• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.348-352
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• 2013

microRNAs (miRNAs) play pivotal roles in controlling cell proliferation and differentiation. miRNA expression in human is becoming recognized as a new molecular mechanism of carcinogenesis. microRNA-34a (miR-34a), a member of the p53 network, was found to be regulated in multiple types of tumor. The purpose of this study was to define roles of miR-34a expression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia with human papillomavirus infection, and its relationship with p53 protein expression. This study was performed to analyze expression of miR-34a by using qRT-PCR, and to evaluate p53 protein expression by using immunohistochemistry in 40 cases. Down-regulation of miR-34a expression was detected in 27 (67.5%) out of 40 cases and Immunoreactivity for p53 was found in 17 (42.5%) out of 40 cases. Nineteen (82.6%) of the 23 cases with a negative p53 expression showed a down-regulation miR-34a expression, there was a significant associations between miR-34a and p53 protein expression (P=0.04). These results suggest that miRNA-34a expression tend to be reduced depending on the advanced histologic grade, and down-regulation of miR-34a expression might be associated with inactivation of p53 protein expression by human papillomavirus infection.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.7737-7741
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• 2013

Background: Human papilloma virus infection is associated with genesis and malignant potential of cervical cancer. E6 and E7 oncogens are known to bind to p53 and retinoblastoma gene products, abrogating their functions as tumor suppressors, leading to an abnormal cell cycle machinery. Roles of the p53 homolog p63 have also been postulated, E6 expression leading to TAp63b degradation allowing anchorage independent growth. Molecular studies correlated with clinicopathological factors are important to determine prognosis and treatment strategies, but results have been controversial and need to be clarified. Aim: To investigate expression of p53 and p63 in cervical squamous cell carcinomas in correlation with age, FIGO staging, morphology, and cancer cell proliferation. Materials and Methods: Expression of p53 and p63 immunohistochemical staining in a total of 56 paraffin-embedded tissues of cervical squamous cell carcinomas from Dr. Sardjito General Hospital Indonesia, was evaluated for correlation with clinicopathological parameters. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the percentage of p53 and p63 expression with patient age, FIGO staging and morphology and to compare mean p53 and p63 expression. The Spearman correlation test was applied to correlate p53 and p63 expression with that of Ki-67. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: There were significant associations between p53 expression with age (p=0.019) and FIGO staging (p=0.026), but not with with morphology or Ki-67 expression. There were no links between p63 expression and age, morphology, FIGO staging or Ki-67. Conclusions: This study indicated that p53 has a prognostic value in cervical squamous cell carcinomas given the relation with FIGO staging.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.73-78
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• 1998

The mutation of p53 is the most common genetic alteration found in human cancers and has oncogenic properties. mdm-2 is a recently discoverd that controls the p53 activity by binding of its protein, so negative feedback loop has been suggested in which p53 induces mdm-2 expression. The purpose of this study was to analyze the expression of p53 in leukoplakias, mdm-2 in squamous cell carcinomas, and relationship between p53 and mdm-2 expression in leukoplakias and squamous cell carcinomas. The results were as follows : 1) The p53 was expressed 33.4% in leukoplakias 2) The mdm-2 was expressed 8.3% in leukoplakias and 22.7% in squamous cell carcinomas. 3) The expression rate of p53 was higher in specimens negative for mdm-2 than in specimens positive for mdm-2, but there was not significant relationship between p53 and mdm-2 expression. In conclusion p53 was thought to participate in early phase of oncogenesis, and mdm-2 was thought to have a role as a oncogene in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck. Though there was not significant relationship between p53 and mdm-2 expression, mdm-2 was thought to inhibit p53 activity.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2007

This study was designed to investigate the correlation between the expression rate of p53 and p21 proteins by immunohistochemical staining and tumor prognostic factors including the tumor size, histological differentiation and Dukes' stage of tumor prognostic factors in colon cancer, and to acquire necessary data for the presumption of diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of colon cancer patients. From January 2000 to January 2003 at Hanyang University Guri Hospital, the paraffin blocks of 35 patients diagnosed with colon cancer whose pathologic reports were possible to review were selected. Harris hematoxylin & eosin (H&E) staining and immunohistochemical staining by ABC (Avidin Biotin Conjugate) method were performed. The histological differentiation grade and stage were classified according to the classification of the World Health Organization (WHO) and modified Dukes's stage from H&E staining. The expression rate of p53 and p21 proteins were analyzed by immunohistochemical staining. The results was analyzed statistically by SPSS (Windows version 8.0). As a result, the expression rate of p53 protein was 11.4% (4 cases) in clear differentiation, 48.6% (17 cases) in moderate differentiation, and 17.1% (6 cases) in poor differentiation. In other words, the poorer the differentiation, the higher the expression rate of p53 protein (p<0.05). The expression rate of p21 was 17.1% (6 cases) in clear differentiation, 40.0%(14 cases) in moderate differentiation, and 8.6% (3 cases) in poor differentiation, According to the progression of histological malignant degeneration, the expression rate of p21 protein decreased distinctively (p<0.05). However, the correlation between the two above mentioned proteins and the tumor-size and Dukes' stage was not of statistical significance. In the comparison of the expression rate of p53 protein with that of p21 protein, in 10 cases, p53 protein expression was positive while p21 protein expression was negative, and in 6 cases, p53 protein expression was negative whereas p21 protein expression was positive. Consequently a statistically significant inverse correlation between the expression rate of p53 protein and that of p21 protein was observed (p<0.05). In conclusion, we found a significant correlation between histological differentiation and the expression rate of p53 and p21 proteins (p<0.05), and a significant inverse correlation between the expression rate of p53 protein and that of p21 protein (p<0.05). Also, it could be confirmed that the over expression of p53 and p21 proteins is closely associated with the occurrence of colon cancer and its progress. Therefore, it is thought that this study may be greatly beneficial to the presumption of diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of colon cancer patients.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2001

The presence of HPV DNA and the expression of p53 protein and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were determined to evaluate the relationship of these factors and their association with their pathologic stages and cervical lymph node metastasis. Among 65 patients the presence of HPV DNA was found in 12 cases(18.5%), p53 was found positive in 32 cases(49.2%) and expression of PCNA was observed in 24 cases(36.9%). The expression of PCNA was more frequent in the HPV positive cancers compared with the HPV negative ones(p =0.0018), and p53 revealed its higher rate of cooccurrence with the expression of PCNA(p =0.008), which might suggest that PCNA expression has a positive relationship with HPV and p53 mutation in head and neck cancer. There might be inverse relationship between HPV and p53 mutation(p =0.063), but 3 cases showed both HPV DNA positivity and p53 expression. HPV was detected at a higher rate in the early pathologic stages than in the advanced stages of cancer, and p53 expression was more frequently found in the advanced stages(p =0.044). These results suggests that HPV and p53 mutation might have different etiologic roles in the development of head and neck cancer, or cases with p53 mutation might have more aggressive behavior. PCNA expression showed no difference between early and late stages of cancer, and between cases with and without cervical lymph node metastasis.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1998

목적 : 진행된 성문 상부암 환자에서 p53 발현의 빈도와 예후 인자로서의 가능성을 조사하기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 완전 또는 부분 후두 절제술을 받고, 방사선 치료를 받은 성문 상부암 환자 21 예를 대상으로 하여 antihuman monoclonal p53 antibody를 이용하여 면역 염색을 실시하였다. 결과: 3기 환자 6명 중 3명에서 양성 반응을 보였고 4기 환자 15명 중 4명에서 양성반응을 보였다. 양군간의 발현의 빈도는 통계적으로 차이가 없었다(p=0.608). p53 음성 환자 군과 양성 환자군의 5년 생존율은 각각 $93\%$와 $86\%$이었으나 통계적인 차이는 없었다(p=0.776). p53의 발현은 연령(p=0.64), T stage(p=0.877), N stage(p=0.874) 등과도 연관성을 보이지 않았다. 결론 : p53의 발현은 전통적인 임상 인자들과 통계적으로 유의한 관련성을 보이지 않았다. 진행된 성문 상부암에서 면역 염색을 통한 p53 발현의 검색은 예후 인자로서 임상적 유용성이 없을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.307-310
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• 2010

Apoptosis is an important significance in the pathogenesis of cancer. Caspase 3 and p53 have been identified as important members of the apoptosis related proteins. This study was performed to define roles of caspase 3 expression and its relationship with p53 expression in endometrial cancers by immunohistochemistry. Immunoreactivity for caspase 3 was found in 13 (65.0%) out of 20 endometrial hyperplasia cases and 8 (36.4%) out of 22 endometrial cancers. Seven (87.5%) of the 8 cases with a positive caspase 3 immunoreactivity showed a positive p53 expression in 22 endometrial cancers. There were no significant associations between caspase 3 and p53 expressions. These findings suggest that caspase 3 expression might be associated with carcinogenesis of endometrial cancers. Further studies are needed to define the relationship between caspase 3 and p53 and apoptosis for examining the mechanisms of tissue-specific apoptosis related protein.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.659-668
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• 1993

연구배경 : p53은 흔히 종양 억제 유전자로 생각되며, 그것의 변화는 비소세포 폐암을 포함하는 여러 악성 종양에 관여하게 된다. 그런, p53 발현율은 저자들의 보고마다 그리고 서로 다른 세포형에서 차이가 있다. 또한, p53의 발견시기가 조기인지 또는 후기인지도 명확치 않다. 이에, 저자들은 서로 다른 세포형과 조직에서의 p53 발현율을 조사하기 위해 그리고, 조기 또는 후기의 어느 시기에 발현하는지를 알아보기 위해 본 연구를 시작하였다. 방법 : 비소세포 폐암환자 50명으로부터 얻은 71개의 조직을 대상으로 비특이적인 단일클론 항체를 이용한 비교적 간단한 면역조직화학적염색을 시행하였다. 결과: 1) 비소세포 폐암환자에서 폐조직에서의 전체적인 p53 발현율은 46.5%(20/43)로 림프절의 25.0%(6/24)에 비해 높았으나, 통계적인 유의성은 없었다. 2) 세포형에 따른 폐조직에서의 p53 발현용은 편평세포암과 선암에서 각각 58.3%와 50.0%로 두 군간의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 3) 병기에 따른 폐조직에서의 p53 발현율은 I기, II기, IIIA기, IIIB기 및 IV기 각각에서 33.3%, 60.0%, 40.0%, 60.0%, 66.7% 이었으며, 병기에 따른 발현율의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 또한, 낮은 병기(I기 및 II기)와 진행된 병기(IIIa기, IIIb기 및 IV기)간에도 유의한 차이는 없었다. 4) T 지표에 따른 p53 발현율은 T1, T2, T3 및 T4에서 각각 33.3%, 50.0%, 16.7% 및 100%로 T4에서 발현율이 높았으나 대상 환자수가 적어 의의를 둘 수가 없었다. N 지표에 따른 발현율은 N1, N2 및 N3에서 각각 27.2%, 22.2% 및 25.0%로 발현율의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 5) 폐조직에서 양성반응을 보이고 림프절 침범이 있었던 7명의 환자들에서 N1, N2의 발현율은 각각 12.5%(1/8)과 50.0%(2/4)이었다. 6) 폐조직에서 음성반응을 보이고 림프절 침범이 있었던 5명의 환자들에서 발현되는 림프절은 없었다. 결론 : 이상의 결과로 비소세포 폐암에서의 p53 발현율은 세포형과 병기의 진행과는 관련이 없는 것으로 생각되며, 폐암 발생 및 진행의 어느 시기에 관여하는지에 대해서는 또 다른 연구가 필요하리라 생각되었다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2001

Purpose: The p53 protein is a tumor supressor gene, and its mutation is associated with biologic aggressiveness. CD44v6, one of the CD44 family, is a cell surface glycoprotein that plays a role in cancer invasion and metastasis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is another recently identified growth factor with significant angiogenic properties. The purpose of this study was to investigate p53, CD44v6, and VEGF expressions to determine whether degree of expression was related to pathological parameters such as Lauren's classification, depth of invasion, and lymph node metastasis. Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemical stains of p53, CD44v6, and VEGF in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections of 125 gastric adenocarcinomas were done. Results: The overall expression rates of p53, CD44v6, and VEGF were $54.4\%$ (68/125), $36.8\%$ (46/125), and $48.0\%$ (60/125), respectively. The p53, not CD44v6 and VEGF was higher in intestinal-type gastric carcinomas by Lauren's classification. The expressions of p53, CD44v6, and VEGF were statistically correlated with depth of tumor invasion. The expression of CD44v6 was higher in the lymph node metastatic group than in the negative group. The p53 expression was significantly associated with VEGF expression. Conclusions: These data suggest that the expressions of p53, CD44v6, and VEGF are biologically related to malignancy. The p53 and CD44v6 expressions are independent; however, p53 gene mutation is one of the contributing factors to VEGF expression in gastric adenocarcinoma.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.365-369
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• 2010

In this study, we examined whether melatonin promotes apoptotic cell death via p53 in prostate LNCaP cells. Melatonin treatment significantly curtailed the growth of LNCaP cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Melatonin treatment (0 to 3 mM) induced the fragmentation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and activation of caspase-3, caspase-8, and caspase-9. Moreover, melatonin markedly activated Bax expression and decreased Bcl-2 expression in dose increments. To investigate p53 and p21 expression, LNCaP cells were treated with 0 to 3 mM melatonin. Melatonin increased the expressions of p53, p21, and p27. Treatment with mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors, PD98059 (ERK inhibitor), SP600125 (JNK inhibitor) and SB202190 (p38 inhibitor), confirmed that the melatonin-induced apoptosis was p21-dependent, but ERK-independent. With the co-treatment of PD98059 and melatonin, the expression of p-p53, p21, and MDM2 did not decrease. These effects were opposite to the expression of p-p53, p21, and MDM2 observed with SP600125 and SB202190 treatments. Together, these results suggest that p53-dependent induction of JNK/p38 MAPK directly participates in apoptosis induced by melatonin.