title: Variations of very low-density lipoprotein receptor subtype expression in gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma cells with various differentiations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study is aimed at investigating the expression and possible significances of very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) subtypes in gastroenteric adenocarcinoma tissues and cells with various differentiations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-one cases of gastroenteric carcinoma/adjacent normal tissues were enrolled in the study, which were diagnosed and classified by the clinicopathological diagnosis. The expression of VLDLR subtypes was detected in gastroenteric carcinoma/adjacent normal tissues and three various differentiated human gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines (MKN28, SGC7901 and MKN45) by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two VLDLR subtypes, namely, type II VLDLR and type I VLDLR, were found to express changes in gastroenteric carcinoma tissues, their adjacent normal tissue, and gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines as well. Type II VLDLR is predominantly expressed in poorly- or moderately-differentiated gastroenteric carcinoma tissues and gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines, whereas type I VLDLR is mainly detected in well-differentiated intestinal carcinoma tissues and gastric adenocarcinoma cells compared with the adjacent normal tissues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggested that the variations of the VLDLR subtype expression might be correlated with the progress and differentiation of gastroenteric carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Feng-Ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011973:Receptors, LDL; C036053:VLDL receptor