イタノ ナオキ   ITANO NAOKI
  板野 直樹
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2004
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 Elevated transcript level of hyaluronan synthase1 gene correlates with poor prognosis of human colon cancer
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS
出版社・発行元 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
巻・号・頁 21(1),pp.57-63
著者・共著者 Y Yamada,N Itano,H Narimatsu,T Kudo,K Morozumi,S Hirohashi,A Ochiai,M Ueda,K Kimata
概要 Hyaluronan plays important roles in the complex processes of tumor invasion and metastasis. It is now known that three hyaluronan synthase (HAS) isoforms catalyze hyaluronan synthesis, which raises the question of how they are involved in malignant tumor progression. In this study, we examined the correlation between tumor progression and transcriptional levels of three HAS isoforms in specimens of human colon cancers. Tumor tissues from 31 patients with different diagnostic grades were assessed to determine the level of each HAS isoform by real time RT-PCR. The mean expression coefficients for HAS1, HAS2 and HAS3 in the cancerous parts were 0.82-, 0.91- and 1.22-fold, respectively; of those in the noncancerous parts at Dukes' stage A; 1.00-, 0.95- and 1.06-fold, respectively, at stage B; and 1.95-, 1.16- and 1.19-fold, respectively, at stage C. In survival analysis, a significant correlation was observed between poor survival and the HAS1 transcript level. When the ratio of tumor to normal tissue in the HAS1 level was compared with that of the HA receptor transcript level, there was a positive correlation with that of the CD44 variant 6 level at Dukes' stage C. Our current results therefore suggest that HAS1 plays a role in the malignant progression of human colon cancer cells.
ISSN 0262-0898