title: Differential expression of DHHC9 in microsatellite stable and instable human colorectal cancer subgroups.
abstract: Microarray analysis on pooled samples has previously identified ZDHHC9 (DHHC9) to be upregulated in colon adenocarcinoma compared to normal colon mucosa. Analyses of 168 samples from proximal and distal adenocarcinomas using U133plus2.0 microarrays validated these findings, showing a significant two-fold (log 2) upregulation of DHHC9 transcript (P<10(-6)). The upregulation was more striking in microsatellite stable (MSS), than in microsatellite instable (MSI), tumours. Genes known to interact with DHHC9 as H-Ras or N-Ras did not show expression differences between MSS and MSI. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on 60 colon adenocarcinomas, previously analysed on microarrays, as well as on tissue microarrays with 40 stage I-IV tumours and 46 tumours from different organ sites. DHHC9 protein was strongly expressed in MSS compared to MSI tumours, readily detectable in premalignant lesions, compared to the rare expression seen in normal mucosa. DHHC9 was specific for tumours of the gastrointestinal tract and localised to the Golgi apparatus, in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of DHHC9 decreased the proliferation of SW480 and CaCo2 MSS cell lines significantly. In conclusion, DHHC9 is a gastrointestinal-related protein highly expressed in MSS colon tumours. The palmitoyl transferase activity, modifying N-Ras and H-Ras, suggests DHHC9 as a target for anticancer drug design.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital/Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, DK-8200 Arhus N, Denmark.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mansilla
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Birkenkamp-Demtroder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kruhøffer
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laiho
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aaltonen
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Verspaget
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Orntoft
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D002455:Cell Division; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010957:Plasmids; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D000217:Acyltransferases; C504825:ZDHHC9 protein, human