Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Abstract
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key controller of cell growth and proliferation in normal tissues and solid tumors. In the present study, an immunohistochemical analysis of the expression pattern of phosphorylated mTOR (p-mTOR) was performed in human normal fetal and adult tissues and various carcinoma tissues. p-mTOR expression showed tissue and cell type specificity in normal and cancer tissues. In normal fetal and adult tissues, p-mTOR staining was observed in the intestinal crypt, intrahepatic bile ductule, pancreatic duct, distal nephron of the kidney, umbrella cell of urothelium, mesothelial cell, and choroid plexus. In cancer tissues, p-mTOR expression was higher in adenocarcinoma than in other types of cancers, in metastatic cancer than in primary cancer, and in the forefront of the infiltrating cancer cells. These results suggest that p-mTOR is implicated not only in cell proliferation but also in tubular morphogenesis in normal and cancer tissues. In addition, mTOR activation appears to be associated with cancer cell invasion and migration in solid tumors.
Subject
Biochemistry (medical),Clinical Biochemistry,Genetics,Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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