Loss of KAI1/CD82 expression in bone and soft tissue tumors is not associated with lung metastasis.
The KAI1 gene has been identified as a metastasis suppressor gene in human prostate cancer. Decrease or loss of KAI1/CD82 expression has been shown to be associated with poorer prognosis and metastasis in carcinomas of various organs. The purpose of this study was to examine whether KAI1/CD82 is expressed in bone and soft tissue tumors, and whether it is associated with metastasis to the lungs. Immunohistochemically, KAI1/CD82 expression in benign and malignant soft tissue tumors was noted in 83% and 37% of cases, respectively. KAI1/CD82 was- also expressed in benign bone tumors and osteosarcomas in 67% and 36% of the cases, respectively. Four (40%) of 10 osteosarcoma cases with no lung metastasis and one (25%) of four osteosarcoma cases with lung metastasis were positive for KAI1/CD82, respectively. Metastasis of osteosarcoma cells to the lungs was not correlated with the loss of KAI1/CD82 in osteosarcoma cells.
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Second Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
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D015703:Antigens, CD; D000954:Antigens, Surface; C497688:CD82 protein, human; D051861:Kangai-1 Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm