Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (9): 907-911.doi: 10.11958/20220121

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Expression and its clinical significance of Musashi2 in different molecular subtypes of breast invasive ductal carcinoma

PING Jing1(), ZHOU Donghua1, ZHU Dajiang2, TIAN Jie1, CHEN Ying1, FAN Juhua1   

  1. 1 Department of Pathology, Foshan Women and Children Hospital, Foshan 528000, China
    2 Breast Disease Prevention and Control Center, Foshan Women and Children Hospital, Foshan 528000, China
  • Received:2022-01-21 Revised:2022-05-11 Published:2022-09-15 Online:2022-09-05

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the expression of Musashi2 in different molecular subtypes of breast invasive ductal carcinoma and its correlation with clinical and molecular pathological features and prognosis. Methods The clinicopathological data of 125 patients with breast invasive ductal carcinoma were collected. The expression of Musashi2, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) and Ki67 expression in tumor tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was further detected in patients with a "++" HER2 immunohistochemistry results. According to the test results, molecular subtyping was performed. The relationship between Musashi2 expression and its clinical and molecular pathological characteristics and prognosis was analyzed in breast invasive ductal carcinoma with different molecular subtypes. Results The positive rates of Musashi2 in invasive ductal carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ were significantly higher than those in normal breast tissues (P<0.01). The positive rates in the Luminal A and the Luminal B groups were significantly higher than that in the HER2+ and triple-negative type groups (P<0.05). The positive rates of Musashi2 in early stage (Ⅰand Ⅱ) were significantly higher than those in the late stage (Ⅲ and Ⅳ, P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences in Musashi2 expression levels between different ages, tumor diameters, histological grades, vascular involvement and lymph node metastasis of invasive ductal carcinoma of breast (P>0.05). The expression level of Musashi2 was positively correlated with ER and PR (r = 0.408, r = 0.405), but no relationship with HER2 and Ki67 (P>0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that there was no significant difference in disease-free survival between the Musashi2 positive group and the Musashi2 negtive group (67 months±12 months vs. 63 months±15 months, Log-rank χ2=0.752, P>0.05). Conclusion The expression of Musashi2 protein in breast invasive ductal carcinoma is related to its molecular subtype and TNM stage. The higher expression of musashi2 indicates a lower degree of malignant.

Key words: breast neoplasms, carcinoma,ductal,breast, pathology,clinical, Musashi2

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