目的:检测FOXP1蛋白在胃癌组织及癌旁正常组织中的表达情况,并探讨其与胃癌患者病理参数及预后的关系。方法:采用免疫组织化学染色方法检测90例胃癌组织和相应癌旁正常组织中FOXPI的表达情况并进行评分,进一步统计分析FOXPl表达与胃癌患者临床病理参数以及预后的关系。结果:FOXPl在胃癌组织中的表达显著低于癌旁正常组织(P〈0.01);对临床资料进行统计分析表明,在临床IⅡ期和Ⅳ期患者的胃癌组织中FOXPl的表达显著低于临床I期和II期的患者(P〈0.05);FOXPl在低分化胃癌中的表达显著低于高、中分化胃癌(P〈O.01);FOXPl表达阳性者术后总体生存率较表达阴性者高(P=0.145),中位生存期长。结论:FOXPl表达的减少可能参与了胃癌的发生发展,FOXPl在胃癌中可能扮演抑癌基因的角色,FOXPl可作为胃癌治疗的潜在靶点。
Objective: To investigate the expression and clinical significance of Forkhead box PI(FOXP1) protein in gastric cancer tissues and adjacent non-tumor tissues. Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of FOXP1 in 90 gastric cancer tissues and paired adjacent non-tumor tissues. Statistic analyses were explored to value its correlation with the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis. Results: FOXP1 expression was significantly decreased in gastric cancer tissues compared with the corresponding adjacent non-tumor tissues (P〈0.01). Further analysis about its correlation with the clinicopathological characteristics showed that FOXP1 expression was significantly lower in patients of clinical HI-IV stage than in I-II stage (P〈0.05). The expression of FOXP1 was significantly lower in poorly differentiated gastric cancer than in moderately and well differentiated gastric cancer (P〈0.01). Patients with FOXP1 positive expression had a better prognosis and longer median survival time than those with negative expression (P=0.145). Conclusions: The decreased FOXP 1 expression may contribute to gastric cancer initiation and progression. FOXP 1 may play its role as a tumor suppressor in gastric cancer. FOXP1 is a potential therapeutic target in gastric cancer.