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10417761

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of prostaglandin-H-synthase (PGHS) isozymes was analyzed in 50 biopsies of normal human skin and of pre-malignant and malignant skin lesions, by means of quantitative RT-PCR, immunoprecipitation and Western blotting, as well as immunohistochemistry. Normal skin constitutively expressed PGHS-1 in all cell layers of the epidermis, in endothelial cells of small blood vessels and in sweat-gland epithelium. PGHS-2 expression was very low and restricted to a few keratinocytes of the interfollicular and follicular epidermis. Steady-state concentrations of PGHS-1 and PGHS-2 mRNA were similar in normal skin and in basal-cell carcinomas, but PGHS-1 mRNA was reduced and PGHS-2 mRNA was elevated in actinic keratoses, squamous-cell carcinomas and keratoacanthomas. PGHS-1 protein was detected in all tumor biopsies, being occasionally increased in basal-cell carcinomas. High amounts of PGHS-2 protein were found in actinic keratoses, squamous-cell carcinomas and keratoacanthomas, but not in basal-cell carcinomas. Four malignant melanomas included in this study contained PGHS-1 but no PGHS-2 protein. Immunohistochemical analysis of the biopsies identified keratinocytes, in addition to cells of inflammatory infiltrates and of dendritic morphology, as the major PGHS-expressing cell types. PGHS-2-specific signals were spread throughout the epidermal part of actinic keratoses and squamous-cell carcinomas. These data suggest that constitutive up-regulation of PGHS-2 expression is a consistent pre-malignant event in squamous-cell cancer development in man, as it is in animal models of skin carcinogenesis. Thus, pre-cancerous lesions such as actinic keratoses present a likely target for chemoprevention of skin cancer by selective PGHS-2 inhibitors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
648-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Prostaglandin-H-synthase isozyme expression in normal and neoplastic human skin.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Program, Tumor Cell Regulation, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany. K.Mueller-Decker@DKFZ-Heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't