关键词: 胰岛素样生长因子Ⅱ;受体,生长调节素;肝硬化;癌,肝细胞;免疫组织化学
摘 要:目的 研究胰岛素样生长因子Ⅱ(IGF-Ⅱ)及其受体(IGFR)在不同肝组织中的表达及与肝癌病理学分级及乙肝病毒感染的关系. 方法 采用免疫组织化学方法,检测10例正常肝标本、28例肝血管瘤标本、13例肝硬化标本和42例原发性肝癌中的IGF-Ⅱ及IGFR的表达水平.分析其阳性率及与乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)感染和Edmondson分级的关系. 结果 正常肝、肝硬化、肝血管瘤和肝癌中IGF-Ⅱ阳性率分别为10%,76.9%,46.4%,76.2%;IGFR阳性率分别为20%,92.3%,64.2%,61.9%.与正常肝组织相比,各阳性率有显著性差异(P&<0.05).对于肝癌而言,IGF-Ⅱ及IGFR的表达在HBV阳性与阴性之间有显著差异(P&<0.05);在Edmondson分级Ⅰ―Ⅱ与Ⅲ―Ⅳ之间有显著差异(P&<0.05). 结论 IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR的表达可能参与了肝硬化及肝脏肿瘤的发生.在肝癌中,其表达与HBV感染及肝癌Ed-mondson分级亦有一定关系.
Keywords:insulin-like growth factorⅡ;receptors,so-matomedin;liver cirrhosis;carcinoma,hepato-cellular;immunohistochemistry
Abstract:AIM To study the expression of insulin-like growth factorⅡ(IGF-Ⅱ)and its receptor(IGFR)in differ-ent types of liver tissues,and to explore the relationship be-tween them and liver cancer’s Edmondson grade and infection of HBV.METHODS The expression levels of IGF-Ⅱand IGFR in10normal liver specimens,28liver angioma speci-mens,13liver cirrhosis specimens and42liver cancer speci-mens were assessed by immunohistochemical techniques.Their positive rates were compared and the relationships be-tween them and HBV infection,Edmondson grade were stud┐ied.RESULTS Positive rates of IGF-Ⅱin normal liver,liv-er cirrhosis,liver angioma and liver cancer were10%,76.9%,46.4%and76.2%respectively;the positive rates of IGFR,they were20%,92.3%,64.2%and61.9%respec-tively.Compared with normal liver tissue,there were signifi-cant differences in the positive rates between the normal and abnormal liver tissues(P&<0.05).In liver cancer tissues,the expressions of IGF-Ⅱwere significantly different in HBV positive and negative rates(P&<0.05).So were those of IGFR.The expression of IGF-Ⅱin Edmondson gradeⅠ,ⅡandⅢ,Ⅳwere significantly differrent(P&<0.05).CON┐CLUSION Expressions of IGF-Ⅱand IGFR are probably involved in the genesis of liver cirrhosis and liver tumors.Their expressions in liver cancer,to a certain extent,are re-lated to HBV infection and Edmondson grade.
0 引言
胰岛素样生长因子Ⅱ(IGF-Ⅱ)通过与细胞膜及细胞核上的受体,主要是Ⅱ型受体(IGFR)结合,发挥多种生物学功能,如促有丝分裂,抑制细胞凋亡,促进氨基酸摄取,刺激组织器官的生长和分化等[1,2] .我们应用免疫组织化学方法,检测IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR在几种不同类型肝组织中的表达及其意义.
1 材料和方法
1.1 材料 正常肝组织11例,肝血管瘤28例,肝硬化13例,肝癌42例,共94例均取自西京医院病理科,经40g・L-1 甲醛固定,常规石蜡包埋,3~5μm连续切片贴于APES防脱片胶处理的载玻片备染.其中42例肝癌标本均经手术切除,并经病理检查明确诊断.根据Edmondson分级标准,Ⅰ级6例,Ⅱ级14例,Ⅲ级15例,Ⅳ级7例.实验分为正常肝组、肝血管瘤组、肝硬化组和肝癌组.年龄≤60岁者36例,&>60岁者6例,平均年龄47.4岁.男35例,女7例.IGF-Ⅱ,IGFR,兔抗人IGF-Ⅱ,兔抗人IGFR抗体均购自美国Santa Cruz生物制品公司,DAB显色剂,APES防脱片胶购自武汉博士德生物制品公司,二抗购自西京医院病理科.
1.2 方法 IGF-Ⅱ及IGFR染色方法均为ABC免疫组化法,阳性呈淡蓝色或黄色.IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR阳性病例判断标准参照Joensun标准,以两者表达都阳性的胎盘组织作为阳性对照,以0.01mol・L-1 PBS(pH7.4)替代一抗作为阴性对照.
统计学处理:χ2 检验,直接概率法.
2 结果
2.1 IGF┐Ⅱ和IGFR在肝组织中的表达 见Tab1及Fig1.
表1 不同类型肝组织中IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR的表达 略
图1 略
2.2 IGF┐Ⅱ和IGFR表达与肝癌分级及HBV的关系 IGF-Ⅱ及IGFR的表达与HBV感染存在一定关系.阳性组与阴性组相比有显著性差异(P&<0.05).经χ2 检验,IGF-Ⅱ的表达与肝癌病理学分级有显著性差异(P&<0.05,Tab2). 表2 IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR表达与HBV及肝癌病理分级的关系 略
3 讨论
IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR是极其重要的肿瘤生长因子,两者必须相结合才能发挥生物学作用.近年来的研究发现IGF-Ⅱ的异常表达与细胞恶性变有密切关系[3] .本结果表明IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR既有胞膜阳性也有胞质阳性,这与已报道的IGFR的跨膜结构及IGF-Ⅱ在肝硬化和肝癌细胞中的定位相吻合[1,4,5] .阳性者为淡蓝色或棕黄色,在不同类型的肝组织中均以胞质染色阳性为主,少数为胞膜阳性,有一例肝癌切片表现为IGFR染色核阳性.张遂祥等[6] 报道IGF-Ⅱ的表达和增生而非癌变有直接关系.本研究中IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR在几种不同类型的肝组织中均有表达,在不同病变肝组织中表达水平不同,但以肝硬化组中表达最活跃,要稍高于肝癌组织,而以肝血管瘤中表达最弱.这一结果与上述报道基本一致.肝细胞的再生能力很强,肝细胞中IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR表达有一定阳性率是可以理解的.本结果表明,在肝硬化和肝脏良、恶性肿瘤中都有IGF-Ⅱ和IGFR的过量表达,要明显高于正常肝组织.提示细胞增生及发生肿瘤的过程中,细胞结构和功能会发生某些变化,开始大量合成和分泌自己所需的某些生长因子,失去对IGF-Ⅱ及IGFR的正常调控,从而导致细胞增生或肿瘤变.
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