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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2009.19.11.1514

The Feasibility of Cathepsin B Level in Preoperatively Screening Patients with Thyroid Cancer and Nodular Hyperplasia  

Choi, Young-Sik (Department of Internal medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Kim, Young-Ok (Department of Pathology, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Kim, Woo-Mi (Department of Pharmacology, Kosin University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Life Science / v.19, no.11, 2009 , pp. 1514-1521 More about this Journal
Abstract
To evaluate the feasibility of cathepsin-B levels in preoperatively screening patients with thyroid cancer, we assigned these patients to either the thyroid cancer group (n=32) or the nodular hyperplasia group (n=7). Five healthy volunteers served as controls (n=5). We quantified cathepsin-B expressions in cancerous lesions with follicular carcinoma and hyperplastic lesions with nodular hyperplasia, and compared the degrees to those of normal thyroid tissue, which was obtained from matched contralateral lobe. The activity of serum cathepsin B was significantly higher in patients with thyroid carcinoma ($284.87{\pm}79.32$, ${\times}10^{-2}\;mU$) and those with nodular hyperplasia ($255.45{\pm}95.68$, ${\times}10^{-2}\;mU$) than compared to normal control ($168.94{\pm}15.10$, ${\times}10^{-2}\;mU$) (p<0.05). Based on the results of immunoassay, the concentrations of cathepsin B in the thyroid cancer group ($15.50{\pm}7.86\;ng/ml$) and the nodular hyperplasia group ($17.64{\pm}7.49\;ng/ml$) were higher than those of the control group ($4.85{\pm}0.61\;ng/ml$). The degree of cathepsin-B mRNA expression was significantly higher in cancerous or hyperplastic lesions than normal thyroid tissues from matched contralateral lobe with follicular carcinoma or non-neoplastic thyroid disease. Our results indicate that the activity of serum cathepsin B is a useful indicator in screening patients with nodular hyperplasia or neoplastic thyroid disease and it may be involved in the abnormal proliferation of cells.
Keywords
Cathepsin B; thyroid cancer; nodular hyperplasia; screening;
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