• Ann. Surg. Oncol. · Apr 1997

    Overexpression of focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK) in human colorectal carcinoma liver metastases: independence from c-src or c-yes activation.

    • N M Han, R Y Fleming, S A Curley, and G E Gallick.
    • Department of Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
    • Ann. Surg. Oncol. 1997 Apr 1; 4 (3): 264-8.

    Backgroundp125FAK, pp60C-src, and pp62c-yes are protein tyrosine kinases that function in signaling pathways regulating cell adhesion, migration, and growth. The expression and tyrosine kinase activities of pp60c-src and pp62c-yes, and the expression of p125FAK are increased in colorectal tumor metastases relative to normal mucosa. This study investigates whether differences in the activation of pp60c-src and pp62c-yes in colorectal liver metastases correlated with differences in p125FAK expression and whether prognostic significance could be demonstrated from the extent of expression of p125FAK in metastases.MethodsActivities of pp60c-src and pp62c-yes were measured in the immune complex kinase assay. Relative levels of p125FAK, pp60c-src, and pp62c-yes were determined by immunoblotting.Resultsp125FAK was overexpressed in 29 of 30 colorectal cancer liver metastases (range of two-to 195-fold increase compared with normal mucosa). The degree of overexpression of p125FAK was not a significant prognostic factor in survival. A differential activation of pp60c-src and pp62c-yes in colorectal carcinoma liver metastases was observed. However, overexpression of p125FAK was observed in metastases with either pp60c-src or pp62c-yes activated in colorectal carcinoma liver metastases.Conclusionsp125FAK overexpression appears to be a marker present in colorectal cancer cells with a metastatic phenotype. Furthermore, p125FAK overexpression is independent of pp60c-src or pp62c-yes activation in human colorectal carcinoma liver metastases.

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