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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Current interest in the MUC1/EMA mucin relates to its role in malignancy, and its potential as a therapeutic target. MUC1/EMA expression has been observed in the majority of epithelioid mesotheliomas. However, little is known of the characteristics of MUC1/EMA in mesothelioma. Herein, we studied the cell surface and soluble expression of the MUC1/EMA glycoprotein, and determined the mRNA and genomic expression profiles in mesothelioma. We found that the anti-MUC1 antibody, E29, was the most diagnostically useful of seven antibody clones examined with a sensitivity of 84% (16 out of 19 cases) and no false positive results. MUC1 mRNA expression was significantly higher in mesothelioma samples than in benign mesothelial cells. No amplification of the MUC1 gene was observed by FISH. Seven of 9 mesothelioma samples expressed MUC1-secreted mRNA isoform in addition to the archetypal MUC1/transmembrane form. CA15.3 (soluble MUC1) levels were significantly higher in the serum of mesothelioma patients than in healthy controls but were not significantly different to levels in patients with benign asbestos-related disease. CA15-3 in effusions could differentiate malignant from benign effusions but were not specific for mesothelioma. Thus, as in other cancers, alterations in MUC1 biology occur in mesothelioma and these results suggest that specific MUC1 characteristics may be useful for mesothelioma diagnosis and should also be investigated as a potential therapeutic target.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1532-1827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1562-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Mesothelioma, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Mucin-1, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Pleural Effusion, Malignant, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:18454162-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Overexpression and altered glycosylation of MUC1 in malignant mesothelioma.
pubmed:affiliation
National Research Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Western Australian Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. creaneyj@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't