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KMID : 0357920010350060477
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Korean Journal of Pathology
2001 Volume.35 No. 6 p.477 ~ p.485
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The Expression of DNA Dependent Protein Kinase Protein in Malignant Lymphoma
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Noh Tae-Woong
Yang Woo-Ick
Cho Nam-Hoon
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Abstract
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Background: DNA dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) composed of Ku70, Ku80 and DNA-PK catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), plays an important role in the primary repair of break points of damaged DNA and is involved in the recombination of the V, D,and J genes. Loss of DNA-PK may lead to immunodeficiency and malignant lymphomas. This hypothesis has been supported by animal study in a Ku70 knock-out mouse model. The relationship between DNA-PK and human malignant lymphoma has not yet been studied.
Methods: We examined the loss of DNA-PK proteins in 85 representative cases of different subtypes of malignant lymphoma. Immunohistochemical stains for DNA-PK subunits were performed on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections.
Results: Lymphomas demonstrated statistically significant loss of Ku70, Ku80 and DNA-PKcs. T cell lymphomas showed more loss of DNA-PK proteins in comparison with B cell lymphomas. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, both T cell lymphomas and high-grade subtypes of B cell lymphomas demonstrated similar degree of loss of DNA-PK proteins.
Conclusions: We confirmed the loss of DNA-PK proteins in malignant lymphomas through the results of our study, and the loss of these proteins seems to be more significant in high-grade lymphomas. These findings support the role of DNA-PK as a tumor suppressor gene.
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KEYWORD
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Protein kinases, Lymphoma
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