天津医药

天津医药 ›› 2021, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (8): 796-801.doi: 10.11958/20210404

• 细胞与分子生物学 • 上一篇    下一篇

Wnt1诱导信号通路蛋白1在胃腺癌中的表达及其意义

董学易 1，赵秀兰 1，赵楠 1，张丹芳 1，李岩磊 1，孙保存 1，2△   

  1. 1天津医科大学病理教研室（邮编300070）；2天津医科大学肿瘤医院病理科
  • 收稿日期:2021-02-20 修回日期:2021-05-10 出版日期:2021-08-15 发布日期:2021-08-19
  • 通讯作者: 孙保存 E-mail:sunbaocun@tmu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:董学易（1985），女，硕士，高级实验师，主要从事胃癌转移和血管生成方面研究。E-mail：dxy7235202@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    天津市教委科研计划项目（2018KJ074）

Expression and significance of WISP1 in gastric adenocarcinoma

DONG Xue-yi1, ZHAO Xiu-lan1, ZHAO Nan1, ZHANG Dan-fang1, LI Yan-lei1, SUN Bao-cun1, 2△ #br#   

  1. 1 Department of Pathology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; 2 Department of Pathology, Tianjin Medical University Tumor Hospital △Corresponding Author E-mail: baocunsun@aliyun.com
  • Received:2021-02-20 Revised:2021-05-10 Published:2021-08-15 Online:2021-08-19

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摘要： 目的 探讨Wnt通路成员Wnt1诱导信号通路蛋白1（WISP1）在胃腺癌组织中表达及其与预后的关系。方 法 免疫组化染色分析 200 例胃腺癌组织样本中 WISP1、血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）、Twist1 和基质金属蛋白酶 （MMP）-2的表达，并分析WISP1与患者临床特征及预后的关系。利用GEPIA和UALCAN在线工具分析癌症基因组 图谱（TCGA）数据库中WISP1在胃腺癌及癌旁组织中的表达差异以及WISP1与患者临床预后的关系。R软件包分析 GEO数据库GSE13861胃腺癌数据集中WISP1在胃腺癌及癌旁组织中的表达差异和TCGA数据库中WISP1与Twist1 等基因表达的相关性。基于TCGA数据库和GSE13861胃腺癌数据集，选出WISP1基因用R包作基因本体（GO）和京 都基因与基因组百科全书（KEGG）及基因集富集分析（GSEA）软件进行基因集富集分析。结果 免疫组化染色结果 显示200例胃腺癌中WISP1阳性表达116例（58%），阴性表达84例（42%），其中TNM Ⅲ~Ⅳ期、有淋巴结转移、远处转 移和（或）复发的胃腺癌患者WISP1阳性表达率升高，同时WISP1阳性表达患者的生存时间短于阴性表达者（24个月 vs. 52个月，Log-rank χ2=5.368，P＜0.05）。TCGA-STAD数据库和GSE13861胃腺癌数据集显示，WISP1在胃腺癌组织 的表达水平高于癌旁组织和正常胃组织（P＜0.05）。免疫组化结果显示VEGF、Twist1和MMP-2蛋白在WISP1阳性 组中呈现一定程度的关联。TCGA-STAD数据库中WISP1与VEGF、CDH5、MMP-2、MMP-9、Twist1、Snail和Vimentin 的表达呈正相关，但与CDH1表达呈负相关（P＜0.05）。GO分析结果表明，WISP1基因参与单核细胞迁移、细胞外基 质构造和细胞间黏附等生物过程，具有与整合素和胶原结合及细胞因子激活的分子功能。KEGG通路富集分析结果 表明，WISP1参与细胞外基质结合和细胞黏附的信号传导通路；GSEA富集结果表明，当WISP1高表达时，血管生成 和上皮间质转化（EMT）的相关基因上调。结论 胃腺癌中WISP1在基因和蛋白水平上均呈现高表达，其可能通过 促进血管生成或EMT的发生而参与胃腺癌转移和（或）复发过程。

关键词: 胃肿瘤, 腺癌, Wnt1蛋白质, 肿瘤转移, 复发, 上皮-间质转化, TCGA数据库, GEO数据库

Abstract: Objective To investigate the expression of Wnt1 induced signaling pathway protein-1 (WISP1) in gastric adenocarcinoma and its relationship with prognosis. Methods Immunohistochemical staining was used to analyze the expression and correlation of WISP1, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Twist1 and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) -2 in 200 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma, and the relationship between WISP1 and prognosis of stomach adenocarcinoma. Meanwhile, the expression differences of WISP1 in gastric adenocarcinoma and adjacent tissues, the correlation between WISP1 and clinical prognosis were analyzed in the Cancer Genome Atlas database by the GEPIA (Gene Expression profiling interactive analysis) and UALCAN online tools. R package was used to analyze the expression of WISP1 in GSE13861 gastric adenocarcinoma data set and the correlation between WISP1 and Twist 1 in TCGA database. In addition, based on TCGA database and GSE13861 gastric adenocarcinoma data set, WISP1 gene was selected for Gene Ontology, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes by R package and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis by Gene Set Enrichment software. Results Immunohistochemical staining showed that 116 cases (58%) were positive and 84 cases (42%) were negative in 200 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma. The positive rates of WISP1 expression were higher in TNM Ⅲ- Ⅳ stage, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and/or recurrence patients (P＜0.05), and the survival time of patients with WISP1 positive expression was shorter than that of patients with negative expression (24 months vs. 52 months, Log rank χ2=5.368, P＜0.05). TCGA database and GSE13861 gastric adenocarcinoma data set showed that the expression level of WISP1 was significantly higher in gastric adenocarcinoma tissue than that in adjacent tissue and normal gastric tissue (P＜ 0.05). The survival time of patients with high WISP1 expression was short analyzed by online tools. In addition, immunohistochemical results showed that VEGF, Twist1 and MMP-2 protein were highly expressed in WISP1 positive group (P＜0.05). WISP1 was positively correlated with the expressions of VEGF, CDH5, MMP-2, MMP-9, Snail, Twist1 and Vimentin, but negatively correlated with the expression of CDH1 (P＜0.05). GO analysis showed that WISP1 gene was involved in the biological processes of single cell migration, extracellular matrix structure and intercellular adhesion. WISP1 gene showed the molecular function of binding integrin and collagen, and molecular function of activating cytokines. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that WISP1 was involved in the signal transduction pathway of extracellular matrix binding and cell adhesion. GSEA enrichment results showed that when WISP1 was over-expressed, the genes related to angiogenesis and EMT were up-regulated. Conclusion WISP1 is highly expressed at gene and protein levels in gastric adenocarcinoma, which may be involved in the metastasis and/or recurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma by promoting angiogenesis or EMT.

Key words: stomach neoplasms, adenocarcinoma, Wnt1 protein, neoplasm metastasis, recurrence, epithelialmesenchymal transition, TCGA database, GEO database

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