Significance of thymidylate synthase gene expression level in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung

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作者
Hashimoto, H [1 ]
Ozeki, Y [1 ]
Sato, M [1 ]
Obara, K [1 ]
Matsutani, N [1 ]
Nakagishi, Y [1 ]
Ogata, T [1 ]
Maehara, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Def Med Coll, Dept Surg 2, Tokorozawa, Saitama 3598513, Japan
关键词
thymidylate synthase; real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; Ki-67 labeling index; cell proliferation; lung adenocarcinoma;
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10.1002/cncr.21777
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
BACKGROUND. Thymidylate synthase (TS) catalyzes the methylation of deoxyuridine monophosphate (dUMP) to deoxythmidine monophosphate (dTMP) and is a key enzyme for DNA synthesis. High expression of TS is thought to be associated with poor prognosis in some kinds of cancers. However, this association has not been clarified for nonsmall cell lung carcinoma. In the current study, the authors investigated the clinicopathologic significance of TS mRNA levels and the correlation with cellular proliferation in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS. The expression levels of Ts mRNA were measured in 47 lung adenocarcinoma tissues using the Taq-Man real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method and examined the clinicopathologic significance of TS expression. To clarify the correlation between TS expression level and cell proliferation, the Ki-67 labeling index was also examined using immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS. A positive correlation was observed between the expression levels of TS mRNA and stage of disease, lymph node metastasis, or tumor differentiation (P =.015). The higher expression group of Ts mRNA showed a significantly poorer prognosis than the group With lower expression (P =.042). Moreover, there was a strong correlation noted between the expression levels of TS mRNA and the Ki-67 labeling index (P =.009). CONCLUSIONS. The results of the current study demonstrated that TS may be associated with stage of disease, lymph node metastasis, tumor differentiation, prognosis, and tumor cell proliferation. These results suggest that the expression levels of TS mRNA may be useful for predicting the malignant potential in patients With lung adenocarcinoma.
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