Objective To analyze the expression of RNA binding protein (Lin28A/B) in breast cancer and its relationship with breast cancer metastasis and angiogenesis.Methods A total of 80 breast cancer patients treated in Tangshan Central Hospital and Luanzhou People's Hospital from January 2019 to December 2020 were selected as the observation group, and 40 patients who received physical examination in the outpatient clinic of Tangshan Central Hospital during the same period were recruited as controls to compare with breast cancer patients. The expression of Lin28A/BmRNA in cancer tissues and adjacent tissues of breast cancer patients was compared.At the same time, the expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and vascular endostatin (ES) were compared between the two groups. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the expression of Lin28A/BmRNA and the indexes of cancer cell metastasis and angiogenesis.Results The expression of Lin28A/BmRNA in cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in paracancerous tissues(P<0.05). The expressions of serum MMP-2, MMP-9,VEGF, bFGF and ES in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).The expression of Lin28A mRNA in breast cancer was significantly correlated with the levels of MMP-2, MMP-9, VEGF and bFGF (r=0.523, 0.439, 0.562, 0.461,P<0.05), but not with ES (r=0.118, P>0.05), while the expression of Lin28B mRNA was significantly correlated with MMP-2, MMP-9, VEGF, bFGF (r=0.546, 0.468, 0.527, 0.449,P<0.05), but not with ES (r=0.106, P>0.05).Conclusions Lin28A/B is highly expressed in breast cancer tissues, and its expression is positively correlated with cancer cell metastasis and angiogenesis, which may be involved in regulating the progression of breast cancer. |