title: Increased content of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in human colorectal carcinoma metastases compared with the primary tumor as determined by an anti-chondroitin-sulfate monoclonal antibody.
abstract: To determine if the amount of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) in human colorectal tumor tissue correlates with the tumor's aggressiveness we immunochemically determined the CSPG levels in colorectal carcinomas at different stages. A total of 50 specimens--4 polyps, 15 stage B tumors, 9 stage C tumors, 12 stage D tumors, 7 liver metastases, and 3 lymph node metastases--were examined. Tumor tissues were extracted with 4 M guanidine hydrochloride containing protease inhibitors. The extracts were serially diluted and blotted onto nitrocellulose membranes. Reactivity of a chondroitin sulfate-specific mouse monoclonal antibody (CS-56) was determined by biotinylated goat antimouse Ig and avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex. After comparing tissues from tumors at different stages (classified by the presence or absence of metastasis), we could not find a positive or negative correlation between the amount of CSPG in primary colorectal carcinoma tissues and the tumor's metastatic potential. However, the metastatic foci in the liver or lymph node contained higher amounts of CSPG than the primary tumors did. Immunohistochemical staining of colon carcinoma tissue with CS-56 revealed that CSPG is predominantly localized in fibrotic portions in the tumor tissues. Two-year follow-up studies indicated that a high level of CSPG in primary tumors was not predictive of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamori
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irimura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000032:analysis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000032:analysis*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D011509:Proteoglycans