title: Relationship of activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 with lung metastasis in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma.
abstract: Lung metastasis is one of the important characteristics of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC). Although activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) pathway may be associated with cancer progression in some malignant tumors, its roles in lung metastasis of SACC remains unclear. We examined the expression of activated ERK1/2 in SACC-LM with high lung-metastatic rate and SACC-83 with low lung-metastatic rate, as well as in the tissues from lung-metastatic and non-metastatic groups of SACC patients. Western blot analysis indicated that SACC-LM exhibited higher expression of activated ERK1/2 than SACC-83. Similarly, immunohistochemistry showed that expression of activated ERK1/2 was detected in 73% (8/11) of the primary tissues from SACC patients with lung metastasis, while only 25% (3/12) of the primary tissues from SACC patients without lung metastasis (P<0.05). Furthermore, we examined the effects of U0126, a specific inhibitor of mitogen activated protein kinase kinase (MEK or MAPKK), on migration and invasion in SACC-LM cells, showing U0126 not only inactivated ERK1/2, but also inhibited migration and invasion of SACC-LM. The present findings suggested that the elevated expression of activated ERK1/2 may play a role in lung metastasis of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ye-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Sheng-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Deng-Cheng
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Cun-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guang-Yan
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3