title: Clinical significance of serum levels of CD44 variant exons 8-10 protein in colorectal cancer.
abstract: We examined serum levels of a CD44 splice variant that contained variant exons 8-10 (CD44v8-10) as a tumor marker in colorectal cancer patients. We performed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in 81 sera obtained from 71 colorectal cancer patients and 10 healthy controls. Serum CD44v8-10 levels were significantly higher in the colorectal cancer patients than in the healthy controls (0.209 +/- 0.098 versus 0.114 +/- 0.019 OD; P < 0.01). There was a close correlation between immunohistochemical expression and serum CD44v8-10 levels. Surgical resection of the tumors resulted in a reduction of serum CD44v8-10 levels. There was no significant correlation between serum CD44v8-10 level and serosal invasion or histologic type. However, a significant correlation was observed between serum CD44v8-10 level and lymphatic or venous invasion. In addition, serum CD44v8-10 levels were significantly higher in carcinomas associated with lymph node or liver metastasis than in those without metastasis. These findings suggest the usefulness of serum CD44v8-10 level in the prediction of colorectal cancer metastasis.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nakagawara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors / Q000097:blood*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors