Expressions and Clinical Significances of Angiopoietin-1, Angiopoietin-2, and Tie-2 Receptor in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
- Abstract
- PURPOSE: Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) plays a crucial role in vascular and hematopoietic development, mainly through its cognate receptor, Tie-2. Increased levels of Ang-2 have been shown to be correlated with abnormal tumor angiogenesis in several malignancies. Hence, we estimated the increased expression of Ang-2 relative to Ang-1 in patients with colorectal cancer and correlated our finding with prognosis in order to investigate the relationships between the expressions of Ang-1/Ang-2/Tie-2 receptor and the clinical parameters or overall survival of such patients. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 114 tissue samples from patients with colorectal cancer by using immunohistochemistry (IHC) to examine Ang-1, Ang-2, and Tie-2 expressions and to investigate the relationship between those expressions and clinical parameters or overall survival of such patients. A Western blot analysis was used for Ang-2 expression. RESULTS: IHC staining showed a link between Ang-1 and Tie-2 (P = 0.018), as well as meaningful correlations between Ang-2 and Tie-2 receptor (P = 0.022) and between lymph-node metastasis and Ang-2 (P = 0.025). The stronger the IHC staining for Ang-2 expression was, the shorter the cumulative survival was (P = 0.016). CONCLUSION: A relationship was found to exist between Ang-2 and Tie-2 expressions. The Ang-2 was correlated with lymph-node metastasis, and high expression of Ang-2 was indicative of poor overall survival. These findings suggest that Ang-2 is a useful prognostic marker in the management of patients with colorectal cancer. In addition, we suggest that Ang/Tie-2 signaling plays an important role in the progression of colorectal cancer.
- All Author(s)
- S. Hong
; H. I. Jung
; T. S. Ahn
; H. J. Kim
; K. T. Lee
; M. J. Baek
; S. B. Bae
- Issued Date
- 2017
- Type
- Article
- Keyword
- Colorectal neoplasms; Angiopoietins; TIE-2 receptor; Prognosis
- Publisher
- 대한대장항문학회
- ISSN
- 2287-9714
- Citation Title
- Annals of Coloproctology
- Citation Volume
- 33
- Citation Number
- 1
- Citation Start Page
- 9
- Citation End Page
- 15
- Language(ISO)
- eng
- DOI
- 10.3393/ac.2017.33.1.9
- URI
- http://schca-ir.schmc.ac.kr/handle/2022.oak/1353
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