title: Aberrant expression of beta-catenin, Pin1 and cylin D1 in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma: relation to tumor proliferation and metastasis.
abstract: The aims of this study were to investigate the expression levels of beta-catenin, Pin1 and cyclin D1 in salivary adenoid cystic carcinomas (SACC ) and to evaluate its clinical importance, furthermore, to elucidate whether beta-catenin expression was aberrant in SACC and whether Pin1 was involved in aberrant beta-catenin and cyclin D1 expression. The expression of Pin1, beta-catenin and cyclin D1 were examined in the specimens of 65 patients with SACC by immunohistochemistry, protein and mRNA expressions were detected by western blotting and RT-PCR in four SACC cell lines. Pin1 was overexpressed in 51 cases of SACC (78%), and high levels of Pin1 expression correlated with cyclin D1 positive expression (p = 0.02). Fourteen (22%) cases showed positive immunoreactivity for beta-catenin protein in the nuclear/cytoplasmic fraction in tumor tissues, which was defined as cytoplasm/nucleus staining, among which quite evident nuclear expression of beta-catenin was detected in six cases (9%), while cyclin D1 positive expression was detected in 41 cases of SACC (63%). Reduced membranous expression of beta-catenin was detected in the cases with metastasis (11/14). Theses results suggest that Pin1 and Wnt signalling pathway are activated in SACC and may play a pivotal role in SACC carcinogenesis and metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China. zhoucx2008@126.com
authors.forename: Chuan-Xiang
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000556:secondary; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072340:NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000072340:NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051176:beta Catenin; D019938:Cyclin D1; C000606846:PIN1 protein, human; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase