Abstract:
Objective : To explore the expression and clinical significance of ubiquitin specific protease 10 (USP10) and the chloride intracellular channel protein 3 (CLIC3) in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and to explore the correlation of the expression between USP10 and CLIC3.
Methods : The specimens of 60 cancer tissues and adjacent normal mucosa tissues (more than 5 mm from the tumor resection margin) of the laryngeal cancer patients were collected.The expression levels of USP10 and CLIC3 in tissue specimens were determined by immunohistochemistry and statistical analysis was conducted to explore the correlation between USP10 and CLIC3.
Results The USP10 protein was expressed both in the nucleus and in the cytoplasm.The expression rate of USP10 in laryngeal carcinoma tissues was 81.67%, which was higher than 21.67% of normal adjacent tissues (P < 0.05).The CLIC3 protein was expressed in the nucleus.The expression rate of CLIC3 in laryngeal carcinoma tissues was 33.33%, which was significantly lower than that in adjacent tissues (P < 0.01).The positive rate of USP10 expression in LSCC with high clinical stage, low differentiation and with lymph node metastasis was higher than that of those with low clinical stage, high differentiation and without lymph node metastasis, respectively (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).
Conclusions USP10 acts as a pro-oncogene in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.CLIC3 acts as a tumor suppressor gene in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Testing of USP10 and CLIC3 can provide some theoretical basis for the development and prognosis evaluation of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.