title: Amplification of stromelysin-3 transcripts from carcinomas of the colon.
abstract: Stromelysin-3 has been recently described in association with the stroma of different types of cancer including colorectal carcinomas. This article reports the detection of transcripts for stromelysin-3 (matrix metalloproteinase-11 [MMP-11]) in extracts of tissue from colorectal carcinomas using the technique of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). In 12 cases of primary colon carcinoma, stromelysin-3 messenger RNA (mRNA) was detected after 25 cycles, whereas this procedure did not reveal stromelysin-3 mRNA expression in one rectal carcinoma micrometastasis to the liver or in normal colon tissue (controls) after 30 cycles of PCR. However, stromelysin-3 mRNA was detected in normal colon specimens after 45 cycles. The high sensitivity of this technique allows application for the investigation of the expression of stromelysin-3 in small amounts of tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nachtigal
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D053507:Matrix Metalloproteinase 11; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D053507:Matrix Metalloproteinase 11; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases