Increased levels of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) in pancreatic tissues from smokers and pancreatic adenocarcinomas: A potential biomarker of early damage in the pancreas

Cell Biology and Toxicology
B D Lyn-CookG J Hammons

Abstract

NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is elevated in several human tumors. This study was conducted to determine whether increased levels of NQO1 expression also occur in human pancreatic tumor tissue, and to compare expression levels in nontumorous tissue from smokers with those in nonsmokers. The expression of NQO1 was examined in pancreatic tissue samples from 82 human donors. These samples included normal (n = 20), smokers (n = 25), pancreatitis (n = 7), and adenocarcinomas of the pancreas (n = 30). Genotyping for the C609T polymorphism in NQO1 by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis was also performed. Polymorphic variants were confirmed by automatic sequencing. Higher levels of NQO1 expression were demonstrated in pancreatic adenocarcinomas (0.831 +/- 0.021) compared to those in nontumorous tissues from nonsmokers (0.139 +/- 0.024). These high levels were also found in smokers (0.729 +/- 0.167) and in pancreatitis tissues (0.923 +/- 0.184). NQO1 activity was also higher in smokers (2.43 +/- 0.61 nmol/min per mg protein) compared to nonsmokers (0.44 +/- 0.05 nmol/min per mg protein; p < 0.05). No differences were found in genotype distribution and frequencies of the varia...Continue Reading

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