Expression of uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase 3 in adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
Uridine diphosphate (UDP) N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase 3 (GalNAc-T3), one of the enzymes that catalyze the initial glycosylation of mucin type O-linked proteins, was shown to associate with the differentiation of cancer cell lines and the prognosis of some kinds of cancers. In the present study, the association of GalNAc-T3 expression with clinicopathologic features of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and patients' survival was examined. The level of expression of GalNAc-T3 was analyzed immunohistochemically in paraffin-embedded tumor samples from surgically resected specimens of 59 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The correlations of GalNAc-T3 expression with clinicopathologic features and prognosis were studied. Thirty-five tumors showed high- intensity GalNAc-T3 staining, whereas 24 showed low-intensity staining. A close association was observed between GalNAc-T3 staining intensity and histologic differentiation and the stage of the tumors. The low-intensity group showed a high rate of the poorly differentiated subtype (p < 0.001) and T4 of the pTNM staging system (p < 0.05). These findings indicate that the expression of GalNAc-T3 is associated with the differentiation and aggressiveness of ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
Yamamoto
Shinji
S
Department of Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nakamori
Shoji
S
Tsujie
Masanori
M
Takahashi
Yuji
Y
Nagano
Hiroaki
H
Dono
Keizo
K
Umeshita
Koji
K
Sakon
Masato
M
Tomita
Yasuhiko
Y
Hoshida
Yoshihiko
Y
Aozasa
Katsuyuki
K
Kohno
Kimitoshi
K
Monden
Morito
M
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D000097763:Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000097763:Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase