By Western blotting and immunohistochemical analyses, we have demonstrated that Pin1 was overexpressed in 71.4% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its levels correlated with the clinical survival rate. This conclusion was supported by the results from examining Pin1 protein in HCC cancer cell lines. RT-PCR was performed to examine the Pin1 transcription level in tumor part and was compared with that in non-tumor part. Our results indicated that pin1 overexpression was due to the upregulation of Pin1 transcription. Interestingly, most of the cases with upregulation of Pin1 have been shown to correlate with £]-catenin and Cyclin D1 accumulation in HCC specimens. These results were consistent with the previous studies that Pin1 caused £]-catenin and Cyclin D1 elevation in breast cancer. The concordance between hepatitis virus chronic infection and Pin1 overexpression of HCC patients was also analysis. Taken together, these data indicated that Pin1 overexpression leading to £]-catenin and Cyclin D1 accumulation might play a critical role in hepatocellular carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Pin1 levels therefore can be used as a prognostic marker for HCC, and our results suggested that Pin1 is a potential target for therapeutic intervention in hepatocellular carcinoma.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0705106-150251 |
| Date | 05 July 2006 |
| Creators | Weng, Wei-Teng |
| Contributors | David Chao, Pei-Jung Lu, Jiin-Tsuey Cheng |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0705106-150251 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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