Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1 expression is inversely correlated with vascularity and distant metastasis of colorectal cancer.
Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor (BAI) 1 was recently isolated as a novel p53 inducible gene. BAI1 has been suggested to play a significant role in angiostasis. We studied the expression of BAI1 in 49 colorectal cancer specimens by RT-PCR. BAI1 expression was significantly reduced in colorectal cancers as compared to the extraneoplastic tissues (X(2) test, p=0.041). BAI1 expression was inversely correlated with vascular invasion and metastasis (Fisher's exact test, p 0.045). Moreover, vascularity in the colorectal cancer was inversely correlated with BAI1 gene expression (Mann-Whitney U-test, p=0.0003). These observations suggested that BAI1 expression might inhibit angiogenesis and metastasis of colorectal cancer.
Department of Pathology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan.
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Fukushima
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Oshika
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Tsuchida
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Tokunaga
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Hatanaka
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Kijima
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Yamazaki
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Ueyama
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Tamaoki
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Nakamura
D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D042501:Angiogenic Proteins; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000235:genetics; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
C468226:ADGRB1 protein, human; D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D042501:Angiogenic Proteins; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled