title: Semiquantitative immunoblot analysis of nm23-H1 and -H2 isoforms in adenocarcinomas of the lung: prognostic significance.
abstract: Total amounts of nm23 protein and relative levels of H1 and H2 isoforms were studied in 27 fresh-frozen samples of pulmonary adenocarcinoma and adjacent non-neoplastic tissues that were obtained at surgery. Semiquantitative immunoblotting with a monoclonal antibody (Pan-242) against nm23 protein demonstrated both isoforms, recognized as 20.5 kDa for H1 and 18.5 kDa for H2, to be present in all cases. Both H1 and H2 levels in neoplastic tissues were higher than in the corresponding non-neoplastic samples. Expression of H2 was usually greater than of H1. The H2/H1 ratio varied from 1.9 to 14.1 (mean value 5.2) in non-neoplastic tissues and 1.0-5.9 (mean value 2.5) in neoplastic tissues, although this ratio did not correlate with any prognostic factor like tumor size, nodal status or distant metastasis (TNM tumor stage). H1 and H2 levels were significantly lower (mean values 4.3 and 2.4) in well-differentiated than in moderately and poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas (8.3 and 3.0) (P < 0.03 and P < 0.05, respectively). These data indicate that H1 and H2 isoform levels correlate with histological differentiation, but not the metastatic potential or stage of pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Allied Health Sciences , Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. yuichi@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiku
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameya
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting / Q000379:methods; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D014157:Transcription Factors; C517938:NME1 protein, human; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins