J Korean Gastric Cancer Assoc.  2001 Jun;1(2):83-91.

Study of the Expression of FasL and of Apoptosis in Gastric Epithelial Dysplasia and Gastric Adenocarcinomas

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University Medical School, Busan, Korea. syhan@daunet.donga.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Anatomic Pathology, Dong-A University Medical School, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was to observe whether the apoptotic function of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is induced in human gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma according to the role of FasL expression. MATENRIALS AND METHODS: A total of 56 gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma patients were enrolled in this study: 9 cases of gastric epithelial dysplasia, 18 cases of early gastric carcinomas (EGC) and 29 cases of advanced gastric carcinomas (AGC). Immunohistochemical staining was performed for FasL and CD45, and the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) method was used to detect cell death in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
RESULTS
1) Positive reactions of FasL to neoplastic cells were 88.9% (8/9) in gastric epithelial dysplasia, 83.3% (15/18) in EGC, and 75.9% (22/29) in AGC. 2) Expression of TIL was decreased in the FasL positive region and was increased in the FasL negative region, and significant expression of TIL was observed in the AGC group (P=0.001). 3) Expression of apoptotic TIL was very similar to the FasL expression, and 100% expression was observed in gastric epithelial dysplasia group. 4) Expression of apoptotic TIL was increased in the FasL positive region and decreased in the FasL negative region, and significant apoptotic expression was observed in the gastric epithelial dysplasia and EGC groups (P=0.0420, P=0.0263, respectively).
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that FasL is a prevalent mediator of immune privilege in epithelial dysplasia and cancer of the stomach.

Keyword

Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte; Apoptotic tumor infiltrating lymphocyte; FasL, Gastric epithelial dysplasia; Gastric cancer

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma*
Apoptosis*
Cell Death
DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase
Humans
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
Stomach Neoplasms
DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase
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