Bif-1 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and correlates with shortened patient survival

  • Authors:
    • Rengen Fan
    • Yufeng Miao
    • Xiangxiang Shan
    • Haixin Qian
    • Changzhi Song
    • Guangzhou Wu
    • Yan Chen
    • Wenzhang Zha
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  • Published online on: January 12, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.562
  • Pages: 851-854
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Abstract

Bax-interacting factor-1 (Bif-1) interacts with Beclin1 [the mammalian ortholog of yeast autophagy‑related gene 6 (Atg6)] and affects the formation of autophagosomes during autophagy. The aim of this study was to explore Bif-1 expression and its prognostic significance in comparison with various clinicopathological predictors of survival. Bif-1 protein expression was determined by immunohistochemistry in 206 hepatocellular carcinomas. Cytoplasmic immunoreactivity was scored semi-quantitatively. The results were analyzed in correlation with various clinicopathological characteristics, including patient survival. The Chi-square test and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis were applied. The expression of Bif-1 was significantly higher in the hepatocellular cancers than in the adjacent matched non‑tumor tissues (51.5 vs. 33.0%, P<0.01). Increased expression of Bif-1 in hepatocellular carcinomas was significantly correlated with a low grade of differentiation and a shortened overall survival (P<0.05). No significant differences were found between the expression of Bif-1 and age, gender, tumor size, damage of capsule, expression of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs-Ag) and portal venous invasion. Our data demonstrated that Bif-1 is frequently expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma. Overexpression of Bif-1 is a new independent prognostic marker, which is associated with poor differentiation as well as shortened overall survival.

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Fan R, Miao Y, Shan X, Qian H, Song C, Wu G, Chen Y and Zha W: Bif-1 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and correlates with shortened patient survival. Oncol Lett 3: 851-854, 2012
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Fan, R., Miao, Y., Shan, X., Qian, H., Song, C., Wu, G. ... Zha, W. (2012). Bif-1 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and correlates with shortened patient survival. Oncology Letters, 3, 851-854. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.562
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Fan, R., Miao, Y., Shan, X., Qian, H., Song, C., Wu, G., Chen, Y., Zha, W."Bif-1 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and correlates with shortened patient survival". Oncology Letters 3.4 (2012): 851-854.
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Fan, R., Miao, Y., Shan, X., Qian, H., Song, C., Wu, G., Chen, Y., Zha, W."Bif-1 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and correlates with shortened patient survival". Oncology Letters 3, no. 4 (2012): 851-854. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2012.562