PMID: 12756972May 22, 2003Paper

Abnormalities of the cadherin-catenin complex in chemically-induced colo-rectal carcinogenesis

The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Emma TuckerM Pignatelli

Abstract

Beta-Catenin is a multifunctional protein originally identified as a component of the cadherin cell-cell adhesion complex. It also binds the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumour suppressor which controls beta-catenin cellular levels through its degradation. (beta-Catenin and/or APC mutations result in increased cytoplasmic Beta-catenin and nuclear translocation. The aim of the present study was to examine the expression and cellular localisation of alpha and beta-catenin, p120 and E-cadherin in a chemically-induced mouse model of colo-rectal cancer using 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH). Female Balb/C mice were injected subcutaneously with a solution providing 25 mg DMH base/kg body weight for 17 weeks. Animals were killed and tumours identified in the intestine with a dissecting microscope. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of normal and dysplastic colonic mucosa were stained by an indirect avidin-biotin immunohistochemical technique using mouse monoclonal antibodies, and membranous, cytoplasmic and nuclear cellular localisation was assessed by light microscopy. Staining distribution scored as follows: 3, > 90 % positive epithelial cells; 2, >50 % positive epithelial cells; 1, <50 % positive epithelial cells. Non-dysplas...Continue Reading

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