title: Expression of stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and chemokine receptor (CXCR4) in bone metastasis of renal carcinoma.
abstract: Renal cancer is a relatively common malignant carcinoma that metastasizes to bone. The chemokine stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and its corresponding receptor CXCR4 have been shown to regulate organ-specific metastasis in other cancer types. Based on this observation, we predicted that the expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 play a role in renal carcinoma metastasis to bone. To investigate the expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4, and to assess the correlation between SDF-1 and CXCR4 immunoreactivity in bone metastasis of renal carcinoma, we collected 10 in situ renal carcinoma samples and 30 bone metastasis samples. We analyzed SDF-1 and CXCR4 expression with immunohistochemical analysis on paraffin-embedded sections. Compared with primary renal carcinomas, the SDF-1 expression in bone metastases was significantly higher [80% (24/30) vs. 30% (3/10), P = 0.006]; the expression of CXCR4 was also higher [83.3% (25/30) vs. 40% (4/10), P = 0.014]. Pearson correlation analysis supports a positive correlation between SDF-1 and CXCR4 in bone metastasis of renal carcinoma. In addition, RT-PCR demonstrated that, as compared with in situ renal carcinoma tissues, SDF-1 expression was predominant in the bone metastasis samples (P = 0.001), while CXCR4 was overexpressed in the bone metastasis tissues (P = 0.028). Western blot analysis confirmed these trends. Our data suggest that the expression of SDF-1/CXCR4 is high in bone metastases and over-expression of SDF-1/CXCR4 may play important roles in the bone metastasis of renal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Musculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fu-long
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C527276:CXCR4 protein, human; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4