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Original paper

Prognostic potential of PRMT5 and DSG2 proteins in pre-malignant cervical lesions

Bibiana Krajňáková
1
,
Desanka Výbohová
2
,
Sandra Hurta-Csizmár
2
,
Veronika Mešťanová
1
,
Marian Adamkov
1

  1. Department of Histology and Embryology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
  2. Department of Anatomy, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia
Pol J Pathol 2024; 75 (2): 115-125
Online publish date: 2024/08/12
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Precancerous cervical lesions are metaplastic alterations of epithelial cells of the cervix, eventually developing into cervical cancer. Despite primary and secondary prevention, the burden of cervical cancer remains high globally. Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMT) represent post-translational modifications that interact with multiple signalling pathways, playing a role in epithelial-mesenchymal transition. In complex with desmoglein-2 (DSG2), a cell adhesion protein, both participate in the progression of dysplastic changes with potential malignant development.

The presented study was performed on archival paraffin-embedded blocks from adult women. The studied samples were categorised into low-grade and high-grade intraepithelial lesions. Immunohistochemical analysis was used to observe subcellular localisation, immunoreaction intensity, and percentage of PRMT5- and DSG2-expressing cells, followed by statistical analysis.

Preliminary results identified statistically significant differences between the expression and subcellular localisation of proteins in question in low-grade and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. The primary goal of the presented study is to perceive the involvement of PRMT5 and DSG2 in the initiation and progression of cervical lesions.

Our observations indicate the potential of the assessed proteins as prognostic markers. However, further studies of PRMT5 and DSG2 are required to provide greater insight into cervical carcinogenesis.
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cervical lesions, PRMT5, DSG2, immunohistochemistry, prognosis

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