乳腺癌组织中TP和TS及DPD mRNA表达与预后的关系

目的　探讨乳腺癌组织中胸苷酸化酶 (TP)、胸苷酸合成酶 (TS)和二氢嘧啶脱氢酶(DPD)mRNA表达水平及其与预后的关系。方法　采用real time定量PCR技术检测经过微选的 9例正常乳腺组织和 86例乳腺癌组织TP、TS和DPD的mRNA表达水平。结果　肿瘤组织中TP、TS和DPDmRNA表达水平中位数分别为 16 .5 4 ,0 .38和 2 .74 ,正常乳腺组织分别为 11.75 ,0 .2 5和 8.33,差异均无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 )。除年龄与DPD表达呈负相关外 ,TP、TS和DPDmRNA表达与肿瘤体积、淋巴结转移、组织学分级、临床分期均无相关性。TP、DPD高表达组和低表达组之间 ,无瘤生存期和总生存期差异均无显著性。TS高表达组和低表达组无瘤生存期差异无显著性 (P =0 .0 6 9) ;平均总生存期分别为 5 9.0 0和 70 .30个月 ,差异有显著性 (P =0 .0 4 96 )。结论　仅检测TSmRNA对判断乳腺癌预后有参考价值 ,同时检测TP、TS和DPD具有更好的预测价值。

Expressions of thymidine phosphorylase, thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in breast cancer and their correlations with prognosis

OBJECTIVE: To study the expression of thymidine phosphorylase (TP), thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) mRNA in breast cancer and its correlation with prognosis. METHODS: Expression levels of TP, TS and DPD mRNA in 86 micro-selected breast cancer tissues and 9 normal breast tissues were detected by real-time quantitative PCR. RESULTS: The median expression levels of TP, TS and DPD mRNA in tumor tissue and in normal tissues were 16.54, 0.38, 2.47 and 11.75, 0.25, 8.33, respectively, there were no significant differences (P >0.05). The expression levels of TP, TS and DPD mRNA showed no association with tumor size, lymph node metastasis, pathological grade and clinical stage, except that of DPD showed a negative association with patients' ages. There was no significant difference in disease-free survival or overall survival between the patients with high and low TP or DPD mRNA levels. Disease-free survival tends to be better in the patients with low TS mRNA level than those with high TS mRNA, but the difference was not significant (P=0.069), while the overall survival showed a statistically difference (59.00 month and 70.30 month) (P=0.0496). CONCLUSION: The expression level of TS mRNA may serve as a prognostic marker for breast cancer patients.