Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-related protein 1 (IGFBP-rP1) has potential tumour-suppressive activity in human lung cancer

Chen Yuan

Ye Fei

Pacyana-Gengelbach Manuela

Knösel Thomas

Deutschmann Nicole

Lund Per

Yasumoto Hiroaki

Usui Tsuguru

Petersen Iver

Journal of Pathology

Insulin-like growth binding protein-related protein 1 (IGFBP-rP1) has decreased expression in various tumors, but the role of IGFBP-rP1 in lung cancer has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we evaluated the IGFBP-rP1 expression in lung cancer cell lines and we found a reduced expression of IGFBP-rP1 at both mRNA and protein levels. In a tissue microarray containing 138 primary tumors analyzed by immunohistochemistry, 58 cases (42%) exhibited no expression of IGFBP-rP1, additionally, an association between IGFBP-rP1 expression and tumor gradings was found in squamous cell lung cancer. Neither deletion or gene rearrangement nor loss of heterozigosity was responsible for the inactivation of IGFBP-rP1. However, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment restored the expression of IGFBP-rP1 in 3 out of 4 lung cancer cell lines. Sequencing of sodium bisulfite?treated genomic DNA from these 3 lung cancer cell lines revealed a heterogeneous methylation pattern in the region of exon 1 and intron 1. Stable transfection of IGFBP-rP1 full-length cDNA into a lung cancer cell line H2170 led to an increased protein expression of IGFBP-rP1. IGFBP-rP1 positive transfectants remarkably reduced the ability of colony formation in soft agar, suppressed the tumor growth rate in nude mice and increased the number of apoptotic cells as well as the expression level of casepase-3 compared to controls. Moreover, treatment with differentiation modulating agent 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) led to an enhanced expression of IGFBP-rP1 in lung cancer cells. Out data suggest that IGFBP-rP1 is a tumor suppressor possibly via DNA methylation and induction of apoptosis in human lung cancer.

IGFBP-rP1

human lung cancer

DNA methylation

stable transfection

tumour suppressor

医学 [ 490 ]

英語

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Copyright (c) 2007 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

[ISSN] 0022-3417

[DOI] 10.1002/path.2132

[NCID] AA00704326

[PMID] 17236181

[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.2132 ～の異版である