Expression profiling of colon cancer cell lines and colon biopsies: Towards a screening system for potential cancer-preventive compounds
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Interest in mechanisms of colon cancer prevention by food compounds is strong and research in this area is often performed with cultured colon cancer cells. In order to assess utility for screening of potential cancer-preventive (food) compounds, expression profiles of 14 human cell lines derived from colonic tissue were measured using cDNA microarrays with 4000 genes and compared with expression profiles in biopsies of human colon tumours and normal tissue. Differences and similarities in the gene expression profiles of the cell lines were analysed by clustering and principal component analysis (PCA). Cytoskeleton genes and immune response genes are two functional classes of genes that contributed to the differences between the cell lines. A subset of 72 colon cancer-specific genes was identified by comparing expression profiles in human colon biopsies of tumour tissue and normal tissue. A separation of the cell lines based on the tumour stage of the original adenocarcinoma was observed after PCA of expression data of the subset of colon cancer-specific genes in the cell lines. The results of this study may be useful in the ongoing research into mechanisms of cancer prevention by dietary components. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Topics
Toxicology and Applied PharmacologyCancer preventionCell linesColon biopsiesColon cancerExpression profilingAPC proteinBeta cateninComplementary DNACyclooxygenase 2Protein p53AdultCancer cell cultureCancer preventionCancer researchCancer screeningCancer stagingClinical articleColon biopsyColon cancerControlled studyData analysisDNA microarrayFemaleGene expressionGenetic analysisHumanHuman cellHybridizationImmune response geneMaleMutationNucleotide sequenceOncogene c mycOncogene rasPrincipal component analysisPriority journalProtein expressionRNA isolationTumor suppressor geneAdenocarcinomaAdultBiopsyCell Line, TumorColonic NeoplasmsFemaleGastric MucosaGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, NeoplasmGenetic ScreeningHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutation, MissenseNeoplasm ProteinsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRNA, NeoplasmTumor Markers, Biological
TNO Identifier
238734
ISSN
09598278
Source
European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(5), pp. 439-457.
Pages
439-457
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