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American Health Foundation [B. R., S. B.] and New York Medical College [B. R., A. E.], Valhalla, New York 10595; Strang Cancer Prevention Center, New York, New York 10021 [S. B., H. S., N. K., M. L.]; G. Genimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece [V. B., Z. M.]; and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148 [M. G.]
DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), consisting of a catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) and the Ku70 and Ku86 proteins, participates in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). We assessed its expression immunohistochemically in normal human colon tissue, colon adenomas, colon carcinomas, and normal tissue distant from carcinomas. Normal colonocytes expressed all DNA-PK proteins. Compared with the expression in normal tissue [176.62 ± 18.56 (the intensity of expression x the percentage of cells expressing this protein), mean + SE], the expression of Ku70 was significantly reduced in adenomas (36.62 ± 11.09; P < 0.001) and carcinomas (85.68 ± 15.76; P < 0.01), as was the expression of Ku86 [(113.10 ± 10.22 versus 41.66 ± 14.71 in adenomas (P < 0.01) or versus 85.68 ± 15.76 in carcinomas (P < 0.05)]. The expression of DNA-PKcs was not significantly changed. The marked underexpression of Ku70 and Ku86 starting at the adenoma stage may be crucial to the development of colon cancer.
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