Precise measurement of the E-cadherin repressor Snail in formalin-fixed endometrial carcinoma using protein lysate microarrays.

Hipp, S; Walch, A; Schuster, T; Höfler, H; Becker, KF

doi:10.1007/s10585-008-9149-3

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Title:: Precise measurement of the E-cadherin repressor Snail in formalin-fixed endometrial carcinoma using protein lysate microarrays.
Document type:: Journal Article
Author(s):: Hipp, S; Walch, A; Schuster, T; Höfler, H; Becker, KF
Abstract:: Over-expression of the zinc finger transcription factor Snail leads to down-regulation of the epithelial proteins E-cadherin and Cytokeratin 18 and to upregulation of the mesenchymal protein Vimentin. The aim of our study was to characterize for the first time Snail protein expression in formalin-fixed primary tumour tissues using protein lysate microarrays and correlate Snail with E-cadherin, Cytokeratin 18, and Vimentin protein abundances. In a first feasibility study, we examined 17 formalin-fixed endometrioid adenocarcinomas by protein lysate microarrays. Snail expression showed a statistical significant inverse correlation with the expression of E-cadherin (P<0.001). A trend for correlation between Snail and Cytokeratin 18 (P=0.043) and the tumour grade (P=0.074) was seen. For Snail and Vimentin no correlation was found (P=0.384). In conclusion, our results fit to the proposed function of Snail as a transcriptional repressor of E-cadherin and Cytokeratin 18 in primary human carcinomas and demonstrate the usefulness of protein lysate microarrays for the precise determination of proteins involved in epithelial-mesenchymal-transition.
Journal title abbreviation:: Clin Exp Metastasis
Year:: 2008
Journal volume:: 25
Journal issue:: 6
Pages contribution:: 679-83
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.1007/s10585-008-9149-3
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18307046
Print-ISSN:: 0262-0898
TUM Institution:: Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie; Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
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