Expression of Tetraspanins in Human Lung Cancer Cells: Frequent Downregulation of CD9 and Its Contribution to Cell Motility in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Oncogene (2003) 22, 674–687 & 2003 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 0950-9232/03 $25.00 www.nature.com/onc Expression of tetraspanins in human lung cancer cells: frequent downregulation of CD9 and its contribution to cell motility in small cell lung cancer Toshiki Funakoshi1, Isao Tachibana*,1, Yoshihiko Hoshida2, Hiromi Kimura1, Yoshito Takeda1, Takashi Kijima3, Kazumi Nishino1, Hiroyuki Goto1, Tsutomu Yoneda1, Toru Kumagai1, Tadashi Osaki1, Seiji Hayashi1, Katsuyuki Aozasa2 and Ichiro Kawase1 1Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Sutia, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; 2Department of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Sutia, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; 3Division of Thoracic and Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) invades locally and lungcancer (SCLC) and nonsmall cell lungcancer metastasizes distantly extremely early when compared (NSCLC). SCLC is characterized by several neuroendo- with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The underlying crine features, as evidenced by the presence of dense core molecular mechanisms, however, have not been elucidated. granules, high enzymatic activities of L-dopa decarbox- Accumulating evidence suggests that downregulation of ylase, production of hormones and neuropeptides, and several members of tetraspanins is associated with expression of neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) progression of solid tumors, thus indicating poor prog- (Carney et al., 1985). Clinically, SCLC is distinct from nosis. Here we screened 30 lung cancer cell lines for NSCLC in that most patients are inoperable at expression of tetraspanins, CD9, CD63, CD81, CD82, diagnosis, because the tumor locally invades and CD151, and NAG-2.
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