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ArticleCancer science2003

Redifferentiation and ZO-1 reexpression in liver-metastasized colorectal cancer: possible association with epidermal growth factor receptor-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of ZO-1.

Tsukasa Kaihara, Hitoshi Kawamata, Johji Imura, Shigehiko Fujii, Kazuaki Kitajima, Fumie Omotehara, Naomi Maeda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Takahiro Fujimori

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Article in Cancer science, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tsukasa KaiharaDepartment of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kita-kobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293.
Hitoshi Kawamata
Johji Imura
Shigehiko Fujii
Kazuaki Kitajima
Fumie Omotehara
Naomi Maeda
Tetsuya Nakamura
Takahiro Fujimori
Dokkyo University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tubular gland structures of colorectal cancer (CRC) have been demonstrated to undergo dedifferentiation at the primary site, and then the gland structures are re-formed in the liver metastases. In this study, we examined the degree of differentiation of the gland structure of 48 cases of CRCs (24 cases with synchronous liver metastasis, 24 cases without metastasis) by the modified Gleason grading system. We also investigated the role of ZO-1, one of the tight junction proteins, in the morphological changes, i.e., dedifferentiation and redifferentiation, of CRCs at the primary site and liver metastases. Liver-metastasized CRCs (2.47+/-0.37) showed a lower score in the modified Gleason grading system than the corresponding primary tumors (3.28+/-0.36) did, i.e., the tumor cells had undergone redifferentiation at liver metastases. ZO-1 was expressed at the apical cell borders of normal colorectal epithelium, the luminal side of which has tubular gland structures. In comparison with this normal epithelium, the ZO-1 expression level was frequently reduced in primary CRC with liver metastasis (20.8%) and ZO-1 was reexpressed in liver metastasized cancers (79.2%). Furthermore, it was demonstrated by an immunoprecipitation-western blotting analysis on 5 cases of CRC with liver metastasis that ZO-1 bound to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) irrespective of the phosphorylation status of EGFR, and that EGFR associated ZO-1 was highly tyrosine-phosphorylated only in the primary CRC, but was dephosphorylated in the liver-metastasized cancers. Our observations suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation of ZO-1 leads to down-regulation of the function of ZO-1 and dedifferentiation of the glands in CRCs, and these phenomena contribute to liver metastases, and redifferentiation of the glands occurs in the liver metastases.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCell DifferentiationColorectal NeoplasmsErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsErbB ReceptorsMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsPhosphoproteinsTJP1 protein, humanZonula Occludens-1 Protein

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PMID12708492
PMCPMC11160208
OpenAlexW2015328450

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