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. 2011 Oct;5(5):475-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2011.06.003. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

Altered JS-2 expression in colorectal cancers and its clinical pathological relevance

Alfred King-Yin Lam  1 , Vinod Gopalan, Mohammad Reza Nassiri, Kais Kasim, Jayampathy Dissanayake, Johnny Chuek-On Tang, Robert Anthony Smith
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Altered JS-2 expression in colorectal cancers and its clinical pathological relevance

Alfred King-Yin Lam et al. Mol Oncol. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

JS-2 is a novel gene located at 5p15.2 and originally detected in primary oesophageal cancer. There is no study on the role of JS-2 in colorectal cancer. The aim of this study is to determine the gene copy number and expression of JS-2 in a large cohort of patients with colorectal tumours and correlate these to the clinicopathological features of the cancer patients. We evaluated the DNA copy number and mRNA expression of JS-2 in 176 colorectal tissues (116 adenocarcinomas, 30 adenomas and 30 non-neoplastic tissues) using real-time polymerase chain reaction. JS-2 expression was also evaluated in two colorectal cancer cell lines and a benign colorectal cell line. JS-2 amplification was noted in 35% of the colorectal adenocarcinomas. Significant differences in relative expression levels for JS-2 mRNA between different colorectal tissues were noted (p = 0.05). Distal colorectal adenocarcinoma had significantly higher copy number than proximal adenocarcinoma (p = 0.005). The relative expression level of JS-2 was different between colonic and rectal adenocarcinoma (p = 0.007). Mucinous adenocarcinoma showed higher JS-2 expression than non-mucinous adenocarcinoma (p = 0.02). Early T-stage cancers appear to have higher JS-2 copy number and lower expression of JS-2 mRNA than later stage cancers (p = 0.001 and 0.03 respectively). Colorectal cancer cell lines showed lower expression of JS-2 than the benign colorectal cell line. JS-2 copy number change and expression were shown for the first time to be altered in the carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer. In addition, genetic alteration of JS-2 was found to be related to location, pathological subtypes and staging of colorectal cancer.

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Figure 1
The mRNA expression levels of JS‐2 in different colorectal tissues. The difference in mRNA expression was significantly altered in non tumour, adenomas and cancer tissues from colorectum (p = 0.05).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The mRNA expression levels of JS‐2 in colorectal cancer and normal epithelial cell lines. Cancer cell lines showed low expression of JS‐2 mRNA compared to normal epithelial cell line.
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