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乳がんが脳に転移することを媒介する遺伝子は,
Paula D Bos1, Xiang H-F Zhang, Cristina Nadal
1Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Nature
|May 8, 2009
まとめ
乳がんの脳転移は,血脳障壁の通過と植民を容易にする特定の分子媒介者を含む. ST6GALNAC5は,このプロセスを可能にする重要な脳特異のシアリルトランスフェラーゼとして特定されています.
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
背景:
- 乳がんの脳転移は,理解されていない分子メカニズムで重要な臨床的課題です.
- 脳への転移は,一次腫瘍の除去から数年後にしばしば発生し,拡散した癌細胞によって得られた適応を暗示する.
研究 の 目的:
- 乳がんの脳転移に関与する分子媒介者の解明.
- 癌細胞の拡張,血脳障壁 (BBB) の通過,および脳植民を可能にする特定の要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 進行性乳がん患者から脳優先転移細胞を分離した.
- 患者由来細胞と臨床サンプルの遺伝子発現分析.
- 識別された遺伝子がBBB通過とコロニー化における役割を評価するための機能的アッセイ.
主要な成果:
- サイクロオキシゲナーゼCOX2 (PTGS2),EGFRリガンドHBEGF,アルファ2,6-シアリルトランスフェラーゼST6GALNAC5をBBB経路の媒介体として特定しました.
- COX2とHBEGFは肺と脳の両方の転移に関与していますが,ST6GALNAC5は脳転移に特異的です.
- 乳がん細胞におけるST6GALNAC5発現は,脳内皮細胞への粘着とBBBの転移を促進する.
結論:
- 乳がんの脳転移は,エクストラバゼーションとBBBの横断のための特定の媒介者を利用します.
- ST6GALNAC5は,脳に制限されたシアリルトランスフェラーゼであり,がん細胞の粘着とBBB通過を促進することによって,脳転移の重要な原動力である.
- 細胞表面のグリコシライゼーションは,臓器特異の転移相互作用において重要な役割を果たします.
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