title: Clinical significance of matrix metalloproteinase-7 expression in esophageal carcinoma.
abstract: Matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) is a member of MMP family and has a wide variety of substrate spectra. It is reported to play an important role in carcinoma invasion and metastasis. There is, however, little information on the clinical significance of MMP-7 in human esophageal carcinoma. We thus studied 48 tumor/normal pair samples of human esophagus by Northern blot analysis. The results demonstrated that the tumor tissue (T) of esophageal carcinoma showed a higher expression of MMP-7 mRNA than the corresponding normal tissue (N) in 31 cases (65%). We also statistically evaluated tumor MMP-7 value (T value) corrected for MMP-7-positive control (KYSE150 transfected with the MMP-7 gene). Fourteen cases with T value > or = 0.3 showed a higher frequency of lymph node metastasis than 34 cases with T value < 0.3 (P < 0.05). The cases with T value > or = 0.3 showed a significantly poorer prognosis than those with T value < 0.3 (P < 0.01). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the MMP-7 expression status was the independent factor relating to the prognosis (P = 0.0005). The findings indicated that MMP-7 might be a novel prognostic factor for patients with esophageal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7