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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2007; 13(46): 6264-6268
Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6264
Relationship between survivin expression and recurrence, and prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma
Chao-Ping Ye, Cheng-Zhi Qiu, Wei Zhuang, Xin-Feng Li, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
Zhong-Xin Huang, Qi-Chen Su, Rui-Lan Wu, Department of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Chao-Ping Ye, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China. xulina9995@yahoo.com.cn
Telephone: +86-595-22780153 Fax: +86-595-22793591
Received: June 15, 2007
Revised: September 2, 2007
Accepted: October 13, 2007
Published online: December 14, 2007

Abstract

AIM: To study the expression of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein survivin in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and its correlation with clinicopathological factors, cell proliferation, recurrence and prognosis after hepatectomy.

METHODS: Immunohistochemical staining of survivin and Ki-67 was performed by the standard streptavidin-peroxidase technique on paraffin sections of 55 cases of HCC.

RESULTS: The positive rate of survivin in HCC was 52.7% (29/55). Significant correlation was found between survivin expression with portal vein thrombi and intrahepatic matastasistic nodes (P < 0.05). The recurrent rate in survivin-positive HCC was significantly higher than that in survivin-negative HCC after hepatectomy, the 1- and 3-year survival rate in patients with survivin-positive tumors was significantly lower than that in patients with survivin-negative tumors (58.62 and 10.34% vs 76.92 and 30.77%, P < 0.05, log-rank test). The proliferation index (Ki-67) in survivin-positive HCC (33.83% ± 18.90%) was significantly higher than that in survivin-negative HCC (19.60% ± 19.35%) (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: Survivin may play an important role in progression of HCC by promoting cell proliferation, and may be positively correlated with high risk of disease recurrence and poor prognosis in HCC. Its expression may serve as a prognostic factor for patients with HCC after hepatectomy.

Key Words: Hepatocelluar carcinoma, Survivin, Proliferation index, Prognosis, Immunohistochemistry



INTRODUCTION

Although surgical resection is the most important method for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the recurrent rates may be as high as 50% at 2 years after hepatectomy[1]. The recurrence of HCC may be related to a variety of factors, including biological markers. Molecular prognostic markers are likely to be of greatest benefit in the effective management of patients with HCC, however, these factors have not yet been sufficiently defined in patients with a high risk of cancer recurrence.

Survivin is a recently described member of the family of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs). Recently, it has been shown that survivin is strongly associated with apoptosis, cell proliferation and cell-cycle control[2-5]. Survivin plays a crucial role in the genesis and progression of malignancy and is an important prognostic parameter in tumors[6-10]. This study investigated the expression of survivin in HCC and its correlation with clinicopathological factors, cell proliferation and prognosis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Materials

Tissue samples were obtained between December 2000 and December 2003 from 55 patients with HCC (41 men, 14 women; 24-74 years old, mean age, 48.65 years). There were 27 patients with stageI-II, and 28 with stage III-IV cancer. None of the patients received radiotherapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy before surgery.

Reagents

Rabbit anti-human survivin polyclonal antibody was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Mouse anti-human Ki-67 monoclonal antibody (MBI.1), streptavidin-peroxidase (SP) staining kit and diaminobenzidine (DAB) kit were supplied by Maixin-Bio, Fuzhou, China.

Methods

Expression of survivin and Ki-67 was detected using SP immunohistochemistry. Briefly, after deparaffinization and rehydration, antigen retrieval was accomplished by incubation in 0.01 mol/L citric acid buffer (pH 6.0), boiling for 1 min in a pressure cooker, and cooling and washing in tap water. The sections were incubated with hydrogen peroxide for 10 min and washed in PBS. Non-specific reactions were blocked by incubation in a solution containing normal serum. The sections were incubated with a primary antibody (anti-survivin or Ki-67 antibody) overnight at 4°C. The working dilution of anti-survivn antibody was 1:100. The sections were rinsed with PBS, and then incubated for 10 min at room temperature with biotinylated secondary antibody. After washing, streptavidin-biotin complex conjugated to horseradish peroxidase was applied for 10 min at room temperature. After three rinses with PBS, the sections were incubated with DAB, rinsed with distilled water, counterstained with hematoxylin, and dehydrated and coverslipped. The sections were prepared for microscopy. Colorectal cancer tissues were used as a positive control. As a negative control, PBS was used to replace primary antibody.

Scoring criteria for survivin expression

Intensity and percentage of positive cells were used to evaluate each tissue section. The mean percentage of positive tumor cells and normal epithelial cells in at least five areas at × 400 magnification was determined and assigned to one of five categories: 0, < 5%; 1, 5%-24%; 2, 25%-49%; 3, 50%-74%; and 4, ≥ 75%. The intensity of survivin immunostaining was scored as 0 (achromatic), 1 (light yellow), 2 (yellow), and 3 (brown). The percentage of positive cells and staining intensity were multiplied to produce a weighted score for each case. Cases with weighted scores < 1 were defined as negative; all others were defined as positive.

Determination of the Ki-67 proliferation index

At least five high-power fields were chosen randomly in each section, and 500 cells were counted for each field. The Ki-67 proliferation index was defined as the number of Ki-67-positive nuclei divided by the total number of colorectal cancer cells counted, and was expressed as a percentage.

Statistical analysis

The survival curves were assessed by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared by a log-rank test. The χ2 test was performed for enumeration data comparison, and the t test was used for comparison of measurement data. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. All data analysis was performed with commercially available statistical analysis software packages (SSPS 11.5, SSPS, Chicago, IL, USA).

RESULTS
Relationship between expression of survivin and clinical pathology

Survivin protein expressed as brown-yellow particles in the cytoplasm after staining, and only one expressed both in the cytoplasm and nucleus after staining. The positive staining rate for survivin in the cytoplasm and nuclei was 29/55 (52.7%) (Figure 1). There was a significant correlation between survivin expression and portal vein thrombi and intrahepatic metastatic nodes (P < 0.05). However, it was not related to the following factors: age and sex of the patient, tumor location, tumor differentiation, tumor size, presence of tumor capsule, clinical stage, complicating liver cirrhosis, preoperative alpha fetoprotein (AFP) level, and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (Table 1). These findings suggest that the expression of survivin may be significantly associated with metastasis.

Table 1 Correlation between survivin expression and clinicopathology in HCC n (%).
Clinicopathological factornSurvivin expression
P value
positivenegative
SexMale412360.392
Female1468
Age (yr) ≤ 554022180.581
> 551578
Tumor siteRight lobe3014160.615
Left lobe20128
Whole liver532
HBsAgPositive4221210.467
Negative1385
DifferentiationModerate to well4023170.247
Poor1569
Intrahepatic metastatic nodes(+)211650.006
(–)341321
Portal vein thrombi(+)141220.004
(–)411724
Tumor capsule(+)2212100.825
(–)331716
Tumor size (cm) ≤ 516880.795
> 5392118
AF P(μg/L)< 400197120.086
≥ 400362214
Hepatocirrhosis(+)3721160.391
(–)18810
Tumor stageI-II2714130.898
III-IV281513
Figure 1
Figure 1 A: Positive expression of survivin in HCC (SP, × 200); B: Positive expression of survivin in HCC (SP, × 400).
Relationship between expression of survivin and proliferation index

Ki-67 showed as brown-yellow particles in the nuclei after staining. Ki-67 labeling index in survivin-positive cancer was 33.83% ± 18.90%, while it was 19.60% ± 19.35% in negative tumor. The difference was significantly different (P < 0.05). This suggests that the expression of survivin may promote the proliferation of HCC.

Relationship between expression of survivin and recurrence and prognosis of HCC

The 1- and 3-year recurrence rates in survivin-positive HCC were 55.17% and 96.55%, respectively, while the rates were 26.91% and 73.08%, respectively, in survivin-negative HCC after hepatectomy. The recurrent time of survivin-positive HCC was significantly advanced (P < 0.05, Figure 2). Furthermore, the 1- and 3-year survival rates in survivin-positive HCC were 58.62% and 10.34% after hepatectomy, respectively, but for survivin-negative HCC, the rates were 76.92% and 30.71%, respectively. The 1- and 3-year survival rates were significantly lower in patients with survivin-positive HCC than those in survivin-negative HCC (P < 0.05, Figure 3). The expression of survivin may be used as an indicator for prognosis of HCC.

Figure 2
Figure 2 Correlation between survivin expression and recurrence rate of HCC after hepatectomy.
Figure 3
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves for overall survival rates of patients with HCC according to survivin expression.
DISCUSSION

Among the recently described IAP family, survivin is characterized by a unique structure with a single BIR and no zinc-binding domain[11], and is undetectable in terminally differentiated adult tissues, but becomes notably expressed in the most common human cancers, including esophageal, stomach, colorectal, breast and pancreatic carcinoma[12-16]. Survivin has also been implicated in the control of cell-cycle kinetics and inhibition of apoptosis[17-19].

In our current study, we demonstrated that the expression of survivin was detected in 52.7% of patients with HCC, mainly localized in the cytoplasm of the carcinoma cells, with rare appearance in the nucleus. On the other hand, there have also been reports of a nuclear presence of survivin in HCC[20,21]. In previous studies, immunohistochemical analysis or RT-PCR of surgically resected tissues has revealed that approximately 30%-90% of HCC are positive for survivin expression[22-26]. The reasons for the difference may be the following: during the cell-division cycle, mRNA expression for survivin is extremely low in the G1 phase, and in the S phase is six times higher, while in the G2/M phase, the expression level of survivin increases suddenly to be 40 times higher than that in G1[27]. Therefore, the tumor cells in the G1/S phase may represent negative expression, which would lead to different expression rate of survivin in different study. On the other hand, different criteria for positive expression of survivin or experimental methods may explain the different expression rates of survivin.

Ki-67 is considered to be more useful for the deter-mination of the proliferative activity of HCC, and is known as a risk factor for HCC. In our study, we surprisingly found that expression of the proliferation index in survivin-positive HCC was higher than that in survivin-negative HCC. The results suggest that survivin may promote cell proliferation, and contribute to the development of HCC. Survivin may interact with the cell-cycle regulator Cdk4, which leads to Cdk2/cyclin E activation and Rb phosphorylation. As a result of survivin/Cdk4 complex formation, p21 is released from its complex with Cdk4 and interacts with mitochondrial procaspase-3 to suppress Fas-mediated cell death. Survivin can also inhibit the activity of caspase-3/7 directly or indirectly, and this results in the generation and development of HCC[28-30]. The up-regulated expression of the proliferation index in survivin-positive HCC also suggests that survivin plays an important role in tumor progression.

The survivin expression in HCC was significantly correlated with portal vein thrombi and intrahepatic metastatic nodes. Therefore, survivin may play an important role in the development of HCC. Compared to survivin-negative HCC, survivin-positive HCC had a higher recurrent rate and lower 1- and 3-year survival rates. Survivin expression may play a role in the tumor biological characteristics of HCC, and may be a prognostic factor after hepatectomy. The study by Ikeguchi et al has also shown that high expression of survivin is associated with high recurrence and low survival rates[23]. Normal shedding of cells initiates the apoptosis process, but the over-expression of survivin exerts an anti-apoptotic effect, which leads to a high rate of cell proliferation. Therefore, survivin may play an important role in the progression of HCC and may facilitate metastatic spread via the blood stream.

In conclusion, survivin expression in HCC was significantly correlated with portal vein thrombi and intrahepatic metastatic nodes. There was a significant positive correlation between survivin expression and proliferation index. Survivin plays an important role in HCC progression through promoting cell proliferation, and may be a prognostic marker for HCC.

COMMENTS
Background

Survivin is a recently described member of the family of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs). It has been shown that survivin is strongly associated with apoptosis, cell proliferation and cell-cycle control, and becomes markedly expressed in the most common human cancers.

Research frontiers

Immunohistochemical staining of survivin and Ki-67 was performed by the standard streptavidin-peroxidase (SP) technique for paraffin sections of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues.

Innovations and breakthroughs

We demonstrated that the positive rate of survivin in HCC was 52.7%, and a significant correlation was found between survivin expression and portal vein thrombi and intrahepatic metastatic nodes. The recurrence rate in survivin-positive HCC was significantly higher than that in survivin-negative HCC after hepatectomy. The 1- and 3-year survival rates of patients with survivin- positive tumors were significantly lower than those in patients with survivin-negative tumors. The proliferation index (Ki-67) in survivin-positive HCC was significantly higher than that in survivin-negative HCC.

Applications

Survivin may play an important role in progression of HCC by promoting cell proliferation, and may be positively correlated with a high risk of disease recurrence and poor prognosis in HCC. Its expression can serve as a prognostic factor for patients with HCC after hepatectomy.

Peer review

This is an interesting correlative study of survivin expression and survival in a cohort of 55 patients. A significantly worse survival was observed in surviving-positive tumors. The data are of high quality.

Footnotes

S- Editor Zhu LH L- Editor Kerr C E- Editor Yin DH

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