Biological significance of relationship between nuclear localization of Rac1 and progression of gastric carcinoma.
- Author:
Long SU
1
;
Wei XU
;
Guang-zhi YAN
;
Wei LUO
;
Ying-li WANG
;
Shuang CHEN
;
Yang ZHANG
;
Li-hua LIU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cell Nucleus; metabolism; Disease Progression; Female; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; genetics; metabolism; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Staging; Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger; metabolism; Stomach Neoplasms; metabolism; pathology; T-Lymphoma Invasion and Metastasis-inducing Protein 1; rac1 GTP-Binding Protein; genetics; metabolism
- From: Chinese Journal of Oncology 2011;33(9):676-680
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo observe the subcellular localization of Rac1 and the expression of Tiam1 and Rac1 in gastric carcinoma, in order to reveal the relationship between the distribution of Rac1 and progression of gastric carcinoma.
METHODSBoth carcinoma and adjacent normal tissue of 48 patients with gastric carcinoma were studied in this study. Tissue distribution and expression of Rac1 and Tiam1 were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
RESULTSCompared with that of adjacent non-cancerous gastric mucosa, the expression of Rac1 in cancer tissues was significantly increased. The positive rate of Rac1 expression was 18.8% (9/48 cases) in adjacent non-neoplastic gastric and 79.2% (38/48 cases) in cancer tissues. The positive staining was mainly located in the cell nuclei (31 samples). The real-time PCR results demonstrated that the expression levels of Tiam1 and Rac1 mRNA in cancerous tissues with nuclear localization of Rac1 were evidently increased. Furthermore, nuclear localization of Rac1 was associated with tumor stage and metastasis.
CONCLUSIONSThe majority of gastric cancer tissues show nuclear dislocalization of Rac1 expression, which may be a sign of abnormal activation of Tiam1-Rac1 pathway. It may suggest enhanced invasion ability of the gastric carcinoma.
