Relationship between mismatch repair protein, RAS , BRAF , PIK3CA gene expression and clinicopathological characteristics in elderly colorectal cancer patients

• Published in: World journal of clinical cases 2021-04, Vol.9 (11), p.2458-2468
• Main Authors: Fan, Jun-Zhen, Wang, Gao-Fei, Cheng, Xue-Bin, Dong, Zhou-Huan, Chen, Xin, Deng, Yu-Jiao, Song, Xin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Retrospective Study
• ISSN: 2307-8960; 2307-8960
• DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i11.2458

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is common in elderly patients. Mismatch repair (MMR) protein deletion is one of the causes of CRC. The ( ), , and genes are important gene targets in CRC treatment and are closely related to the prognosis and survival of patients. However, little is known regarding the relationship between the expression of MMR, and the clinicopathological features in CRC patients. To analyze the relationship between the expression of MMR, and the clinicopathological features in CRC. A total of 327 elderly patients with CRC were enrolled, and immuno-histochemistry was used to detect the MMR protein. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the ( ), , and genes. The clinicopathological data of the patients were recorded and analyzed by SPSS 19.0 statistical software. In 327 elderly patients with CRC, the rate of MMR protein loss was 9.79% (32/327), and the deletion rate of four MMR proteins (MSH2, MSH6, MLH1, PMS2) was 1.83% (6/327), 3.06% (10/327), 7.65% (25/327), and 7.65% (25/327), respectively. There were no significant differences between MMR protein deletion and sex, pathological type, tumor morphology, differentiation degree or lymph node metastasis ( > 0.05), but there was a significant difference between MMR protein deletion and tumor diameter and tumor location ( = 0.048/ = 0.000). The mutation rates of the and genes in elderly CRC patients were 44.95% (147/327), 2.45% (8/327), 3.36% (11/327) and 2.75% (9/327), respectively; the gene mutation was closely related to tumor morphology ( = 0.002) but not to other clinicopathological features ( > 0.05), and there were no significant differences between gene mutation and clinicopathological features ( > 0.05). The gene mutation showed a significant difference in pathological type, tumor location, differentiation degree and lymph node metastasis ( < 0.05), but was not correlated with sex, tumor size and tumor morphology ( > 0.05). The gene mutation showed no significant differences in the above clinicopathological characteristics ( > 0.05). Significant differences were observed between MMR protein deletion and , , and gene mutations in elderly CRC patients ( = 0.044, = 0.000, = 0.003, respectively), but there was no significant difference between MMR protein deletion and mutation ( > 0.05). In elderly CRC patients, the tumor is mainly located in the right colon, and the deletion rate of MMR protein is higher when the tumor diameter is greater than or equal to 5 cm; the d