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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-4
pubmed:abstractText
The expression level of MDR1 mRNA was evaluated in colorectal adenocarcinomas and adjacent noncancerous colorectal tissues obtained from 21 Japanese patients. It was lower in the former than in the latter (p=0.012), suggesting its down-regulation as a consequence of malignant transformation of colorectal tissues, possibly with the suppression of differentiation. Relatively lower expression was suggested in moderately-differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas than well-differentiated ones, but there was no statistical difference (p=0.111). MDR1 mRNA up-regulation was found in a colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line, HCT-15, after treatment with two typical differentiating agents, sodium butyrate and all-trans retinoic acid, suggesting its involvement in the cellular events, resulting in differentiation without malignant transformation. MDR1 T-129C, but not G2677A,T and C3435T, was associated with the lower expression of MDR1 mRNA both in colorectal adenocarcinomas (p=0.040) and adjacent noncancerous colorectal tissues (p=0.023), possibly being an useful invasive marker predicting poorly-differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas and thereby the poor prognosis of the patients, especially when no extra biopsy samples will be obtained. Further investigations with relatively large number of patients should be undertaken to confirm these preliminary results.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0918-6158
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1449-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
MDR1 T-129C polymorphism can be predictive of differentiation, and thereby prognosis of colorectal adenocarcinomas in Japanese.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Department of General Therapeutics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't