Objective Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) is an important component of the extracellular matrix. syndecan-1, a member of syndecan family, belongs to HSPGs and plays an important role in cell morphology and intracellular arrangement. The present study was designed to investigate the expression of syndecan-1 in patients with colorectal cancer, to analyse its relationship to cancer progression and clinical prognosis.
Methods Paraffin-embeded specimens were collected from 31 patients with colorectal cancers from 2003 to 2004 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Syndecan-1 protein expression was measured by immunohistochemistry. Its expression was evaluated with relationship to clinicopathological factors, including tumor infiltration, tumor differentiation, lymph node metastasis, accompanying with colorectal adenoma and 2-year survivals.
Results Immunohistochemistry in 31 specimens showed syndecan-1 were detected positive in 1 colorectal cancer tissue (3.2%), while positive in 29 normal tissues (93.5%), with significant difference (P<0.01). No prognostic differences could be found in the clinic outcome because of the high expression rate of syndecan-1 in normal tissues and low expression rate in cancer tissues.
Conclusion Syncecan-1 is expressed in normal colorectal tissues and rarely expressed in cancer tissues.
Citation: FENG Yunlu,XIAO Yi,QIAN Jiaming,CHEN Yuanjia,LIN Guole,WU Bin,QIU Huizhong. Syndecan-1 Protein Expression in Colorectal Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2007, 14(3): 320-323. doi: Copy