title: [Assessment of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and thymidylate synthase expression in gastric carcinoma and colonic carcinoma].
abstract: We measured DPD activity and TS content in cancer and normal mucosa obtained from 23 patients with colorectal carcinoma and 7 patients with gastric carcinoma. DPD activity in colorectal carcinoma cases was significantly decreased in cancer tissues compared to those in adjacent normal mucosa (p<0.001), while TS content was significantly increased in cancer tissues (p<0.01). No significant correlation was found between cancer and adjacent normal mucosa in DPD activity and TS content of gastric carcinoma cases. Immunohistochemically, DPD and TS overexpression were found in 11 out of 23 patients (47.8%) and 3 out of 23 patients (13%) in colorectal carcinoma cases, respectively. In gastric carcinoma cases, DPD and TS overexpression were found in 3 out of 7 patients (42.9%) and 3 out of 7 patients (42.9%), respectively. No significant correlation was found between quantitative measurement and immunohistochemical overexpression in colorectal and gastric carcinoma cases. DPD and TS protein were partially overexpressed in some cases. Heterogeneity of the tumor is thought to be one of the reasons for the discrepancy between quantitative measurement and immunohistochemical overexpression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Iwate Prefectural Shiwa Hospital.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shimooki
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugai
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D042943:Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP) / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D042943:Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP); D013940:Thymidylate Synthase