| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Imaging, Diagnosis, Prognosis |
1 Genome Science Division and 2 Laboratory for Systems Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, and 3 Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo; 4 Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; and 5 Perseus Proteomics, Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Departments of 6 Pathology and 7 Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan; and 8 First Department of Medicine and 9 Department of Medical Oncology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Requests for reprints: Hiroyuki Aburatani, Genome Science Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan. Phone: 81-3-5452-5235; Fax: 81-3-5452-5355; E-mail: haburata-tky{at}umin.ac.jp.
Purpose: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma of the lung are currently subject to similar treatment regimens despite distinct differences in histology and epidemiology. The aim of this study is to identify a molecular target with diagnostic and therapeutic values for SCC.
Experimental Design: Genes specifically up-regulated in SCC were explored through microarray analysis of 5 SCCs, 5 adenocarcinomas, 10 small cell lung carcinomas, 27 normal tissues, and 40 cancer cell lines. Clinical usefulness of these genes was subsequently examined mainly by immunohistochemical analysis.
Results: Seven genes, including aldo-keto reductase family 1, member B10 (AKR1B10), were identified as SCC-specific genes. AKR1B10 was further examined by immunohistochemical analysis of 101 non–small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) and its overexpression was observed in 27 of 32 (84.4%) SCCs and 19 of 65 (29.2%) adenocarcinomas. Multiple regression analysis showed that smoking was an independent variable responsible for AKR1B10 overexpression in NSCLCs (P < 0.01) and adenocarcinomas (P < 0.01). AKR1B10 staining was occasionally observed even in squamous metaplasia, a precancerous lesion of SCC.
Conclusion: AKR1B10 was overexpressed in most cases with SCC, which is closely associated with smoking, and many adenocarcinoma cases of smokers. These results suggest that AKR1B10 is a potential diagnostic marker specific to smokers' NSCLCs and might be involved in tobacco-related carcinogenesis.
Key Words: microarray • squamous cell lung carcinoma • tobacco • retinoic acid • metaplasia
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  J.-H. Park, D. Mangal, K. A. Tacka, A. M. Quinn, R. G. Harvey, I. A. Blair, and T. M. Penning Evidence for the aldo-keto reductase pathway of polycyclic aromatic trans-dihydrodiol activation in human lung A549 cells PNAS, May 13, 2008; 105(19): 6846 - 6851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 J. Ma, R. Yan, X. Zu, J.-M. Cheng, K. Rao, D.-F. Liao, and D. Cao Aldo-keto Reductase Family 1 B10 Affects Fatty Acid Synthesis by Regulating the Stability of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase-{alpha} in Breast Cancer Cells J. Biol. Chem., February 8, 2008; 283(6): 3418 - 3423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
O. Gallego, F. X. Ruiz, A. Ardevol, M. Dominguez, R. Alvarez, A. R. de Lera, C. Rovira, J. Farres, I. Fita, and X. Pares Structural basis for the high all-trans-retinaldehyde reductase activity of the tumor marker AKR1B10 PNAS, December 26, 2007; 104(52): 20764 - 20769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
X. J. Wang, J. D. Hayes, C. J. Henderson, and C. R. Wolf Identification of retinoic acid as an inhibitor of transcription factor Nrf2 through activation of retinoic acid receptor alpha PNAS, December 4, 2007; 104(49): 19589 - 19594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 X. Zu, R. Yan, S. Robbins, P. A. Krishack, D.-F. Liao, and D. Cao Reduced 293T Cell Susceptibility to Acrolein Due to Aldose Reductase-like-1 Protein Expression Toxicol. Sci., June 1, 2007; 97(2): 562 - 568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 S. Pierrou, P. Broberg, R. A. O'Donnell, K. Pawlowski, R. Virtala, E. Lindqvist, A. Richter, S. J. Wilson, G. Angco, S. Moller, et al. Expression of Genes Involved in Oxidative Stress Responses in Airway Epithelial Cells of Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., March 15, 2007; 175(6): 577 - 586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 H.-J. Martin, U. Breyer-Pfaff, V. Wsol, S. Venz, S. Block, and E. Maser PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AKR1B10 FROM HUMAN LIVER: ROLE IN CARBONYL REDUCTION OF XENOBIOTICS Drug Metab. Dispos., March 1, 2006; 34(3): 464 - 470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Cancer Research | Clinical Cancer Research |
| Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention | Molecular Cancer Therapeutics |
| Molecular Cancer Research | Cancer Prevention Research |
| Cancer Prevention Journals Portal | Cancer Reviews Online |
| Annual Meeting Education Book | Cell Growth & Differentiation |
