Title
Decreased expression of Mac-2 (carbohydrate binding protein 35) and loss of its nuclear localization are associated with the neoplastic progression of colon carcinoma
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cancer Biology
Publication Date
1993-04-15
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma; Amino Acid Sequence; Antigens, Differentiation; Base Sequence; Blotting, Northern; Cell Nucleus; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Cloning, Molecular; Colon; Colonic Neoplasms; Colonic Polyps; DNA; DNA, Neoplasm; Galectin 3; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Intestinal Mucosa; Lectins; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Weight; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA; RNA, Messenger; RNA, Neoplasm
Disciplines
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Cancer Biology | Carbohydrates | Digestive System Diseases | Neoplasms
Abstract
The Mac-2 lectin (carbohydrate binding protein 35) is a soluble, 32- to 35-kDa phosphoprotein that binds galactose-containing glycoconjugates. We report here that the colonic epithelium is a major site of Mac-2 expression in vivo based on immunohistochemistry of human tissue specimens. In this epithelium, proliferating cells at the base of the crypts do not express Mac-2 but its expression increases with differentiation along the crypt-to-surface axis. Mac-2 expression is concentrated in the nuclei of these differentiated epithelial cells. The progression from normal mucosa to adenoma to carcinoma is associated with significant changes in Mac-2 nuclear localization and expression. In all adenomas (9/9) and carcinomas (13/13) examined, Mac-2 was not present in the nucleus but was localized in the cytoplasm. Sequencing of Mac-2 cDNAs from normal mucosa and carcinoma revealed no specific mutations that could account for this loss of nuclear localization. We also observed a 5- to 10-fold decrease in Mac-2 mRNA levels in cancer compared to normal mucosa as well as a significant reduction in the amount of Mac-2 protein expressed. These observations suggest that Mac-2 exclusion from the nucleus and its decreased expression may be related to the neoplastic progression of colon cancer.
DOI of Published Version
10.1073/pnas.90.8.3466
Source
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Apr 15;90(8):3466-70.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Related Resources
PubMed ID
7682704
Repository Citation
Lotz MM, Andrews CW, Korzelius CA, Lee EC, Steele GD, Clarke A, Mercurio AM. (1993). Decreased expression of Mac-2 (carbohydrate binding protein 35) and loss of its nuclear localization are associated with the neoplastic progression of colon carcinoma. Cancer Biology Publications. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.90.8.3466. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cancerbiology_pp/206