Multifocal heterogeneity in villin and Ep-CAM expression in Barrett's esophagus

International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer
S KumbleG Triadafilopoulos

Abstract

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a metaplastic change of the squamous esophageal epithelium to columnar gastric or intestinal-like epithelium. BE is associated with long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease and carries an increased risk for dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. Little if any is known regarding the differentiation state of esophageal metaplasia and its relationship to carcinogenesis. In this study, we investigated the potential of villin, a cytoskeletal protein, and Ep-CAM, a glandular epithelial glycoprotein, to serve as markers for enterocytic differentiation in BE at the molecular level. Endoscopic mucosal biopsy samples of normal esophagus, BE, stomach and duodenum were collected from 23 patients with BE. Biopsies were analyzed for villin and Ep-CAM expression by immunoblotting, and in some cases for the presence of microvilli by electron microscopy. By mapping of BE segments in 6 patients, correlations were also made between the histologic evidence of metaplasia and villin expression. Villin was uniformly expressed in all duodenal samples but was not detected in normal esophagus and stomach. In BE biopsies, villin expression was limited to the subset of patients whose adjacent biopsies showed microvilli by electron ...Continue Reading

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