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CANCER
Volume 112, Issue 2, Pages 300-306Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23160
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colorectal cancer; SMAD proteins; bone morphogenetic protein receptors; tissue microarray; adenoma-carcinoma sequence
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BACKGROUND. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) is important in colorectal cancer (CRQ progression. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), a subgroup within the TGF beta superfamily, recently also have been implicated in CRC, but their precise role in CRC has yet to be investigated. METHODS. The authors used a tissue microarray and immunohistochemistry of BMP receptors and signal transduction elements in adenomas and CRC specimens to elucidate the role of BMP signaling in CRC carcinogenesis. RESULTS. The adenoma specimens expressed all 3 BMP receptors (BMPRs) (BMPR type 1a [BMPR1a], BMPR1b, and BMPR2) and expressed SMAD family member 4 (SMAD4); and 20 of 22 adenomas (90.9%) exhibited active BMP signaling, as determined by nuclear phosphorylated SMAD1,5,8 (pSMAD1,5,8) expression. In contrast, pSMAD1,5,8 nuclear staining was present in 5 CRC specimens (22.7%) but was lost in 17 CRC specimens (77.3%; cancer vs adenoma; P < .0001). The earliest loss of pSMAD1,5,8 nuclear staining was detected in regions of high-grade dysplasia/carcinoma in situ within adenomas. CRCs showed frequent loss of BMPR2 (P < .0001) and SMAD4 (P < .01) compared with adenomas. Negative expression of BMPR2 was observed more frequently in earlier stage cancers (Dukes stage B) than in advanced cancers (Dukes stage C; P < .05). CONCLUSIONS. Taken together, the current results indicated that loss of BNIP signaling correlates tightly with progression of adenomas to cancer and occurs relatively early during cancer progression.
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