title: Expression of different proteoglycans in human breast tumors.
abstract: The composition of proteoglycans and their changes during malignant transformation are important factors influencing adhesive properties and mitotic activity of tumor cells. In this study, expression level of different proteoglycans (decorin, syndecan-1, lumican, glypican-1, and aggrecan) in tumors and normal human breast tissue was investigated. Multiplex RT-PCR data revealed different expression changes for different proteoglycans in human breast tumors--syndecan expression was activated compared to almost no expression in normal breast tissue, expression of decorin and lumican decreased 2-5- and 2-3-fold, respectively, and aggrecan transcription seems to be unaffected. A change of expression level of decorin correlated with expression of D-glucuronyl-C5-epimerase, a key enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of idurone-containing glycosaminoglycans, possessing antimitotic activity. The results suggest that changes in decorin, lumican, and syndecan-1 expression in tumor tissue could induce a distortion of proteoglycan composition and mitotic activity of cells in human breast tumor.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk 630117, Russia. Tatiana_E@ngs.ru
authors.forename: T Yu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Eshchenko
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Rykova
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Chernakov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Sidorov
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Grigorieva
mesh_terms: D053674:Aggrecans / Q000378:metabolism; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000378:metabolism; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D058575:Decorin; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D053673:Glypicans / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007632:Keratan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D000071234:Lumican; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D053668:Syndecan-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D053674:Aggrecans; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; C546878:DCN protein, human; D058575:Decorin; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D053673:Glypicans; C000604306:LUM protein, human; D000071234:Lumican; D011509:Proteoglycans; C508241:SDC1 protein, human; D053668:Syndecan-1; D007632:Keratan Sulfate; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; C019591:heparosan N-sulfate D-glucuronosyl 5-epimerase