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Nonspecific increased serum levels of secretory component in lung tumors: relationship to the gene expression of the transmembrane receptor form.

Abstract
Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIg-R) is synthesized by epithelial cells lining the bronchial mucosa. It is released in secretions as free secretory component (SC) or bound to Ig as secretory Ig (S-IgA and S-IgM). To evaluate the usefulness of SC and pIg-R expression as tumour markers, we measured SC and secretory Ig, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, in the serum of 45 patients with lung carcinomas, in the serum of 10 patients with non-neoplastic diseases, and in the serum of 45 control subjects. We also studied the immunohistochemical expression of pIg-R and its mRNA in tumors from 20 out of the 45 patients. Serum levels of SC and S-IgA were similarly and significantly elevated in patients with lung cancer (squamous cell carcinoma [25 cases], small cell carcinoma [7 cases], adenocarcinoma [13 cases]) and with non-neoplastic diseases, as compared with control subject levels (P < 0.001). The highest SC levels were found in patients with adenocarcinoma although the mean SC level was not different from other pathologic conditions. pIg-R was usually not detected in the cells of small cell carcinoma or of squamous cell carcinoma, whereas it was found in the cells of five adenocarcinomas and in the two in situ carcinomas under study. The specific mRNA analysis usually agreed with the immunolocalization of pIg-R. A single band at 3.8 kb was detected in the positive tumor tissues and in normal lung tissues. However, the signal was weak in one case of squamous carcinoma and stronger in two out of three adenocarcinomas, than in normal tissues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsM Rossel, E Brambilla, M Billaud, D A Vuitton, F Blanc-Jouvan, S Biichle, J P Revillard
JournalAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology (Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol) Vol. 9 Issue 3 Pg. 341-6 (Sep 1993) ISSN: 1044-1549 [Print] United States
PMID8398172 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen
  • Immunoglobulin A, Secretory
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Secretory Component
  • secretory IgM
Topics
  • Animals
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen (blood)
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A, Secretory (blood)
  • Immunoglobulin M (genetics)
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lung Neoplasms (blood, immunology)
  • Mice
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Secretory Component (blood, genetics)

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