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Fei Y, Hu J, Liu S, Liu X, Wang F, Gong J. E-cadherin-160 C/A promoter polymorphism and risk of pancreatic carcinoma in Chinese population. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 197:25-31. [PMID: 20113833 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2009.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Revised: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 10/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent studies have implicated E-cadherin-160C/A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in susceptibility to and early onset of some cancers. We investigated the role of E-cadherin-160 C/A SNP in Chinese pancreatic carcinoma patients without dominant family history by genotyping 254 patients and 101 controls. The risk of cancer for CC genotype individuals was less than half that of AA individuals [odds ratio (OR) = 0.41; 95%confidence interval (95%CI) = 0.18-0.96]. Furthermore, patients with the CC and CA genotypes whose tumors were stages III (T(4)N(x)M(0)) and IV (T(x)N(x)M(1)) (OR = 0.38; 95%CI = 0.17-0.83), poorly differentiated (OR = 0.28; 95%CI = 0.09-0.84), and left-sided (OR = 0.45; 95%CI 0.21-0.98) were associated with significantly lower risk than AA patients. Young (60 years old or younger) AA patients had a 5-year lower mean age at onset than CC/CA patients (P = 0.02). Young male AA patients had worse disease-specific survival than CC/CA patients (P = 0.002). Thus, contrary to Canadians and Portuguese, the AA (rather than CC) genotype is associated with increased susceptibility and advanced pancreatic carcinoma in Chinese patients, suggesting a more complex relationship between the SNP and pancreatic carcinoma risk, possibly modulated by population differences.
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- Yang Fei
- Department of General Surgery, The 81st hospital of P.L.A., P.L.A. Cancer Center, Nanjing, P.R. China.
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Simon KW, Roberts PC, Vespremi MJ, Manchen S, Schmelz EM. Regulation of beta-catenin and connexin-43 expression: targets for sphingolipids in colon cancer prevention. Mol Nutr Food Res 2009; 53:332-40. [PMID: 18837472 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200800102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sphingolipid metabolites are generated throughout the intestinal tract after hydrolysis of orally administered complex sphingolipids and significantly suppress colon cancer in carcinogen-treated CF1 mice. In the present study, the mechanisms of tumor suppression by dietary sphingolipids were investigated. Changes in select genes that are critical in early stages of colon cancer were analyzed in the colonic mucosa of dimethylhydrazine-treated CF1 mice fed AIN76A diet with or without 0.05% sphingomyelin (SM). Supplementation with SM did not significantly alter mRNA levels of most of the selected genes. However, a downregulation of beta-catenin (p = 0.007) and increased protein levels of connexin-43 (p = 0.017) and Bcl-2 (p = 0.033) were observed in SM-fed animals. This suggests that sphingolipids may be regulating specific post-transcriptional events to reverse aberrant expression of individual proteins. Since the dysregulation of beta-catenin metabolism and its transcriptional activity in addition to a decreased intercellular communication has been causally linked to the development of colon cancer while a low Bcl-2 expression is associated with a worse prognosis in colon cancer, the reversal of these early changes may be important events in the prevention of colon cancer by orally administered sphingolipids, and may provide specific molecular biomarkers for sphingolipid efficacy in vivo.
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- Kirk W Simon
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Liu Y, Hong Y, Zhao Y, Ismail TM, Wong Y, Eu KW. Histone H3 (lys-9) deacetylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of E-cadherin in colorectal cancer cell lines. Cancer Invest 2008; 26:575-82. [PMID: 18584348 DOI: 10.1080/07357900701837168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Epigenetic parameters linked to E-cadherin gene were investigated in 5 human colorectal cancer cell lines. Treatment with trichostatin A led to enhanced acetylation of histone H3-K9 with concurrent induction of E-cadherin mRNA in 3 E-cadherin low/negative cell lines that are not DNA methylated. Co-treatment with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A resulted in additive/synergic induction of E-cadherin mRNA in all 5 cell lines with concomitant enhancement of histone H3-K9 acetylation in 4 E-cadherin low/negative cell lines. Our results suggest that histone H3-K9 deacetylation appears to play a crucial role in transcriptional repression of E-cadherin in colorectal cancers.
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- Yanqun Liu
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
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Natalwala A, Spychal R, Tselepis C. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediated tumourigenesis in the gastrointestinal tract. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:3792-7. [PMID: 18609701 PMCID: PMC2721434 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a highly conserved process that has been well characterised in embryogenesis. Studies have shown that the aberrant activation of EMT in adult epithelia can promote tumour metastasis by repressing cell adhesion molecules, including epithelial (E)-cadherin. Reduced intracellular adhesion may allow tumour cells to disseminate and spread throughout the body. A number of transcription proteins of the Snail superfamily have been implicated in EMT. These proteins have been shown to be over-expressed in advanced gastrointestinal (GI) tumours including oesophageal adenocarcinomas, colorectal carcinomas, gastric and pancreatic cancers, with a concomitant reduction in the expression of E-cadherin. Regulators of EMT may provide novel clinical targets to detect GI cancers early, so that cancers previously associated with a poor prognosis such as pancreatic cancer can be diagnosed before they become inoperable. Furthermore, pharmacological therapies designed to inhibit these proteins will aim to prevent local and distant tumour invasion.
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Truant SC, Gouyer VP, Leteurtre EA, Zerimech F, Huet GM, Pruvot FRR. E-cadherin and beta-catenin mRNA levels throughout colon cancer progression. J Surg Res 2008; 150:212-8. [PMID: 18316097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.12.800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Revised: 12/10/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although E-cadherin and beta-catenin are key regulators in tumor invasion and proliferation, few studies have been undertaken on the expression of these genes at the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) level in relation to the progression of colon cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this study, tissue samples from colectomy (n = 37) or hepatectomy (n = 23) were collected in both tumor and adjacent normal tissues. Real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was used to quantify E-cadherin and beta-catenin mRNAs in reference to 18S RNA. RESULTS E-cadherin and beta-catenin levels in colon carcinomas were not statistically different compared with adjacent normal mucosa and were not correlated with tumor, nodes, and metastases (TNM) stage. Conversely, E-cadherin and beta-catenin levels were significantly higher in liver metastases than in adjacent normal tissue. Interestingly, we found that E-cadherin level in liver metastases was correlated to the TNM stage of the related primary tumor: a higher E-cadherin level was found for State I-II TNM. In addition, a high expression of E-cadherin in liver metastases was associated with a lower occurrence of extra-hepatic metastases after resection of liver metastases. CONCLUSION Taken together, these data show that E-cadherin and beta-catenin expressions are regulated throughout colon cancer progression.
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- Stéphanie C Truant
- Department of Digestive Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospitals, Lille, France.
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Association of familial colorectal cancer with variants in the E-cadherin (CDH1) and cyclin D1 (CCND1) genes. Int J Colorectal Dis 2008; 23:147-54. [PMID: 17960397 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0388-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/27/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION About 20% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients show some kind of familiarity, which might be caused by yet unknown combinations of low penetrance susceptibility genes. We aimed to identify genetic factors for familial CRC (fCRC) in a unique study design that includes phenotypic extremes as represented by fCRC cases and 'hyper-normal' controls without CRC history and no adenomatous polyps on colonoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Candidate gene variants were determined by allele-specific amplification (SLC10A2 c.169C>T and c.171G>T) and restriction fragment length polymorphism assays (CCND1 c.870A>G; CDH1 -160C>A; TP53 R72P; VDR T2M). In total, 98 patients with fCRC, 96 patients with sporadic CRC, and 220 hyper-normal controls were included. RESULTS The minor allele of the CDH1 -160C>A polymorphism occurred significantly more often in controls compared to fCRC cases (OR = 0.664; p = 0.042). Homozygosity of the minor allele was significantly associated with affiliation to the control group (OR = 0.577; p = 0.029), indicating that both heterozygous and homozygous carriers of the common allele are at-risk for CRC. With respect to the CCND1 c.870A>G mutation, comparison of fCRC and sporadic CRC cases showed that A/A homozygosity was more common than G/G homozygosity among fCRC patients compared to controls (OR = 2.119; p = 0.045). However, no differences in allele or genotype frequencies were detected between sporadic CRC cases and controls, and no associations were observed for SLC10A2, TP53, and VDR polymorphisms. CONCLUSIONS We report a potential association of variants in the CCND1 and CDH1 genes with fCRC using a unique study design with phenotypic extremes.
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Buck E, Eyzaguirre A, Barr S, Thompson S, Sennello R, Young D, Iwata KK, Gibson NW, Cagnoni P, Haley JD. Loss of homotypic cell adhesion by epithelial-mesenchymal transition or mutation limits sensitivity to epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition. Mol Cancer Ther 2007; 6:532-41. [PMID: 17308052 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-06-0462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Overexpression and enhanced activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is frequently observed in human carcinomas. Inhibitors of EGFR signaling have shown clinical utility; however, understanding response at the molecular level is important to define patient subsets most likely to benefit, as well as to support the rational design of drug combinations. Pancreatic and colorectal tumor cell lines insensitive to EGFR inhibition were those that had lost or mutated the epithelial junction constituents E-cadherin and gamma-catenin, had lost homotypic adhesion, and often gained proteins associated with an epithelial to mesenchymal-like transition, such as vimentin, zeb1, or snail. In matched pairs of colorectal tumor cells, the epithelial lines showed an average 7-fold greater sensitivity than mesenchymal-like lines. In human pancreatic and colorectal tumor tissues, gain of mesenchymal characteristics and loss of epithelial characteristics correlated with advancing tumor stage. These data indicate an especially sensitive patient subset as well as a rationale for the combination of EGFR antagonists with agents that affect the epithelial to mesenchymal-like transition process as a mechanism to enhance sensitivity for more advanced mesenchymal-like tumors.
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- Elizabeth Buck
- OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1 Bioscience Park Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA
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Genelhu MCLS, Gobbi H, Arantes DCB, Cardoso SV, Cassali GD. Immunolocalization of beta-catenin in pleomorphic adenomas and carcinomas ex-pleomorphic adenomas of salivary glands. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2007; 15:273-8. [PMID: 17721271 DOI: 10.1097/01.pai.0000213123.04215.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Beta-catenin plays a central role in cadherin/catenin cell-cell adhesion complex and is involved in cell signaling pathway. Change in beta-catenin distribution has been associated with several human cancers including salivary gland tumors. We studied the immunolocalization of beta-catenin in a series of pleomorphic adenomas (PA) and carcinomas ex-pleomorphic adenomas (Ca ex-PA). Ten samples of PA and ten of Ca ex-PA were evaluated by immunohistochemistry using streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase technique and a monoclonal antibody against beta-catenin (E-5). Cell membrane/cytoplasmic staining of beta-catenin was observed in normal gland parenchyma, PA, and in well-differentiated Ca ex-PA. Cytoplasmic/nuclear beta-catenin staining was observed in poorly differentiated carcinomas and, interestingly, in one case of PA. Our data showed decreased cell membrane beta-catenin expression in higher-grade tumors suggesting that beta-catenin may play an important role in histologic differentiation and transition to malignant phenotype of Ca ex-PA.
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- Marisa C L S Genelhu
- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Banu N, Buda A, Chell S, Elder D, Moorghen M, Paraskeva C, Qualtrough D, Pignatelli M. Inhibition of COX-2 with NS-398 decreases colon cancer cell motility through blocking epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation: possibilities for combination therapy. Cell Prolif 2007; 40:768-79. [PMID: 17877615 PMCID: PMC6496834 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2007.00459.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs has proved of great interest in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer, although their precise mechanisms of action remain unclear. Overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and subsequent prostaglandin production promote metastasis and have been shown to increase cell motility in vitro. OBJECTIVE We have aimed to elucidate whether specific inhibition of COX-2 with NS-398 (NS-398 is a selective inhibitor of COX-2) would be able to inhibit motility of colorectal cancer cells and whether this was modulated through epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) transactivation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A transwell filter assay was used to study cell motility. Expression of COX-2, EGFR phosphorylation and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) receptors were assessed by Western blot analysis and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. PGE(2) concentrations after NS-398 treatment were estimated by enzyme immunoassay. RESULTS Treatment with NS-398 significantly reduced PGE(2) levels and reduced cell migration in the HT29 and HCA7 colorectal carcinoma cell lines and this effect was rescued by addition of PGE(2). Furthermore, specific inhibition of COX-2 with NS-398 reduced EGFR phosphorylation in colorectal cancer cells. Direct inhibition of EGFR activity with AG1478 reduced PGE(2)-stimulated motility, clearly demonstrating that PGE(2 )acts via the EGFR-signalling pathway. The novel combination of NS-398 and AG1478 dramatically reduced migration of colorectal cancer cells. CONCLUSION The data presented indicate that the use of NS-398 in chemoprevention and adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer may work in part, through the inhibition of cell motility. Furthermore, our data suggest that the combined use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with EGFR antagonists could be explored further for future use in the clinic.
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- N Banu
- Division of Histopathology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences and Bristol Royal Infirmary, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Qualtrough D, Kaidi A, Chell S, Jabbour HN, Williams AC, Paraskeva C. Prostaglandin F(2alpha) stimulates motility and invasion in colorectal tumor cells. Int J Cancer 2007; 121:734-40. [PMID: 17437271 PMCID: PMC2694992 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Increased expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and subsequent prostaglandin production is an important event in several human malignancies, including colorectal cancer. COX-2 mediated prostanoid synthesis has been shown to play a key role in tumor progression with prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) being shown to promote tumor growth, invasion and angiogenesis. The role of the other prostaglandins produced by COX-2 in tumors remains poorly understood. We have shown that colorectal tumor cells produce prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) and provide evidence that PGF(2alpha) may play an important role in colorectal tumorigenesis. Our data show that PGF(2alpha) is secreted by both colorectal adenoma and carcinoma-derived cell lines at levels in excess of those detected for PGE(2). These cell lines were also found to express the PGF(2alpha) receptor (FP) indicating potential autocrine effects of PGF(2alpha). This finding is further supported by an in vivo immunohistochemical study of FP expression in resected colon tissue. These data show epithelial expression of FP in normal colorectal mucosa and also in colorectal adenomas and carcinomas. We compared the relative abilities of PGF(2alpha) and PGE(2) to induce cell motility in vitro in colorectal tumor cell lines and show the first evidence of prostaglandin-induced cell motility in colorectal adenoma cell lines. PGF(2alpha) induced cell motility with equivalent potency to PGE(2) in all the cell lines tested and was also shown to increase the invasion of carcinoma-derived cells into reconstituted basement membrane. These data show that PGF(2alpha) may play an important role in the malignant progression of colorectal tumors.
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- David Qualtrough
- Cancer Research UK Colorectal Tumour Biology Research Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Nikolaidis NM, Wang TC, Hogan SP, Rothenberg ME. Allergen induced TFF2 is expressed by mucus-producing airway epithelial cells but is not a major regulator of inflammatory responses in the murine lung. Exp Lung Res 2007; 32:483-97. [PMID: 17169855 DOI: 10.1080/01902140601059547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Asthma is a complex pulmonary disorder characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, airway hyperresponsiveness, mucus cell metaplasia, and inflammation. Employing animal models of pulmonary inflammation induced by different allergens and Th2 cytokines, the authors have previously described the up-regulation of trefoil factor 2 (TFF2) in the lung. Given the known biological role of trefoil factors in epithelial restitution, it has been postulated that allergen-induced TFF2 might have an important role in asthmatic responses. Here the authors show that TFF2 is induced early and maintained for 2 weeks following allergen challenge in the mouse lung. In situ mRNA hybridization demonstrated expression of TFF2 primarily in a subset of bronchial epithelial cells and TFF2 immunohistochemistry identified expression in alcian blue-positive bronchial epithelial cells. TFF2 gene-deleted mice inoculated with allergen displayed a 10-fold increase in total cellularity compared with saline controls. Although this response was modestly attenuated compared to wild type controls, the loss of TFF2 did not affect gross levels of tissue inflammation. Furthermore, the loss of TFF2 did not affect induction or resolution of mucus cell metaplasia as measured by periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) or alcian blue staining. Thus, TFF2 is an allergen-induced gene, which is expressed in mucus-positive airways, but is not a major contributor to allergen-induced goblet cell metaplasia, mucus production, or inflammatory responses in the lung.
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- Nikolaos M Nikolaidis
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Cancer cell interactions with the extracellular matrix and the migration therein involve the function of adhesion receptors of the integrin family, a dynamic cytoskeleton, as well as proteolytic mechanisms to overcome tissue barriers. Recent progress in investigating tumour cell migration and associated matrix remodelling was made using three-dimensional (3D) dermis equivalents such as 3D collagen lattices or dermal explant cultures, prompting new concepts in molecular tumour invasion mechanisms and related adaptation responses. Mesenchymal HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells as a model line migrate in an integrin-dependent manner and proteolytically cleave extracellular matrix structures. After interference with integrin and protease function, however, cancer cells can switch migration programs and thereby rescue migration by alternative mechanisms. Depending on the context of invasion, treatment with protease inhibitors or integrin antagonists can cause the mesenchymal-amoeboid transition and the collective-amoeboid transition, both generating sustained dissemination of single cells. These adaptation responses show an unexpected degree of plasticity resulting in migratory 'escape' strategies after pharmacotherapeutic intervention by prompting alternative mechanisms of cancer cell dissemination in tissues.
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- Katarina Wolf
- Rudolf-Virchow Centre, DFG Centre for Experimental Biomedicine and Department of Dermatology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Pećina-Slaus N, Kljaić M, Nikuseva-Martić T. Loss of heterozygosity of APC and CDH1 genes in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Pathol Res Pract 2005; 201:557-63. [PMID: 16259108 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of laryngeal cancer, specifically squamous cell carcinoma, still need further investigation and elucidation. Twenty-two laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas were analyzed in our study regarding genetic changes of two tumor suppressor genes: Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and E-cadherin (CDH1). APC gene instability was tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/loss of heterozygosity (LOH) using the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method. The samples were also screened for mutations using the heteroduplex method. E-cadherin gene was analyzed by PCR amplification of tetranucleotide marker (D16S752) linked to E-cadherin gene. The results of our analysis showed three samples with LOH of the APC gene out of 15 heterozygous patients (20%). Only one LOH of the CDH1 gene (5.5%) out of 18 heterozygous patients was discovered. D16S752 marker did not reveal any replication error-positive samples. There were six samples showing heteroduplexes (33%) encompassed in APC's exon 11. Altogether, nine samples (41%) showed alterations of the APC gene. Our results suggest that alterations of APC gene may have a role in squamous cell carcinoma development. Detected LOH of the E-cadherin gene indicates that genetic changes of this gene are not very frequent, but that other components of the wnt signaling cascade may also be involved.
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- Nives Pećina-Slaus
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
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Rosivatz E, Becker I, Bamba M, Schott C, Diebold J, Mayr D, Höfler H, Becker KF. Neoexpression of N-cadherin in E-cadherin positive colon cancers. Int J Cancer 2004; 111:711-9. [PMID: 15252840 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In our study, we aimed to investigate the expression of N-cadherin and E-cadherin and their dependency on epithelial-mesenchymal transition regulators SNAI1, SIP1 and TWIST in human colon cancer. Expression of E-cadherin and N-cadherin was examined by immunohistochemistry in 80 colon carcinomas by using paraffin embedded and formalin fixed tissues. Those cases were partly analyzed for mRNA expression of N-cadherin (42 cases), TWIST (18 cases), SNAI1 (25 cases) and SIP1 (25 cases) by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. Additionally, colon carcinomas that showed amplification of 20q13, the localization of the human SNAI1 gene, were examined. We found cytoplasmic and/or membrane-associated immunoreactivity of N-cadherin in 35/80 (44%) of the cases. However, there was no correlation to upregulated TWIST mRNA levels, as we have shown previously for diffuse-type gastric cancers with abnormal N-cadherin expression. Reduced and/or cytoplasmic E-cadherin immunoreactivity was detected in 19% (15/80) of the cases. Expression of SNAI1 or SIP1 mRNA was not seen in any of the 25 cases analyzed. There was no correlation between amplification of 20q13 and SNAI1 mRNA expression. Remarkably, N-cadherin was almost exclusively expressed in those cases showing normal E-cadherin immunoreactivity, suggesting a mutual exclusion between abnormal E-cadherin reduction and upregulation of N-cadherin. For the first time, we postulate a role for N-cadherin in primary colon cancer progression, which may be similar to the effect discovered by others in breast cancer cell lines, where coexpressed N-cadherin can exert a dominant function over E-cadherin's adhesive function and thus promote tumor invasiveness.
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Pećina-SLaus N, Gall-TroSelj K, SLaus M, Radić K, NikuSeva-Martić T, Pavelić K. Genetic changes of the E-cadherin and APC tumour suppressor genes in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Pathology 2004; 36:145-51. [PMID: 15203750 DOI: 10.1080/00313020410001671984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIMS The roles of tumour suppressor genes: adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and E-cadherin (CDH1) were investigated in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. METHODS Forty-five human clear cell renal cell carcinomas were tested for APC gene instability by polymerase chain reaction/loss of heterozygosity using the restriction fragment length polymorphism method. E-cadherin gene was analysed by PCR amplification of tetranucleotide marker (D16S752) and the alleles were visualised by PAGE/silver staining. RESULTS The overall proportion of loss of heterozygosity of the APC gene was 37.5% (9/24). D16S752 marker linked to E-cadherin gene (informativeness 91%) revealed three samples with loss of heterozygosity (7.5%). Interestingly, replication error phenotype was detected in 9.1% of clear cell renal cell carcinoma samples. Multivariate statistical analysis of samples informative for both APC and E-cadherin genes showed that, in this data set, loss of heterozygosity of the APC gene is correlated with advanced age and more severe TNM stages. Genetic changes of the E-cadherin gene, on the other hand, appear to be correlated with younger age groups and less severe TNM stages. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that alterations, both in APC and E-cadherin genes, are involved in the evolution and progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Microsatellite genetic instability of the E-cadherin gene indicates that another cellular mechanism, mismatch repair, may also be targeted in this malignancy.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/genetics
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/pathology
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cadherins/genetics
- Cadherins/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Female
- Genes, APC
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms/genetics
- Kidney Neoplasms/metabolism
- Kidney Neoplasms/pathology
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Neoplasm Staging
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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- Nives Pećina-SLaus
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Meyer zum Büschenfelde D, Hoschützky H, Tauber R, Huber O. Molecular mechanisms involved in TFF3 peptide-mediated modulation of the E-cadherin/catenin cell adhesion complex. Peptides 2004; 25:873-83. [PMID: 15177884 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/24/2003] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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TFF3 is a member of the TFF-domain peptide family which is constitutively expressed in mucous epithelial tissues where it acts as a motogenic factor and plays an important role during epithelial restitution after wounding and during inflammation. In contrast to these beneficial functions, TFFs were also reported to be involved in cell scattering and tumor invasion. These changes in epithelial cell morphology and motility are associated with a modulation of cell contacts. In this respect, we here investigated the E-cadherin/catenin cell adhesion complex in FLAG-hTFF3-transfected HT29/B6 and MDCK cells. In hTFF3-transfected cells the amount of E-cadherin is reduced with a concomitant reduction of alpha- and beta-catenin levels. On one hand, E-cadherin expression is lowered at the transcriptional level as shown by multiplex RT-PCR analysis. This decrease does not depend on differences in the promoter methylation status as shown by methylation-specific PCR. On the other hand, pulse-chase experiments showed a reduction in the E-cadherin half-life in hTFF3-transfected cells reflecting increased E-cadherin degradation. In summary, hTFF3 induces transcriptional and posttranslational processes resulting in a modulation of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts that may play an important role in the paradoxical benefical and pathogenic function of TFF peptides.
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- Dirk Meyer zum Büschenfelde
- Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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Emami S, Rodrigues S, Rodrigue CM, Le Floch N, Rivat C, Attoub S, Bruyneel E, Gespach C. Trefoil factor family (TFF) peptides and cancer progression. Peptides 2004; 25:885-98. [PMID: 15177885 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2003] [Accepted: 10/27/2003] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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TFF peptides are involved in mucosal maintenance and repair through motogenic and antiapoptotic activities. These peptides are overexpressed during inflammatory processes and cancer progression. They also function as scatter factors, proinvasive and angiogenic agents. Such a divergence is related to the pathophysiological state of tissues submitted to persistent aggressive situations during digestive processes in the normal gastrointestinal tract, inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. In agreement with this model, TFF peptides are connected with multiple oncogenic pathways. As a consequence, the TFF signaling pathways may serve as potential targets in the control of chronic inflammation and progression of human solid tumors.
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- Shahin Emami
- INSERM U482, Signal Transduction and Cellular Functions in Diabetes and Digestive Cancers, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France.
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Lu Z, Ghosh S, Wang Z, Hunter T. Downregulation of caveolin-1 function by EGF leads to the loss of E-cadherin, increased transcriptional activity of beta-catenin, and enhanced tumor cell invasion. Cancer Cell 2003; 4:499-515. [PMID: 14706341 DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(03)00304-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 501] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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EGF receptor (EGFR) overexpression correlates with metastasis in a variety of carcinomas, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We demonstrated that EGF disrupted cell-cell adhesion and caused epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human tumor cells overexpressing EGFR, and also induced caveolin-dependent endocytosis of E-cadherin, a cell-cell adhesion protein. Chronic EGF treatment resulted in transcriptional downregulation of caveolin-1 and induction of the transcriptional repressor Snail, correlating with downregulation of E-cadherin expression. Caveolin-1 downregulation enhanced beta-catenin-TCF/LEF-1 transcriptional activity in a GSK-3beta-independent manner. Antisense RNA-mediated reduction of caveolin-1 expression in EGFR-overexpressing tumor cells recapitulated these EGF-induced effects and enhanced invasion into collagen gels. We propose that EGF-induced negative regulation of caveolin-1 plays a central role in the complex cellular changes leading to metastasis.
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- Zhimin Lu
- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Pierce M, Wang C, Stump M, Kamb A. Overexpression of the beta-catenin binding domain of cadherin selectively kills colorectal cancer cells. Int J Cancer 2003; 107:229-37. [PMID: 12949799 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The beta-catenin pathway is involved in growth, differentiation and tumor formation. Suppression of pathway activity by expressed inhibitors can cause growth arrest or apoptosis in certain colon carcinoma lines. We compare the effects of 2 pathway inhibitors, a VE-cadherin cytoplasmic domain fragment (Cad5CD) and a truncated, dominant-negative Tcf4 (TcfDN), using a microplate assay for cell death and microarray gene expression analysis. The cell-lethal assay shows that Cad5CD, when expressed in HT29 human colon tumor cells and 3 non-colon lines, selectively kills the HT29 cells. Cad5CD overexpression inhibits beta-catenin/Tcf4 transcriptional activity, as determined by results from microarray experiments. Our results support the view that beta-catenin is an attractive anti-cancer target, especially if the Cad5CD binding site or Cad5CD itself can be exploited for drug development. In addition, therapeutically relevant phenotypes such as drug selectivity may be difficult to predict from gene expression analysis alone. Other more specialized phenotypic tests such as cell-lethal assays may be required.
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Pećina-Slaus N. Tumor suppressor gene E-cadherin and its role in normal and malignant cells. Cancer Cell Int 2003; 3:17. [PMID: 14613514 PMCID: PMC270068 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-3-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2003] [Accepted: 10/14/2003] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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E-cadherin tumor suppressor genes are particularly active area of research in development and tumorigenesis. The calcium-dependent interactions among E-cadherin molecules are critical for the formation and maintenance of adherent junctions in areas of epithelial cell-cell contact. Loss of E-cadherin-mediated-adhesion characterises the transition from benign lesions to invasive, metastatic cancer. Nevertheless, there is evidence that E-cadherins may also play a role in the wnt signal transduction pathway, together with other key molecules involved in it, such as beta-catenins and adenomatous poliposis coli gene products. The structure and function of E-cadherin, gene and protein, in normal as well as in tumor cells are reviewed in this paper.
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- Nives Pećina-Slaus
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Salata 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Dhar DK, Wang TC, Maruyama R, Udagawa J, Kubota H, Fuji T, Tachibana M, Ono T, Otani H, Nagasue N. Expression of cytoplasmic TFF2 is a marker of tumor metastasis and negative prognostic factor in gastric cancer. J Transl Med 2003; 83:1343-52. [PMID: 13679442 DOI: 10.1097/01.lab.0000085190.99749.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Trefoil factor family 2 (TFF2) is a small peptide constitutively expressed in the gastric mucosa, where it plays a protective role in restitution of gastric mucosa. TFF2 has also been shown to be expressed in some gastric cancers, but its role in tumor metastasis and patient prognosis has not been examined. In this study, we examined TFF2 expression at both the mRNA and protein levels and correlated these results with the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of gastric cancer patients. Among the 144 curatively resected samples, 43 (30%) were positive for TFF2. TFF2 expression was preferentially observed in the infiltrating tumor cells sparing the superficial cells. Significantly increased expression of TFF2 was noted in large tumors of the diffuse type. An increased prevalence of TFF2 expression was also found in tumors with advanced T and N stage and in patients with lymphatic and venous invasion. Accordingly, patients with TFF2-expressing tumors had a significantly worse disease-free survival, and in multivariate analysis, this finding remained significant as an independent prognostic factor. Taken together, our results suggest that TFF2 expression may play a role in gastric cancer invasion and as such could be a useful target for therapeutic intervention.
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- Dipok Kumar Dhar
- Department of Digestive and General Surgery, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan
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Hu GY, Yu BP, Dong WG, Li MQ, Yu JP, Luo HS, Rang ZX. Expression of TFF2 and Helicobacter pylori infection in carcinogenesis of gastric mucosa. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9:910-4. [PMID: 12717829 PMCID: PMC4611396 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the expression of TFF2 and Helicobacter pylori infection in carcinogenesis of gastric mucosa.
METHODS: The expression of TFF2 was immunohistochemically analyzed in paraffin-embedded samples from 119 patients with endoscopic biopsy and subtotal gastrectomy specimens of gastric mucosal lesions, including 16 cases of chronic superficial gastritis (CSG), 20 chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG), 35 intestinal metaplasia (IM), 23 gastric epithelial dysplasia (GED) and 25 gastric carcinoma (CA), and Helicobacter pylori infection was detected by Warthin-Starry staining.
RESULTS: 1: TFF2 was located in the cytoplasm of gastric mucous neck cell. The expression of TFF2 was 100%, 100%, 0, 56.5% and 0 in CSGs, CAGs, IMs, GEDs and CAs, respectively. 2: The value of TFF2 positive cell density in CSG with Helicobacter pylori infection was higher than that without Helicobacter pylori infection. (52.89 ± 7.27vs 46.49 ± 13.04, P > 0.05); But the value of TFF2 positive cell density in CAG and GED with Helicobacter pylori infection was significantly lower than that without Helicobacter pylori infection (18.17 ± 4.09vs 37.93 ± 13.80, P < 0.01 and 14.44 ± 9.32vs 24.84 ± 10.22, P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Increase of TFF2 expression in CSG is perhaps associated with the protective mechanism after gastric mucosal injury. Decrease of TFF2 expression in CAG possibly attributes to the decrease in the number of gastric gland cell expressing TFF2. Re-expression of TFF2 in gastric epithelial dysplasia implies that TFF2 possibly contributes to the initiation of gastric carcinoma. The effect of Helicobacter pylori on the expression of TFF2 depends on the status of gastric mucosa.
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- Guo-Yong Hu
- Gastroenterology Department, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Hubei Province, China
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Truant S, Bruyneel E, Gouyer V, De Wever O, Pruvot FR, Mareel M, Huet G. Requirement of both mucins and proteoglycans in cell-cell dissociation and invasiveness of colon carcinoma HT-29 cells. Int J Cancer 2003; 104:683-94. [PMID: 12640674 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human colon carcinomas are characterized by an aberrant expression of mucins, which in some case leads to an abundant presence of mucus such as in mucinous and signet ring cell carcinomas. Cellular cloning of the human colon carcinoma cell line HT-29 (HT-29 STD), which is mainly composed of undifferentiated cells, yielded a highly mucin-secreting variant (HT-29 5M21). The latter cloned cells cultured on plastic display a polarized organization with an apical secretion of MUC5AC mucin (Lesuffleur et al., Int J Cancer 1998;76:383-92.). Our aim was to study these 2 cell-types as for the invasive and adhesive properties with regard to the function of E-cadherin. HT-29 STD cells were noninvasive in collagen type I, whereas HT-29 5M21 cells were invasive, and the latter behavior was connected to a loss of function of E-cadherin. Likewise, HT-29 5M21 cells were characterized by a cell-cell adhesion independent of E-cadherin, in contrast to the E-cadherin dependent cell-cell adhesion of HT-29 STD cells. Immunofluorescence of HT-29 5M21 cells cultured on collagen type I showed the disappearance of the polarized organization, with a redistribution of apical mucins to the entire cell surface. Treatment of HT-29 5M21 cells by 1-benzyl-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (GalNAcalpha-O-bn) or by beta-D-xyloside revealed that both mucins and proteoglycans were involved in the loss of E-cadherin function. The use of specific antibodies allowed to show that MUC5AC, MUC1 and heparan sulfate proteoglycans cooperated in the formation of a biological inhibitory complex towards the function of E-cadherin in this invasive HT-29 clone.
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Kohya N, Kitajima Y, Jiao W, Miyazaki K. Effects of E-cadherin transfection on gene expression of a gallbladder carcinoma cell line: repression of MTS1/S100A4 gene expression. Int J Cancer 2003; 104:44-53. [PMID: 12532418 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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E-cadherin is important in cell-to-cell adhesion and controls cell polarity and tissue morphology. Loss of E-cadherin expression occurs in various human tumors and is the first step in cancer invasion and metastasis. We demonstrate that the exogenous expression of E-cadherin transfected into G-415 GB cells not only increases cell-to-cell adhesion but also reduces in vitro cell proliferation, motility and invasion. Our aim was to determine what genes are most affected by the exogenous expression of E-cadherin in GB cancer cells. We analyzed gene expression pertaining to cell proliferation, motility and invasion. Conventional RT-PCR was performed for these genes; quantitative RT-PCR was carried out on genes exhibiting altered expression. Conventional RT-PCR revealed that E-cadherin transfection suppressed expression of mts1 mRNA and increased that of c-myc and MT1-MMP. In quantitative RT-PCR analysis, levels of c-myc and MT1-MMP mRNA were elevated by to 2.56- and 2.22-fold, respectively, in the E-cadherin transfectant, whereas mts-1 was 7.14-fold suppressed compared to parental cells. These results indicated that expression of mts1 mRNA was most affected by E-cadherin transfection. Immunocytochemical analysis of transfectant and parental cells demonstrated an inverse correlation in E-cadherin and mts1 expression. Immunohistochemical analysis of 37 GB cancer specimens confirmed this observation in vivo. Loss of E-cadherin expression followed by expression of the mts1 gene may be an important event for increasing cell proliferation, motility and invasion activity in the progression of GB cancer.
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- Naohiko Kohya
- Department of Surgery, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan
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Thøgersen IB, Hammes SR, Rubenstein DS, Pizzo SV, Valnickova Z, Enghild JJ. New member of the trefoil factor family of proteins is an alpha-macroglobulin protease inhibitor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1598:131-9. [PMID: 12147353 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(02)00360-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The amino acid sequence of the monomeric alpha-macroglobulin (alphaM) from the American bullfrog, Rana catesbiana, was determined. The mature protein consisted of 1469 amino acid residues and shared sequence identity with other members of the alphaM family of protein. The central portion of the frog monomeric alphaM contained Cys residues positioned analogously to the Cys residues in human alpha(2)-macroglobulin (alpha(2)M), known to be involved in disulfide bridges. Additionally, the frog monomeric alphaM contained six Cys residues in a approximately 60 residue COOH-terminal extension not present in previously characterized alphaMs. The spacing of the Cys residues and the overall sequence identity of this COOH-terminal extension were consistent with a trefoil motif. This is the first time a member of the trefoil factor family has been identified in the circulatory system. The "bait region" was located between Arg(675)-Lys(685) and contained mainly basic amino acid residues. The COOH-terminal receptor-binding domain was not exposed prior to proteolysis of this highly susceptible region. The proximity of the receptor-binding and trefoil domains implied that the trefoil domain is similarly concealed before bait region cleavage.
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- Ida B Thøgersen
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Arhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, Aarhus, Denmark
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Hoffmann W, Jagla W. Cell type specific expression of secretory TFF peptides: colocalization with mucins and synthesis in the brain. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2002; 213:147-81. [PMID: 11837892 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)13014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The "TFF domain" is an ancient cysteine-rich shuffled module forming the basic unit for the family of secretory TFF peptides (formerly P-domain peptides and trefoil factors). It is also an integral component of mosaic proteins associated with mucous surfaces. Three mammalian TFF peptides are known (i.e., TFF1-TFF3); however, in Xenopus laevis the pattern is more complex (xP1, xP4.1, xP4.2, and xP2). TFF peptides are typical secretory products of a variety of mucin-producing epithelial cells (e.g., the conjunctiva, the salivary glands, the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory tract, and the uterus). Each TFF peptide shows an unique expression pattern and different mucin-producing cells are characterized by their specific TFF peptide/secretory mucin combinations. TFF peptides have a pivotal role in maintaining the surface integrity of mucous epithelia in vivo. They are typical constituents of mucus gels, they modulate rapid mucosal repair ("restitution") by their motogenic and their cell scattering activity, they have antiapoptotic effects, and they probably modulate inflammatory processes. Pathological expression of TFF peptides occurs as a result of chronic inflammatory diseases or certain tumors. TFF peptides are also found in the central nervous system, at least in mammals. In particular, TFF3 is synthesized from oxytocinergic neurons of the hypothalamus and is released from the posterior pituitary into the bloodstream.
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- Werner Hoffmann
- Institut für Molekularbiologie und Medizinische Chemie, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany
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Vécsey-Semjén B, Becker KF, Sinski A, Blennow E, Vietor I, Zatloukal K, Beug H, Wagner E, Huber LA. Novel colon cancer cell lines leading to better understanding of the diversity of respective primary cancers. Oncogene 2002; 21:4646-62. [PMID: 12096341 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2001] [Revised: 03/05/2002] [Accepted: 04/15/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A major obstacle to obtaining more detailed insights into the diversity of phenotypic and molecular changes occurring in colon cancer cells is the lack of low-passage colon cancer cell lines, which would still closely reflect the phenotype of the colon cancer cells in vivo. Here, we characterize eight novel, low passage number human colon carcinoma cell lines, originating from colorectal cancers extensively characterized in the clinics. All cell lines closely resemble the original tumors with respect to phenotype, markers and detectable genetic changes. Cell morphology and marker expression is highly variable, ranging from fully polarized cells correctly expressing all basolateral epithelial markers, to cells with mesenchymal characteristics and a complete loss of polarity due to delocalization or loss of junction complex proteins. The alterations in phenotype and epithelial marker expression correspond to changes already detectable in the primary tumor in vivo. Seven of the cell lines show chromosomal instability, while one cell line is characterized by microsatellite instability. p53 associated with K-ras mutations were detected in three cell lines. Hitherto non-described E-cadherin mutations were found at both alleles in one cell line whereas in another cell line the E-cadherin protein was down-regulated. A stabilizing beta-catenin mutation (S45F) appears in the same cell line that carried the mutated E-cadherin gene. Six cell lines carried APC mutations, which in five of the lines led to an activated beta-catenin/Tcf/LEF signaling pathway. In accordance with beta-catenin/Tcf/LEF activation, the cell lines show increased migration and invasiveness. Our results show that the characterized, low-passage cell lines mirror the diversity of the individual tumors from which they were derived. Through molecular analyses of these cell lines we demonstrate that tumorgenicity events are much more diverse in human colon cancer than expected, despite the common origin of the tumors from a small patient group with similar tumor grading and clinical prognosis.
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Nakamura A, Shimazaki T, Kaneko K, Shibata M, Matsumura T, Nagai M, Makino R, Mitamura K. Characterization of DNA polymorphisms in the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) promoter region. Mutat Res 2002; 502:19-24. [PMID: 11996968 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(02)00024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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E-cadherin is a tumor suppressor involved in epithelial cell-cell interactions. Some of the nucleotide variation in the 5'-promoter region of the gene influences transcriptional efficiency. We investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter-exon 1 region of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) using fluorescence-based PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis. We detected four kinds of polymorphisms between nucleotides -516 and +12, numbering from the translation initiation site. SNPs were localized at -472G-->GA, -288T-->deltaT, -285C-->A, and -54G-->C. Variants -472GA and -285A were frequently found in controls, but the -288deltaT and -54C are rare variants. We examined the effects of these variants on transcription. The activity of promoters containing the variants -288deltaT, -285A, or -54C was lower than the activity of promoters with the major variants, as assayed by a luciferase reporter gene. Variants -472G and -472GA displayed the same promoter activity. The decreased transcriptional activity from variant promoters affects the expression of E-cadherin.
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- Akihiro Nakamura
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Wheeler JMD, Warren BF, Mortensen NJM, Kim HC, Biddolph SC, Elia G, Beck NE, Williams GT, Shepherd NA, Bateman AC, Bodmer WF. An insight into the genetic pathway of adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. Gut 2002; 50:218-23. [PMID: 11788563 PMCID: PMC1773117 DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.2.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the adenoma to carcinoma pathway in colorectal cancer is well described, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis in the small intestine remain unclear. AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate candidate genes in the genetic pathway of adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 21 non-familial, non-ampullary adenocarcinomas of the small intestine were analysed. DNA was extracted from formalin fixed paraffin wax embedded tissue using standard techniques. The replication error (RER) status was determined by amplification of BAT26. The mutation cluster region (MCR) of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene was screened using polymerase chain reaction single strand conformational polymorphism and direct sequencing. Immunohistochemistry was performed on formalin fixed paraffin wax embedded tissue using monoclonal antibodies for hMLH1, hMSH2, beta-catenin, E-cadherin, and p53. RESULTS Fourteen male and seven female patients with a median age of 64 years (range 21-85) presented with adenocarcinoma of the duodenum (10), jejunum (7), and ileum (4). One cancer (5%) was found to be RER+, and all tumours stained positive for hMLH1 and hMSH2. No mutations were detected in the MCR of the APC gene. beta-Catenin showed increased nuclear expression with loss of membranous staining in 10 cancers (48%). Absent or decreased membrane expression of E-cadherin was found in eight cancers (38%). Strong staining of p53 was found in the nucleus of five cancers (24%). CONCLUSION We did not detect mutations in the MCR of the APC gene, and this suggests that adenocarcinoma of the small intestine may follow a different genetic pathway to colorectal cancer. Abnormal expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin was common and reflects an early alternative to APC in this pathway in which mutations may be found in adenocarcinoma of the small intestine.
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- J M D Wheeler
- Department of Colorectal Surgery and Imperial Cancer Research Fund, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Ijichi H, Ikenoue T, Kato N, Mitsuno Y, Togo G, Kato J, Kanai F, Shiratori Y, Omata M. Systematic analysis of the TGF-beta-Smad signaling pathway in gastrointestinal cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 289:350-7. [PMID: 11716479 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-Smad signaling pathway has an important role in carcinogenesis. To study the frequency and mechanism of functional impairment of this pathway in human gastrointestinal cancers, we used a reporter assay to examine the response of 38 cell lines (11 colorectal, 9 pancreatic, 10 gastric, and 8 hepatic cancers) to TGF-beta. We then analyzed TGF-beta type II receptor (T beta RII) gene, immunoblots of Smad4, and restoration of the pathway by rescuing T beta R or Smad. We observed impaired signaling in 91% of colorectal, 67% of pancreatic, and 40% of gastric cancer cell lines, but in none of the hepatic cancer cells. We suggest that this pathway does not function as a tumor suppressor in hepatic carcinogenesis. The impairment is due to inactivation of T beta RII and Smad4 in colorectal and pancreatic cancers. However, because the signal was not recovered by rescuing T beta R or Smad genes in TGF-beta-response-defective gastric cancer cell lines, we suggest that novel molecules or mechanisms are involved in the impaired pathway in some gastric cancers.
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- H Ijichi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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El-Bahrawy MA, Poulsom R, Jeffery R, Talbot I, Alison MR. The expression of E-cadherin and catenins in sporadic colorectal carcinoma. Hum Pathol 2001; 32:1216-24. [PMID: 11727261 DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2001.28948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The E-cadherin/catenin complex plays a major role in epithelial cell-cell adhesion. Immunohistochemical studies have highlighted perturbation in the expression and distribution of E-cadherin and catenins in sporadic colorectal neoplasms. In this study, we compared the expression of E-cadherin and catenins (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-catenin) in 30 sporadic colorectal carcinomas with that in the adjacent nonneoplastic mucosa and assessed whether any perturbation in the level of expression occurred at the messenger RNA (mRNA) or protein level. We also compared the expression of E-cadherin and catenins in 13 lymph node deposits and the primary tumors. Immunohistochemistry was used to study the level of expression and cellular distribution of E-cadherin and catenins. Levels of mRNA were studied by in situ hybridization. E-cadherin and catenin immunoreactivity was increased with cytoplasmic accumulation in more than 85% of the neoplasms. There were marked increases in the levels of mRNA in the carcinomas compared with the nonneoplastic mucosa. Nuclear localization of beta-catenin was higher at the invasive margin of some tumors, but expression of E-cadherin and catenin transcripts in the lymph node deposits showed no consistent relationship to that in the primary tumors.
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- M A El-Bahrawy
- Histopathology Department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, England
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Ikenoue T, Togo G, Nagai K, Ijichi H, Kato J, Yamaji Y, Okamoto M, Kato N, Kawabe T, Tanaka A, Matsumura M, Shiratori Y, Omata M. Frameshift mutations at mononucleotide repeats in RAD50 recombinational DNA repair gene in colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001; 92:587-91. [PMID: 11429044 PMCID: PMC5926751 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb01134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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To identify additional genes targeted for microsatellite instability (MSI), we search for human genes which contain mononucleotide repeats in their coding region, selected 7 genes (RAD50, DNA-PKcs, FLASH, Apaf-1, XPG, CtIP, and MLSN1), and analyzed frameshift mutations in them. Here we report that 60% (3 out of 5) of human colorectal cancer cell lines exhibiting a high frequency of MSI (MSI-H) and 46% (6 out of 13) of MSI-H primary colorectal tumors had mutations in the (A)9 repeat of RAD50 recombinational repair gene. In contrast, no frameshift mutations were found in any of the 5 MSI-negative colorectal cancer cell lines, 8 colorectal tumors exhibiting a low frequency of MSI (MSI-L), or 28 MSI-negative colorectal tumors. No mutations were found in the mononucleotide repeats of 6 other genes, even in MSI-H cancers. These results suggest that RAD50 frameshift mutations may play a role in the tumorigenesis of MSI-H colorectal cancers.
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- T Ikenoue
- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Wheeler JM, Kim HC, Efstathiou JA, Ilyas M, Mortensen NJ, Bodmer WF. Hypermethylation of the promoter region of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) in sporadic and ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer. Gut 2001; 48:367-71. [PMID: 11171827 PMCID: PMC1760130 DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.3.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancer (UCACRC) has several distinctive clinicopathological and genetic features which differ from sporadic colorectal cancer (SCRC). Hypermethylation of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) has not been described previously in colorectal cancer. AIMS A panel of SCRC and UCACRC were investigated for mutations in CDH1, and for hypermethylation of the promoter region of CDH1. SUBJECTS AND METHODS DNA was available from 14 patients with UCACRC and from 14 with SCRC. All exons of CDH1 were amplified with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and screened using single strand conformational polymorphism and direct sequencing. Hypermethylation of the CDH1 promoter region was determined by methylation specific PCR following bisulphite modification, and compared with E-cadherin protein expression from a previous immunohistochemistry study. RESULTS Thirteen of 28 cancers (46%) were hypermethylated in the CDH1 promoter region-eight cancers (57%) in the UCACRC group and five cancers (36%) in the SCRC group (NS)-and this correlated with reduced E-cadherin expression (p<0.05). There was a trend for methylation to be associated with a more advanced stage of cancer although this did not reach statistical significance. There were no mutations in CDH1 in either group although there were several polymorphisms. CONCLUSION We have demonstrated hypermethylation of the promoter region in CDH1 in 46% of colorectal cancers studied. There was no difference between the UCACRC and SCRC groups. Just as there are specific differences in the genetic changes between UCACRC and SCRC, there is also likely to be a large degree of overlap among the genetic pathways of these cancers.
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- J M Wheeler
- Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK.
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Emami S, Le Floch N, Bruyneel E, Thim L, May F, Westley B, Rio M, Mareel M, Gespach C. Induction of scattering and cellular invasion by trefoil peptides in src- and RhoA-transformed kidney and colonic epithelial cells. FASEB J 2001; 15:351-61. [PMID: 11156951 DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0355com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Trefoil factors (TFFs) are protease-resistant peptides that promote epithelial cell migration and mucosal restitution during inflammatory conditions and wound healing in the gastrointestinal tract. To date, the molecular mechanism of TFFs action and their possible role in tumor progression are unclear. In the present study, we observed that premalignant human colonic PC/AA/C1 and canine kidney MDCK epithelial cells are not competent to invade collagen gels in response to exogenously added TFFs (pS2, spasmolytic polypeptide, and intestinal trefoil factor). In contrast, activated src and RhoA exert permissive induction of invasion by the TFFs that produce similar parallel dose-response curves in src-transformed MDCKts.src and PCmsrc cells (EC50=20-40 nM). Cell scattering is also induced by TFFs in MDCKts.src cells. Stable expression of the pS2 cDNA promotes constitutive invasiveness in MDCKts.src-pS2 cells and human colonic HCT8/S11-pS2 cells established from a sporadic tumor. Furthermore, we found that TFF-mediated cellular invasion is dependent of several signaling pathways implicated in cell transformation and survival, including phosphoinositide PI3'-kinase, phospholipase C, protein kinase C, and the rapamycin target TOR. Constitutive and intense expression of pS2 was revealed by Western blot analyses and immunohistochemistry in human colorectal tumors and their adjacent control mucosa during the neoplastic progression, from the adenoma to the liver metastases. Our studies indicated that TFFs can be involved in cell scattering and tumor invasion via autocrine loops and may serve as potential targets in the control of colon cancer progression.
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- S Emami
- INSERM U482, Signal Transduction and Cellular Functions in Diabetes and Digestive Cancers, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France
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Playford MP, Bicknell D, Bodmer WF, Macaulay VM. Insulin-like growth factor 1 regulates the location, stability, and transcriptional activity of beta-catenin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:12103-8. [PMID: 11035789 PMCID: PMC17301 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.210394297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/17/2000] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) type 1 receptor is required for growth, transformation, and protection from apoptosis. IGFs can enhance cell migration, which is known to be influenced via regulation of the E-cadherin/beta-catenin complex. We sought to investigate whether IGF-1 modulated the interaction between E-cadherin and beta-catenin in human colorectal cancer cells. We used the C10 cell line, which we established and have previously shown to lack adenomatous polyposis coli, E-cadherin, or beta-catenin mutations. We found that IGF-1 stimulation enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of two proteins, beta-catenin and insulin-receptor substrate 1, which formed a complex with E-cadherin. Tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin was accompanied by rapid (<1 min) dissociation from E-cadherin at the plasma membrane, followed by relocation to the cellular cytoplasm. IGF-1 also enhanced the stability of beta-catenin protein. Despite this, we observed no enhancement of transcriptional activity in complex with T-cell factor 4 (Tcf-4) in human embryonic kidney 293 cells treated with IGF-1 or insulin alone. IGF-1 did, however, enhance transcriptional activity in combination with lithium chloride, an inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta, which also stabilizes beta-catenin. In conclusion, we have shown that IGF-1 causes tyrosine phosphorylation and stabilization of beta-catenin. These effects may contribute to transformation, cell migration, and a propensity for metastasis in vivo.
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- M P Playford
- IGF Group, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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Barnetson R, Jass J, Tse R, Eckstein R, Robinson B, Schnitzler M. Mutations associated with microsatellite unstable colorectal carcinomas exhibit widespread intratumoral heterogeneity. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2000; 29:130-6. [PMID: 10959092 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2264(200010)29:2<130::aid-gcc1023>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Although microsatellite instability (MSI) has been shown to be present in 15% of sporadic colorectal carcinomas, the genetic events underlying the development of these tumors have not been well described. By investigating intratumoral heterogeneity, this study attempts to elucidate whether MSI-positive colorectal carcinomas develop as the result of a random accumulation of mutations or as an ordered, stepwise sequence of genetic alterations. Eighty-six regions from 16 MSI-positive sporadic colorectal carcinomas were examined for mutations in repeat nucleotide sequences of the tumour suppressor genes transforming growth factor beta type II receptor (TGFBRII), insulin-like growth factor II receptor (IGFIIR), and BAX, and the mismatch repair genes MSH3 and MSH6. At least 2 and up to 5 of these genes were mutated in each tumour, and widespread intratumoral heterogeneity was observed for each gene. Regions of tumour with TGFBRII mutations were correlated with a poorly differentiated histology. Unlike the situation in microsatellite stable colorectal carcinomas, the findings of the present study did not suggest that a particular sequence of tumour suppressor and mismatch repair genes are mutated during colorectal tumorigenesis. It seems likely that a random accumulation of mutations, as a result of a defect in the mismatch repair pathway, drives tumour progression in this type of colorectal carcinoma.
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- R Barnetson
- Department of Cancer Genetics, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonard's, University of Sydney, Australia
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Kim HC, Wheeler JM, Kim JC, Ilyas M, Beck NE, Kim BS, Park KC, Bodmer WF. The E-cadherin gene (CDH1) variants T340A and L599V in gastric and colorectal cancer patients in Korea. Gut 2000; 47:262-7. [PMID: 10896919 PMCID: PMC1728009 DOI: 10.1136/gut.47.2.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Germline mutations in E-cadherin (CDH1) have been reported in families with early onset, diffuse gastric cancer. More recently, mutations in CDH1 have been described in colorectal cancer cell lines. AIMS We have investigated if germline mutations in CDH1 occur among different groups of Korean gastric and colorectal cancer patients, with and without a positive family history. METHODS We studied 131 patients and 168 normal controls (88 Korean and 80 non-Korean). Patients were divided into five groups: group I, 20 gastric cancer patients with a family history; group II, 26 colorectal cancer patients with a family history of gastric cancer (those from familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) kindred were excluded); group III, 16 HNPCC patients without identified germline mutations in hMLH1 and hMSH2; group IV, 35 gastric cancer patients without a family history; and group V, 34 colorectal cancer patients without a family history. Polymerase chain reaction, single strand conformational polymorphism analysis, direct sequencing, and genotyping for identified variants were performed. RESULTS Several germline changes in CDH1 were found. In addition to previously described polymorphisms, we found three novel changes, two of which were missense changes (T340A and L599V). T340A was present in one patient in group III and one in group V. L599V was present in one patient in group II, in two in group III, and in one in group IV. T340A was not found in normal controls while L599V was present in two of 88 Korean controls. Patients with these variants may appear to have a tendency to early onset cancer with a positive family history, although differences in frequencies did not reach statistical significance. Genotyping results suggest that these variants might have a common origin, particularly T340A. CONCLUSION We have described two new missense germline variants in CDH1 in various groups of Korean gastrointestinal cancer patients. Further work is required to assess if these variants increase the risk of gastrointestinal cancer.
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- H C Kim
- Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Wijnhoven BP, Tilanus MG, Morris AG, Darnton SJ, Tilanus HW, Dinjens WN. Human oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines JROECL 47 and JROECL 50 are admixtures of the human colon carcinoma cell line HCT 116. Br J Cancer 2000; 82:1510-2. [PMID: 10789716 PMCID: PMC2363398 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In two recently described human oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines JROECL 47 and JROECL 50, derived from one tumour, we detected identical E-cadherin and beta-catenin gene mutations as in colon carcinoma cell line HCT 116. We demonstrate by HLA-typing, mutation analysis and microsatellite analysis that cell lines JROECL 47 and JROECL 50 are admixtures of the human colon adenocarcinoma cell line HCT 116.
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- B P Wijnhoven
- Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Dijkzigt, The Netherlands
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Zheng G, Rao Q, Wu K, He Z, Geng Y. Membrane-bound macrophage colony-stimulating factor and its receptor play adhesion molecule-like roles in leukemic cells. Leuk Res 2000; 24:375-83. [PMID: 10785259 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(99)00192-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Membrane-bound macrophage colony-stimulating factor (m-M-CSF) is the membrane form M-CSF by alternative splicing. J6-1 leukemic cell line spontaneously forms cell clusters, whose growth depends on the auto-juxtacrine mediated by m-M-CSF and its receptor (M-CSFR). In this study, M-CSFR isolated from J6-1 cells and recombinant human M-CSF soluble receptor (rh-M-CSFsR) were used to study their effects on J6-1 cells. Both receptors inhibited cell proliferation. Use of M-CSFR monoclonal antibodies, M-CSFR or rh-M-CSFsR to block either M-CSFR or m-M-CSF on cell surface inhibited the cluster forming process, while both receptors stimulated cells adhering to culture plate. Furthermore, M-CSFR and/or rh-M-CSFsR caused multiple cellular changes including cytoplasmic pH, multinuclear cell ratio, antigen expression and cell diameter. A [Ca(2+)] rise was induced within 90 s by both receptors. Western blot experiments showed that rh-M-CSFsR caused tyrosine phosphorylation on multiple cytoplasmic proteins of 45 kDa and 55-90 kDa, which could be blocked by H7. These observations suggested that m-M-CSF and M-CSFR mediate J6-1 cell intercellular adhesion with bi-directional signal transduction, and Ca(2+), protein tyrosine kinases, PKC and/or other H7 sensitive kinase(s) involve in the counter-directional signal transduction.
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- G Zheng
- National Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Tianjin, PR China.
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Wheeler JM, Beck NE, Kim HC, Tomlinson IP, Mortensen NJ, Bodmer WF. Mechanisms of inactivation of mismatch repair genes in human colorectal cancer cell lines: the predominant role of hMLH1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:10296-301. [PMID: 10468602 PMCID: PMC17882 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.18.10296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Fifteen to twenty-five percent of sporadic colorectal carcinomas are replication error (RER) positive. Because the frequency of mutations in the mismatch repair genes (hMLH1 and hMSH2) is low in these tumors, we have investigated the role of mutational inactivation, methylation of the promoter region, and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) as a possible explanation for the mutator phenotype of RER+ colorectal cancer cell lines. Genomic DNA was extracted from a panel of 49 human colorectal cancer cell lines. The RER status was determined by amplification of BAT-26. All exons of hMLH1 and hMSH2 were amplified with the PCR and screened by using single-strand conformational polymorphism and direct sequencing. The methylation status was ascertained by methylation-specific PCR after bisulfite modification of DNA. Western blotting for hMLH1 was performed on methylated cell lines before and after the addition of the demethylating agent 5-azacytidine. LOH was sought by GENESCAN analysis of amplified CA repeat markers and indirectly by determining the number of homozygotes in the cell lines and human random controls. Twelve cell lines from ten tumors (24%) were RER+. Hypermethylation of the hMLH1 promoter occurred in five of ten (50%) RER+ tumors, whereas three of thirty-two (6%) RER tumors showed partial methylation. None of the fully methylated cell lines expressed hMLH1, although all reexpressed hMLH1 after treatment with 5-azacytidine. There was no LOH in the RER+ tumors in either hMLH1 or hMSH2. Our results suggest that mutations of hMLH1 together with hypermethylation of the promoter region, but not LOH, are the cause of the mutator phenotype in the majority (70%) of RER+ tumors.
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- J M Wheeler
- Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.
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