Bataille, Frauke and Rogler, Gerhard and Modes, Katharina and Poser, Ina and Schuierer, Marion and Dietmaier, Wolfgang and Ruemmele, Petra and Muehlbauer, Marcus and Wallner, Susanne and Hellerbrand, Claus and Bosserhoff, Anja Katrin (2005) Strong expression of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) in human colon carcinoma cells is regulated by TCF1/[beta]-catenin. LABORATORY INVESTIGATION, 85 (1). pp. 124-136. ISSN 0023-6837, 1530-0307
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Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) is known as a ubiquitously expressed house keeping gene important in biochemical salvage processes. The MTAP gene is localized on the human chromosomal region 9p21, a region often deleted in cancer. Recently, several groups including our own have shown that MTAP serves as a tumour suppressor gene. The aim of this study was to analyse the role of MTAP in colon carcinoma and normal colon epithelium and the regulation of gene expression. To examine MTAP RNA and protein expression, we screened six colon carcinoma cell lines and human primary colon epithelial cells by RT-PCR and immunoblotting. MTAP expression was confirmed in vivo by immunohistochemical staining of normal colon tissue compared to adenoma and colon carcinoma. Interestingly, we found strong MTAP mRNA and protein expression by colon carcinoma cell lines but no expression by colonic epithelial cells. To analyse the regulation of MTAP expression, promoter studies were performed and revealed control of MTAP expression by LEF/TCF/beta-catenin. Furthermore, we demonstrated a significant correlation between MTAP protein expression and tumour progression as the intensity of MTAP protein staining increased from normal tissue to carcinoma. In addition, the recently postulated association between MTAP activity and interferon (IFN) sensitivity was confirmed in colon epithelial cells showing only little response to IFN-gamma, in contrast to the carcinoma cell lines. In summary, these data indicate for the first time that MTAP is not expressed in normal human colonic epithelium but is strongly upregulated in colon carcinoma. This finding may be of clinical significance concerning the homeostasis of normal colon epithelium and potential treatment of colon carcinoma.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; IFN-GAMMA; MALIGNANT-MELANOMA; TUMOR-SUPPRESSOR; LAMINA PROPRIA; UP-REGULATION; GENE; CANCER; TARGET; MTAP; colon carcinoma; colonic epithelial cells; interferon |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2021 09:32 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2021 09:32 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/36759 |
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