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[Cancer Research 61, 2169-2176, March 1, 2001]
© 2001 American Association for Cancer Research


Tumor Biology

Expression of erbB-4/HER-4 Growth Factor Receptor Isoforms in Ovarian Cancer

Lynn M. R. Gilmour1, Kenneth G. Macleod, Alison McCaig, William J. Gullick2, John F. Smyth and Simon P. Langdon3

Imperial Cancer Research Fund Medical Oncology Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU [L. M. R. G., K. G. M., A. M., J. F. S., S. P. L.], and Imperial Cancer Research Fund Oncology Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine, London W12 ONN [W. J. G.], United Kingdom

Immunohistochemical expression of erbB4 protein was identified in 93% (49 of 53) of ovarian cancers using the HFR-1 antibody (targeted to the cytoplasmic domain of the erbB4 receptor) and in 89% (47 of 53) of ovarian cancers using the H4.77.16 antibody (targeted to the extracellular domain). Tumors of serous histology were more likely to express a higher level of erbB4 than endometrioid tumors, and for stage III serous tumors, long-term survival was associated with moderate to high coexpression of erbB4 and erbB2. Within ovarian cancer cell lines, high erbB4 expression was associated with cisplatin resistance. Using reverse transcription-PCR, the presence of multiple isoforms of erbB4 mRNA was identified in both ovarian primary tumors and cell lines. Splice variants in the juxtamembrane (JM-a and JM-d) and cytoplasmic (CT-a and CT-b) regions were identified in mRNA of both cell lines and primary tumors. The use of an anti-erbB4 blocking antibody suggested that erbB4 was not the mediator of the growth stimulatory effects of neuregulin in ovarian cancer cells and indeed could potentially antagonize this effect.




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