Nagashima, Yoji    Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine    Position   Professor and Division head
Article types	Original article
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	Aberrant expression of the cell polarity regulator aPKC λ/ι is associated with disease progression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN): A possible marker for predicting CIN prognosis.
Journal	Formal name：International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists Abbreviation：Int J Gynecol Pathol ISSN code：02771691/15387151
Volume, Issue, Page	35(2),pp.106-117
Author and coauthor	Mizushima T†, Asai-Sato M, Akimoto K, Nagashima Y, Taguri M, Sasaki K, Nakaya MA, Asano R, Tokinaga A, Kiyono T, Hirahara F, Ohno S, Miyagi E*
Publication date	2015/11
Summary	Atypical protein kinase C λ/ι (aPKCλ/ι) is a regulator of epithelial cellular polarity. It is also overexpressed in several cancers and functions in cell proliferation and invasion. Therefore, we hypothesized that aPKCλ/ι may be involved in development and progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), the precancerous disease of cervical cancer induced by human papillomavirus. To do this, we investigated the relationship between aPKCλ/ι expression and CIN. aPKCλ/ι expression level and subcellular localization were assessed in 192 CIN biopsy samples and 13 normal epithelial samples using immunohistochemistry. aPKCλ/ι overexpression (normal epithelium, 7.7%; CIN1, 41.7%; CIN2/3, 76.4%) and aPKCλ/ι nuclear localization (normal epithelium, 0.0%; CIN1, 36.9%; CIN2/3, 78.7%) were higher in CIN samples than normal samples (P<0.05), suggesting that CIN grade is related to aPKCλ/ι overexpression and nuclear localization. Then, 140 CIN cases were retrospectively analyzed for 4-yr cumulative disease progression and regression rates using the Cox proportional hazards model. CIN1 cases with aPKCλ/ι overexpression or aPKCλ/ι nuclear localization had a higher progression rate than CIN1 cases with normal aPKCλ/ι expression levels or cytoplasmic localization (62.5% vs. 9.7% and 63.1% vs. 9.4%, respectively; P<0.001). Multivariate analysis indicated that human papillomavirus types 16 and 18, aPKCλ/ι overexpression (hazard ratio=4.26; 95% confidence interval, 1.50-12.1; P=0.007), and aPKCλ/ι nuclear localization (hazard ratio=3.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.24-10.4; P=0.019) were independent risk factors for CIN1 progression. In conclusion, aPKCλ/ι could be useful for the therapeutic management of patients with CIN, particularly those with non-human papillomavirus 16/18 types.
DOI	10.1097/PGP.0000000000000228
PMID	26535980