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1 Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1043; 2 Department of Digestive Diseases and Gastrointestinal Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030; 3 Physiology Department, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom; and 4 Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Recent studies show that nonamidated gastrins (Gly-gastrin and progastrin) stimulate colonic proliferation. However, the role of nonamidated vs. amidated gastrins in colon carcinogenesis has not been defined. We measured intermediate markers of carcinogenesis in transgenic mice overexpressing either progastrin (hGAS) or amidated gastrin (INS-GAS) in response to azoxymethane (AOM). The hGAS mice showed significantly higher numbers of aberrant crypt foci (140-200% increase) compared with that in wild-type (WT) and INS-GAS mice (P < 0.05) after AOM treatment. The bromodeoxyuridine-labeling index of colonic crypts also was significantly elevated in hGAS mice vs. that in WT and INS-GAS mice. The results therefore provide evidence for a mitogenic and cocarcinogenic role of nonamidated gastrins (progastrin), which is apparently not shared by the amidated gastrins. Although nonamidated gastrins are now believed to mediate mitogenic effects via novel receptors, amidated gastrins mediate biological effects via different receptor subtypes, which may explain the difference in the cocarcinogenic potential of nonamidated vs. amidated gastrins. In conclusion, our results provide strong support for a cocarcinogenic role for nonamidated gastrins in colon carcinogenesis.
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