PMID- 23327700 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131114 LR - 20130118 IS - 0376-2491 (Print) IS - 0376-2491 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 48 DP - 2012 Dec 25 TI - [Clinicopathological significance of the expression of carbonic anhydrase I and II in human pancreatic cancer]. PG - 3407-11 AB - OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinicopathological significance of the expression of carbonic anhydrase I (CAI) and carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) protein and mRNA levels in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). METHODS: The expression of CAI and CAII protein in 57 pairs of paraffin-embedded PDAC specimens and adjacent non-cancerous pancreatic tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. The relationship between the protein expression and clinicopathological characters was analyzed. Western blot and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) were used to examine the expression of CAI and CAII protein and mRNA levels in 16 paired fresh PDAC specimens, adjacent non-cancerous pancreatic tissues and 3 different differentiated pancreatic cancer cells (PANC-1, BxPC-3 & SW1990). RESULTS: The expression of CAI protein was higher in PDAC compared with that in paired non-cancerous pancreatic tissues (t = 2.395, P = 0.020), whereas, CAII expression was significantly lower in PDAC than that in paired non-cancerous pancreatic tissues (t = 4.296, P = 0.000). The expression of CAI and CAII protein had a positive correlation with tumor differentiation (chi(2) = 7.557, P = 0.023; chi(2) = 7.822, P = 0.020) and CAI showed a direct negative correlation with vascular invasion (chi(2) = 6.349, P = 0.012). Univariate and multivariate analysis with clinicopathological characters revealed that the CAII expression was an independent prognostic indicator for PDAC patients (P = 0.017; P = 0.011 respectively). No significant difference of CAI mRNA and protein expression existed between PDAC and adjacent normal pancreatic tissues (t = 1.619, P = 0.126; t = 1.352, P = 0.197) as detected by Western blot and QRT-PCR, but the expression of CAII mRNA and protein levels was much lower in PDAC than that in paired non-cancerous pancreatic tissues, respectively (t = 3.360, P = 0.004; t = 2.934, P = 0.010). Moreover, the mRNA and protein expression of CAI and CAII gradually increased with the better differentiation degree of pancreatic cancer cells. CONCLUSIONS: CAI is up-regulated and CAII down-regulated in PDAC. Both of them are correlated with tumor differentiation. CAII expression is an independent prognostic indicator for PDAC patients. FAU - Sheng, Wei-wei AU - Sheng WW AD - Department of General Surgery, First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Dong, Ming AU - Dong M FAU - Zhou, Jian-ping AU - Zhou JP FAU - Kong, Fan-min AU - Kong FM FAU - Li, Yu-ji AU - Li YJ LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi JT - Zhonghua yi xue za zhi JID - 7511141 RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase I) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase II) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Carbonic Anhydrase I/*metabolism MH - Carbonic Anhydrase II/*metabolism MH - Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/metabolism/*pathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism/*pathology MH - Prognosis EDAT- 2013/01/19 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/15 06:00 CRDT- 2013/01/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/15 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2012 Dec 25;92(48):3407-11.