Author： Otsuka M. Kato M. Yoshikawa T. Chen H. Brown E.J. Masuho Y. Omata M. Seki N.
Publisher： Elsevier
ISSN： 0006-291X
Source： Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.289, Iss.4, 2001-12, pp. : 876-881
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Abstract
To identify molecular alterations in the progression of colorectal carcinoma, we analyzed gene expression profiles of colon cancer cell lines derived from primary and metastatic tumors from a single patient. Of 2280 cDNAs investigated using our in-house microarray, the expression of 6 genes (tumor-associated antigen L6, L-plastin, the human homologue of yeast ribosomal protein S28, the B-cell translocation gene, mitochondrial aspartate-aminotransferase, and HLA-A) increased, while that of 2 genes (keratin 5 and phosphoglucomutase) decreased in metastatic-tumor-derived cells compared with primary-tumor-derived cells. Of these genes, we assessed the L-plastin gene, an actin-bundling protein, at the protein level using a tissue microarray consisting of 58 clinically stratified colorectal cancer specimens. Consistent with our microarray results, the expression of L-plastin was significantly correlated with the progression of cancer staging. Therefore, our results suggest that the L-plastin gene is a potential metastatic marker. In addition, combining cDNA microarrays and tissue arrays, as shown here, is thought to facilitate the rapid characterization of candidate biomarkers.
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