Altered intracellular region of MUC1 and disrupted correlation of polarity-related molecules in breast cancer subtypes

Autor: Fumi Fuchinoue, Shinobu Masuda, Tetsuyo Maeda, Yukari Obana, Misato Iizuka, Mayumi Tani, Katsuhisa Enomoto, Sadao Amano, Eriko Murakami, Yoko Nakanishi, Kenichi Sakurai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Cancer Science
ISSN: 1349-7006
1347-9032
Popis: MUC1 glycoprotein is overexpressed and its intracellular localization altered during breast carcinoma tumorigenesis. The present study aimed to clarify the relationship of cytoplasmic localization of MUC1 with the breast cancer subtype and the correlation of 10 molecules associated with cell polarity in breast cancer subtypes. We immunostained 131 formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded breast cancer specimens with an anti-MUC1 antibody (MUC1/CORE). For 48 of the 131 tumor specimens, laser-assisted microdissection and real-time quantitative RT-PCR were performed to analyze mRNA levels of MUC1 and 10 molecules, β-catenin, E-cadherin, claudin 3, claudin 4, claudin 7, RhoA, cdc42, Rac1, Par3 and Par6. Localization of MUC1 protein varied among breast cancer subtypes, that is, both the apical domain and cytoplasm in luminal A-like tumors (P
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