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  • Title: [Dysfunction of E-cadherin-catenin system in invasion and metastasis of colorectal cancer].
    Author: Maruyama K, Ochiai A, Nakamura S, Baba S, Hirohashi S.
    Journal: Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi; 1998 Jul; 99(7):402-8. PubMed ID: 9742518.
    Abstract:
    The E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion system is now considered to be an "invasion suppressor system" in cancer cells. Dysfunction of the E-cadherin system due to mutations of the genes of E-cadherin and catenins has not been reported in colorectal cancer. Histologically, well-differentiated colorectal cancer cells are found to be scattered at the invasive front in primary lesions and form glands again in metastatic sites. We have reported the association and presence of signal transduction between c-erbB-2/epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) and beta-catenin in human cancer cells. This temporal dysfunction of the E-cadherin system observed in colon cancers may be caused by tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin through activated receptor-type tyrosine kinases. Overexpression of EGF-R and tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin are often observed in "focal dedifferentiated cells" at the invasive front of colorectal cancers. In addition, beta-catenin expression is regulated by the APC tumor suppressor gene product. Thus the E-cadherin-catenin system may play important roles not only in invasion and metastasis but also in the carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer.
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