Cell cycle related proteins as prognostic parameters in radically resected non-small cell lung cancer.
BACKGROUND
Experimental evidence suggests that lung cancer development and progression can be linked to an increased proliferation rate.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of seven components of the cell cycle machinery in a series of well characterised non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) specimens (n = 105).


RESULTS
Multivariate analysis revealed that simultaneous loss of expression of three of these factors--cyclin D1, the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p16, and the tumour suppressor retinoblastoma protein Rb2/p130--correlated with survival, confirming the hypothesis that the cyclin D1-p16-retinoblastoma tumour suppressor pathway is inactivated in most lung cancer samples.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that loss of control of cell cycle checkpoints is a common occurrence in lung cancer and support the idea that functional cooperation between different cell cycle regulatory proteins constitutes another level of regulation in cell growth control and tumour suppression.
Esposito
V
V
International Society for the Study of Comparative Oncology (ISSCO), Silver Spring, MD 20906, USA.
Baldi
A
A
De Luca
A
A
Tonini
G
G
Vincenzi
B
B
Santini
D
D
Persichetti
P
P
Mancini
A
A
Citro
G
G
Baldi
F
F
Groeger
A M
AM
Caputi
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050717:Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p130; D016019:Survival Analysis
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C493837:RBL2 protein, human; D050717:Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p130; D019938:Cyclin D1