barros, Marcos Aurélio Pessoa, Rabenhorst, Silvia Helena Barem
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/5374
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/5374
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Helicobacter pylori
Neoplasias Gástricas
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Sumario:Objective. Decreases in p27 KIP1 and C-MYC expression have been associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. Furthermore, C-MYC seems to be a transcriptional repressor of p27 KIP1 . Therefore, in a series of gastric adenocarcinomas we studied the association of p27 KIP1 expression with H. pylori genotype ( vac A, cag A, cag E and vir B11) and the involvement of C-MYC in this process. Material and methods. Expression of p27 KIP1 and C-MYC was determined by immunohistochemistry in 84 gastric adenocarcinoma samples and H. pylori infection and genotype were determined by polymerase chain reaction. Results. Most p27 KIP1 -negative cases (94.0%) were H. pylori -positive and 44.8% were C-MYC-positive. In the diffuse gastric cancer subtype, p27-negative-C-MYC-positive was the most frequent combination (cluster II), and was associated with the more pathogenic H. pylori strains. Although an association with p27 KIP1 and H. pylori strain was found in the intestinal gastric cancer subtype, negativity for p27 KIP1 and C-MYC markers was the most frequent cluster, followed by cluster II, and both were present, independent of the H. pylori genotype. Conclusions. Reduced expression of p27 KIP1 was closely linked to H. pylori infection, and was dependent on the more pathogenic strains. Moreover, intestinal and diffuse subtypes showed distinct carcinogenic pathways in fl uenced by H. pylori strains. These data add insight to the differential in fl uence and relevance of H. pylori genotype in gastric cancer development