Protein kinase C theta is highly expressed in gastrointestinal stromal tumors but not in other mesenchymal neoplasias

Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
Pilar BlayJosé M P Freije

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are a distinctive group of mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract. The oncogene KIT has a central role in the pathogenesis of GIST, with c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT) protein expression being the gold standard in its diagnosis. The identification of GIST patients has become crucial, because the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib is effective in the treatment of this malignancy. However, a small set of GISTs remain unrecognized, because KIT protein expression is not always evident. The aim of this study was the identification of new markers for the differential diagnosis of GIST. By analyzing publicly available data from transcriptional profiling of sarcomas, we found that protein kinase C theta (PKC-theta), a novel PKC isotype involved in T-cell activation, is highly and specifically expressed in GIST. PKC-theta expression in GIST was confirmed by reverse transcription-PCR and Western blot. PKC-theta was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in a panel of 26 GIST, 12 non-GIST soft-tissue sarcomas, and 35 tumors from other histologies. We found that all of the GISTs expressed PKC-theta, whereas this protein was undetectable in other mesenchymal or epithelial tumors, including...Continue Reading

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