Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the expressions and relationship between lysinespecific demethylase 1 (LSD1) and Ecadherin protein in gastric cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues, and the correlation with the clinicopathological features and prognosis of patients with gastric cancer.
Methods:The casecontrol study was adopted. The gastric cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues were collected by surgical resection from 80 patients with gastric cancer who were admitted to the Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from June 2008 to June 2009. Expressions of LSD1 and Ecadherin protein were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The followup of telephone interview was performed to detect survival of patients till June 2015. Relationships between the expressions of LSD1 and Ecadherin protein and clinicopathological features or prognosis of patients were analyzed. Comparison of count data and correlation were analyzed by the chisquare test and Spearman rank correlation analysis. Survival curve was drawn using the KaplanMeier method, and survival analysis was done using the Logrank test.
Results:Expressions of LSD1 in cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues were located at the cell nucleus. The positive expression rate of LSD1 was 67.5%(54/80) and 43.8%(35/80) in cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues, respectively, with a significant difference (χ
2=9.141, P<0.05). Expressions of Ecadherin protein in cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues were located at the cell membrane and cytoplasm. The positive expression rate of Ecadherin was 63.8%(51/80) and 81.3%(65/80) in cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues, respectively, with a significant difference (χ
2=6.140, P<0.05). The positive expression rate of LSD1 was 83.3%(25/30), 76.0%(19/25) and 40.0%(10/25) in the low, moderate and highdifferentiated tumors, 37.5%(6/16), 72.7%(16/22), 71.9%(23/32) and 90.0% (9/10) in the Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳ stages of TNM stage, 36.4%(4/11) and 72.5%(50/69) in patients without and with lymph node metastasis, respectively, showing significant differences (χ
2=12.870, 9.425, 4.111, P<0.05). The positive expression rate of Ecadherin protein was 53.3%(16/30), 56.0% (14/25) and 84.0%(21/25) in the low, moderate and highdifferentiated tumors, 75.0%(12/16), 63.6%(14/22), 71.9%(23/32) and 20.0% (2/10) in the Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳ stages of TNM stage, 100.0%(11/11)and 58.0%(40/69) in patients without and with lymph node metastasis,70.0%(49/70) and 20.0%(2/10) in patients without and with distant metastasis, respectively, showing significant differences (χ
2=6.494, 10.073, 5.547, 7.426, P<0.05). There was a negative correlation in expressions between LSD1 and Ecadherin protein (r=-0.355, P<0.05). The survival time and 5year overall survival rate of patients with positive and negative expressions of LSD1 were (36.9±2.5)months and 31.1%, (47.4±3.4)months and 56.0%, respectively, showing a significant difference (χ
2=4.550, P<0.05). The survival time and 5year overall survival rate of the patients with positive and negative expressions of Ecadherin protein were (44.0±2.5)months and 46.7%, (32.6±3.5)months and 24.9%, respectively, showing a significant difference (χ
2=7.306, P<0.05).
Conclusions:Positive expression of LSD1 in gastric cancer tissues is higher than that in adjacent normal tissues. There are increased expression of LSD1 and reduced expression of Ecadherin protein in lowdifferentiated gastric cancer tissues and high TNM stage, showing a negative correlation between them. Positive expression of LSD1 and negative expression of Ecadherin protein may indicate a poor prognosis.