Suppression of retinoic acid receptor-beta in premalignant oral lesions and its up-regulation by isotretinoin.

Autor:	Lotan R; Department of Tumor Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA., Xu XC, Lippman SM, Ro JY, Lee JS, Lee JJ, Hong WK
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The New England journal of medicine [N Engl J Med] 1995 May 25; Vol. 332 (21), pp. 1405-10.
DOI:	10.1056/NEJM199505253322103
Abstrakt:	Background: Retinoids are effective in the treatment and prevention of certain human cancers. Most of their actions are thought to result from changes in gene expression mediated by nuclear retinoic acid receptors and retinoid X receptors. We conducted a study to determine whether the expression of these receptors was altered in premalignant oral lesions and, if so, whether their expression could be restored by treatment with isotretinoin. Methods: We performed in situ hybridization of retinoic acid receptors and retinoid X receptors using antisense riboprobes in specimens of oral mucosa from 7 normal subjects and specimens of premalignant oral lesions from 52 patients before treatment with isotretinoin and from 39 of the 52 patients after three months of treatment. Results: All the normal specimens expressed retinoic acid receptor-beta messenger RNA (mRNA). In contrast, retinoic acid receptor-beta mRNA was detected in only 21 of the 52 premalignant oral lesions (P = 0.003). Thirty-five of the 39 specimens available for evaluation after treatment expressed retinoic acid receptor-beta mRNA (P < 0.001). All normal and premalignant specimens expressed similar levels of mRNA for retinoic acid receptor-alpha and retinoic acid receptor-gamma and the three types of retinoic X receptors, alpha, beta, and gamma. The levels of retinoic acid receptor-beta mRNA increased in the specimens from 18 of the 22 patients who had responses to isotretinoin and in 8 of the 17 specimens from the patients without responses (P = 0.04). Conclusions: The expression of retinoic acid receptor-beta mRNA is selectively lost in premalignant oral lesions and can be restored by treatment with isotretinoin. Restoration of the expression of retinoic acid receptor-beta mRNA is associated with a clinical response. Retinoic acid receptor-beta may have a role in mediating the response to retinoids and may be a useful intermediate biologic marker in trials of these agents for the prevention of oral carcinogenesis.
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