Vol 51, No 4 (2013)
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The relationships between hypoxia-dependent markers: HIF-1alpha, EPO and EPOR in colorectal cancer

Marek Baltaziak, Andrzej Wincewicz, Luiza Kanczuga-Koda, Joanna M. Lotowska, Mariusz Koda, Urszula Sulkowska, Marcin Baltaziak, Monika Podbielski, Maria E. Sobaniec-Lotowska, Stanislaw Sulkowski
DOI: 10.5603/FHC.2013.0043
Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2013;51(4):320-325.

Abstract

Abstract: Hypoxia triggers production of several cytoprotective proteins. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1α) is a powerful stimulator of transcription of many genes, including erythropoietin (EPO) in hypoxia-affected cells. Recent data have also implicated signaling by EPO receptor (EPOR) as a new factor influencing tumor progression. The aim of the study was to detect by immunohistochemistry the presence of HIF-1α, EPO and EPOR in colorectal cancer (CRC) in reference to clinicopathological variables. We found the presence of the studied proteins in specimens of all 125 CRC patients which is suggestive of the occurrence of hypoxia in colorectal cancer tissues. The expression of HIF-1α correlated significantly with the presence of EPO and EPOR in all samples (P < 0.001, r = 0.549 and P < 0.001, r = 0.536, respectively). Significant correlations (from P < 0.024 to P < 0.001) were found in the analyses of CRC subgroups such as histopathological type tumor, tumor grade, tumor stage and patients with lymph nodes metastases. The same high significant correlations (P < 0.001) were observed in group of sex, age and tumor location. However, the values of the correlation coefficients (r) which usually ranged from 0.5 to 0.6 suggest the existence of independent or concurrent mechanism stimulating generation of these proteins in colorectal cancer.

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