Objective: To analyze the relationship of p33(ING1) gene expression and p33(ING1) exon-2 mutation to the pathogenesis, development and consequence of stomach cancer.
Methods: Envision immunohistochemical method was utilized to detect the p33(ING1) expression in 103 specimens of stomach cancer, 36 specimens of stomach mucosal atypical hyperplasia, and 32 specimens of normal stomach mucosa. PCR-SSCP was utilized to detect p33(ING1) exon-2 mutation in stomach cancer tissues.
Results: The p33(ING1) expression rate in stomach cancer was 54.4% (56/103), significantly lower than that in precarcinomatous tissues (94.4%, 34/36, P < 0.01) and that in normal tissues (100%, 32/32, P < 0.01). The p33(ING1) expression in stomach cancer was related to tumor growth, distant metastasis and tumor differentiation (all P < 0.05). p33(ING1) gene exon-2 mutation was detected in 3 cases of stomach cancer tissues (12%, 3/25), and not in other tissues by PCR-SSCP method.
Conclusion: p33(ING1) low expression, and gene p33(ING1) exon-2 mutation may play an important role in the pathogenesis, development and consequence of stomach cancer.