[Role of AIB1 gene in development of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its clinicopathologic significance].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the role of AIB1 gene in the development of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and its clinicopathologic significance.


METHODS
Two tissue microarrays, including 203 cases of ESCC, were prepared. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry were performed to detect the amplification of AIB1 gene and expression of its encoded protein in ESCC. The results were correlated with various clinicopathologic parameters.


RESULTS
In the 203 cases of ESCC studied, FISH was successful in 115 cases. Amongst those, amplification/gain of AIB1 gene was observed in 15 cases, including high-level amplification in 5 cases (4.3%) and low-level gain in 10 cases (8.7%). As for immunohistochemical study, AIB1 protein was overexpressed in 94 cases of ESCC. There was a significant association of AIB1 overexpression and tumor staging. AIB1 was overexpressed in 66 of the 123 cases in advanced T stages (T3 to 4), compared with 25 of the 80 cases in early T stages (P = 0.008). Those cases with high-level amplification of AIB1 also showed overexpression of its encoded protein. On the other hand, 8 of the 10 cases with low-level gain of AIB1 showed protein overexpression. The remaining 41 of the 100 cases which did not have AIB1 gene amplification/gain demonstrated overexpression of AIB1 protein.


CONCLUSIONS
Overexpression of AIB1 protein caused by gene amplification/gain or other molecular mechanisms may play an important role in the development and/or progression of a subset of ESCC.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Fang-ping
FP
Xu
Yan-hui
YH
Liu
Heng-guo
HG
Zhuang
Li
L
Li
Xin-lan
XL
Luo
Jian-ming
JM
Wen
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000235:genetics; D018450:Disease Progression; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; C538866:NCOA3 protein, human; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3