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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics [K. W. F., J. A. E., J. M. R.], Department of Pathology [A. R. F., W. E. G.], Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine [P. M-B., J. M. R.], Medical Statistics Section, Department of Medicine [C-Y. L.], and Oral Cancer Research Center and Comprehensive Cancer Center [J. A. E., W. E. G., J. M. R.], University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3300
Genetic alterations found in carcinomas can alter specific regulatory pathways and provide a selective growth advantage by activation of transforming oncogenes. A subset of these genes, including wild-type alleles of GLI or c-MYC, and activated alleles of RAS or ß-catenin, exhibit transforming activity when expressed in diploid epithelial RK3E cells in vitro. By in vitro transformation of these cells, the zinc finger protein GKLF/KLF-4 was recently identified as a novel oncogene. Although GKLF is normally expressed in superficial, differentiating epithelial cells of the skin, oral mucosa, and gut, expression is consistently up-regulated in dysplastic epithelium and in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. In the current study, we used in situ hybridization, Northern blot analysis, and immunohistochemistry to detect GKLF at various stages of tumor progression in the breast, prostate, and colon. Overall, expression of GKLF mRNA was detected by in situ hybridization in 21 of 31 cases (68%) of carcinoma of the breast. Low-level expression of GKLF mRNA was observed in morphologically normal (uninvolved) breast epithelium adjacent to tumor cells. Increased expression was observed in neoplastic cells compared with adjacent uninvolved epithelium for 14 of 19 cases examined (74%). Ductal carcinoma in situ exhibited similar expression as invasive carcinoma, suggesting that GKLF is activated prior to invasion through the basement membrane. Expression as determined by Northern blot was increased in most breast tumor cell lines and in immortalized human mammary epithelial cells when these were compared with finite-life span human mammary epithelial cells. Alteration of GKLF expression was confirmed by the use of a novel monoclonal antibody that detected the protein in normal and neoplastic tissues in a distribution consistent with localization of the mRNA. In contrast to most breast tumors, expression of GKLF in tumor cells of colorectal or prostatic carcinomas was reduced or unaltered compared with normal epithelium. The results demonstrate that GKLF expression in epithelial compartments is altered in a tissue-type specific fashion during tumor progression, and suggest that increased expression of GKLF mRNA and protein may contribute to the malignant phenotype of breast tumors.
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