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MELGAÇO-COSTA JLB, CARNEIRO BT, ANTUNES FL, MELO VVM, CARDOSO MFP, SOUTO GR. Oral metastasis intraosseous mimicking periapical lesion: a case report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/1981-86372020000022019-0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ABSTRACT Jaw metastasis can be mistaken for inflammatory or infectious diseases. Then, they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unknown jaw lesions. Study reported here involved metastasis of breast cancer in the mandible of a 45-year-old woman. The most important differential diagnostic was a reactive lesion in an unusual periapical location associated with a nonvital tooth. However, given patient’s medical history and because paresthesia and pain were observed a few days after pulpectomy, metastasis of breast cancer could not be ruled out. When bone scintigraphy suggested the metastasis of a malignant bone tumor, incisional biopsy was performed. Histopathologic examination and immunohistochemical reaction confirmed the diagnosis of metastasis of breastcancer, and chemotherapy was thus performed as well. Unfortunately, patient died 2 years after diagnosis. Dentists as well as general physicians should therefore consider presence of oral metastasis in cases involving atypical symptoms, especially in patients with known malignant disease.
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Li Y, Xiao M, Guo F. The role of Sox6 and Netrin-1 in ovarian cancer cell growth, invasiveness, and angiogenesis. Tumour Biol 2017; 39:1010428317705508. [PMID: 28475012 DOI: 10.1177/1010428317705508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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SOX6 plays important roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, and cell fate determination. It has been confirmed that SOX6 is a tumor suppressor and downregulated in various cancers, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and chronic myeloid leukemia. Netrin-1 is highly expressed in various human cancers and acts as an anti-apoptotic and proangiogenic factor to drive tumorigenesis. The role of SOX6 and netrin-1 in regulating the growth of ovarian tumor cells still remains unclear. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot were used to determine the SOX6 messenger RNA and protein levels, respectively, in ovarian cancer cells and tumor tissues. Stable transfection of SOX6 was conducted to overexpress SOX6 in PA-1 and SW626 cells. Cell viability was measured by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Invasion of ovarian cancer cells and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells were confirmed by Transwell assays. To overexpress netrin-1, ovarian cancer cells with SOX6 restoration was transduced with netrin-1 lentiviral particles. PA-1 xenografts in a nude mice model were used to conduct in vivo evaluation of the role of SOX6 and its relationship with netrin-1 in tumor growth and angiogenesis. In this study, we found significantly reduced SOX6 levels in PA-1, SW626, SK-OV-3, and CaoV-3 ovarian cancer cell lines and human tumor tissues in comparison with normal human ovarian epithelial cells or matched non-tumor tissues. SOX6 overexpression by stable transfection dramatically inhibited proliferation and invasion of PA-1 and SW626 cells. Also, conditioned medium from PA-1 and SW626 cells with SOX6 restoration exhibited reduced ability to induce human umbilical vein endothelial cells migration and tube formation compared with conditioned medium from the cells with transfection control. Furthermore, an inverse relationship between SOX6 and netrin-1 expression was observed in PA-1 and SW626 cells. Overexpression of netrin-1 in ovarian cancer cells with forced SOX6 expression remarkably abrogated the inhibitory effect of SOX6 on proliferation, invasion of the cells, and tumor xenograft growth and vascularity in vivo. Human umbilical vein endothelial cell migration and tube formation were enhanced in the conditioned medium from the ovarian cancer cells transduced with netrin-1 lentivirus particles. Our observations revealed that SOX6 is a tumor suppressor in ovarian cancer cells, and SOX6 exerts an inhibitory effect on the proliferation, invasion, and tumor cell-induced angiogenesis of ovarian cancer cells, whereas nerin-1 plays an opposite role and its expression is inversely correlated with SOX6. Moreover, our findings suggest a new role of SOX6 and netrin-1 for understanding the progression of ovarian cancer and have the potential for the development of new diagnosis and treatment strategies for ovarian cancer.
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- Yi Li
- Department of Gynecology, The Second People’s Hospital of Liaocheng City, Linqing, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second People’s Hospital of Liaocheng City, Linqing, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, The People’s Hospital of Linzi District, Zibo, P.R. China
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Irani S. Metastasis to the oral soft tissues: A review of 412 cases. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent 2016; 6:393-401. [PMID: 27891304 PMCID: PMC5109852 DOI: 10.4103/2231-0762.192935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The present review article analyzes the characteristics of metastases to the oral soft tissues from 1937 to 2015. An extensive literature search was performed. All variables such as age, gender, and primary and secondary tumor sites were analyzed. Metastases to the major salivary glands were not included in this review. In general, there were 412 metastatic lesions developed in the oral soft tissues. The male-to-female ratio was approximately 1.8:1. The mean age of the patients at diagnosis was 58. The lung was the most common primary site and the gingiva was the most common metastatic site. The greater part of the histological examination yielded adenocarcinoma. The diagnosis of a metastatic lesion in the oral cavity is a challenge to the clinicians due to the lack of pathognomonic signs and symptoms. Oral metastases usually occur in the advanced stages of cancers, and the interval between appearance and death is usually short. The oral soft tissue metastasis can be easily recognized compared to the metastasis of jawbones. Early detection of oral lesions is important in the case of being the first sign of a malignancy in other parts of body.
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- Soussan Irani
- Dental Research Center, Department of Oral Pathology, Dental Faculty, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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Ko SY, Blatch GL, Dass CR. Netrin-1 as a potential target for metastatic cancer: focus on colorectal cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2015; 33:101-13. [PMID: 24338005 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-013-9459-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Despite advanced screening technology and cancer treatments available today, metastasis remains an ongoing major cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Typically, colorectal cancer is one of the cancers treatable by surgery in conjunction with chemotherapy when it is detected at an early stage. However, it still ranks as the second highest modality and mortality of cancer types in western countries, and this is mostly due to a recurrence of metastatic colorectal cancer post-resection of the primary malignancy. Colorectal cancer metastases predominantly occur in the liver and lung, and yet the molecular mechanisms that regulate these organ-specific colorectal cancer metastases are largely unknown. Therefore, the identification of any critical molecule, which triggers malignancy in colorectal cancer, would be an excellent target for treatment. Netrin-1 was initially discovered as a chemotropic neuronal guidance molecule, and has been marked as a regulator for many cancers including colorectal cancer. Here, we summarise key findings of the role of netrin-1 intrinsic to colorectal cancer cells, extrinsic to the tumour microenvironment and angiogenesis, and consequently, we evaluate netrin-1 as a potential target molecule for metastasis.
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- Suh Youn Ko
- College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, St Albans, 3021, Australia
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Denoyer D, Kusuma N, Burrows A, Ling X, Jupp L, Anderson RL, Pouliot N. Bone-derived soluble factors and laminin-511 cooperate to promote migration, invasion and survival of bone-metastatic breast tumor cells. Growth Factors 2014; 32:63-73. [PMID: 24601751 DOI: 10.3109/08977194.2014.894037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Tumor intrinsic and extrinsic factors are thought to contribute to bone metastasis but little is known about how they cooperate to promote breast cancer spread to bone. We used the bone-metastatic 4T1BM2 mammary carcinoma model to investigate the cooperative interactions between tumor LM-511 and bone-derived soluble factors in vitro. We show that bone conditioned medium cooperates with LM-511 to enhance 4T1BM2 cell migration and invasion and is sufficient alone to promote survival in the absence of serum. These responses were associated with increased secretion of MMP-9 and activation of ERK and AKT signaling pathways and were partially blocked by pharmacological inhibitors of MMP-9, AKT-1/2 or MEK. Importantly, pre-treatment of 4T1BM2 cells with an AKT-1/2 inhibitor significantly reduced experimental metastasis to bone in vivo. Promotion of survival and invasive responses by bone-derived soluble factors and tumor-derived LM-511 are likely to contribute to the metastatic spread of breast tumors to bone.
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- Delphine Denoyer
- Metastasis Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre , Melbourne, VIC , Australia
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- Mark R Wick
- Departments of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
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The role played by the microenvironment in site-specific metastasis. Cancer Lett 2013; 352:54-8. [PMID: 23988268 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Cancer cells that disseminate to metastatic sites may progress to frank metastasis or persist as dormant micrometastasis. Significant progress has been made in defining the genetic and phenotypic cancer-cell-autonomous determinants of metastasis and in the understanding of the cross-talk between metastasizing tumor cells and the metastatic microenvironment. However several questions remain open, in particular the identity of microenvironmental factors that keep micrometastatic cells in a state of dormancy and those that promote survival, proliferation and progression of such cells. Significantly more information is available on the latter factors than on microenvironmental cells and molecules that restrain micrometastasis. This mini-review summarizes findings suggesting that: In view of the above, it is not unlikely that metastases residing in different microenvironments may require "individualized" treatment modalities.
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Kim HJ, Kang UB, Lee H, Jung JH, Lee ST, Yu MH, Kim H, Lee C. Profiling of differentially expressed proteins in stage IV colorectal cancers with good and poor outcomes. J Proteomics 2011; 75:2983-97. [PMID: 22178445 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Screening patients at high risk of recurrence of cancer would allow for more accurate and personalized treatment. In this study, we tried to identify the prognosis-related protein profile by applying two different quantitative proteomic techniques, difference in-gel electrophoresis and cleavable isotope-coded affinity tag method. Six tumor tissues were obtained from stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, of which three have survived more than five years (good prognostic group, GPG) and the other three died within 25 months (poor prognostic group, PPG) after palliative surgery and subsequent chemotherapy treatment. From the two independent quantitative analyses, we identified 175 proteins with abundance ratios greater than 2-fold. Gene ontology analysis revealed that proteins related to cellular assembly/organization and movement were generally increased in the PPG. Twenty-two proteins, including caveolin-1, were chosen for confirmatory studies by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. The Western blot data for each individual protein were analyzed with Mann-Whitney tests, and a multi-marker panel was generated by logistic regression analysis. Five proteins, fatty acid binding protein 1, intelectin 1, transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase, transgelin and tropomyosin 2, were significantly different between the two prognostic groups within 95% confidence. No single protein could completely distinguish the two groups from each other. However, a combination of the five proteins effectively distinguished PPG from GPG patients (AUC=1). Our study suggests a multi-marker panel composed of proteome signatures that provide accurate predictive information and potentially assist personalized therapy. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteomics: The clinical link.
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- Hye-Jung Kim
- Life Sciences Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kusuma N, Denoyer D, Eble JA, Redvers RP, Parker BS, Pelzer R, Anderson RL, Pouliot N. Integrin-dependent response to laminin-511 regulates breast tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Int J Cancer 2011; 130:555-66. [PMID: 21387294 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The basement membrane protein, laminin (LM)-511, is a potent adhesive and migratory substrate for metastatic breast tumor cells in vitro. Its expression correlates with tumor grade and metastatic potential in vivo. These observations suggest that responsiveness to autocrine or paracrine-derived LM-511 may be an important property regulating breast cancer metastasis in vivo. To address this, we compared the metastatic potential of 4T1 mammary carcinoma cells to that of 4T1 variants isolated by repeated chemotactic migration toward LM-511 in vitro (4T1LMF4) followed by serial injection into the mammary gland and recovery of spontaneous metastases from bone (4T1BM2). Variant subpopulations exhibited a distinct morphology on LM-511 and increased expression of β1 and β4 integrins compared to parental 4T1 cells. Importantly, mice inoculated with 4T1LMF4 and 4T1BM2 variants showed a 2.5- to 4-fold increase in the incidence of spontaneous metastasis to bone compared to 4T1 tumor-bearing mice. Functionally, 4T1BM2 variants were more adherent and more invasive toward LM-511 than parental 4T1 cells. Treatment of 4T1BM2 cells with lebein-1, a disintegrin with selectivity toward LM-type integrin receptors, potently inhibited their migration and invasion toward LM-511. Similarly, α3β1 integrin-dependent migration and invasion of human MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells toward LM-511 were significantly inhibited by lebein-1. Taken together, these results provide strong evidence that LM-511 contributes to the metastasis of breast tumors and suggest that targeting integrin-LM-511 interactions with lebein-1 or other inhibitors of LM-511 receptors may have therapeutic potential for patients with advanced breast cancer.
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- Nicole Kusuma
- Metastasis Research Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, St-Andrews Place, East-Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Role of SOCS-1 Gene on Melanoma Cell Growth and Tumor Development. Transl Oncol 2011; 4:101-9. [PMID: 21461173 DOI: 10.1593/tlo.10250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer, and its incidence has increased dramatically over the years. The murine B16F10 melanoma in syngeneic C57Bl/6 mice has been used as a highly aggressive model to investigate tumor development. Presently, we demonstrate in the B16F10-Nex2 subclone that silencing of SOCS-1, a negative regulator of Jak/Stat pathway, leads to reversal of the tumorigenic phenotype and inhibition of melanoma cell metastasis. SOCS-1 silencing with short hairpin RNA affected tumor growth and cell cycle regulation with arrest at the S phase with large-sized nuclei, reduced cell motility, and decreased melanoma cell invasion through Matrigel. A clonogenic assay showed that SOCS-1 acted as a modulator of resistance to anoikis. In addition, downregulation of SOCS-1 decreased the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (mainly the phosphorylated-R), Ins-Rα, and fibroblast growth factor receptor. In vivo, silencing of SOCS-1 inhibited subcutaneous tumor growth and metastatic development in the lungs. Because SOCS-1 is expressed in most melanoma cell lines and bears a relation with tumor invasion, thickness, and stage of disease, the present results on the effects of SOCS-1 silencing in melanoma suggest that this regulating protein can be a target of cancer therapy.
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Efimova EV, Liang H, Pitroda SP, Labay E, Darga TE, Levina V, Lokshin A, Roizman B, Weichselbaum RR, Khodarev NN. Radioresistance of Stat1 over-expressing tumour cells is associated with suppressed apoptotic response to cytotoxic agents and increased IL6-IL8 signalling. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 85:421-31. [PMID: 19437244 PMCID: PMC2690884 DOI: 10.1080/09553000902838566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the mechanisms of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 (Stat1)-associated radioresistance developed by nu61 tumour selected in vivo by fractionated irradiation of the parental radiosensitive tumour SCC61. MATERIALS AND METHODS Radioresistence of nu61 and SCC61 in vitro was measured by clonogenic assay. Apoptotic response of nu61 and SCC61 cells to genotoxic stress was examined using caspase-based apoptotic assays. Co-cultivation of carboxyfluorescein diacetate, succinimidyl ester (CFDE-SE)-labeled nu61 with un-labeled SCC61 was performed at 1:1 ratio. Production of interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and soluble receptor of interleukin 6 (IL6, IL8 and sIL6R) was measured using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). RESULTS Radioresistant nu61 was also resistant to interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) and the death ligands of tumour necrosis factor alpha receptor (TNFR) family when compared to SCC61. This combined resistance is due to an impaired apoptotic response in nu61. Relative to SCC61, nu61 produced more IL6, IL8 and sIL6R. Using Stat1 knock-downs we demonstrated that IL6 and IL8 production is Stat1-dependent. Treatment with neutralising antibodies to IL6 and IL8, but not to either cytokine alone sensitised nu61 to genotoxic stress induced apoptosis. CONCLUSION Nu61, which over-expresses Stat1 pathway, is deficient in apoptotic response to ionising radiation and cytotoxic ligands. This resistance to apoptosis is associated with Stat1-dependent production of IL6 and IL8 and suppression of caspases 8, 9 and 3.
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- Elena V Efimova
- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Kang B, Hao C, Wang H, Zhang J, Xing R, Shao J, Li W, Xu N, Lu Y, Liu S. Evaluation of hepatic-metastasis risk of colorectal cancer upon the protein signature of PI3K/AKT pathway. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:3507-15. [PMID: 18570457 DOI: 10.1021/pr800238p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Liver is the most common organ of colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis, and hepatic metastasis (HM) is regulated by complex protein network. Hence, we initiated a proteomic survey to seek interrelated multiplex markers related with HM. A total of 34 unique differential proteins were identified in the primary tumor tissues from 14 CRC patients with/without HM. A differential protein cluster, consisting of 17 proteins throughout PI3K/AKT pathway, was deduced and validated by Western blot. A three-protein signature elicited from the protein cluster, phosphorylated IkappaBalpha, TNFalpha and MFAP3L, was detected by immunohistochemistry on 105 pairs of CRC and normal samples. The positive protein signature was specifically correlated with HM (P < 0.001), and classified the HM risk of CRC patients with high sensitivity (92.85 +/- 4.87%) and specificity (94.94 +/- 2.5%). The high-risk group had significantly decreased overall survival (P < 0.001). Furthermore, RKO and HT29, two colon cancer cells with different expression status of the protein signature, were used to construct the nude mouse model of HM. And the HM occurrence of RKO cell (4/5) was dramatically higher than that of HT29 cell (1/5). Therefore, the protein signature derived from PI3K/AKT pathway is likely a promising multiplex biomarker for HM of CRC.
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- Bin Kang
- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Airport Industrial Zone B-6, Shunyi District, Beijing, China
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- James E Talmadge
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-7660, USA.
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Marcoval J, Moreno A, Peyrí J. Cutaneous infiltration by cancer. J Am Acad Dermatol 2007; 57:577-80. [PMID: 17368634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2006] [Revised: 01/12/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cutaneous infiltration by cancer has been reported to occur in 0.7% to 9% of all patients with malignant neoplasms and is usually considered a late event in the evolution of most visceral carcinomas. OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinicopathological features of cutaneous infiltration by cancer. METHODS All biopsy specimens codified as cutaneous infiltration by cancer between 1988 and 2005 were retrieved. Patients with hematologic malignancies were excluded. The clinical charts of the patients were reviewed to obtain additional information. RESULTS In all, 381 patients (136 male and 245 female) were included in the study. The most frequent primary tumors were breast carcinoma (168 cases), malignant melanoma (59 cases), mucosal carcinoma of the head and neck (34 cases), lung carcinoma (25 cases), and large intestine carcinoma (22 cases). The most frequent clinical presentations were solitary nodule in 153 cases, multiple nodules in 82 cases, and infiltration of surgical scars in 50 cases. In 128 patients (33.6%) the cutaneous infiltrative lesions were present at diagnosis of the primary tumor. The number of yearly specimens of infiltration by breast carcinoma increased significantly from the first half to the second half of the period under examination. LIMITATIONS This is an observational retrospective study. CONCLUSIONS With the possibility of determining prognostic factors by analyzing tissue samples from malignant tumors, the role of cutaneous biopsy is expected to become increasingly important in the management of oncology patients, as is already the case with breast carcinoma.
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- Joaquim Marcoval
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Most cancer deaths are due to the development of metastases, hence the most important improvements in morbidity and mortality will result from prevention (or elimination) of such disseminated disease. Some would argue that treatments directed against metastasis are too late because cells have already escaped from the primary tumour. Such an assertion runs contrary to the significant but (for many common adult cancers) fairly modest improvements in survival following the use of adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy designed to eliminate disseminated cells after surgical removal of the primary tumour. Nonetheless, the debate raises important issues concerning the accurate early identification of clonogenic, metastatic cells, the discovery of novel, tractable targets for therapy, and the monitoring of minimal residual disease. We focus on recent findings regarding intrinsic and extrinsic molecular mechanisms controlling metastasis that determine how, when, and where cancers metastasise, and their implications for patient management in the 21st century.
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- Suzanne A Eccles
- Tumour Biology and Metastasis, Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.
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Zhao C, Cai M, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Sun R, Zhang N. Development of a microscopy-based assay for protein kinase Czeta activation in human breast cancer cells. Anal Biochem 2007; 362:8-15. [PMID: 17240347 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Revised: 11/30/2006] [Accepted: 12/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Protein kinase Czeta (PKCzeta) plays a critical role in cancer cell chemotaxis. Upon activation induced by epidermal growth factor (EGF) or chemoattractant SDF-1alpha, PKCzeta redistributes from cytosol to plasma membrane. Based on this property, we developed a rapid cell-based assay for inhibitors of ligand-induced PKCzeta activation. PKCzeta green fluorescent protein (GFP) was transfected into human breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231, to establish a stable cell line, PKCzeta-GFP/MDA-MB-231. PKCzeta-GFP/MDA-MB-231 maintained phenotypes, such as chemotaxis, adhesion, and cell migration, similar to those of its parental cell line. Therefore it could be used as a representative cancer cell line. EGF induced translocation of PKCzeta-GFP to plasma membrane in a pattern similar to that of endogenous PKCzeta, indicative of activation of PKCzeta Translocation of PKCzeta-GFP could be easily and directly recorded by an inverted fluorescence microscope. Inhibitors of chemotaxis also impaired the translocation of PKCzeta-GFP, which further validated the biological relevance of our assay. Taken together, we have developed a simple, rapid, and reliable assay to detect the ligand-induced activation of PKCzeta in human cancer cells. This assay can be used in screening for inhibitors of PKCzeta activation, which is critically required for cancer cell chemotaxis.
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- Caijie Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemical Biology and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Dynamic and Stable Structures, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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