(American Journal of Pathology. 2001;159:449-455.)
© 2001 American Society for Investigative Pathology
Expression of Lysosome-Associated Membrane Proteins in Human Colorectal Neoplasms and Inflammatory Diseases
Koh Furuta*,
Masato Ikeda
,
Yoshifuku Nakayama
,
Kenjiro Nakamura
,
Masao Tanaka
,
Naotaka Hamasaki¶,
Masaru Himeno||,
Stanley R. Hamilton** and
J. Thomas August
From the Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine,*
National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan;
the Department of Occupational Health
Economics,
University of Occupational and
Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan; the Department of Pathology
1,
School of Medicine, Fukuoka University,
Fukuoka, Japan; the Departments of Surgery
1
and Clinical Chemistry and
Laboratory Medicine,¶
Graduate School of Medical
Sciences, and the Division of Pharmaceutical Cell
Biology,||
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; the Department of
Pathology,**
Division of Gastrointestinal-Liver
Pathology, and the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular
Sciences,

The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Abstract
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The lysosome-associated membrane proteins (LAMPs)-1 and -2
are major constituents of the lysosomal membrane. These molecules are
known to be among the most glycosylated proteins of several types of
cells and cancer cells, and their expression in cancer cells is
marked by a distinct difference in the structures of the
oligosaccharides as compared to nonmalignant cells. We analyzed by
immunohistochemistry the intensity and distribution of LAMP-1 and
LAMP-2 in 9 human colorectal cancer cases and in 16 control
cases, including inflammatory diseases (diverticulitis,
ulcerative colitis, and Crohns disease). LAMP proteins were
expressed more intensely in the epithelium of colorectal neoplasms than
in normal mucosa (P < 0.05), and no
significant differences were found between adenoma and cancer cells
(P > 0.05) in the same tissue section.
Further, in sites of inactive inflammatory diseases and
nonneoplastic areas in cancer specimens, no significant
increases in epithelial LAMP proteins were observed, even in
the proliferative zone of the lower crypt epithelium. Northern blot
analysis showed increased expression of LAMP-1 and LAMP-2A in two of
three colorectal cancers examined and increased LAMP-2B in
all three cancers. Our findings suggest that LAMPs are related to
neoplastic progression, but there is no direct
association between the expression of LAMP molecules and cell
proliferation.
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Introduction
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Two lysosome-associated membrane
proteins, LAMP-1 and LAMP-2, are type 1 integral membrane proteins
localized primarily on the periphery of the lysosome as major
constituents of the lysosomal membrane.1-7
Although the
majority of LAMP molecules reside in the lysosome, some (<5%) of
LAMP-1 and LAMP-2 are also expressed on the cell surface of a variety
of cultured cells.1,4,7
Both glycoproteins consist of a
polypeptide core of
40 kd. The molecules are among the most heavily
glycosylated of cellular proteins with
50% of their mass as
carbohydrate.3,8,9
The LAMP proteins, with their high
oligosaccharide content, are suggested to be the major cellular
proteins associated with changes in glycosylation that accompany
malignant transformation.9
Although encoded by separate
genes, with LAMP-1 located on chromosomes 13q34 and LAMP-2 on
Xq24-25,10
the two proteins are closely similar in their
primary structure, with
37% sequence
homology.9,11-15
LAMP-2 is also found as splice variant
molecules that are encoded by at least two or three transcripts
resulting in variant transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. Three
transcripts in chicken16
and mouse16,17
and
two human transcripts18,19
have been reported to date.
Although the LAMP proteins have assumed importance as markers of
lysosomes in a wide variety of biological studies, the function of the
molecules is not proved. One speculation is that LAMP-1 is a
housekeeping protein20,21
whereas LAMP-2 may have some
additional or other role.19
In a previous study, we conducted an immunohistochemical and molecular
analysis of the relative degree of expression of LAMP-1 as compared to
LAMP-2 in various normal human tissues.19
Although
previous immunohistochemical and electron microscopic
studies9
uniformly support the conclusion that LAMP
molecules have a predominant steady-state localization in the lysosome,
we showed that some human tissue cells have dissociation between
expression of LAMP proteins and lysosomal hydrolases.19
Moreover, the azurophilic granules that are defined as primary
lysosomes, ie, a membrane-bound organelle containing acid hydrolases,
in neutrophilic leukocytes and their precursors in the bone marrow have
little of the LAMP molecules.22
It has been observed repeatedly that neoplastic transformation is
associated with a variety of structural changes in cell surface
carbohydrates, most notably increased sialylation and
ß1-6-linked branching of complex-type asparagine
(Asn)-linked oligosaccharides
(-GlcNAcß1-6Man
1-6Manß1-).23
Further,
malignant transformation of rodent and human cells is
associated with an increase in the amount of tetra-antennary and
tri-antennary N-glycans.24-26
The increased amount of
these N-glycans is often associated with the increased amount of
poly-N-acetyllactosamine.27
LAMP-1 and LAMP-2
are the major carriers of polylactosaminoglycans in various
cells.28,29
It has also been shown that one of the
important factors that enable tumor cells to become invasive is their
ability to secrete lysosomal enzymes that can degrade surrounding
extracellular matrix.28-30
Presumably, LAMP-1 and LAMP-2
molecules may be correlated not only with malignant transformation of
tumor cells but also their property of invasion. It is possible,
therefore, that expression of LAMP-1 and/or LAMP-2 molecules in
neoplastic cells is related to neoplastic progression.
In this study, we conducted an examination of the LAMP distributions in
human colorectal cancer and compared the findings to inflammatory
diseases (diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, and Crohns disease).
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Materials and Methods
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Tissues
Formaldehyde-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimens were provided
by the Department of Pathology of The Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Nine cases of human primary colorectal
cancer were selected to include adenocarcinoma, adenoma, and mucosa in
one set of slides. As controls, two cases of abdominal gun-shot wound
penetrating the colon and five cases of diverticulitis were selected.
Four cases of Crohns disease and five cases of ulcerative colitis
were also selected. The histopathological diagnosis for each case was
confirmed in hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides.
Immunohistochemistry
The anti-human LAMP-1 mouse monoclonal antibody H4A37
was used at 1:150 dilution and anti-human LAMP-2 mouse monoclonal
antibody H4B47
at 1:100 dilution. Anti-human CD44 mouse
monoclonal antibody U9M2 (a gift from Dr. James Hildreth of The Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)31
at 5 µg/ml was used
as positive control antibody as a substitute for the primary antibody
of different specificity but of the same origin. Anti-human p53 mouse
monoclonal antibody DO7 (Signet, Dedham, MA) at 1:50 dilution was used
as negative control antibody.
Five-µm serial sections were treated with xylene to remove paraffin,
rehydrated, treated with 3% hydrogen peroxide in methanol to eliminate
endogenous peroxidase activity, and treated for 15 minutes in a
microwave oven32
with 0.05 mol/L glycine-HCl, pH
3.5,33
for antigen retrieval. The sections were then
incubated with 5% normal horse serum with 0.01% Triton X in
phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at pH 7.4 for 20 minutes to eliminate
nonspecific background immunostaining. After these procedures, sections
were incubated with the H4A3, H4B4, U9M2, or DO7 antibody diluted in
PBS containing 5% normal horse serum with 0.01% Triton X for 24 hours
at room temperature. The sections were next treated for 1 hour at room
temperature with affinity-purified horse biotinylated anti-mouse IgG
(BA-2000; Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA) diluted 1:200, followed
by incubation in avidin-biotin peroxidase complex34
(Vectastatin Elite avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex ABC reagent,
Vectastatin ABC kit standard, PK6100; Vector Laboratories) for 1 hour
at room temperature. ABC was visualized by incubating with immunopure
metal-enhanced diaminobenzidine substrate kit (Pierce, Rockford, IL). A
brown reaction product appeared, and then the reaction was terminated
by transferring the sections to water. After counterstaining with
methyl green (Sigma, St. Louis, MO), sections were dehydrated, and a
coverslip was attached with Permount (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh,
PA).
Evaluation of Expression by Image Analysis
Areas of tissue represented in slides from each of the nine cases
of human primary colorectal cancer were categorized as normal mucosa,
adenoma, or cancer based on their histopathological features. Control
slides from gun-shot wound specimens were categorized as "gun-shot
inflamed mucosa," or "gun-shot normal mucosa." Inflammatory
disease control tissues with diverticulitis, Crohns disease, and
ulcerative colitis were termed "active" or "inactive" based on
acute inflammation. In each category, three high-power view fields
(x200 magnification) were selected randomly and captured by a
charge-coupled device camera (SPOT; Diagnostic Instruments, Sterling
Heights, MI) on a light microscope for computerized image analysis.
Image analysis was performed on a Macintosh computer using the public
domain NIH Image program (developed at the National Institutes of
Health and available from the Internet by anonymous FTP from
zippy.nimh. nih.gov or on floppy disk from the National Technical
Information Service, Springfield, VA, part number PB95500195GEI). In
each captured field, area (A) and mean intensity (I) of positive
staining were measured. The value of (A) x (I) in each field was
used for comparison of immunohistochemical positivity (Table 1)
.
Statistics
Each measurement was composed of subsamples. Testing group mean
difference was evaluated using F-ratio of group effect and
nested effect by SAS procedure GLM.35
Northern Analysis
To confirm the immunohistochemistry data, we examined the LAMP RNA
expression in human colorectal cancer specimens. Because fresh
specimens were not available from the same patients examined in the
immunohistochemical analysis, three cases of human colorectal cancer
tissues were obtained from surgical specimens at Kyushu University
Hospital after operation. Samples were prepared and processed as
described previously.19
In brief, total cellular RNA from
human colorectal cancer tissues was isolated using the standard
guanidium-isothiocyanate method.36
RNA (10 µg/lane) was
electrophoresed through a 1.5% gel containing 0.4 mol/L formaldehyde
and transferred to positively charged nylon membranes
(Boehringer-Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN) by capillary action. The RNA
blots were probed with DNA fragments prepared by polymerase chain
reaction amplification using a PCR DIG probe synthesis kit
(Boehringer-Mannheim). The mRNA of LAMP-1 (2455 bp; forward primer: ttc
tca aca tca acc cca aca; reverse primer: cac agt cgg caa ttc cta caa)
was analyzed by using the 249-bp probe; mRNA of LAMP-2A (standard form,
1868 bp; forward primer: cac aag gaa agt att cta cag; reverse primer:
cac cat cat gct gga tat gag) was evaluated by the 166-bp probe; and
LAMP-2B (variant form, 4006 bp; forward primer: cac aag gaa agt att cta
cag; reverse primer: gga tat cag act ctg taa cac) by the 154-bp probe.
mRNA of 293 cells (human embryonal kidney) was used for positive
control and NRK cells (normal rat kidney) for negative control (data
not shown).
Each RNA sample was quantitated by UV absorption for equal loading. To
minimize the effect of possible degradation of RNA in the tissue, RNA
samples were further semiquantitated with ethidium bromide staining of
18S ribosomal bands by using a densitometry computer program (Kodak
Digital Science 1D; Kodak, New Haven, CT) after electrophoresis.
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Results
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Immunoreactivity with the monoclonal antibodies to LAMP-1 and
LAMP-2 was seen in each of the cancer cases (Figure 1, AF)
and control
cases. The cellular staining pattern in all tissues was chiefly
granular and cytoplasmic, in keeping with the lysosomal localization of
the proteins. No distinct cell surface staining was observed, although
cell boundary staining was seen: it was difficult to distinguish by
immunohistochemistry technique whether the staining was inside or
outside the cells. Intracytoplasmic mucin was not stained by these two
antibodies in any of the normal, adenoma, or cancer areas, but
extracellular necrotic or degenerated tissues inside the glandular
areas in adenoma, or cancer showed staining (Figure 1, CF)
. In most
of the cases the relative degree of staining for LAMP-1 and LAMP-2
varied greatly among the different areas. No morphological explanation
of this heterogeneity was found. The staining with LAMP-1 was more
intense than with LAMP-2, but there were no distinct differences in
staining location for LAMP-1 and LAMP-2.

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Figure 1. Immunohistochemical expression of LAMPs and PCNA in nonneoplastic and
neoplastic human colorectal tissues. Staining of LAMP-1 is shown in the
left column (A,
C, E, and G),
LAMP-2 in the right column
(B, D, and
F), and PCNA is shown in
H. Counterstained with methyl green. Original
magnifications, x400
(AF), x200
(G and
H). Nonneoplastic tissues:
A, LAMP-1
(normal); and
B, LAMP-2 (normal
mucosa). In the areas categorized as normal in
human colorectal cancer tissues, although LAMP proteins were expressed
in epithelial cells, immunoreactivity was significantly less than the
neoplastic adenoma and cancer tissues. Positively stained macrophages
are present in the upper lamina propria of normal areas
( in A and
B). Neoplastic tissues: C,
LAMP-1 (adenoma);
E, LAMP-1
(cancer); D,
LAMP-2 (adenoma); and
F, LAMP-2
(cancer). The epithelial
cells of adenoma and cancer were strongly stained. The stromal areas of
the neoplasm, including inflammatory cells, macrophages, and
fibroblasts, also showed intense positive staining. The localization of
staining of the neoplastic tissues was similar with the two antibodies,
with greater intensity of LAMP-1 staining. Nonneoplastic tissues:
G, LAMP-1; and H, PCNA. Positive PCNA staining
(nuclear stain by PC10 anti-PCNA monoclonal
antibody) occurs in the lower crypt epithelium
( in H) but
there is no staining of proliferative cells in normal tissue by LAMP
antibodies ( in
G).
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LAMP proteins were expressed in normal colorectal epithelial cells to
some degree. By contrast immunoreactivity was significantly greater in
adenomas and cancers (Figure 1, AF
; Table 1
)
(P < 0.05). In some tumors single or clustered
cancer cells showed intense staining. Differences in intensity of LAMP
staining were not related to the differences in the histopathological
typing of the tumors: malignant cells of well or poorly differentiated
cancer cases showed similar positive staining (data not shown), and the
localization and intensity of staining of adenomas and cancers were
similar with both of the LAMP antibodies (Figure 1, CF
; Table 1
)
(P > 0.05).
Normal mucosa of cancer specimens was not significantly stained in the
proliferative zone of the lower crypt epithelium (Figure 1G)
as
demonstrated by proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) proliferation
marker staining (Figure 1H)
. As we previously reported,19
there was LAMP staining in macrophages (Figure 1; A, B, and G
) in the
upper lamina propria of normal mucosa. In stromal areas of neoplastic
tissue, there was intense staining of inflammatory cells, macrophages,
and fibroblasts.
In the actively inflamed areas of the nonneoplastic control cases
(gun-shot wound, diverticulitis, Crohns disease, and ulcerative
colitis), there was strong staining of inflammatory cells and
macrophages (data not shown) as compared to the staining of normal
epithelium, including normal mucosa in cancer specimens. There were no
significant differences in staining intensity by image analysis between
neoplastic tissues and the active sites of the inflammatory control
cases (P > 0.05) (Table 1)
. The positive cells
of neoplasia were mostly the adenoma or cancer cells, whereas in
control cases the positive areas were mostly composed of inflammatory
cells and macrophages. Thus, both of the LAMP antibodies recognized not
only neoplastic cells but also inflammatory cells. The anti-CD44 and
anti-p53 control antibodies showed appropriate patterns of reactivity
that differed from those of the LAMP patterns.
Northern Analysis
Northern analysis of mRNA extracted from human colorectal cancer
tissues was evaluated for LAMP-1, LAMP-2A, and LAMP-2B expression in
tumor and mucosa. In two of three cases, LAMP-1 mRNA from tumors showed
greater increase than normal counterparts (Figure 2A
and Table 2
). LAMP-2A, except in case 3, and LAMP
2B mRNA also showed greater expression in tumor (Figure 2B
and Table 2
), with a 73 to 126% increase as compared to normal mucosa. The 293
control RNAs showed positive bands with each LAMP probe and the NRK
control RNA was negative (data not shown).

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Figure 2. Northern blot analysis of total RNA prepared from three cases of human
colorectal cancer. The mRNAs of LAMP-1 (2455
bp) were analyzed by using the 249-bp probe,
mRNA of LAMP-2A (standard form, 1868
bp) by the 166-bp probe, and LAMP-2B
(variant form, 4006 bp)
by the 154-bp probe. RNA samples were semi-quantitated with ethidium
bromide staining of 18S ribosomal bands by using a densitometry
computer program. Top: Higher expression of LAMP-1
transcripts in the tumor tissue
(T) as compared with its
normal counterpart (N)
(A and
B). Bottom: The density
ratios (T/N) of bands
derived from tumor (T)
and normal (N) samples
between 18S rRNA, LAMP-1
(A), and
LAMP-2A and -2B
(B)
(Table 2)
. mRNA from
tumors showed greater increase in their density compared with normal
counterparts.
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Discussion
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The most significant message of this study is that LAMP molecules
were highly expressed in colorectal neoplastic tissues, either adenoma
or cancer, compared to nonneoplastic counterparts. Numerous studies
indicate that neoplastic transformation is associated with a variety of
structural changes in cell surface carbohydrates, most notably
increased sialylation and ß1-6-linked branching of complex type
asparagine (Asn)-linked oligosaccharides.23
Saitoh and
colleagues27
have shown previously that LAMPs are the
major carriers of polylactosaminoglycans in various cells. The ability
of LAMP to bind to extracellular matrix components was inversely
related to the degree of its glycosylation, and it was suggested that
the increased ß1-6 branching of the molecules contributed to the
increased metastatic potential by decreasing
adhesiveness.37
Although increased glycosylation may play
a role by decreasing adhesiveness, it is also possible that LAMP-1 and
LAMP-2 carry oligosaccharide ligands that are recognized by adhesion
molecules.38
It has been demonstrated that tumor cells
bind to endothelial cells through E-selectin-mediated
adhesion.39-41
Moreover, highly metastatic tumor cells
were found to adhere more efficiently to endothelial cells, compared to
low metastatic tumor cells.42
Although there are no clear
explanations regarding the opposite roles of glycosylation, the
differences between positive and negative roles in adhesion are likely
because of the differences of milieus such as inside the stroma or the
venules, where glycosylation has its function.
Further, this study indicated that in sites of inactive inflammatory
diseases and nonneoplastic areas in cancer specimens, no significant
increases in epithelial LAMP proteins were observed, even in the
proliferative zone of the lower crypt epithelium. These findings
suggest that there is no direct association between the expression of
LAMP molecules and cell proliferation. In other words, these LAMP
molecules are related to neoplastic progression by a mechanism other
than cell proliferation. A recent study offers potential clues to the
functions of LAMPs. Lichter-Koneckie and colleagues17
studied the developmental expression patterns of murine LAMP-2
transcripts and reported that the expression pattern was tissue type-
and cell type-specific as differentiation progressed. Also, they
suggested that two different mechanisms at the transcriptional and
posttranslational level generated a variety of LAMP-2 proteins that
probably served different developmental functions. Additional
investigations are needed of the expression patterns of LAMPs, either
mRNAs or proteins, in a quantitative manner by using various cancer
tissues, inflammatory tissues, and also embryonic tissues of
developmentally different stages.
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Acknowledgements
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We thank Mr. Jeffrey J. Floyd, Ms. Rahj Robinson, and Ms. Mihoko
Oginosawa for technical assistance; and Drs. S. Shimajiri, A. Tanimoto,
and Y. Sasaguri for providing help.
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Footnotes
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Address reprint requests to Koh Furata, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1, Tsukiji, Tokyo Japan 104-0045. E-mail: kfuruta{at}ncc.go.jp
Supported in part by The Foundation for the Advancement of Clinical Medicine and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 11670200 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Current address of Stanley R. Hamilton: Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Box 85, Room G1.3754, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4095.
Accepted for publication May 4, 2001.
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