Mutation of GDP-mannose-4,6-dehydratase in colorectal cancer metastasis.

Abstract	Fucosylation is a crucial oligosaccharide modification in cancer. The known function of fucosylation in cancer is to mediate metastasis through selectin ligand-dependent processes. Previously, we found complete loss of fucosylation in the colon cancer cell line HCT116 due to a mutation in the GDP-fucose synthetic enzyme, GDP-mannose-4,6-dehydratase (GMDS). Loss of fucosylation led to escape of cancer cells from tumor immune surveillance followed by tumor progression and metastasis, suggesting a novel function of fucosylation in tumor progression pathway. In the present study, we investigated the frequency of GMDS mutation in a number of clinical colorectal cancer tissue samples: 81 samples of primary colorectal cancer tissue and 39 samples of metastatic lesion including liver and lymph node. Four types of deletion mutation in GMDS were identified in original cancer tissues as well as metastatic lesions. The frequency of GMDS mutation was slightly higher in metastatic lesions (12.8%, 5/39 samples) than in original cancer tissues (8.6%, 7/81 samples). No mutation of the GMDS gene was observed in normal colon tissues surrounding cancer tissues, suggesting that the mutation is somatic rather than in the germline. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed complete loss of fucosylation in three cases of cancer tissue. All three cases had GMDS mutation. In one of three cases, loss of fucosylation was observed in only metastatic lesion, but not its original colon cancer tissue. These data demonstrate involvement of GMDS mutation in the progression of colorectal cancer.
Authors	Kotarosumitomo Nakayama, Kenta Moriwaki, Taku Imai, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Yoshihiro Kamada, Kohei Murata, Eiji Miyoshi
Journal	PloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 8 Issue 7 Pg. e70298 ( 2013) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
PMID	23922970 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References	Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases GDPmannose dehydrogenase
Topics	Aged Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases (genetics, metabolism) Colorectal Neoplasms (genetics, pathology) Disease Progression Female Humans Immunohistochemistry Male Middle Aged Mutation Mutation Rate Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasm Staging

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