| First Author | Busquets L | Year | 2006 |
| Journal | Tumour Biol | Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 36-42 |
| PubMed ID | 16340248 | Mgi Jnum | J:106940 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3619794 | Doi | 10.1159/000090154 |
| Citation | Busquets L, et al. (2006) Cathepsin E is a specific marker of dysplasia in APC mouse intestine. Tumour Biol 27(1):36-42 |
| abstractText | Transcriptional profiling of APC(Min/+) mouse intestinal epithelial tissue has revealed that cathepsin E (catE) manifests high relative expression in adenomas and carcinomas relative to normal epithelium. Real-time RT-PCR data presented previously confirm the presence of catE transcript in APC(Min/+) adenomatous cells compared with samples derived from normal APC(Min/+) and wild-type tissue. At the protein level, strong, highly specific immunohistochemical staining for catE is displayed in dysplastic lesions of APC(Min/+) mice. Using Western immunoblot analyses, it was additionally established that the urine of tumor-bearing mice contains higher levels of the monomeric form of catE than their wild-type counterparts. These results authenticate the relationship between transcript abundance and protein levels in transformed tissue and suggest potential utility for catE as a marker for the inception and progression of intestinal cancers. |
