Objective: To investigate the expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 in human endometrial carcinoma tissues.
Methods: SDF-1 and CXCR4 protein expression levels were detected by immunohistochemical staining in 26 cases of atypic hyperplasia endometrium,simple hyperplasia endometrium and normal endometrium and 44 cases of endometrial carcinoma tissues.
Results: Both SDF-1 mRNA and CXCR4 mRNA were expressed in Ishikawa, while no expression of SDF-1 mRNA was detected in HEC-1A. The rates of CXCR4 and SDF-1 protein expressions were 100% in glandular cells of human normal endometrial tissues, while 90.9% and 93.2% in glandular cells of endometrial carcinoma tissues. These immunoreactivities of SDF-1 and CXCR4 were significantly low in endometrial carcinoma tissues as compared with those in normal endometrium; and the intensities of immunohistochemical staining significantly decreasesd in immunoreactivity of SDF-1 and CXCR4 in low grade as compared with that in hight grade.
Conclusion: SDF-1 and CXCR4 were expressed differently in endometrial cell lines, human normal endometrial tissues,and endometrial carcinoma tissues. As compared with normal endometrium ,these were significantly low levels expression of SDF-1 and CXCR4 in endometrial carcinoma tissues.