S100 proteins are involved in the pathogenesis of sporadic colorectal carcinoma through different mechanisms. The aim of our study was to assess tissue mRNA encoding S100 proteins in patients with non-advanced and advanced colorectal adenoma. Mucosal biopsies were taken from the caecum, transverse colon and rectum during diagnostic and/or therapeutic colonoscopy. Another biopsy was obtained from adenomatous tissue in the advanced adenoma group. The tissue mRNA for each S100 protein (S100A4, S100A6, S100A8, S100A9, S100A11 and S100P) was investigated. Eighteen biopsies were obtained from the healthy mucosa in controls and the non-advanced adenoma group (six individuals in each group) and thirty biopsies in the advanced adenoma group (ten patients). Nine biopsies were obtained from advanced adenoma tissue (9/10 patients). Significant differences in mRNA investigated in the healthy mucosa were identified between (1) controls and the advanced adenoma group for S100A6 (p = 0.012), (2) controls and the non-advanced adenoma group for S100A8 (p = 0.033) and (3) controls and the advanced adenoma group for S100A11 (p = 0.005). In the advanced adenoma group, differences between the healthy mucosa and adenomatous tissue were found in S100A6 (p = 0.002), S100A8 (p = 0.002), S100A9 (p = 0.021) and S100A11 (p = 0.029). Abnormal mRNA expression for different S100 proteins was identified in the pathological adenomatous tissue as well as in the morphologically normal large intestinal mucosa.

• MeSH
• Adenoma genetics   metabolism   pathology   MeSH
• Calgranulin A genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Calgranulin B genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Colorectal Neoplasms genetics   metabolism   pathology   MeSH
• Middle Aged MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• RNA, Messenger genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Biomarkers, Tumor genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Neoplasm Proteins genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Follow-Up Studies MeSH
• Pilot Projects MeSH
• Prognosis MeSH
• S100 Calcium Binding Protein A6 genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Cell Cycle Proteins genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• S100 Proteins genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Calcium-Binding Proteins genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• S100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4 genetics   metabolism   MeSH
• Aged MeSH
• Case-Control Studies MeSH
• Check Tag
• Middle Aged MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Male MeSH
• Aged MeSH
• Female MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH