title: Significance of p-STAT3 expression in human colorectal adenocarcinoma.
abstract: To examine the relationship between p-STAT3 and the clinicopathological parameters of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRA), we initially conducted immunohistochemical (IHC) analyses on formalin-fixed tissues. A total of 127 invasive CRA, 20 colorectal adenomas and 20 normal mucosae were obtained. To clarify the validity of p-STAT3 as determined by the IHC analysis, quantitative real-time PCR was performed on fresh samples from 51 CRA-4 carcinomas in situ, 47 invasive CRA and on 51 normal mucosae. IHC analyses were conducted after formalin fixation from 51 CRA for comparison. The statistically significant difference of immunoreactivity for p-STAT3 between the CRA and adenoma, and between the CRA and normal mucosae was identified. Among the 174 CRA, p-STAT3 immunoreactivity significantly correlated with the T- and clinical stage. Among the 47 invasive CRA, the expression of STAT3 as determined by real-time PCR significantly correlated with tumor size, M stage and clinical stage. The overall findings of the real-time PCR analyses correlated with the findings of the IHC analyses. These findings suggest that p-STAT3 expression has an important role related to the tumorigenesis and tumor progression of CRAs. Moreover, IHC analysis is a reliable and useful modality of assessing the status of p-STAT3 expression in formalin-fixed samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-140, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Kyoung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Kyung-Jong
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Bum
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary; D000236:Adenoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011379:Prognosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; C494086:STAT3 protein, human