Yoko Ukita1, Masako Kato, Tadashi Terada. 1. Second Department of Pathology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The human proto-oncogene c-erbB-2 (also called HER-2/neu) is located on chromosome 17q21-22. There have been no studies on gene amplification or mRNA expression of c-erbB-2 in human intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CC) hitherto. METHODS: We investigated c-erbB-2 gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), c-erbB2 mRNA expression by ISH, and c-erbB-2 protein expression by immunohistochemistry in 22 archival cases of CC. RESULTS: FISH revealed that c-erbB-2 gene signals were increased in CC. ISH showed that c-erbB-2 mRNA signals were located in the nuclei and cytoplasms of cancer cells and were increased in cancer cells compared with non-cancerous bile ducts where no signals were present. Immunohistochemistry showed that the c-erbB-2 protein was expressed in the cell membrane of cancer cells, and was increased compared with non-cancerous bile ducts where no expression was found. There was a positive significant correlation between c-erbB-2 mRNA and protein expression. Clinicopathologically, there were no correlations between the c-erbB-2 expression and various pathological features. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that c-erbB-2 gene amplification does occur in CC, and that there is an overexpressed c-erbB-2 protein through the enhanced mRNA expression. The c-erbB-2 gene amplification may be related to the oncogenesis or tumor progression of CC.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The humanproto-oncogene c-erbB-2 (also called HER-2/neu) is located on chromosome 17q21-22. There have been no studies on gene amplification or mRNA expression of c-erbB-2 in humanintrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CC) hitherto. METHODS: We investigated c-erbB-2 gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), c-erbB2 mRNA expression by ISH, and c-erbB-2 protein expression by immunohistochemistry in 22 archival cases of CC. RESULTS: FISH revealed that c-erbB-2 gene signals were increased in CC. ISH showed that c-erbB-2 mRNA signals were located in the nuclei and cytoplasms of cancer cells and were increased in cancer cells compared with non-cancerous bile ducts where no signals were present. Immunohistochemistry showed that the c-erbB-2 protein was expressed in the cell membrane of cancer cells, and was increased compared with non-cancerous bile ducts where no expression was found. There was a positive significant correlation between c-erbB-2 mRNA and protein expression. Clinicopathologically, there were no correlations between the c-erbB-2 expression and various pathological features. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that c-erbB-2 gene amplification does occur in CC, and that there is an overexpressed c-erbB-2 protein through the enhanced mRNA expression. The c-erbB-2 gene amplification may be related to the oncogenesis or tumor progression of CC.
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