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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-24
pubmed:abstractText
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) regulates growth of various cells, and inactivation of the TGF-beta signaling pathway contributes to tumor progression. Smad2 is phosphorylated and activated by TGF-beta, resulting in the antiproliferative effects of TGF-beta signaling. Smurf2 (Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 2) was identified as the Smad ubiquitin ligase that induces the ubiquitination and degradation of Smad2. This study was undertaken to elucidate the relationships between Smurf2 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and the correlation between Smurf2 and Smad2 expression. Surgical specimens obtained from 80 patients with esophageal SCC were subjected to immunohistochemical staining. Our data indicated that high-level expression of Smurf2 correlated with depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, and a poor survival rate. We also found an inverse correlation between the expression of Smurf2 and Smad2. Western blotting analysis of esophageal SCC-derived cell lines revealed similar inverse correlations. We demonstrated that high-level expression of Smurf2 appears to correlate with tumor development and poor prognosis in patients with esophageal SCC and that alteration of Smad2 expression in the TGF-beta signaling pathway may be induced by enhancement of Smad2 degradation mediated by high-level expression of Smurf2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Activin Receptors, Type I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Transforming Growth..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMAD2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMAD7 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMURF2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad2 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad7 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TGF-beta type I receptor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7162-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Activin Receptors, Type I, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Esophageal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Smad2 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Smad7 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12499250-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
High-level expression of the Smad ubiquitin ligase Smurf2 correlates with poor prognosis in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery I, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan. mfukuchi@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article