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  • Title: [Remodeling of basement membrane in association with cancer invasion].
    Author: Nakano S, Tsuruta J, Iyama K.
    Journal: Rinsho Byori; 2000 May; 48(5):451-7. PubMed ID: 10892294.
    Abstract:
    Type IV collagen the major component of basement membrane (BM), is composed of six genetically distinct alpha chains. In normal breast tissue, benign breast tumors, and in the intraductal components of invasive ductal carcinoma, alpha 1 (IV) and alpha 2 (IV) chains were stained in all BM, whereas alpha 5 (IV) and alpha 6 (IV) chains were restrictively localized in a linear pattern in the epithelial BM. However, in invasive ductal carcinoma, alpha 1 (IV) and alpha 2 (IV) chains were discontinuously or negatively stained in the cancer cell nest, and the assembly of alpha 5 (IV) and alpha 6 (IV) chains into the BM was completely inhibited. The results indicate that the mammary gland forms a second network of BM composed of alpha 5 (IV)/alpha 6 (IV) chains, in addition to the classic network of alpha 1 (IV)/alpha 2 (IV) chains. Remodeling of type IV collagen alpha chains during the development of invasive breast cancer seems to be differentially regulated, and to be associated with modification of histopathological findings.
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