PURPOSE: To investigate the relations between hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), tumor oxygenation, and clinical correlates in patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the uterine cervix. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Biopsies from 42 patients with invasive cervical carcinoma and previous polarographic O2 measurements were assessed for the expression of HIF-1alpha using digitized microscopic imaging and analysis. RESULTS: The HIF-1alpha expression levels ranged from <0.1% to 10.7% of the total tumor area; the positive staining was localized exclusively to the nuclei. Three distinct arrangement patterns of HIF-1alpha-positive cells in relation to blood vessels were identified using spatial image mapping: (1) most HIF-1alpha-positive cells were located within the typical oxygen diffusion distance in tissue (< or =150 microm to the nearest blood vessel); (2) most HIF-1alpha-positive cells were located in the vicinity (< or =60 microm) of the blood vessels; and (3) no apparent spatial relationship was found between HIF-1alpha-positive cells and blood vessels. A statistically significant association was found between HIF-1alpha expression and tumor oxygenation (Spearman correlation coefficient = 0.4, p <0.01), as determined with the Eppendorf pO2 histograph. No correlation was found between the level of HIF-1alpha expression and patient outcome, using disease-free survival as the end point. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that HIF-1alpha expression may represent a useful biologic marker for hypoxia in uterine cervical cancer.
PURPOSE: To investigate the relations between hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), tumor oxygenation, and clinical correlates in patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the uterine cervix. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Biopsies from 42 patients with invasive cervical carcinoma and previous polarographic O2 measurements were assessed for the expression of HIF-1alpha using digitized microscopic imaging and analysis. RESULTS: The HIF-1alpha expression levels ranged from <0.1% to 10.7% of the total tumor area; the positive staining was localized exclusively to the nuclei. Three distinct arrangement patterns of HIF-1alpha-positive cells in relation to blood vessels were identified using spatial image mapping: (1) most HIF-1alpha-positive cells were located within the typical oxygen diffusion distance in tissue (< or =150 microm to the nearest blood vessel); (2) most HIF-1alpha-positive cells were located in the vicinity (< or =60 microm) of the blood vessels; and (3) no apparent spatial relationship was found between HIF-1alpha-positive cells and blood vessels. A statistically significant association was found between HIF-1alpha expression and tumor oxygenation (Spearman correlation coefficient = 0.4, p <0.01), as determined with the Eppendorf pO2 histograph. No correlation was found between the level of HIF-1alpha expression and patient outcome, using disease-free survival as the end point. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that HIF-1alpha expression may represent a useful biologic marker for hypoxia in uterine cervical cancer.
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