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Expression of endogenous lectins (galectins, receptors for ABH-epitopes) and the MIB-1 antigen in esophageal carcinomas and their syntactic structure analysis in relation to post-surgical tumor stage and lymph node involvement.

Abstract
Squamous cell carcinomas of the esophagus, a disease with poor prognosis, are especially frequent in China and South Africa. To initiate the study of endogenous lectins in this tumor class we employed synthetic neoglycoconjugates and focused on galectins as markers. Histological sections of 43 cases of esophageal carcinomas were analyzed with labeled galectins-1 and -3 and their specific antibodies, neoglycoconjugates exposing chemically prepared histo-blood group A-, B- and H-trisaccharides and the antibody MIB-1 (Ki-67). Features of structural and numerical staining intensities determined quantitatively were correlated to clinical data sets of pTN stages, sex and age of patients. Low tumor stages (pT1/T2) were seen in 10/43 cases (23%) and 65% of the carcinomas surgically treated lacked notable lymph node involvement (pN0). The women were younger than the men (47 years versus 54 years). The proliferation activity of the tumor cells was high and amounted to 75% at average. The presence of galectin-1 and the structural entropy of distribution of staining with carrier-immobilized A-trisaccharide were associated with pN stages. These initial data indicate that distinct glycohistochemical features appear to have prognostic significance in this tumor class, adding to the emerging significance of this marker class in lung cancer.
AuthorsK Kayser, E Hauck, S André, N V Bovin, H Kaltner, L Banach, E Lancaster, H J Gabius
JournalAnticancer research (Anticancer Res) 2001 Mar-Apr Vol. 21 Issue 2B Pg. 1439-44 ISSN: 0250-7005 [Print] Greece
PMID11396228 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • ABO Blood-Group System
  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • Antigens, Nuclear
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
  • Galectin 1
  • Galectin 3
  • Hemagglutinins
  • Ki-67 Antigen
  • Nuclear Proteins
Topics
  • ABO Blood-Group System (metabolism)
  • Antigens, Differentiation (analysis)
  • Antigens, Nuclear
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (chemistry, pathology, surgery)
  • Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte (metabolism)
  • Esophageal Neoplasms (chemistry, pathology, surgery)
  • Female
  • Galectin 1
  • Galectin 3
  • Hemagglutinins (analysis)
  • Humans
  • Ki-67 Antigen
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Nuclear Proteins (analysis)

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