Lundström E, Sahlin L, Skoog L, Hägerström T, Svane G, Azavedo E, Sandelin K, von Schoultz B. Expression of syndecan-1 in histologically normal breast tissue from postmenopausal women with breast cancer according to mammographic density.
Climacteric 2009;
9:277-82. [PMID:
16857657 DOI:
10.1080/13697130600865741]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the expression of Syndecan-1 in dense and non-dense human breast tissue.
METHODS
Specimens of histologically normal tissue were obtained from postmenopausal women undergoing surgery for breast cancer. Each tissue block was subject to radiological examination and pair-wise samples of dense and non-dense tissue were collected. Semi-quantitative assessment of immunohistochemical staining intensity for Syndecan-1 and estrogen receptor subtypes was performed.
RESULTS
The expression of Syndecan-1 in all tissue compartments was significantly higher in dense than in non-dense specimens. The strongest staining was recorded in stromal tissue. There was a strong correlation between epithelial estrogen receptor alpha and stromal cell Syndecan-1 expression in dense tissue (rs = 0.7; p = 0.02). This association was absent in non-dense tissue.
CONCLUSION
An increase of Syndecan-1 in all tissue compartments and a redistribution from epithelium to stroma may be a characteristic feature for dense breast tissue.
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