Expression of ER stress and autophagy-related molecules in human non-small cell lung cancer and premalignant lesions
Expression of ER stress and autophagy-related molecules in human non-small cell lung cancer and premalignant lesions
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DOI:
10.1002/ijc.26463
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发表时间:
2012-08-15
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Chung, Myoung Ja
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作者:
Kim, Kyoung Min;Yu, Tack Keun;Chung, Myoung Ja
Stress that impairs endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function leads to an accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in the ER (ER stress). Autophagy is a lysosomal pathway involved in the turnover of cellular macromolecules and organelles, which emerging data indicate that ER stress is also a potent inducer of autophagy. ER stress and autophagy are involved in human cancer. We examined the expression of ER stress-related proteins [GRP78 and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP)] and autophagic proteins (Beclin-1 and LC3) in non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs), bronchioloalveolar carcinomas (BACs) and atypical adenomatous hyperplasias (AAHs) to understand their role in the NSCLC pathogenesis. The expression of GRP78 and CHOP, Beclin-1 and LC3 were analyzed using immunohistochemistry on tissue sections from 133 NSCLC (69 squamous cell carcinomas, 56 adenocarcinomas (AC) and eight other NSCLCs), 21 BAC and 9 AAH. Expression of GRP78 and Beclin-1 was correlated with low tumor stage (p < 0.001 and p = 0.019, respectively) and longer survival (p = 0.007 and p