Aberrant expression of the gastric mucin MUC6 in human pulmonary adenocarcinoma xenografts

  • Authors:
    • Atsushi Hamamoto
    • Yoshiyuki Abe
    • Masatake Nishi
    • Sakashi Fujimori
    • Yasuyuki Ohnishi
    • Hitoshi Yamazaki
    • Yasuhisa Oida
    • Noriyuki Miyazaki
    • Ken-Ichi Inada
    • Yoshito Ueyama
    • Masayuki Iwasaki
    • Hiroshi Inoue
    • Masato Nakamura
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  • Published online on: April 1, 2005     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.26.4.891
  • Pages: 891-896
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Abstract

Certain pulmonary adenocarcinomas show gastrointestinal differentiation with the expression of various mucins. The CDX homeobox gene, an intestine-specific transcription factor, is related to gastric carcinogenesis with MUC2 and MUC6 expression. The intestinal mucin MUC2 is expressed in the normal lung, while the gastric mucin MUC6 is not. Previously, we have reported that the expressions of MUC2 and MUC6 were related to a poor prognosis in small adenocarcinomas of the lung. We estimated the expressions of the mucin (MUC2 and MUC6) and CDX (CDX1 and CDX2) to examine how CDX relates to the gastrointestinal mucin production in the pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Thirty-nine human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) xenografts were examined (13 adenocarcinoma, 18 squamous cell carcinoma and 8 large cell carcinoma). Significant expression of the MUC6 gene was observed in 7 out of 39 (17.9%) NSCLC xenografts. The expressions of the MUC6 genes were noted in 6 out of 13 (46.2%) adenocarcinoma xenografts, but only in 1 of 18 (0.06%) squamous cell carcinoma xenografts. The adenocarcinoma xenografts significantly showed higher expression of the MUC6 gene than squamous cell carcinoma xenografts (t-test, p=0.0343). Four adenocarcinoma-xenografts co-expressed both the MUC2 and MUC6 genes, and the residual 2 adenocarcinoma-xenografts expressed only the MUC6 gene. One MUC6 overexpressing squamous cell carcinoma focally contained an adenocarcinoma component. The expression patterns of the gastrointestinal mucins were analogous to gastric cancer. The cellular morphology of these carcinoma xenografts was of the gastric cancer type. The proteins of the MUC2 and MUC6 were immunohistochemically confirmed in the xenografts. The expression of the MUC6 gene was significantly correlated with the expressions of the CDX1 and CDX2 genes in the xenografts (Fisher's test, p<0.0001 and p=0.0005, respectively), while there was no significant association between the expression of the MUC2 and CDX genes. These results suggest that the expression of CDX molecules in the pulmonary carcinogenesis pathway relates to gastric cancerous features of aberrant MUC6 expression.

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Hamamoto A, Abe Y, Nishi M, Fujimori S, Ohnishi Y, Yamazaki H, Oida Y, Miyazaki N, Inada K, Ueyama Y, Ueyama Y, et al: Aberrant expression of the gastric mucin MUC6 in human pulmonary adenocarcinoma xenografts. Int J Oncol 26: 891-896, 2005
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Hamamoto, A., Abe, Y., Nishi, M., Fujimori, S., Ohnishi, Y., Yamazaki, H. ... Nakamura, M. (2005). Aberrant expression of the gastric mucin MUC6 in human pulmonary adenocarcinoma xenografts. International Journal of Oncology, 26, 891-896. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.26.4.891
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Hamamoto, A., Abe, Y., Nishi, M., Fujimori, S., Ohnishi, Y., Yamazaki, H., Oida, Y., Miyazaki, N., Inada, K., Ueyama, Y., Iwasaki, M., Inoue, H., Nakamura, M."Aberrant expression of the gastric mucin MUC6 in human pulmonary adenocarcinoma xenografts". International Journal of Oncology 26.4 (2005): 891-896.
Chicago
Hamamoto, A., Abe, Y., Nishi, M., Fujimori, S., Ohnishi, Y., Yamazaki, H., Oida, Y., Miyazaki, N., Inada, K., Ueyama, Y., Iwasaki, M., Inoue, H., Nakamura, M."Aberrant expression of the gastric mucin MUC6 in human pulmonary adenocarcinoma xenografts". International Journal of Oncology 26, no. 4 (2005): 891-896. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.26.4.891