Upregulation of the TPX2 gene is associated with enhanced tumor malignance of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Biomed Pharmacother

Department of Medical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China. Electronic address:

Published: October 2013

Purpose: To explore the expression of TPX2 and its significance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissue and approach relationship between the TPX2 and clinicopathological characteristic of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Method: RT-PCR and immunohistochemical staining were used to compare the expression of TPX2 in 62 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, 31 atypical hyperplasia and 62 normal esophageal mucosa.

Results: In ESCC, atypical hyperplasia and in normal mucous membrane tissues, the positive rate of TPX2 protein expression was 85.5% (53/62), 51.6% (16/31) and 4.8% (3/62); the positive rate of TPX2 mRNA expression was 65.5% (40/62), 35.5 (11/31) and 4.83% (3/62). The expression of TPX2 protein and mRNA were correlated with invasive depth and lymphatic metastasis of ESCC (P<0.01).

Conclusions: Overexpression of TPX2 may be risk factor of lymph node in esophageal carcinoma, and maybe a potential biomarker for early diagnosis and prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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