| Literature DB >> 23397548 |
Naoki Kanomata1, Takahiro Hasebe, Takuya Moriya, Atsushi Ochiai.
Abstract
In situ zymography has been used to assess gelatinolytic activity, which is mainly due to matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in cancer tissues. MMPs play an important role in cancer invasion and metastasis. Film in situ zymography (FIZ) enables the in situ evaluation of gelatinolytic activity with high reproducibility. In this article, we report a study of FIZ, in a case of breast cancer with an invasive carcinoma component showing clear gelatinolytic activity, and in a non-invasive carcinoma component showing little gelatinolytic activity. Immunohistochemistry on FIZ was also performed. The simultaneous detection of gelatinolytic activity and immunohistochemical reaction was established in a single film. Immunohistochemistry on FIZ may have good potential for the investigation of cancer microenvironment.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23397548 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-013-0021-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Mol Morphol ISSN: 1860-1499 Impact factor: 2.309