Abstract
Abstract
Background
Bladder cancer (BC) is the tenth most common cancer worldwide with urothelial carcinoma (UC) being the main histologic subtype. Survivin is an apoptosis inhibitor that is associated with tumor proliferation and invasion. P27 is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that negatively regulates cell proliferation. The expression of both proteins was variable among different solid tumors including UC.
Methods
We aimed to investigate the expression of survivin and P27 in UC of urinary bladder and correlate their expressions with histopathological parameters in an attempt at studying the possibility of their use as targeted therapies. The investigation was performed through immunohistochemical staining for both proteins on sections belonging to 60 UCs and 12 mild chronic cystitis cases (controls). Immunopositivity (number of positive cases) and expression score (percentage of positive urothelial cells) were evaluated.
Results
Both survivin and P27 were absent in urothelial cells of mild chronic cystitis lesions while expressed in 60% and 43.3% of UCs, respectively. High score of survivin and low score of P27 were associated with poor prognostic factors of UC (solid pattern, high grade, and deep tumors). By logistic regression test, survivin expression can be a predictive risk factor associated with solid pattern and high-grade UC, while P27 expression can be a predictive risk factor associated low-grade UC.
Conclusion
High survivin and low P27 expression scores were associated with the studied prognostic factors of UC. Both proteins may play a role in UC progression and can have a value as prognostic and/or diagnostic markers of UC, as well as targeted therapies.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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