title: A phosphatase associated with metastasis of colorectal cancer.
abstract: To gain insights into the molecular basis for metastasis, we compared the global gene expression profile of metastatic colorectal cancer with that of primary cancers, benign colorectal tumors, and normal colorectal epithelium. Among the genes identified, the PRL-3 protein tyrosine phosphatase gene was of particular interest. It was expressed at high levels in each of 18 cancer metastases studied but at lower levels in nonmetastatic tumors and normal colorectal epithelium. In 3 of 12 metastases examined, multiple copies of the PRL-3 gene were found within a small amplicon located at chromosome 8q24.3. These data suggest that the PRL-3 gene is important for colorectal cancer metastasis and provide a new therapeutic target for these intractable lesions.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Oncology Center, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bardelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buckhaults
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Velculescu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rago
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: St Croix
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Romans
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Choti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lengauer
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kinzler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vogelstein
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D003106:Colon / Q000201:enzymology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005784:Gene Amplification; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012007:Rectum / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C484730:PTP4A3 protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases