ABSTRACT
The Wnt signaling pathway and its key component β-catenin have critical roles in the development of diseases such as tumors in mammals. However, little has been reported about involvement of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in canine mammary tumors (CMTs). The present study detected expression of 30 Wnt signaling pathway-related genes in CMTs; the results are potentially useful for molecular-based diagnosis of CMTs and the development of new targeted therapies. Significant upregulations of dickkopf-1 protein, secreted frizzled-related sequence protein 1 (SFRP1), frizzled 3, β-catenin, and lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1) were detected in highly malignant CMTs compared to levels in normal mammary gland tissues; moreover, highly significant upregulation of WNT5A was observed in low malignancy CMTs. Downregulation was only detected for SFRP4 in malignant CMT samples. The subcellular location of β-catenin and cyclin D1 in 100 CMT samples was investigated via immunohistochemical analysis, and significantly increased expressions of β-catenin in cytoplasm and cyclin D1 in nuclei were revealed. Western blotting analysis revealed that the expression of β-catenin and LEF1 increased in in the majority of CMT samples. Taken together, the results provide important evidence of the activation status of the Wnt pathway in CMTs and valuable clues to identifying biomarkers for molecular-based diagnosis of CMT.
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beta Catenin , Biomarkers , Blotting, Western , Cyclin D1 , Cytoplasm , Diagnosis , Down-Regulation , Immunochemistry , Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1 , Mammals , Mammary Glands, Human , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Up-Regulation , Wnt Signaling PathwayABSTRACT
Objective To study the expression of carbonic anhydrase 9(CA9) in clear cell renal carcinoma(ccRCC), and the relationship between the expression and recurrence .Methods Paraffin-embedded tissues from 53 ccRCC cases were collected during the past 3 years,and immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of CA 9.Fifty-three cases were followed up to evaluate the disease-free survival ( DFS) and recurrence .Association of CA9 expression with recurrence was then analyzed .Results Localized RCC recurred in eleven cases , the median DFS was 10 months, the integral optical density ( IOD) of the recurrent cases was 230 879 .84 ±64 878 .72 while the IOD of the thirteen nonrecurrent cases was much higher,444 993.31 ±146 946.27(P<0.01).Conclusion There might be a positive correlation between the low expression of CA9 and the recurrence of ccRCC .CA9 may help predict the ccRCC patients ’ prognosis.