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. 1995 Oct;72(4):840–848. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1995.422

Detection of polypeptides associated with the histopathological differentiation of primary lung carcinoma.

T Hirano 1, B Franzén 1, K Uryu 1, K Okuzawa 1, A A Alaiya 1, F Vanky 1, L Rodrigues 1, Y Ebihara 1, H Kato 1, G Auer 1
PMCID: PMC2034017  PMID: 7547229

Abstract

Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis combined with a non-enzymatic sample preparation technique is useful for analysing clinical tumour material. Using these techniques, we analysed the relationship between the histopathological findings in primary lung malignancies and the expression of a number of unidentified polypeptides that were detected in the molecular weight region 20-35 kDa. In this study 45 cases of primary lung cancer (PLC) (21 cases of adenocarcinoma, ten cases of squamous cell carcinoma, five cases of large-cell carcinoma, one case of adenosquamous cell carcinoma, five cases of small-cell carcinoma and three cases of carcinoid tumour) were examined. For reference, a human diploid fibroblast cell line (W138) and normal peripheral lymphocytes were used. Sixteen polypeptides were judged to be associated with histopathological features. These polypeptides seem to be valuable as differentiation markers. The simultaneous evaluation of these polypeptides and some other proliferation markers (e.g. PCNA, PCNA 'satellite', Numatin/protein B23 and lamin B) seems to clarify the characteristics of each case of PLC. Furthermore, it is possible to classify PLC based on the two-dimensional electrophoresis findings, and this classification of PLC is suggested to reflect the biological features of the tumour more precisely than that based only on morphology.

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