| Literature DB >> 18854599 |
Joana Gomes1, Nuno T Marcos, Nora Berois, Eduardo Osinaga, Ana Magalhães, João Pinto-de-Sousa, Raquel Almeida, Fátima Gärtner, Celso A Reis.
Abstract
Aberrant mucin O-glycosylation is often observed in cancer and is characterized by the expression of immature simple mucin-type carbohydrate antigens. UDP-N-acetyl-d-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-6 (ppGalNAc-T6) is one of the enzymes responsible for the initial step in O-glycosylation. This study evaluated the expression of ppGalNAc-T6 in human gastric mucosa, intestinal metaplasia, and gastric carcinomas. Our results showed that ppGalNAc-T6 is expressed in normal gastric mucosa and in intestinal metaplasia. A heterogeneous expression and staining pattern for this enzyme was observed in gastric carcinomas. ppGalNAc-T6 was expressed in 79% of the cases, and its expression level was associated with the presence of venous invasion. Our results provide evidence that ppGalNAc-T6 is an IHC marker associated with venous invasion in gastric carcinoma and may contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie aberrant glycosylation in gastric carcinogenesis and in gastric carcinoma.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18854599 PMCID: PMC2605713 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.952283
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Histochem Cytochem ISSN: 0022-1554 Impact factor: 2.479