EXPRESSION OF GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASES IN NORMAL GASTRIC-MUCOSA AND IN GASTRIC TUMORS
EXPRESSION OF GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASES IN NORMAL GASTRIC-MUCOSA AND IN GASTRIC TUMORS
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DOI:
10.1093/carcin/11.9.1593
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发表时间:
1990-09-01
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影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
THIES, E
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作者:
PETERS, WHM;WORMSKAMP, NGM;THIES, E
Glutathione S-transferases from both normal gastric mucosa and its matched gastric tumors from 10 different patients were investigated. The transferases were purified and subsequently the isoenzyme composition was studied. Glutathione S-transferase (GST)-.pi. was present in all specimens in large amounts. Class .alpha. GSTs were present in 9 out of 10 normal specimens and in six tumors. In malignant tissue, expression of GST-.pi. was increased at the expense of class .alpha. GST. In six patients, the ratio GST-.pi./GST-.alpha. was higher in tumorous versus normal tissue. On a Western blot, using a monoclonal antibody, GST-.mu. was shown to be present in both normal and malignant tissue from four patients, the other six patients completely missed the enzyme in their gastric tissue. When present, GST-.mu. amounts to only a few per cent of total GST protein. GST-.pi. was quantified by densitometric analysis of Western blots, treated with a monoclonal antibody against GST-.pi.. Both total GST enzyme activity as well as the absolute amounts of GST-.pi. protein were significantly higher in the tumors, as compared to its matched normal mucosa. The impotance of this overexpression of GST-.pi. was previously unknown. However, the frequent occurrence of this phenomenon in many refractory tumors, and as shown now also in gastric cancers, suggests a role for GST-.pi. in the mechanism of anti-cancer drug resistance.