title: Expression of p53 and mdm2 and their significance in recurrence of superficial bladder cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the expression of p53 and mdm2 and to determine whether they may be used as additional predictors of recurrence in superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Paraffin sections of 80 patients with superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, who were treated with transurethral resection, were stained with p53 and mdm2 antibodies using the standard avidin biotin immunoperoxidase method. Nuclear staining for both p53 and mdm2 was calculated as the percentage of labeled nuclei out of a total number of tumor cells counted. The percentage of p53- and mdm2-positive cells showed a significant relationship with tumor grade and recurrence (p = 0.002 and p = 0.016; p = 0.01 and p = 0.003, respectively). In addition, a weak inverse relationship was found between p53 and mdm2 values (r = -0.184). p53 and mdm2 reactivities are valuable parameters in predicting recurrence in superficial bladder cancer. Thus, mdm2 expression appears to play a role in predicting biologic behavior in superficial transitional carcinoma of the bladder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey. burcin.tuna@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Burçin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tuna
authors.forename: Kutsal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yörükoğlu
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tüzel
authors.forename: Merih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güray
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mungan
authors.forename: Ziya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kirkali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C497206:MDM2 protein, human; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2