Avaliação da expressão de telomerase (hTert), Ki-67 e P16iNK4a em lesões intraepiteliais cervicais de baixo e alto grau

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate association between histological grade of low (CIN I) and high-grade intraepithelial cervical lesions (CIN II and III) and the immunohistochemical expression of p16INK4a, hTert and ki67 in order to establish the behavior of these lesions and recurrence during follow-up of two years. Patients and Methods: a historical cohort study of 94 women to analyze 3 groups of patients with low (CIN I) and high-grade (CIN II and III) cervical intraepithelial lesions underwent to knife, to determine the recurrence of disease associated to expression of immunohistochemical markers p16INK4a, Ki67 and hTERT. Results: Mean age of the patients was 38.2 years. Patients with CIN I, there was a lower p16INK4a expression, while in patients CIN II or I / II a higher frequency of p16INK4a ≤10% was observed. In patients with CIN III there was a higher frequency of p16INK4a expression (> 50%). There were more patients with Ki67 ≤10% of the cell population and lower frequency of Ki67 expression (> 50%) in CIN I. In CIN III there were fewer patients in the category Ki67 ≤10% and CIN II and III group there were more patients with absent expression of Ki67. There wasn't association between hTert and histological grade. When comparing the markers between subjects with and without recurrence there was no statistically significant difference. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant association between p16INK4a, P16iNK4aM and Ki67 and histological grade, however there was no statistical difference in the expression of these markers in relation to recurrence of disease during the study period.