A retrospective study was performed by RT-qPCR and immunostaining on paraffin-embedded tissues of 19 PM, 16 CM and 16 control (CTRL) samples of gestational age 8-12 weeks.
Expression of MMP-2 transcript was significantly overexpressed in CM compared to CTRL samples (p = 0.031). In contrast, expression of p53 transcript was similar among the samples. This suggests a regulation of p53 in CM at the protein level. GRP78 cDNA was significantly overexpressed in CM compared to CTRL (p = 0.021) and to PM (p = 0.011). At the protein level, immunostaining of GRP78 was on average stronger in CM than PM samples.
Collectively, present data suggest that in CM, p53 is normally expressed at the mRNA level but probably complexes at the protein level with the overexpressed GRP78, leading to accumulation of p53 protein. Moreover, since GRP78 and MMP-2 are increased in CM and known to play key roles in invasion, our results suggest that GRP78 and MMP-2 should be investigated as prognostic markers of hydatidiform moles.
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