title: Dysregulated secretoglobin expression in human lung cancers.
abstract: Lipophilins A, B, C, mammaglobin, and uteroglobin are members of the secretoglobin family of small, secreted, proteins. The functions of these proteins are not well understood but uteroglobin has been implicated in the development of cancers. Uteroglobin is known to be highly expressed in normal lung and down-regulated in lung cancers but expression of the other secretoglobins in normal lung and lung neoplasms have not been investigated. Therefore, we developed quantitative real-time reverse transcription (RT-) PCR assays for the different secretoglobins and evaluated their expression in normal and neoplastic lung tissues. The secretoglobin transcript levels were quantitated by real-time RT-PCR in samples from three normal lungs, 24 lung tumors including six small cell lung carcinomas, seven adenocarcinomas, and five squamous cell carcinomas, and in cell lines from three small cell lung carcinomas and one mesothelioma. Uteroglobin was confirmed to be abundantly expressed in normal lung and the different lung tumors showed down-regulated uteroglobin expression. Of the other secretoglobins, only lipophilin C was detected in normal lung, albeit at low levels. The lung tumors, however, frequently showed neo- or up-regulation of lipophilins A, B, C, and mammaglobin. The results constitute the first quantitative evaluation of secretoglobin expression in normal and neoplastic human lung tissues and demonstrate dysregulation in various human lung cancers. These findings could have important biological and diagnostic implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sjödin
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Sveinung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sørhaug
authors.forename: Leif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bjermer
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henriksson
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hedman
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005914:Globins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D060785:Mammaglobin A; D060788:Mammaglobin B; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D060765:Secretoglobins; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015854:Up-Regulation; D014598:Uteroglobin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D060785:Mammaglobin A; D060788:Mammaglobin B; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011510:Proteolipids; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; C556467:SCGB2A1 protein, human; C556448:SCGB2A2 protein, human; D060765:Secretoglobins; D005914:Globins; D014598:Uteroglobin