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Evaluation of thymidylate synthase RNA expression by polymerase chain reaction. 1994

R M Elledge, and N Okuyama, and S D Fitzgerald, and S A Fugua
University of Texas Health Science Center, Division of Medical Oncology, San Antonio 78284-7884.

5-Fluorouracil (5FU), an antimetabolite often used for the treatment of breast cancer, binds to and inactivates the enzyme thymidylate synthase (TS). Measurement of TS levels may be useful in examining resistance to 5FU, but current methods involving ligand binding assays present considerable problems due to the low basal level of this enzyme in many tissues. Therefore, a semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique to measure TS RNA concentration in breast tumour cell lines has been developed with potential for measuring TS RNA levels in individual breast tumours. Using less than 1 microgram of total RNA, we determined that the T47D breast cancer cell line expressed TS levels 1.3 to 4.4 times lower than those of four other breast cancer cell lines, MCF-7, MDA-MB-468, MDA-MB-231, and MDA-A1R. Using the MCF-7 cell line as a representative of relatively high TS expression, the relationship between the S-phase fraction (SPF), and TS levels in MCF-7 and T47D cells was next examined because cell cycle kinetics can also influence drug response. TS expression was directly related to SPF. MCF-7 cells had a higher SPF, corresponding to their higher TS level relative to T47D cells. Lastly, 5FU sensitivity was assayed for and it was found that MCF-7 cells were more sensitive to 5FU than T47D, despite having higher TS levels. A semiquantitative technique for assessing TS RNA expression by PCR in breast cancer cell lines has been demonstrated. In the cell lines tested, there was no direct relationship between TS level and 5FU sensitivity, though there was a direct relationship between cell proliferation and sensitivity to 5FU.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D001943 Breast Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST. Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012334 RNA, Neoplasm RNA present in neoplastic tissue. Neoplasm RNA
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D013940 Thymidylate Synthase An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the reaction 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate and dUMP to dihydrofolate and dTMP in the synthesis of thymidine triphosphate. (From Dorland, 27th ed) EC 2.1.1.45. Thymidylate Synthetase,Synthase, Thymidylate,Synthetase, Thymidylate
D014407 Tumor Cells, Cultured Cells grown in vitro from neoplastic tissue. If they can be established as a TUMOR CELL LINE, they can be propagated in cell culture indefinitely. Cultured Tumor Cells,Neoplastic Cells, Cultured,Cultured Neoplastic Cells,Cell, Cultured Neoplastic,Cell, Cultured Tumor,Cells, Cultured Neoplastic,Cells, Cultured Tumor,Cultured Neoplastic Cell,Cultured Tumor Cell,Neoplastic Cell, Cultured,Tumor Cell, Cultured
D015971 Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control of gene action in enzyme synthesis. Enzymologic Gene Expression Regulation,Regulation of Gene Expression, Enzymologic,Regulation, Gene Expression, Enzymologic
D015972 Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control of gene action in neoplastic tissue. Neoplastic Gene Expression Regulation,Regulation of Gene Expression, Neoplastic,Regulation, Gene Expression, Neoplastic

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