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Carcinoma cell-specific Mig-7: a new potential marker for circulating and migrating cancer cells.

Abstract
Identification of genes that are expressed in a cancer cell-specific manner can provide markers for detection, diagnosis, and disease progression. We have previously reported that receptor tyrosine kinase ligands in concert with ligation of alphavbeta5 integrin induce expression of Mig-7 restricted to carcinoma cells. Because of this highly specific expression, we hypothesized that Mig-7 could be used as a marker of occult tumor cells. The objective of this study was to begin to test this hypothesis by generating Mig-7 specific antisera and RT-PCR methods for detection of Mig-7 expression in tissues and blood from cancer patients as compared to those from normal subjects. By immunohistochemistry and by RT-PCR, we detected Mig-7 mRNA in lymph nodes from 7 out of 9 (77.8%) endometrial carcinoma xenograft mice but not from any of the 5 negative control animals. Mig-7 expression was more specific than Met expression, the RTK that binds Scatter factor and is used as a marker of poor progression, in endometrial carcinoma as compared to normal endometrial tissue samples. In 87.3% of tumors from various tissues including breast, lung, colon and ovary, we detected Mig-7 expression. Blood samples from untreated metastatic cancer patients also displayed Mig-7 mRNA in contrast to a lack of expression in chemotherapy treated or normal individuals. In conclusion, we report the first immunohistochemical and RT-PCR assays for Mig-7 and discuss its highly specific localization to cancer cells in contrast to an absence in normal cells. Our preliminary data indicate that Mig-7 may be a potential early marker of migrating and circulating carcinoma cells.
AuthorsTroy M Phillips, J Suzanne Lindsey
JournalOncology reports (Oncol Rep) Vol. 13 Issue 1 Pg. 37-44 (Jan 2005) ISSN: 1021-335X [Print] Greece
PMID15583799 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • TOX4 protein, human
Topics
  • Animals
  • Biomarkers, Tumor (analysis, genetics, metabolism)
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid (diagnosis, metabolism, pathology)
  • Endometrial Neoplasms (diagnosis, metabolism, pathology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Proteins (analysis, genetics, metabolism)
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating (metabolism)
  • RNA, Messenger (analysis, metabolism)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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