Expression and Correlation of PTEN and MMR in Endometrioid Carcinoma by Immunohistochemistry
- VernacularTitle:免疫组化PTEN蛋白与MMR蛋白在子宫内膜样癌中的表达及其相关性研究
- Author:
Shiwei XIAO
1
;
Wenjia SUN
1
;
Su JIN
1
;
Junqiu YUE
1
;
Fang GUO
1
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属湖北肿瘤医院病理科,湖北武汉 430079
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Endometrioid endometrial carcinoma;
Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten;
DNA mismatch repair;
Immunohistochemistry
- From:
Journal of Practical Obstetrics and Gynecology
2025;41(2):143-149
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the immunohistochemical expression pattern of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten(PTEN)protein with chromosome 10 deletion in endometrioid carcinoma(EEC)and its relationship with DNA mismatch repair(MMR)protein.Methods:A total of 121 patients diagnosed with EEC,endometrial atypical hyperplasia/endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia(EAH/EIN),and normal endome-trium due to uterine fibroid resection at Hubei Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong U-niversity of Science and Technology from May 14,2019 to June 7,2023 were selected as the study subjects,inclu-ding 84 patients in the EEC group,17 patients in the EAH/EIN group,and 20 patients in the control group.Immu-nohistochemical was used to detect the expression patterns and differences of PTEN and MMR in endometrial tis-sues of three groups,and the differences in abnormal expression of PTEN protein in EEC between MMR protein deficient(MMRd)group and non-deficient(MMRp)group were compared.Results:①The expression of PTEN protein in 121 endometrial glandular epithelial cells includes four patterns:normal expression,negativeexpression,reduced expression,and heterogeneous expression.②The abnormal expression rates of PTEN protein in the EEC and EAH/EIN groups(84.5%and 94.1%)were higher than those in the control group(10.0%);The ex-pression rates of MMRd protein in the EEC group and EAH/EIN group(35.7%and 35.3%)were higher than those in the control group(0%),and the above differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).③The abnor-mal expression rate of PTEN in the MMRd group was 96.7%,which was higher than that in the MMRp group(96.7%vs.77.8%,P=0.048).④In the EEC group,with normal and abnormal expression of PTEN protein,there was no statistically significant difference in the comparison of different pathological grades,muscle infiltration depth,lymph node metastasis,and lymphatic vessel invasion between the MMRd group and the MMRp group(P>0.05).Conclusions:Identifying the abnormal expression pattern of PTEN protein and combining it with MMR protein detection can help identify endometrial dysplasia,and there may be a correlation between PTEN and MMR protein expression in EEC.The abnormal expression of PTEN may not have a clear impact on the biological behavior of MMRd expressing EEC.