Overexpression of Aurora-A Contributes to Malignant Development of Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Clinical Cancer Research
- Vol. 10 (21), 7304-7310
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-0806
Abstract
Purpose: Aurora-A/STK15/BTAK, a centrosome-associated oncogenic protein, is implicated in the control of mitosis. Overexpression of Aurora-A has been shown to result in chromosomal aberration and genomic instability. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that Aurora-A induces cell malignant transformation. In the current study, we are interested in investigating the expression of Aurora-A in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and characterizing the association of Aurora-A with ESCCmalignant progression. Experimental Design: Aurora-A protein expression was examined in 84 ESCC tissues and 81 paired normal adjacent tissues by either immunohistochemistry or Western blot analysis. In addition, a gene-knockdown small interfering RNA technique was used in ESCC cells to investigate whether Aurora-A contributes to the ability of a tumor to grow invasively. Results: The amount of Aurora-A protein in ESCC was considerably higher than that in normal adjacent tissues. Overexpression of Aurora-A was observed in 57 of 84 (67.5%) ESCC samples. In contrast, Conclusion: The findings presented in this report show that Aurora-A expression is elevated in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and is possibly associated with tumor invasion, indicating that overexpression of Aurora-A may contribute to ESCC occurrence and progression.Keywords
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