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. 2002 Jul 1;62(13):3759-65.

Alterations in gene expression and activity during squamous cell carcinoma development

Magdalena M Serewko  1 , Claudia Popa, Alison L Dahler, Louise Smith, Geoff M Strutton, William Coman, Anthony J Dicker, Nicholas A Saunders
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  • PMID: 12097286

Alterations in gene expression and activity during squamous cell carcinoma development

Magdalena M Serewko et al. Cancer Res. .

Abstract

This study focuses on characterizing the genetic and biological alterations associated with squamous cell carcinoma development. Normal human epidermal keratinocytes (HEKs), cells isolated from a preneoplastic lesion (IEC-1), and two neoplastic cell lines, SCC-25 and COLO-16, were grown as raft cultures, and their gene expression profiles were screened using cDNA arrays. Our data indicated that the expression levels of at least 37 genes were significantly (P <or= 0.05; 1.9% of genes screened) altered in neoplastic cells compared with normal cells. Of these genes, 10 genes were up-regulated and 27 genes were down-regulated in the neoplastic cells. In addition, 51% of the genes altered in the neoplastic cells were already altered in the preneoplastic IEC-1 cells. Immunohistochemical staining of patient tumors was used to verify the cDNA array analysis. Our analysis indicated that alterations in genes associated with extracellular matrix production and apoptosis are disrupted in preneoplastic cells, whereas later stages of neoplasia are associated with alterations in gene expression for genes involved in DNA repair or epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor/mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK)/MAPK/activator protein-1 (AP-1) signaling. Subsequent functional analysis of the alterations in expression of the EGF receptor/MAPKK/MAPK/AP-1 genes suggested they did not contribute to the neoplastic phenotype.

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