TY - JOUR
T1 - Advances in Brief
T2 - Multiparametric in Situ Messenger RNA Hybridization Analysis to Detect Metastasis-related Genes in Surgical Specimens of Human Colon Carcinomas
AU - Kitadai, Yasuhiko
AU - Ellis, Lee M.
AU - Takahashi, Yutaka
AU - Bucana, Corazon D.
AU - Anzai, Haruyuki
AU - Tahara, Eiichi
AU - Fidler, Isaiah J.
PY - 1995/10/1
Y1 - 1995/10/1
N2 - We examined the expression of several genes that regulate different steps of metastasis in surgical specimens of human colon carcinomas. The expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (growth), basic fibroblast growth factor [(bFGF), angiogenesis], type IV collagenase (invasion), E-cadherin (adhesion), and multidrug-resistant (mdr)-1 (drug resistance) mRNA was examined using an in situ mRNA hybridization (ISH) technique and Northern blot analysis. Dukes' stage C and D tumors exhibited a higher level of expression (P < 0.05) for bFGF, type IV collagenase, and mdr-1 mRNA than Dukes' stage B tumors. The expression level of epidermal growth factor receptor and E-cadherin did not correlate with the stage of the disease. The ISH technique revealed intertumoral heterogeneity for expression of several genes among Dukes' stage B neoplasms. In some Dukes' stage B tumors, we also found intratumoral heterogeneous staining for bFGF and type IV collagenase, with the highest expression level at their invasive edge. In Dukes' stage C and D tumors, the expression of these genes was more uniform. These results recommend the suitability of the multiparametric ISH analysis for metastasis-related genes to identify individual colon cancers with metastatic potential.
AB - We examined the expression of several genes that regulate different steps of metastasis in surgical specimens of human colon carcinomas. The expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (growth), basic fibroblast growth factor [(bFGF), angiogenesis], type IV collagenase (invasion), E-cadherin (adhesion), and multidrug-resistant (mdr)-1 (drug resistance) mRNA was examined using an in situ mRNA hybridization (ISH) technique and Northern blot analysis. Dukes' stage C and D tumors exhibited a higher level of expression (P < 0.05) for bFGF, type IV collagenase, and mdr-1 mRNA than Dukes' stage B tumors. The expression level of epidermal growth factor receptor and E-cadherin did not correlate with the stage of the disease. The ISH technique revealed intertumoral heterogeneity for expression of several genes among Dukes' stage B neoplasms. In some Dukes' stage B tumors, we also found intratumoral heterogeneous staining for bFGF and type IV collagenase, with the highest expression level at their invasive edge. In Dukes' stage C and D tumors, the expression of these genes was more uniform. These results recommend the suitability of the multiparametric ISH analysis for metastasis-related genes to identify individual colon cancers with metastatic potential.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9815899
AN - SCOPUS:0028876967
SN - 1078-0432
VL - 1
SP - 1095
EP - 1102
JO - Clinical Cancer Research
JF - Clinical Cancer Research
IS - 10
ER -