title: LRIG1 and epidermal growth factor receptor in renal cell carcinoma: a quantitative RT--PCR and immunohistochemical analysis.
abstract: In all, 31 renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) were examined for expression of the potential tumour suppressor LRIG1 (formerly Lig-1) and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Eight matched samples of uninvolved kidney cortex were also evaluated. Gene expression was examined by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. In the eight matched sample pairs (uninvolved kidney cortex and tumour), protein expression was examined by immunohistochemistry. Conventional (clear cell) tumours showed an expected upregulation of EGFR. LRIG1 expression was generally downregulated in conventional and papillary RCC but not in chromophobic RCC. The ratio between EGFR and LRIG1 was more than 2.5-fold higher in the eight tumours compared with matched uninvolved kidney cortex and was at least two-fold higher than the mean normal ratio in 21 of 31 samples analysed. The observed downregulation of LRIG1 and increased EGFR/LRIG1 ratios are consistent with LRIG1 being a suppressor of oncogenesis in RCC by counteracting the tumour-promoting properties of EGFR. Further studies are justified to elucidate the explicit role of LRIG1 in the oncogenesis of RCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomasson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hedman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ljungberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henriksson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015536:Down-Regulation; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: C484445:LRIG1 protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012313:RNA; D066246:ErbB Receptors