RRC ID 42296
著者 Wu XS, Akiyama Y, Igari T, Kawamura T, Hiranuma S, Shibata T, Tsuruta K, Koike M, Arii S, Yuasa Y.
タイトル Expression of homeodomain protein CDX2 in gallbladder carcinomas.
ジャーナル J Cancer Res Clin Oncol
Abstract PURPOSE:Caudal-related homeobox protein CDX2 plays an important role in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation of the intestinal epithelium. CDX2 is associated with intestinal metaplasia and carcinomas of the stomach, but the role of CDX2 in gallbladder carcinogenesis remains unknown.
METHODS:We analyzed the expression of CDX2 and intestinal apomucin MUC2 in gallbladder cancer cell lines at the mRNA level by the RT-PCR method. We also investigated the expression of CDX2 and MUC2 in 68 primary gallbladder carcinomas by the immunohistochemical staining method and compared the expression of CDX2 with the clinicopathological factors in the gallbladder carcinoma cases.
RESULTS:Expression of CDX2 and MUC2 was found in three of four gallbladder cancer cell lines at the mRNA level. In addition, we found that CDX2 was absent in the normal gallbladder epithelium, but the CDX2 protein was expressed in 25 of the 68 (36.8%) gallbladder carcinomas. Interestingly, in the tubular type gallbladder carcinomas, the frequency of CDX2 expression was much higher in the well-differentiated type than the moderately and poorly differentiated types, the difference being statistically significant (P<0.01). CDX2 expression showed a relationship with expression of MUC2 (P<0.04) in the gallbladder carcinomas. CDX2 was expressed in intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia, which are hypothesized to be premalignant conditions.
CONCLUSION:These results imply that CDX2 plays an important role in gallbladder carcinogenesis with intestinal differentiation.
巻・号 131(5)
ページ 271-8
公開日 2005-5-1
DOI 10.1007/s00432-004-0658-4
PMID 15645288
MeSH Aged Base Sequence CDX2 Transcription Factor DNA Primers Female Gallbladder Neoplasms / genetics* Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic* Homeodomain Proteins / genetics* Humans Liver Neoplasms / pathology Liver Neoplasms / secondary Lymphatic Metastasis Male Middle Aged Mucin-2 Mucins / genetics Neoplasm Invasiveness RNA, Messenger / genetics Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
IF 3.656
引用数 23
WOS 分野 ONCOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞