Overexpression of SCC antigen and cyclins in an adenoid squamous carcinoma cell line derived from the maxillary sinus

  • Authors:
    • H. Kishimoto
    • M. Urade
    • T. Hashimoto-Tamaoki
    • J.-I. Furuyama
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  • Published online on: February 1, 2001     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.18.2.297
  • Pages: 297-303
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Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) is produced by the two almost identical, tandemly arrayed genes, SCCA1 and SCCA2. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of increased expression of SCC-Ag in a cell line SCCMM derived from an aggressive adenoid SCC with high titer of SCC-Ag in the patient serum. The differential polymerase chain reaction using specific primers for SCCA1 and SCCA2 revealed no gene amplification in SCCMM. However, RT-PCR demonstrated that levels of SCCA1 and SCCA2 mRNAs in SCCMM were 80- and 120-fold higher than those in CaSki as a reference SCC cell, respectively. Western blot analysis showed that the levels of these two SCC-Ag proteins in SCCMM were 15-fold higher than those in CaSki, suggesting that expression of the SCC-Ag in SCCMM was controlled at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. To investigate highly malignant character of SCCMM, expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins was investigated by Western blotting. Cyclin E and cyclin B1 were expressed at approximately 100-fold higher levels in SCCMM than in CaSki, but Cip/Kip cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) were expressed at low levels and p16 and p19 ink4 CDKIs were not detected. These results suggest that the aggressive growth of SCCMM is due, at least in part, to large increases in cyclin E and cyclin B1 expression with low levels of CDKIs.

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February 2001
Volume 18 Issue 2

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Kishimoto H, Urade M, Hashimoto-Tamaoki T and Furuyama J: Overexpression of SCC antigen and cyclins in an adenoid squamous carcinoma cell line derived from the maxillary sinus. Int J Oncol 18: 297-303, 2001
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Kishimoto, H., Urade, M., Hashimoto-Tamaoki, T., & Furuyama, J. (2001). Overexpression of SCC antigen and cyclins in an adenoid squamous carcinoma cell line derived from the maxillary sinus. International Journal of Oncology, 18, 297-303. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.18.2.297
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Kishimoto, H., Urade, M., Hashimoto-Tamaoki, T., Furuyama, J."Overexpression of SCC antigen and cyclins in an adenoid squamous carcinoma cell line derived from the maxillary sinus". International Journal of Oncology 18.2 (2001): 297-303.
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Kishimoto, H., Urade, M., Hashimoto-Tamaoki, T., Furuyama, J."Overexpression of SCC antigen and cyclins in an adenoid squamous carcinoma cell line derived from the maxillary sinus". International Journal of Oncology 18, no. 2 (2001): 297-303. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.18.2.297