摘要
背景与目的筛选肺鳞癌患者淋巴转移差异表达基因群。方法原发癌组织及区域淋巴结取自10例接受完全性肺癌切除手术的肺鳞癌患者。根据组织来源将标本分为三组:不伴淋巴转移的肺鳞癌组织(TxN-,n=5)、伴有淋巴转移的肺鳞癌组织(TxN+,n=5)及相应转移淋巴结中的肺鳞癌细胞(N+,n=5)。对各组进行激光显微切割以获得纯净癌细胞,T7RNA线性扩增获取足够量的RNA,实验通道和参照通道分别标记以后与含6000个已知人类基因或表达序列标签的cDNA基因芯片杂交,扫描荧光信号以后进行数据分析。结果共有37个基因可将TxN+组与TxN-组区分开,其中在TxN+组高表达的基因有8个,主要涉及蛋白合成、信号传导、伴侣蛋白和酶等。有29个基因在TxN-组高表达,这些基因主要编码细胞周期调节子、转导子、信号传导蛋白以及细胞凋亡调节蛋白。比较N+组与TxN+组却没有发现具有显著性的差异表达基因。结论肺鳞癌的淋巴转移表型的获得可能是早期事件。这些差异基因的发现有助于阐明肺鳞癌淋巴转移的分子机制和寻找新的治疗靶点。
Background and objective With the most recent introduction of microarray technology to biology, it becomes possible to perform comprehensive analysis of gene expression in cancer cell. In this study the laser microdissection technique and cDNA microarray analysis were combined to obtain accurate molecular profiles of lymphatic metastasis in patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma. Methods Primary lung squamous cancer tissues and regional lymph nodes were obtained from 10 patients who underwent complete resection of lung cancer. According to the source of lung cancer cells, the samples were classified into three groups： the primary tumor with lymphatic metastasis （TxN＋, n=5）, the primary tumor without lymphatic metastasis （TxN-, n=5） and matched tumor cells from metastatic lymph nodes （N＋, n=5）. Total RNA was extracted from laser microdissected tumor samples. Adequate RNA starting material of mRNA from primary tumor or metastatic nodes were labeled and then hybridized into the same microarray containing 6 000 known, named human genes/ESTs. After scanning, data analysis was performed using GeneSpring^ TM 6.2. Results A total of 37 genes were found to be able to separate TxN＋ from TxN-. TxN＋ have higher levels of genes concerned with structural protein, signal transducer, chaperone and enzyme. TxN- have higher levels of genes coding for cell cycle regulator, transporter, signal transducer and apoptosis regulator. Interestingly, there were no differentially expressed genes between N＋ and TxN＋. Conclusion Ihe acquisition of the metastatic phenotype might occur early in the development of lung squamous cancer. We raise the hypothesis that the gene-expression signature described herein is valuable to elucidate the molecular mechanisms regarding lymphatic metastasis and to look for novel therapeutic targets.
出处
《中国肺癌杂志》
CAS
2009年第9期945-950,共6页
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
基金
supported by grant from the scientif ic fund of the Ministry of Personnel for returned overseas expert (2006)
Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC (to Mingjian GE)(CSTC, No.2008BB5210)
关键词
肺肿瘤
淋巴转移
基因表达
治疗
Lung neoplasms
Gene-expression
Lymphatic metastasis
