title: Adenylate cyclase-associated protein 1 overexpressed in pancreatic cancers is involved in cancer cell motility.
abstract: Pancreatic cancer has the worst prognosis among cancers due to the difficulty of early diagnosis and its aggressive behavior. To characterize the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancers on gene expression, pancreatic cancer xenografts transplanted into severe combined immunodeficient mice served as a panel for gene-expression profiling. As a result of profiling, the adenylate cyclase-associated protein 1 (CAP1) gene was shown to be overexpressed in all of the xenografts. The expression of CAP1 protein in all 73 cases of pancreatic cancer was recognized by immunohistochemical analyses. The ratio of CAP1-positive tumor cells in clinical specimens was correlated with the presence of lymph node metastasis and neural invasion, and also with the poor prognosis of patients. Immunocytochemical analyses in pancreatic cancer cells demonstrated that CAP1 colocalized to the leading edge of lamellipodia with actin. Knockdown of CAP1 by RNA interference resulted in the reduction of lamellipodium formation, motility, and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells. This is the first report demonstrating the overexpression of CAP1 in pancreatic cancers and suggesting the involvement of CAP1 in the aggressive behavior of pancreatic cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamura
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masugi
authors.forename: Taisuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Wenlin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hibi
authors.forename: Nobuyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Misao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: Setsuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirohashi
authors.forename: Michiie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C489549:CAP1 protein, human; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins