Positive correlation between overexpression of phospho-BAD with phosphorylated Akt at serine 473 but not threonine 308 in colorectal carcinoma

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Khor, Tin Oo, Yunus, A, Hairuszah, I and Seow, Heng-Fong (2004) Positive correlation between overexpression of phospho-BAD with phosphorylated Akt at serine 473 but not threonine 308 in colorectal carcinoma. Cancer Letters, 210 (2). pp. 139-150. ISSN 0304-3835

Abstract

The enhancement of cell proliferation and promotion of cell survival via the inhibition of apoptosis is thought to be the key to the initiation and progression of cancers. The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt is an important survival signal pathway that has been shown to be crucial in the regulation of balance between pro-apoptotic and survival (anti-apoptotic) signal. In this study, the expression of phosphorylated Akt at Thr308 and Ser473, BCL-2-antagonist of cell death (BAD) at Ser136 and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) at Ser9 in 47 paraffin-embedded human colorectal carcinoma (CRC) tissues were determined by immunohistochemical staining in order to dissect the alterations in the signal transduction pathways in CRC. Our results showed that there was a significant increase in the expression of these biomolecules in CRC tissues compared to the apparently normal adjacent tissues. The frequency of increased expression in tumor colonic mucosa were as follows: p-Akt1/2/3 (Thr308)=16/47 (34%); p-Akt1 (Ser473)=21/47 (44.7%); phospho-BAD (p-BAD) Ser136=27/47 (57.4%) and phospho-GSK-3β (p-GSK-3β)=21/47 (44.7%). Analysis of the total p-Akt1 (Ser473), p-Akt1/2/3 (Thr308), p-GSK-3β (Ser9) and p-BAD (Ser136) score found that there was a statistically significant relationship with each other. A statistically significant positive linear relationship was found between total p-Akt (Ser473) score and total p-GSK-3β (Ser9) score as well as with total p-BAD (Ser136) score. On the other hand, total p-Akt1/2/3 (Thr308) scores had a statistically significant positive linear relationship with p-GSK-3β (Ser9) only. The Akt targets, p-GSK-3β (Ser9) and p-BAD (Ser136) were positively correlated to each other. There was no significant correlation between clinico-pathological data with total p-Akt1 (Ser473), p-Akt1/2/3 (Thr308), p-GSK-3β (Ser9) and p-BAD (Ser136) score except for age. The total scores of p-GSK-3β were found to be higher in patients in the age group of greater than 60. This is the first report of p-Akt1/2/3 (Thr308) and p-BAD (Ser136) expression in primary colorectal tumor tissue. Our data further supports the role of PI3K/Akt signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of CRC and contributes to the identification of target molecules in the signal transduction pathway for cancer therapy.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/2612
DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.01.017
Official URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
Historical > FOR Classification > 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
Keywords ResPubID19023, Protein kinase B/Akt, Phospho-BAD, Phospho-glycogen synthase kinase-3β, colorectal carcinoma
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