ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (7): 1511-1516.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2018.07.021

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Expression of MUC1 and Its Clinical Value in Canine Mammary Tumors

DIAO Hong-xiu, LI Yi, LIN De-gui, ZHANG Di*   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2018-01-08 Online:2018-07-23 Published:2018-07-19

Abstract:

This study was conducted to assess the influences of MUC1 in cancer invasion, metastasis, classification and grade in mammary tumors. This work was designed to investigate the expression of MUC1 mRNA and MUC1 in canine mammary tissues. Forty-seven canine mammary gland tumors(20 benign and 27 malignant mammary tumors) and mammary gland tissues from 3 healthy dogs were investigated for MUC1 mRNA and MUC1 by Real-Time PCR and immunohistochemistry(IHC), respectively. The results showed that the expression levels of MUC1 gene and MUC1 in canine mammary tumors were significant higher than that in healthy mammary gland(P<0.05), and a significant correlation was observed between the expression levels of MUC1 gene and MUC1 and malignance grades. In conclusion, the expression levels of MUC1 gene and MUC1 may become new and valuable biomarkers for diagnosis and malignance grade in canine mammary tumors.

Key words: MUC1, canine mammary tumors, real-time PCR, immunohistochemistry

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