title: Expression of hexokinase II and Glut-1 in untreated human breast cancer.
abstract: Expressions of HKII and Glut-1 were studied in untreated primary human breast cancers by immunohistochemistry. 79% of the breast cancers were HKII-positive and 61% were Glut-1-positive. Average positive malignant cell areas were 66 +/- 41% for HKII and 29 +/- 36% for Glut-1. HKII staining was cytoplasmic, suggesting mitochondrial localization with no variations in staining intensities. Glut-1 staining was heterogeneous, cytoplasmic and membranous and varied with histology and tumor stage. Cells expressing HKII did not always express Glut-1 and vice versa. Increased FDG-uptake appeared to be associated with increased Glut-1 expression (P = 0.021), but not with HKII expression (p = 0.6).FDG uptake in breast cancer tissue appears to be associated with the extent of immunodetectable expression of Glut-1, but not that of HKII, and FDG uptake may differ between individual tumors depending on tumor stage and histology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. rsbrown@umich.edu
authors.forename: Raya S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Tonya M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Zasadny
authors.forename: Joel K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Greenson
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wahl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D027342:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016037:Single-Blind Method
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D027342:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006593:Hexokinase