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Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Those mechanisms have been under intensive study for the last two decades. At the molecular level, activation of oncogenes (1) and inactivation of tumor suppressor genes (2, 3, 4) are processes known to be involved in colorectal carcinogenesis. Additionally, abrogation of mismatch repair systems (5 , 6) contributes to some colorectal cancers. Nevertheless, exactly how those genetic alterations bring about the development and progression of colorectal carcinomas remains to be resolved. To complicate the picture, accumulations of mutant genes in neoplasms tend to be accompanied by other genetic and epigenetic changes including loss of heterozygosity, inactivation of important genes by methylation (7) or loss of imprinting (8) , and/or gene amplifications, all of which can alter gene expression profiles. Therefore, genome-wide monitoring of gene expression is of great importance if we are to disclose the numerous and diverse events associated with carcinogenesis.
Several approaches, e.g., differential hybridization, subtractive hybridization, and differential display, have been developed to identify genes that are expressed differently between normal and cancerous tissues. Zhang et al. (9) have contributed a method called serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) to examine the frequency of individual transcripts using sequencing tags corresponding to specific genes, a method that enables us to analyze expression profiles in various tissues. However, because all of these methods are labor intensive and time consuming and require large amounts of mRNA, it is difficult to apply them for analysis of thousands of genes in a limited amount of clinical material.
Hence, we have recruited a newly developed technique, the cDNA microarray, that provides high-throughput analysis of expression profiles by means of small-array slides spotted with cDNAs (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) . To detect exact differences between cancerous cells and noncancerous cells, we first separated them by means of LCM (17, 18, 19) .4 Then, after performing T7-based RNA amplification (19) , we were able to compare gene expression profiles of colorectal cancer cells with those of normal colonic epithelium using our original cDNA-microarray slides containing 9216 human cDNA fragments.
In this study, we report detection of 235 genes the expression of which was changed during development or progression of colorectal cancer. Among them, 44 showed up-regulated expression and 191 showed down-regulated expression in cancer tissues compared with noncancerous tissues. These results not only disclose the complex nature of changes in genetic activity during colorectal carcinogenesis but also provide information that should prove useful for identifying novel therapeutic targets.
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Tissue Samples and Laser-Capture Microdissection.
Colorectal cancer tissues and their corresponding normal mucosae were obtained with informed consent from 20 patients who underwent colectomy. Eight of these samples were embedded in TissueTek OCT medium (Sakura, Tokyo, Japan) and snap frozen at -80°C. The frozen sections were then fixed in 70% ethanol for 30 s and stained with H&E, followed by three dehydration steps of 5 s each in 70%, 95%, and 99.5% ethanol and a final 5-min dehydration in xylene. Once air-dried, the stained tissues were laser-capture microdissected by a PixCell II LCM system following the manufacturers protocols (Arcturus Engineering, Mountain View, CA). Normal colonic epithelial cells and carcinoma cells selectively "laser captured" (
1 x 104 cells from each sample) were estimated to be >95% homogeneous as determined by microscopic visualization (Fig. 1)
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Data Analysis.
Signal intensities of Cy3 and Cy5 from the 9216 spots were quantified and analyzed by substituting backgrounds, using ArrayVision software (Imaging Research, Inc., St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada). Subsequently, each signal was normalized so that the averaged ratio (Cy3:Cy5) of the 52 housekeeping gene signals would be 1.0, and the value of root (Cy32 + Cy52) of each signal would be kept through the normalization. The 52 housekeeping genes were referred from "housekeeping panel" in the web site provided by Brown et al.5
Because the data were unreliable for spots with intensities below 1 x 105 relative fluorescent unit for both Cy3 and Cy5 signals, genes corresponding to those spots were not investigated any further.
Selection of Genes with Different Expression.
To estimate the range of Cy3:Cy5 ratio within which the expression change could be considered as fluctuation among noncancerous cells, we first compared expression levels of each gene between noncancerous cells from different parts of the same patient. The range was determined to exclude 10% of the cases from each side (significance level
= 0.10). When we compared the gene expression profiles between carcinoma cells and noncancerous cells, we considered genes that had a Cy3:Cy5 ratio outside this range as candidates of differentially expressed genes, up-regulated genes as those with Cy3:Cy5
upper limit, and down-regulated genes as those with Cy3:Cy5
lower limit. Among these candidates, genes with elevated expression in more than half the patients were selected as frequently up-regulated genes, and those with down-regulated expression in more than half the patients were selected as frequently down-regulated genes. We evaluated the significance of altered expression of the selected genes by calculating the Ps using a permutation test to analyze whether the change of expression profile is significant or not (21)
. Here, we carried out a matched pair permutation between carcinoma cells and noncancerous cells for each patient because we compared those two populations in our experiment. When the samples of a patient (defined as i) were not permuted, we defined xi as the expression level of carcinoma cells and yi as the expression level of noncancerous cells from patient i. When the samples of a patient i were not permuted, we defined xi as the expression level of noncancerous cells and yi as the expression level of carcinoma cells from patient i. Because the permuted state of each patient is binary (permuted or not), we examined 28 = 256 permuted cases. In each case, difference of expression di = xi - yi (i = 1... 8) of each gene was calculated. The average of difference u =
di/8 and SD
were determined. We calculated the "signal-to-noise" ratio (21) defined as Z = u/SD for each case (among 256) for each gene (among 9216), which resulted in a total set of n = (256 x 9216) of Z-values. We estimated the probability, P, of a given expression pattern of an up-regulated gene from the eight patients by dividing by n the number of cases that showed Z-values greater than the calculated Z-value of the pattern. Similarly, we estimated the P of a given expression pattern of a down-regulated gene by dividing by n the number of cases that showed Z-values smaller than the calculated Z-value.
Semiquantitative RT-PCR.
Total RNA (5 µg) was treated with DNase I (Roche) and reversely transcribed for single-stranded cDNAs using oligo(dT)1218 primer with Superscript II reverse transcriptase (Life Technologies, Inc.). Each single-stranded cDNA was diluted for subsequent PCR amplification by monitoring HRS as a quantitative control. HRS showed the smallest Cy3/Cy5 fluctuation among the 52 housekeeping genes in the eight experiments. Each PCR was carried out in a 50-µl volume of 1 x PCR buffer for 5 min at 95°C for initial denaturing, followed by 2535 cycles of 95°C for 30 s, 60°C for 30 s, and 72°C for 1 min, in the GeneAmp PCR system 9700 (Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). The sequences of the primers used for RT-PCR were as follows: AI081175 forward, 5'-CCCGTTTTTCCTGTATTATCTGT-3', reverse, 5'-CTCTTCTTGAACTGGTGCTGTCT-3'; M77349 forward, 5'-GCTGGAGAAATGGCATCATTATA-3', reverse, 5'-ACACCATGGCTCTGTCACAATAG-3'; U81375 forward, 5'-TTTTCCATGTCCCCCTCCCAACT-3', reverse, 5'-AGGCACCTGGTTTCTGTCAAATA-3'; U31511 forward, 5'-AGTGACCACCAGGAGGTGCTATC-3', reverse, 5'-AATCATACAGGGAAGACCCAAGT-3'; X75208 forward, 5'-ACAACCTTCACGACAGTTGGTG-3', reverse, CTTATTGCCTTTATTCTGCTGTCG-3'; M33987 forward, 5'-CACAATTCCGCAGCCTTCTATCA-3', reverse, 5'-TGTGTTCTTGAGGAAGGACAAGT-3'; M10617 forward, 5'-CTCTATTGCCACCATGAGTTTCT-3', reverse, 5'-AGTTCGGTCACAGACTTGATGTT-3'; U37518 forward, 5'-AGTGACCAACATAGTGAAACCCC-3', reverse, 5'-GAGTGTAGTGGCATGATCTCACC-3'; AA524144 forward, 5'-TGTCTTTCAAACTCCAAGGTTCC-3', reverse, 5'-TATACAAAGTCCAAACAGCCAGG-3'; AF029082 forward, 5'-GTATTGAGCAGAAAAGCAACGAG-3', reverse, 5'-TGAGTGTCACAGGGGAACTTTAT-3'; control (HRS) forward, 5'-CAGCGGAAGACCTGAAGAGTGG-3', reverse, 5'-GAGGCATTTTATTGGACCTTTG-3'.
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Furthermore, altered expression of these genes was tested using unamplified RNAs from an additional 12 cases (Fig. 3)
. The sample pairs that showed tumor:normal PCR products ratio detected by densitometry of more than 1.5 or less than 0.67 were considered to be changed. The five up-regulated genes showed elevated expression in 10, 11, 10, 10, and 12 cancers of the 12 cases, respectively. On the other hand, the five down-regulated genes showed reduced expression in 10, 8, 8, 12, and 8 cancers of the 12 cases, respectively. These data verified the reliability and rationality of our strategy to identify genes that are commonly involved in the development and progression of colorectal cancer.
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| Discussion |
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Among the genes listed in Fig. 2, A
and B
, differential expression of the transforming growth factor-ß induced Mr 68,000 gene (TGFBI; GenBank accession no. M77349), the carbonic anhydrase I gene (CA1; GenBank accession no. M33987), the carbonic anhydrase II gene (CA2; GenBank accession no. J03037), and the cytokeratin 20 gene (KRT20; GenBank accession no. X73502) had been noted before between normal colonic mucosa and colorectal cancers (9)
. Because TGFBI, isolated from a human lung-adenocarcinoma cell line A549 (22)
, has a recognition site for integrin, the gene product would represent a key molecule for adhesion and migration of malignant cells once a cancer has developed. The CA1, on the other hand, is expressed in normal colonic mucosa, but its reduced expression correlates with vascular invasion and poor prognosis of colorectal cancers (23)
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Other genes listed in Fig. 2B
include 14-3-3
gene (SFN; AF029082), which is regulated by p53. 14-3-3
is known to promote premitotic cell-cycle arrest after DNA damage (24)
. Because this gene is one of the targets of p53, a gene that is frequently mutated in colorectal carcinomas, reduced expression of SFN in the cancer tissues studied here may have resulted from mutations of p53.
Among other genes in the list of those showing up-regulated expression in colorectal carcinoma cells, we note the presence of equilibrative nucleoside transporter1 (ENT1) gene (SLC29A1; U81375), M-phase inducer phosphatase 2 gene (CDC25B; M81934), nitric oxide synthase 2A gene (NOS2A; U31511), and nucleolin gene (NCL; M60858). In highly proliferative cancer cells, ENT1 may help to supply nucleotides required for constitutive DNA synthesis (25) . The CDC25B protein is required for progression of the cell cycle (G2-M phase transition) by dephosphorylating Tyr15 of cell division cycle 2 (CDC2) (26 , 27) . The transcript of NOS2A, when induced by various stimuli, causes production of nitric oxide, which may be involved in DNA damage as well as several kinds of signal transduction (28) . Nucleolin induces chromatin decondensation by binding to histone H1 (29) . The enhanced expression of these genes may have a direct or indirect role in the mechanisms of colorectal carcinogenesis including accelerated metabolisms, impaired regulation of cell cycle, production of reactive oxygen species, and dysregulated transcription and mitosis.
Genes showing down-regulated expression in colorectal carcinoma cells include the MXI1 gene (MXI1; AA524144), a member of the c-Myc family, and several apoptosis-related genes: TRAIL receptor 2 gene (TNFRSF10B; AF016266), a receptor of TRAIL, TRAIL gene (TNFSF10; U37518), herpes virus entry mediator ligand gene (TNFSF14; AF064090), which are members of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily, and Mch4 gene (CASP10; U60519), an activator of other caspases including caspase-3 and caspase-7 (30)
. The transcript of MXI1 is a putative tumor suppressor (31)
, because it negatively regulates the action of c-Myc, an oncogene that activates transcription and stimulates cell proliferation. Therefore, inactivation or suppression of MXI1 might promote malignant transformation and proliferation of affected cells. Because TRAIL receptor 2 induces apoptosis as a consequence of activation of nuclear factor-
B and c-Jun-NH2-terminal kinase (32)
, its reduced expression in colon cancers may prolong the survival of tumor cells. From the investigation of differently expressed genes in the hepatocarcinogenesis by microarray, we also found the expression of TRAIL receptor 2 was reduced in 10 hepatocellular carcinomas among 20 (data not shown). Therefore, escaping from the apoptosis signal may be a crucial step for carcinogenesis in various organs.
Our data provide not only new information about cancer-related genes but also a new correlation of known genes with carcinogenesis. We were even able to identify a relationship to cancer among some genes, the functions of which had not yet been characterized. These results not only disclose the complex nature of changes in genetic activity during colorectal carcinogenesis but also provide information that may prove useful for identifying novel therapeutic targets.
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| FOOTNOTES |
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1 Supported in part by Research for the Future Program Grant #96L00102 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. ![]()
2 Present address: SNP Research Center, RIKEN, Inside Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan. ![]()
3 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan. Phone: 81-3-5449-5768; Fax: 81-3-5449-5568; E-mail: tatsu{at}ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp ![]()
4 The abbreviations used are: LCM, laser-capture microdissection; aRNA, amplified RNA; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-PCR; HRS, histidyl-tRNA synthetase; TRAIL, tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. ![]()
5 http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/LCG/ARRAY/expn.html. ![]()
Received 5/31/00. Accepted 3/13/01.
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