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British Journal of Cancer (2005) 93, 338-345.
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602709 Published online 12 July 2005
Expression of D-type cyclins in colon cancer and in cell lines from colon carcinomas
A Mermelshtein1, A Gerson2, S Walfisch3, B Delgado4, G Shechter-Maor1, J Delgado5, A Fich5 and L Gheber1,5
1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
3Colorectal Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
4Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
5Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Correspondence to: Dr L Gheber, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. E-mail: lgheber@bgu.ac.il
Received 30 November 2004; revised 13 June 2005; accepted 16 June 2005; published online 12 July 2005
Cyclins D1, D2 and D3 play important roles in cell proliferation and differentiation. Although their abnormal expression has been linked to cancer development and progression in a number of tissues, the expression of cyclin D2 and D3 proteins in colon cancer has not yet been characterised. In this study, we examined cyclin D1, D2 and D3 protein expression by Western blot analysis in tumour and adjacent normal colon tissues of 57 patients. In addition, we examined D-type cyclins protein expression in HT29 and LoVo39 cell lines from colon carcinomas, as a function of induced proliferation and differentiation. In both cell lines, the expression of the three D-type cyclins increased as a result of induced proliferation, whereas the expression of cyclin D3 increased as a result of induced differentiation. In colon tumours, cyclin D1 was overexpressed in 44%, cyclin D2 was overexpressed in 53% and cyclin D3 was overexpressed in 35% of the cases. We also found that in 16% of the cases, cyclin D3 protein expression was reduced in the tumour, as compared to the adjacent normal tissue. Examination of D-type cyclin protein overexpression in relation to the TNM stage of the tumours revealed that overexpression of cyclins D1 and/or D2, but not cyclin D3, is linked to colon carcinogenesis and that overexpression of cyclin D2 may be related to a higher TNM stage of the tumour.
Keywords: cyclin D1, D2, D3; colon cancer; HT29; LoVo39; proliferation; differentiation
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