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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Chromatin Remodeling Factors Correlate with Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Lung adenocarcinoma

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23790413
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Human pathology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo (2012)
Jichi Medical University (2011)

Principal Investigator

MATSUBARA Daisuke  東京大学, 医科学研究所, 講師 (80415554)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2012
Keywords肺腺癌
Research Abstract

BRG1 and BRM, two core catalytic subunits in SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes, have been suggested as tumor suppressors, yet their roles in carcinogenesis are unclear. Here, we present evidence that loss of BRG1 and BRM is involved in the progression of lung adenocarcinomas. Analysis of 15 lung cancer cell lines indicated that BRG1 mutations correlated with loss of BRG1 expression and that loss of BRG1 and BRM expression was frequent in E-cadherin-low and vimentin-high cell lines. Immunohistochemical analysis of 93 primary lung adenocarcinomas showed loss of BRG1 and BRM in 11 (12%) and16 (17%) cases, respectively. Loss of expression of BRG1 and BRM was frequent in solid predominant adenocarcinomas and tumors with low thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1,master regulator of lung) and low cytokeratin7 and E-cadherin (two markers for bronchial epithelial differentiation). Loss of BRG1 was correlated with the absence of lepidic growth patterns and was mutually exclusive of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. In contrast, loss of BRM was found concomitant with lepidic growth patterns and EGFR mutations. Finally, we analyzed the publicly available dataset of 442 cases and found that loss of BRG1 and BRM was frequent in E-cadherin-low, TTF-1-low, and vimentin-high cases and correlated with poor prognosis. We conclude that loss of either or both BRG1 and BRM is involved in the progression of lung adenocarcinoma into solid predominant tumors with features of epithelial mesenchymal transition and loss of the bronchial epithelial phenotype. BRG1 loss wasspecifically involved in the progression of EGFR wild-type, but not EGFR-mutant tumors.

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) Presentation (3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Lung Cancerwith Loss of BRG1/BRM, shows Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Phenotype and Distinct Histologic and Genetic Features.2013

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara D, Kishaba Y, Ishikawa S,Sakatani T, Oguni S, Tamura T,Hoshino H, Sugiyama Y, Endo S,Murakami Y, Aburatani H,Fukayama M, Niki T.
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Science

      Volume: 104(2) Pages: 266-73

  • [Journal Article] Identification of CCDC6-RET Fusion in a Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line, LC-2/ad.2012

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara D, Kanai Y, Ishikawa S,Ohara S, Yoshimoto T, Sakatani T, Oguni S,Tamura T, Kataoka H, Endo S, Murakami Y, Aburatani H, Fukayama M and Niki T.
    • Journal Title

      J Thorac Oncol.

      Volume: 7(12) Pages: 1872-6

  • [Journal Article] Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation and Chemosensitivity.2012

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara D, Niki T. (Letter to the Editor)
    • Journal Title

      J Thorac Oncol.

      Volume: 7(4) Pages: 771-772

  • [Presentation] Pathologic & Genetic Feature of Lung Cancer with loss of BRG1/BRM:Correlation with EMT feature and lack of EGFR mutation2012

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara D, Kisyaba Y, Ishikawa S,Murakami Y, Aburatani H,Fukayama M, Niki T.
    • Organizer
      71th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association(oral presentation)
    • Place of Presentation
      Sapporo
    • Year and Date
      20120000
  • [Presentation] Histopathologic and genetic featuresof lung adenocarcinomas with loss of chromatin remodeling factors, BRG-1 and BRM2012

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara D, Kishaba Y, Ishikawa S, Fukayama M, Niki T.
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research (poster presentation)
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago
    • Year and Date
      20120000
  • [Presentation] Lung adenocarcinomas show genetic-morphologic correlations in three dimensional culture2011

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara D, Ishikawa S, Fukayama M, Niki T.
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research (poster presentation)
    • Place of Presentation
      Orlando
    • Year and Date
      20110000
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.jichi.ac.jp/patholhttp://www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hitogan/index.html

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Published: 2014-09-25  

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