• 1.Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China;;
  • 2.Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China;
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Objective To study the relationships between expressions of somatostatin receptor subtypes(SSTR1-SSTR5) and angiogenesis in colorectal cancer. Methods The expressions of SSTR1-SSTR5, VEGF, and CD34 in the paraffin sections of colorectal cancer tissues from 127 cases were detected by the standard streptavidin-peroxidase (SP) technique. CD34 was used as a marker to account microvessel density (MVD) in colorectal cancer tissues. The relationships between the expressions of SSTR1-SSTR5 and VEGF expression, or MVD were analyzed. Results The positive expression rate of SSTR1, SSTR2, SSTR3, SSTR4, and SSTR5 was 64.6% (82/127), 36.2% (46/127), 18.9% (24/127), 18.9% (24/127), and 38.6% (49/127) in colorectal cancer tissues, meanwhile, the positive expression rate of VEGF was 63.8% (81/127) and MVD was (34.67±16.62)/HP in colorectal cancer tissues. The positive expression rate of VEGF (47.8%, 22/46) and MVD 〔(29.00±15.32)/HP〕 in colorectal cancer tissues with SSTR2 positive expression were significantly lower than those in colorectal cancer tissues with SSTR2 negative expression 〔72.8%, 59/81; (37.90±16.56)/HP〕, P lt;0.05. There were no relationships between SSTR1, SSTR3, SSTR4, and SSTR5 expression and VEGF expression or MVD (P gt;0.05). Conclusion The positive expression of SSTR2 is related with angiogenesis in colorectal cancer tissues.

Citation: QIU Chengzhi,HUANG Zhongxin,WU Youyi,QIU Jianlong.. Relationships Between Expressions of Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes and Angiogenesis in Colorectal Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2010, 17(11): 1164-1167. doi: Copy