Reduced expression of nm23-H1, but not of nm23-H2, is concordant with the frequency of lymph-node metastasis of human breast cancer

The nm23 gene is a potential metastasis-suppressor gene originally identified in a murine melanoma line. Several investigators have reported the probable inverse association of nm23 expression with disease prognosis and/or metastasis. Since there are now 2 known isotypes of human nm23, namely nm23-H1 and -H2, we immunohistochemically examined expression of these isotypes in human breast-cancer tissues using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for each isotype protein. We also analyzed expression of c-erbB-2 in the same collection of cancer tissues, in order to examine the significance of nm23 expression in comparison with c-erbB-2 expression. Of 130 tumors from breast-cancer patients, 73 (56%) and 69 (53%) positively expressed nm23-H1 and -H2 respectively. Expression of c-erbB-2 was positive in 36 (28%). Expression of nm23-H1, but not nm23-H2, was inversely associated with lymph-node metastasis (p < 0.01). Expression of c-erbB-2 was associated with Tnm stage, tumor size and lymph-node metastasis (p < 0.01, p < 0.05 and p < 0.05 respectively). Overall survival was better (p = 0.014) in patients in whom expression of nm23-H1 was positive than in those in whom it was negative. In multivariate analyses using a Cox's proportional-hazards regression model with 9 variables, nm23-H1 showed the fourth greatest contribution to patient survival following lymph-node metastasis, Tnm stage and menopausal status. No significant contribution was shown for c-erbB-2 expression. nm23-H1, but not nm23-H2, may perform a role in disease prognosis in addition to its participation in cancer metastasis. It may have value for predicting long-term survival of human breast-cancer patients. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Prune cAMP phosphodiesterase binds nm23-H1 and promotes cancer metastasis

We identify a new enzymatic activity underlying metastasis in breast cancer and describe its susceptibility to therapeutic inhibition. We show that human prune (h-prune), a phosphoesterase DHH family appertaining protein, has a hitherto unrecognized cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity effectively suppressed by dipyridamole, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor. h-prune physically interacts with nm23-H1, a metastasis suppressor gene. The h-prune PDE activity, suppressed by dipyridamole and enhanced by the interaction with nm23-H1, stimulates cellular motility and metastasis processes. Out of 59 metastatic breast cancer cases analyzed, 22 (37%) were found to overexpress h-prune, evidence that this novel enzymatic activity is involved in promoting cancer metastasis.     

nm23—H1基因在大肠癌中的表达与肝转移及预后的关系

目的：探讨ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１蛋白表达与大肠癌肝转移及预后的关系。方法：对１０１例大肠癌存档石蜡块进行重新切片，采用ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１单克隆抗体进行免疫组化染色（ＬＳＡＢ法）。结果：ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１蛋白表达与年龄、性别、肿瘤大小、部位、组织类型、浆膜侵犯无关；与Ｄｕｋｅｓ分期、淋巴结转移有关；手术时有肝转移组较无肝转移组低，手术后有肝转移复发组较无肝转移复发组低（Ｐ＜００１）。Ｃｏｘ模型分析显示ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１是大肠癌预后的一个保护性指标。结论：ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１基因对大肠癌肝转移和预后具有重要作用。ＬＳＡＢ法检测大肠癌组织中ｎｍ２３－Ｈ１蛋白表达可能是预测大肠癌肝转移及预后的生物学指标之     

Nm23-H1基因表达与非小细胞肺癌转移的关系

目的探讨nm23-H1基因表达与非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)转移的关系.方法应用免疫组织化学SABC方法对90例NSCLC组织标本进行nm23-H1表达的检测.结果 NSCLC的nm23-H1阳性表达率51.1%(46/90),和NSCLC不同组织学类型、病理分级、PTNM分期、性别、年龄及远处转移无关(P＞0.05);nm23-H1的阳性表达与淋巴结转移呈负相关(P＜0.01),与NSCLC患者术后生存期呈正相关(P＜0.05).结论 nm23-H1可作为预测NSCLC淋巴结转移及预后的指标.     

nm23-H1 protein immunohistochemical expression in human breast cancer

A series of 76 patients undergoing surgery for primary breast carcinoma has been prospectively studied in order to evaluate the relative weight of nm23-H1 protein expression in disease-free survival. Expression of nm23 protein was immunohistochemically assessed. In all, 39% (29/74) of the turners showed positive staining for nm23-H1 protein expression. Negative nm23-H1 expression was found in poorly differentiated, tumors (p<0.02). There was no significant relationship between nm23-H1 and the other clinicopathological and biological features examined. In the univariate statistical analysis, node positivity, G3 histological grade and high flow cytometric S phase fraction (SPF) value proved to be significantly related to risk of relapse. In the multivariate analysis, only histological grade (G3) and high SPF values (>10.6) proved to be independently related to risk of relapse, with a hazard ratio of 9.84 and 7.98 respectively. Our preliminary study suggests that immunohistochemical nm23-H1 expression should not be considered a marker for predicting tumor progression and patient prognosis.     

nm23 protein expression in colorectal carcinoma metastasis in regional lymph nodes and the liver.

AIMS: The nm23 gene has been shown to have metastasis suppressing activity and abnormalities of the gene or its expression may be important in tumour progression and dissemination. This study was set out to investigate the possible role of the nm23 in colorectal adenocarcinoma dissemination by examining the level of nm23 protein expression in colorectal carcinoma metastasis in regional lymph nodes and the liver. METHODS: Using a monoclonal antibody, NCL-nm23 (Novocastra), immunohistochemical expression of the nm23 protein was examined in cases of metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma in regional lymph nodes (n=71) and liver (n=36). RESULTS: The cases of lymph-node metastasis also had tissues from the primary carcinoma (n=71) and matching normal non-neoplastic mucosal tissues (n=71) from the colon and rectum available for the study. More than half of the cases of primary colorectal carcinoma (43/71; 60%) displayed strong nm23 immunoreactivity, with a similar proportion of the lymph-node metastases (40/71 cases; 56%) having strong nm23 immunostaining. However, only a small minority of the normal controls of non-neoplastic colorectal epithelia (12/71 cases; 17%) had strong nm23 immunoreactivity. The difference in nm23 protein expression between normal colorectal mucosa and primary colorectal carcinoma was statistically significant (P=0.0001; chi-squared test with continuity correction). However, no significant difference in nm23 protein expression was found between primary colorectal carcinoma and lymph-node metastases (P=0.81; chi-squared test with continuity correction). Most of the liver metastases (24/36 cases; 67%) had strong nm23 immunostaining but this finding was not statistically significant when compared with that seen in primary colorectal carcinoma (P=0.62; chi-squared test with continuity correction). In addition, nm23 expression was not found to significantly correlate with 5-year survival of patients with liver metastasis (P=0.86), suggesting that it had no predictive value for overall patient survival. There was also no significant correlation between disease recurrence and nm23 expression (P=0.63). CONCLUSIONS: In summary, increased nm23 protein immunoreactivity is seen in the majority of colorectal carcinomas when compared to normal colorectal tissues but no significant difference in nm23 expression was found between primary colorectal carcinoma and metastatic carcinoma in regional lymph nodes or the liver. This study suggests that increased nm23 expression may be important in early colorectal carcinoma but not in later progression and dissemination of the tumour. In conclusion, the role and importance of the nm23 gene in the development of tumour metastasis in colorectal carcinoma is questionable. Copyright Harcourt Publishers Limited.     

The association between nm23-H1 expression and survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

The nm23 gene is a potential metastasis suppressor gene originally identified using a murine melanoma cell line. The expression of nm23-H1 protein was examined immunohistochemically in 50 eligible patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The expression was not correlated with other prognostic factors including lymph node metastases; however, overall survival rates of nm23-H1-negative patients were significantly shorter than those of nm23-H1-positive patients (P < 0.05). Furthermore, reduced expression of nm23-H1 was associated with shorter overall survival in patients with involved lymph nodes (P < 0.01), but not in patients without involved lymph nodes. These data support the conclusion that reduced expression of nm23-H1 may be associated with poor prognosis of ESCC patients, suggesting the value of nm23-H1 expression as a prognostic marker for ESCC patients, especially ESCC patients with involved lymph nodes.     

Expression of nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 protein in endometrial carcinoma.

nm23 gene expression has been shown to be inversely correlated with tumour metastatic potential in some cancers but not in others. Examination was made of the expression of nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 gene products by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting in 28 endometrial carcinomas. Immunohistochemistry indicated the cytoplasm of cancer cells to be positive, and myometrium and endometrial stromal cells negative, for nm23-H1 and -H2 protein. The staining intensity for these proteins was significantly stronger in well-differentiated adenocarcinomas (G1) than in those moderately differentiated (G2) (P < 0.05). nm23-H1 and -H2 proteins were shown by immunoblotting to be present at significantly higher levels in G1 than in G2 tumours (P < 0.05). Two of eight cases expressed high nm23-H1 and -H2 protein in poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas (G3). In G3 tumours, nm23 expression may be diverse. In this study, the expression of nm23-H1 and -H2 was not correlated with stage, metastasis, tumour size, myometrial invasion, oestrogen receptor, progesterone receptor or menopause. It follows from the findings presented above that the high expression of nm23-H1 and -H2 is positively correlated with histological differentiation.     

转移抑制基因nm23—H1蛋白表达与结直肠癌的关系

目的：研究转移抑制基因nm23-H1蛋白表达与结直肠癌生物学行为的关系,探讨nm23-H1基因表达在结直肠癌发生发展中的作用。方法：采用免疫组化技术,对46例结直肠癌组织中nm23-H1基因的表达状态进行定位观察。结果：结直肠癌nm23-H1基因蛋白阳性表达率为43．5％;nm23-H1基因的表达与结直肠癌的分化程度及肿块大小无显著性差异（P＞0．05）,但与结直肠癌的淋巴结转移,临床分期以及侵犯深度有相关差异（P＜0．05）;随着转移的发生,侵犯深度的增加以及疾病向晚期发展,nm23-H1基因的阳性表达率逐渐下降,直至完全失活。结论：作为肿瘤转移抑制基因,nm23-H1基因在调控癌细胞增殖,抑制癌细胞转移方面起着重要的作用;nm23-H1蛋白可作为临床判断结直肠癌侵袭转移,临床分期和患者预后的指标之一。     

nm23-H1与大肠癌微转移关系的研究

目的探讨nm23-H1基因表达与大肠癌浸润、微转移和预后的关系。方法经病理确诊的120例大肠癌组织标本,采用SP法检测nm23-H1基因蛋白表达、巢式RT-PCR方法检测进入外周静脉血的大肠癌微转移灶(CK20mRNA),并与同一患者大肠癌组织标本中nm23-H1基因表达情况进行综合分析。结果nm23-H1在大肠癌中的阳性表达率为61.7%(74/120),低分化腺癌中nm23-H1阳性表达率(41.0%)显著低于高中分化腺癌中的表达率(70.3%)(P<0.05);有淋巴结转移者nm23-H1阳性表达率为53.7%,无淋巴结转移者为71.7%,两组比较有显著性差异(P<0.05);120例大肠癌患者术后3年随访中,CK20mRNA阳性检出率为41.5%,nm23-H1阳性表达率与CK2OmRNA阳性率呈显著负相关(P<0.001);nm23-H1蛋白阳性表达组术后3年生存率为60.8%(45/74),阴性表达组术后3年生存率为21.7%(10/46),二组比较有显著性差异(P<0.001)。结论nm23-H1与大肠癌细胞分化、淋巴结转移及外周静脉血中微转移密切相关,是影响大肠癌预后的重要指标之一。     

PTEN、nm23-H1和Syk在大肠癌中的表达及意义

目的 检测PTEN、nm23-H1和Syk蛋白在大肠癌中的表达,探讨其与大肠癌发生、发展、浸润和转移的关系。方法 采用免疫组化SP法检测60例大肠癌组织及30例正常大肠黏膜中PTEN、nm23-H1和Syk的表达,分析三者与大肠癌临床病理特征的关系。结果 正常大肠黏膜中PTEN、nm23-H1和Syk的阳性表达率分别为90.0％（27／30）、93.3％（28／30）和96.7％（29／30）,而在大肠癌组织中分别为36.7％（22／60）、41.7％（25／60）和31.7％（19／60）,差异均有统计学意义（P＜0.01）。大肠癌中3种蛋白的表达与年龄、性别、肿瘤大小和发生部位均无关（P＞0.05）,PTEN、Syk表达与大肠癌的浸润程度、淋巴结转移、分化程度及Duke's分期有关,nm23-H1表达与浸润程度、淋巴结转移及Duke's分期有关。大肠癌中3种蛋白表达两两呈正相关。结论 PTEN、nm23-H1和Syk表达与大肠癌发生、发展、浸润及转移密切相关,联合检测是判断大肠癌生物学行为的重要指标。     

p53和nm23-H1蛋白表达与食管癌浸润转移的关系

Objective To study the relationship between expression of p53 and nm23-H1 and differentiation, invasiveness and metastasis in human esophageal carcinoma, and the correlation between expression of p53 and nm23-H1. Methods Expression of p53 and nm23-H1 in 50 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus was detected by using immuno-histochemical S-P methods. Results 35 cases (70%) and 32 cases (64%) of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were positive for nm23-H1 protein and p53 protein, respectively. The expression of nm23-H1 was related to lymphatic metastasis (P<0.025), but not related to tumor differentiation, invasiveness, tumor location, tumor length, patient's gender and age (P>0.05). The lymphatic metastasis location positive group had a very lower expression of nm23-H1 and the negative rate was 70.8%, but the negative group had a higher expression and the positive rate was 65.4%. The expression of p53 was related to tumor differentiation and invasiveness (P<0.05), but not related to lymphatic metastasis, tumor location, tumor length, patient's gender and age(P>0.05). Among the three groups, the high differentiation group had the lowest expression of p53 and the positive rate was 29.2%, but the low differentiation group had the highest positive rate (71.4%). As for tumor invasiveness, the group of outer membrane of esophagus infiltrated had the highest p53 protein positive rate (56%), but in the group, of mucous or submucous layer infiltrated p53 protien was not detectable. The low expression of nm23-H1 and the high expression of p53 were also correlated. The expression of nm23-H1 and p53 were both correlated with TNM stage of esophageal carcinoma (P<0.05). The better esophageal carcinomas differentiated, the lower nm23-H1 expressed and higher p53 expressed. Conclusion Low expression of nm23-H1 and high expression of p53 play an important role in the progression of squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus. Nm23-H1 might beta gene markef in the prophecy of patients' prognosis and benefit tumor treatment clinically.     

nm23-H1 expression in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma in relation to metastasis and survival

The expression of nm23-H1, product of putative metastasis suppressor gene, was evaluated immunohistochemically in 31 cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of salivary glands and correlated with their clinicopathologic features. All benign salivary gland tumors of various types, which were used as a non-metastatic control, showed obvious nm23-H1 expression. The immunoreactivity of tumor cells was stronger than that of normal salivary gland components, although the distribution patterns of positive cells considerably varied between tumor types. In ACC, 16 cases (52%) showed the reduction of nm23-H1 immunoreactivity either in positive cell frequency or staining intensity. These cases were referred to as negative cases. The incidence of negative cases was 67% (10/15) and 38% (6/16) of the cases with and without metastasis, respectively. Furthermore, metastatic tumors showed decreased immunoreactivity of this protein compared with their primary tumors. The prognosis of patients with a nm23 negative tumor was generally poorer than that with a positive tumor. These results may suggest that the reduction of nm23-H1 protein has an implication for metastasis of ACC.     

Expression and mutational analysis of Nm23-H1 in liver metastases of colorectal cancer.

It has been proposed that nm23-H1, a candidate suppressor gene for metastasis, plays an important role in metastasis formation of human tumours. In order to investigate its role in the progression of colorectal cancer, we analysed 22 liver metastases of this malignancy with respect to mutational changes, loss of heterozygosity and expression levels of nm23-H1. Although genetic alterations in nm23-H1 have recently been described in those colorectal adenocarcinomas which give rise to distant metastases, we were unable to detect any mutation in the coding sequence of nm23-H1 in the metastatic tissue itself. We further analysed the metastases with respect to allelic deletions at the chromosomal locus of nm23. However, no loss of heterozygosity could be detected in ten informative cases. Moreover, the mRNA expression levels of nm23-H1 in the metastatic tissues were not significantly different from those in normal colon mucosa. Thus, although nm23-H1 might be involved in metastasis suppression of certain tumour types, in colorectal tumour progression its role remains to be determined.     

Nm23-H1和p53基因在乳腺癌细胞增殖及转移评估中的价值研究

目的探讨乳腺癌中nm23-H1、p53基因与肿瘤细胞增殖活性、淋巴结转移之间的关系。方法应用免疫组化技术检测乳腺癌组织中nm23-H1、p53基因蛋白及增殖指标k i-67的表达,结合临床及病理指标,探讨其临床意义。结果乳腺癌组织中nm23-H1、p53蛋白阳性表达率分别为50.8%(61/120)和60.0%(72/120),nm23-H1蛋白的表达与增殖程度(k i-67)和腋窝淋巴结转移有关,k i-67低增殖组nm23-H1阳性表达率为68.0%(49/72),而k i-67高增殖组nm23-H1阳性表达率则为25.0%(12/48),差异有显著性(P<0.05)。无合并淋巴结转移组中nm23-H1阳性表达率为72.2%(39/54),明显高于淋巴结转移组的阳性率33.3%(22/66)(P<0.05)。p53蛋白表达与雌激素受体有关,雌激素受体阳性组p53阳性阳性表达率为55.8%(47/86),阴性组阳性表达率为73.5%(25/34),差异有显著性(P<0.05)。结论nm23-H1和p53基因均与乳腺癌生物学行为有关,检测它们在乳腺癌中的表达可用来评估肿瘤是否具转移和侵袭能力。     

nm23-H1转染对肺癌L9981细胞株整合素家族的影响

目的:探讨nm23-H1基因对肺癌细胞整合素分子表达的影响。方法:利用半定量RT-PCR技术检测转染前后integrinβ1、integrinβ3基因的mRNA表达;流式细胞仪检测转染前后integrinβ1、integrinβ3基因的蛋白表达。结果:转染后细胞株integrinβ1、integrinβ3 mRNA与蛋白表达下调。结论:nm23-H1基因对肺癌细胞株L9981 integrinβ1、integrinβ3 mRNA与蛋白表达具有负调控作用。     

nm23-H1与肿瘤侵袭、转移的研究进展

肿瘤的侵袭和转移是多基因多因子共同作用的结果。据推测nm23-H1基因可能仅为转移相关基因的上游调节基因,它对肿瘤转移潜能的抑制作用是通过下游基因实现的。本文重点对nm23-H1的分子生物学、nm23-H1的相关因素及其与肿瘤侵袭转移的组织病理相关性研究进展进行综述。     

转移抑制基因nm23-H1蛋白表达与结直肠癌的关系

目的研究转移抑制基因nm23-H1蛋白表达与结直肠癌生物学行为的关系,探讨nm23-H1基因表达在结直肠癌发生发展中的作用.方法采用免疫组化技术,对46例结直肠癌组织中nm23-H1基因的表达状态进行定位观察.结果结直肠癌nm23-H1基因蛋白阳性表达率为43.5%;nm23-H1基因的表达与结直肠癌的分化程度及肿块大小无显著性差异(P>0.05),但与结直肠癌的淋巴结转移、临床分期以及侵犯深度有相关差异(P<0.05);随着转移的发生、侵犯深度的增加以及疾病向晚期发展,nm23-H1基因的阳性表达率逐渐下降,直至完全失活.结论作为肿瘤转移抑制基困,nm23-H1基因在调控癌细胞增殖、抑制癌细胞转移方面起着重要的作用;nm23-H1蛋白可作为临床判断结直肠癌侵袭转移、临床分期和患者预后的指标之一.     

nm23 Protein expression in larynx cancer and the relationship with metastasis

The nm23 gene, which encodes nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinase, is proposed as a metastatic suppressor gene and has been demonstrated to correlate inversely with metastatic potential in several tumours. To elucidate the role of nm23 in larynx carcinomas, we examined using immunohistochemistry the expression of the nm23 protein in matched sets of primary tumours and metastatic lymph nodes. nm23 Protein was expressed in all the carcinomas as well as in non-neoplastic larynx mucosa. Overexpression of nm23 protein was found in the majority of primary tumours compared with corresponding normal mucosa, while decreased expression was associated with poor differentiation and distant metastasis and/or recurrence. No significant difference in age, sex and stage was found between primary tumours with high and low nm23 protein expression. These results suggest that decreased nm23 protein expression may play a role in metastasis and/or recurrence in larynx cancer and therefore could be used as a prognostic factor.     

nm23-H1 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: correlation with clinical outcome

The expression levels of nm23-H1 mRNA and its protein in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) were detected to clarify the relationship between nm23-H1 and metastasis and prognosis of patients with NPC. nm23-H1 mRNA expression in fresh tissues from 78 patients with NPC was investigated by in situ hybridization and RT-PCR. Routine labeling streptavidin-biotin immuno-histochemistry with the nm23-H1 murine monoclonal antibody was employed to study the expression of nm23-H1 protein in paraffin-embedded specimens from 231 patients with NPC treated in our hospital. The clinical pathologic data and results of follow-up were collected. Comparisons between expression of nm23-H1 protein or mRNA and clinical outcome were performed using the χ² test. Multivariate prognostic analyses were performed by the Cox regression model. We found that nm23-H1-negative tumors were associated with a higher incidence of lymph-node metastasis (84.2%) than nm23-H1-positive ones (32.8%, p < 0.01). The distant metastasis and loco-regional recurrence rates in the nm23-H1-negative group were 55.8% and 31.68%, respectively but only 17.2% and 11.5%, respectively, in the nm23-H1-positive group (p < 0.01). A significant association was found between expression of nm23-H1 protein and prognosis (p < 0.01). Expression of nm23-H1 protein indicated favorable prognosis, suggesting that the absence of nm23-H1 protein expression was significantly associated with lymph-node metastasis, recurrence and distant metastasis in NPC. Expression of the nm23-H1 gene may be valuable for assessing the prognosis of NPC. Int. J. Cancer (Pred. Oncol.) 79:596–600, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.