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Expression of glutathione S‐transferase‐π messenger rna in human esophageal cancers
Author(s) -
Ishioka Chikashi,
Kanamaru Ryunosuke,
Shibata Hiroyuki,
Konishi Yukari,
Ishikawa Akira,
Wakui Akira,
Sato Toshiaki,
Nishihira Tetsuro
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19910515)67:10<2560::aid-cncr2820671028>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - messenger rna , rna , esophageal cancer , glutathione , pi , glutathione s transferase , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , in situ hybridization , biology , enzyme , cancer , gene , biochemistry
The expression of human glutathione S‐transferase‐π (GST‐π) in resected primary esophageal tumors and in matching normal esophageal mucosa from 25 patients undergoing radical surgery was measured by RNA blot hybridization. The RNA transcript levels of GST‐π in the tumor tissues were higher than those in normal tissues in 20 of 25 cases (80%). The mean GST‐π mRNA value in the tumor tissues (n = 25) was significantly ( P < 0.01) elevated as compared with that in background mucosa (n = 29), and in ten of 25 tumors (40%) the level of GST‐π mRNA exceeded the mean normal tissue value by two standard deviations (normal mean value + 2 × SD). The results obtained from the current experiment thus suggests that GST‐π might be a useful marker for human esophageal cancer. No correlation between GST‐π mRNA level and clinical stage or histologic characteristics was apparent.