Abstract:
Objective To explore the expression and clinical significance of paxillin and caspase-3 in breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC).
Methods The paxillin and caspase-3 expression in IDC tissue and normal mammary specimens were detected by immunohistochemistry. Then, the correlation between the expression of these two proteins and the clinicopathologic characteristics of breast IDC was analyzed.
Results The paxillin expression was significantly higher in IDC tissue than in normal mammary tissue (P < 0.05), whereas the caspase-3 expression was significantly lower in IDC tissue than in normal mammary tissue (P < 0.05). In IDC, the paxillin expression was correlated with the Her-2 level, whereas the paxillin and caspase-3 expression was closely correlated with the lymph-node metastasis and histological grades (P < 0.05). Moreover, negative correlations were observed between the paxillin and caspase-3 expression (r = -0.32; P = 0.013).
Conclusion The abnormal expression of paxillin and caspase-3 plays important roles roles in the occurrence and development of IDC and correlates with the invasion and metastasis of breast IDC.