RRC ID 61593
著者 Ohkame H, Masuda H, Ishii Y, Kanai Y.
タイトル Expression of L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) and 4F2 heavy chain (4F2hc) in liver tumor lesions of rat models.
ジャーナル J Surg Oncol
Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:It has been said that amino acid transporters play an important role in supplying nutrition to cells and for cell proliferation. In this study, we examined whether LAT1 and 4F2hc are closely related to tumor growth.
METHODS:Rat colon cancer cells (RCN-9) were injected into the spleen of 12 male rats (inbred F344/DuCrj). In each rat, liver samples including tumor lesions were immunostained with anti-LAT1 and anti-4F2hc antibodies. The staining area of LAT1 and 4F2hc tumor lesions was calculated by computer analysis.
RESULTS:Sixty-eight tumor nodules were observed in 12 livers. Out of the 68 tumor nodules, 36 nodules (52.9%) indicated a positive staining of LAT1 and 32 (47.1%) had a negative staining of LAT1. However, the LAT1 expression was scarcely detected in non-tumor areas. In terms of the 4F2hc expression, there were 56 nodules (82.4%) with 4F2hc positive and 12 (17.6) with 4F2hc negative. In addition, the expression of 4F2hc in non-tumor areas was almost the same as the expression of 4F2hc in tumor lesions. The average tumor size of the group with LAT1 positive and 4F2hc positive (n = 31) was 0.845 +/- 0.232 mm(2), which was significantly larger than that of the group with LAT1 negative and 4F2hc negative group (n = 7) (0.090 +/- 0.028 mm(2)) or the group with LAT1 positive and 4F2hc negative (n = 5) (0.097 +/- 0.025 mm(2)), respectively (P = 0.0017, P = 0.007).
CONCLUSION:LAT1 was related to tumor growth. We think that LAT1 can possibly enhance its ability to promote tumor growth in cooperation with 4F2hc.
巻・号 78(4)
ページ 265-71; discussion 271-2
公開日 2001-12-1
DOI 10.1002/jso.1165
PII 10.1002/jso.1165
PMID 11745822
MeSH Animals Cell Division / physiology Fusion Regulatory Protein 1, Heavy Chain / biosynthesis* Fusion Regulatory Protein 1, Heavy Chain / physiology Large Neutral Amino Acid-Transporter 1 / biosynthesis* Large Neutral Amino Acid-Transporter 1 / physiology Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / metabolism* Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / pathology Male Rats Rats, Inbred F344
IF 2.771
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 RCN-9(RCB0511)