Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the expression level of hepatocyte growth factor(HGF) and its receptor, the proto-oncogene c-Met, and vascular endothelial growth factor-C(VEGF-C) in cervical carcinoma. Methods The mRNA levels of HGF,c-Met and VEGF-C were detected by Real Time fluorescence Quantitative PCR(FQ RT-PCR) method in 43 cervical carcinoma tissues,30 cervical intraepithelial neoplasm Ⅲ(CINⅢ)tissues and 27 normal cervical,respectively. Results The positive expression of HGF mRNA,c-Met mRNA and VEGF-C mRNA increased remarkably from normal tissue to CINⅢ and then to cervical carcinoma (
P<0.05).In cervical carcinoma, the expression of these three genes was positive correlated with the clinical stage,tumor size,the invasion of deep muscular layer and the lymph node metastasis (
P<0.05).These three genes were significant positive correlation (
P<0.01). Conclusion Over expression of HGF, c-Met and VEGF-C together may participate in the invasion and metastasis of cervical carcinoma.To investigate them together would be facilitated to the treatment and prognosis of cervical carcinoma.