Lugli, A;
Iezzi, G;
Hostettler, I;
Muraro, MG;
Mele, V;
Tornillo, L;
Carafa, V;
... Zlobec, I; + view all
(2010)
Prognostic impact of the expression of putative cancer stem cell markers CD133, CD166, CD44s, EpCAM, and ALDH1 in colorectal cancer.
British Journal of Cancer
, 103
(3)
pp. 382-390.
10.1038/sj.bjc.6605762.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to elucidate the prognostic impact of putative cancer stem cell markers CD133, CD166, CD44s, EpCAM, and aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 (ALDH1) in colorectal cancer. METHODS: A tissue microarray of 1420 primary colorectal cancers and 57 normal mucosa samples was immunostained for CD133, CD166, CD44s, EpCAM, and ALDH1 in addition to 101 corresponding whole tissue sections. Invasive potential of three colorectal cancer cell lines was tested. RESULTS: Differences between normal tissue and cancer were observed for all markers (P<0.001). Loss of membranous CD166 and CD44s were linked to higher pT (P=0.002, P=0.014), pN (P=0.004, P=0.002), an infiltrating growth pattern (P<0.001, P=0.002), and worse survival (P=0.015, P=0.019) in univariate analysis only. Loss of membranous EpCAM expression was also linked to higher pN (P=0.023) and infiltrating growth pattern (P=0.005). The CD44s, CD166, and EpCAM expression were lost towards the invasive front. The CD44-/CD166- cells from three colorectal cancer cell lines exhibited significantly higher invasive potential in vitro than their positive counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Loss, rather than overexpression, of membranous CD44s, CD166, and EpCAM is linked to tumour progression. This supports the notion that the membranous evaluation of these proteins assessed by immunohistochemistry may be representative of their cell adhesion rather than their intra-cellular functions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prognostic impact of the expression of putative cancer stem cell markers CD133, CD166, CD44s, EpCAM, and ALDH1 in colorectal cancer |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605762 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605762 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | From twelve months after its original publication, this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Keywords: | colorectal cancer, cancer stem cell, CD44, CD166, CD133, EpCAM |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542505 |
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