Relationship between the colorectal cancer and the expression of MUC1,MUC2 and MUC5AC in serum / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Protein chip for mucin detection was prepared to detect the serum levels of mucin1(MUC1),mucin2(MUC2)and micin5ac(MUC5AC)of colorectal cancer patients,and to discuss the relationship between colorectal cancer and the expression of MUC1,MUC2 and MUC5AC in serum.Methods The protein chip was prepared with monoclone and polyclone antibodies for the measuement of the serum levels of MUC1,MUC2 and MUC5AC in 30 patients with colorectal cancer and 30 healthy adults as control,using the method of immuno-fluorescence.Results The serum levels of mucin and CEA in colorectal cancer group were higher than that in control group.The differences were significant between the two groups concerning MUC1(5.25?2.37 vs 3.65?1.82U/ml,P0.05).The positive expression of mucin was related with the cancer differentiation.The positive expression of MUC1 and MUC5AC was higher when cancer differentiation was low as compared with high and median differentiation,but the positive expression of MUC2 was higher in high and middle cancer differentiation.When the serum level of mucin was used as an indicator for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer,the sensibility and specificity were both higher.The sensibility and specificity of MUC1 were 82.1% and 78.1%,respectively,while of combined mucins(at least 2 in 3 mucins were positive)were 96.2% and 85.3%,respectively.Conclusion The application of protein chip for mucin detection on the measurement of serum levels of MUC1,MUC2 and MUC5AC is of higher sensibility and specificity in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.The establishment of protein chip has provided a new approach to early diagnosis of colorectal cancer,and help estimate the prognosis.