Expression and clinical significance of MTUS 1 gene in papillary thyroid carcinoma

VernacularTitle:线粒体肿瘤抑制基因1在甲状腺乳头状癌中的表达及临床意义
Author: Guo CHEN ; Pengli HAN ; Di WU ; Yanping HUO ; Jing LYU ; Mingchuang LI ; Detao YIN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Mitochondrial tumor suppressor gene 1; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; RT-PCR
From: Chinese Journal of Endocrine Surgery 2015;9(4):272-274,279
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the expression of mitochondrial tumor suppressor gene 1 (MTUS1) mR-NA in papillary thyroid carcinoma(PTC).Methods Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) was used to detect MTUS1 mRNA level in 68 cases of human PTC and the adjacent non-cancerous epithelium (NCE) specimens.Results The relative expression value of MTUS1 mRNA in PTC was 0.31 ± 0.09,while it was 0.65 ±0.12 in NCE.The difference had statistical significance between the 2 groups(t =2.39,P ＜0.05).In PTC,mRNA expression of MTUS1 gene was related to the pathological grade,and lymph node metastasis(P ＜ 0.05)while it was not related to patients' age,sex,differentiation degree,tumor size or TNM stage(P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion mRNA expression of MTUS1 gene is lower in PTC than in NCE,which may play an important role in carcinogenesis and progression of PTC.