Overexpression of IQGAP1 in human pancreatic cancer  

作　　者：Xiao-Xia Wang Xiao-Zhong Li Li-Qin Zhai Zhi-Rong Liu Xian-Jiu Chen Yi Pei 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Shanxi Medical University [2]Department of Geriatric Oncology,Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences,Shanxi Dayi Hospital [3]Department of Emergency,Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital [4]Department of Pathology,Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital

出　　处：《Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International》2013年第5期540-545,共6页国际肝胆胰疾病杂志（英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81372676 and 30973401);the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province(2009011052-1)

摘　　要：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive malignant tumor with the lowest survival rate.A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms which contribute to pancreatic cancer occurrence and progression will aid in the development of new approaches to the early diagnosis,prevention,and treatment of this deadly disease.The scaffold protein IQGAP1 shows elevated levels in a variety of cancer types.Currently,we investigated whether or not IQGAP1 is also overexpressed in pancreatic cancer.METHODS:IQGAP1 expression was examined in pancreatic cancer and normal tissues adjacent to cancerous tissues(adjacent tissues)by Western blotting and real-time RT-PCR as well as in paraffin sections of tissue microarray by immunohistochemistry.The correlations between IQGAP1 expression and various clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed.RESULTS:Western blotting and real-time RT-PCR revealed that the levels of IQGAP1 protein and mRNA expression in pancreatic cancer tissues were significantly increased compared with adjacent tissues.Immunohistochemistry analysis on tissue microarray showed that IQGAP1 protein expression was significantly higher in pancreatic cancer(80.0%,48/60)compared with adjacent tissues(18.3%,11/60)(P【0.001).Moreover,overexpression of IQGAP1 was shown to be associated with the grades of tumor differentiation(P【0.05).CONCLUSION:The overexpression of IQGAP1 may play an important role in pancreatic cancer occurrence and progression,and IQGAP1 may serve as a novel molecular target for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive malignant tumor with the lowest survival rate.A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms which contribute to pancreatic cancer occurrence and progression will aid in the development of new approaches to the early diagnosis,prevention,and treatment of this deadly disease.The scaffold protein IQGAP1 shows elevated levels in a variety of cancer types.Currently,we investigated whether or not IQGAP1 is also overexpressed in pancreatic cancer.METHODS:IQGAP1 expression was examined in pancreatic cancer and normal tissues adjacent to cancerous tissues(adjacent tissues)by Western blotting and real-time RT-PCR as well as in paraffin sections of tissue microarray by immunohistochemistry.The correlations between IQGAP1 expression and various clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed.RESULTS:Western blotting and real-time RT-PCR revealed that the levels of IQGAP1 protein and mRNA expression in pancreatic cancer tissues were significantly increased compared with adjacent tissues.Immunohistochemistry analysis on tissue microarray showed that IQGAP1 protein expression was significantly higher in pancreatic cancer(80.0%,48/60)compared with adjacent tissues(18.3%,11/60)(P<0.001).Moreover,overexpression of IQGAP1 was shown to be associated with the grades of tumor differentiation(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:The overexpression of IQGAP1 may play an important role in pancreatic cancer occurrence and progression,and IQGAP1 may serve as a novel molecular target for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

关 键 词：IQGAP1 pancreatic cancer tissue microarray IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY 

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