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Brassart-Pasco S, Brézillon S, Brassart B, Ramont L, Oudart JB, Monboisse JC. Tumor Microenvironment: Extracellular Matrix Alterations Influence Tumor Progression. Front Oncol 2020; 10:397. [PMID: 32351878 PMCID: PMC7174611 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of various cell types embedded in an altered extracellular matrix (ECM). ECM not only serves as a support for tumor cell but also regulates cell-cell or cell-matrix cross-talks. Alterations in ECM may be induced by hypoxia and acidosis, by oxygen free radicals generated by infiltrating inflammatory cells or by tumor- or stromal cell-secreted proteases. A poorer diagnosis for patients is often associated with ECM alterations. Tumor ECM proteome, also named cancer matrisome, is strongly altered, and different ECM protein signatures may be defined to serve as prognostic biomarkers. Collagen network reorganization facilitates tumor cell invasion. Proteoglycan expression and location are modified in the TME and affect cell invasion and metastatic dissemination. ECM macromolecule degradation by proteases may induce the release of angiogenic growth factors but also the release of proteoglycan-derived or ECM protein fragments, named matrikines or matricryptins. This review will focus on current knowledge and new insights in ECM alterations, degradation, and reticulation through cross-linking enzymes and on the role of ECM fragments in the control of cancer progression and their potential use as biomarkers in cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
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- Sylvie Brassart-Pasco
- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR CAP-Santé (FED 4231), Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Biologie Moléculaire, Reims, France
- CNRS UMR 7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire - MEDyC, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR CAP-Santé (FED 4231), Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Biologie Moléculaire, Reims, France
- CNRS UMR 7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire - MEDyC, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR CAP-Santé (FED 4231), Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Biologie Moléculaire, Reims, France
- CNRS UMR 7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire - MEDyC, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR CAP-Santé (FED 4231), Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Biologie Moléculaire, Reims, France
- CNRS UMR 7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire - MEDyC, Reims, France
- CHU Reims, Service Biochimie-Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR CAP-Santé (FED 4231), Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Biologie Moléculaire, Reims, France
- CNRS UMR 7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire - MEDyC, Reims, France
- CHU Reims, Service Biochimie-Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR CAP-Santé (FED 4231), Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Biologie Moléculaire, Reims, France
- CNRS UMR 7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire - MEDyC, Reims, France
- CHU Reims, Service Biochimie-Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Reims, France
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Levels of soluble E-cadherin in breast, gastric, and colorectal cancers. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:408047. [PMID: 25535613 PMCID: PMC4182303 DOI: 10.1155/2014/408047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Soluble E-cadherin is a 80 kDa protein fragment coming from the proteolytic cleavage of the extracellular domain of the full length epithelial cadherin, a molecule involved in cell adhesion/polarity and tissue morphogenesis. In comparison with normal epithelia, cancer cells show a decreased cadherin-mediated intercellular adhesion, and sE-cad levels normally increase in body fluids (blood and urine). This review focuses on soluble E-cadherin in sera of patients affected by three solid cancers (breast, gastric, and colorectal cancers) and how its levels correlate or not with some cancer parameters (e.g., dimension, progression, and localisation). We will describe the main proteomics approaches adopted to measure sE-cad both in vivo and in vitro and the most important findings about its behaviour in cancer dynamics.
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Laminin-5 (LN-5), consisting of alpha3-, beta3-, and gamma2-chains, is a component of the cell adhesion complex containing hemidesmosomes and anchoring fibrils. This protein is a major constituent of the extracellular matrix and has recently proved to be an invasion marker for epithelial cells in many immunohistochemical surveys, indicating that it is frequently expressed in the invading edges of epithelial tumour cells. Additionally, intracellular accumulation of monomeric gamma2-chains has been widely observed in the invasive carcinoma cells, but its mechanism was not entirely understood. Epithelial carcinoma cells prefer to adhere onto the LN-5-rich basement membranes using the specific integrins as receptors. Induction of cell migration is an important function of LN-5 and the enhanced activity is observed in its truncated form after proteolytic shedding of the N-terminal fragments of gamma2-chains. This processing was demonstrated to be mediated mainly by several kinds of matrix metalloproteinases. The degraded fragments of gamma2-chains, released from invading carcinomas, can be immunodetected in biological fluids and potentially utilized in the clinical diagnosis of various epithelial cancers. Here, we summarize the previous clinical investigations of LN-5 in epithelial tumour progression, and also discuss what it can regulate in the cell physiological events.
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- Masahiko Katayama
- Diagnostic Department, Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Ltd, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan
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Vejda S, Posovszky C, Zelzer S, Peter B, Bayer E, Gelbmann D, Schulte-Hermann R, Gerner C. Plasma from cancer patients featuring a characteristic protein composition mediates protection against apoptosis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2002; 1:387-93. [PMID: 12118080 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m200004-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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By comparative proteome analysis we searched for characteristic alterations of human plasma accompanying neoplastic disease. We identified protein alterations in plasma of prostate-, lung-, and breast-cancer patients in comparison to controls, comprising elevated levels of fibrinogen gamma-chain dimer, degradation products of antiplasmin and laminin gamma-chain, and elevated levels of acute phase proteins. The latter proteins and laminin fragments have been described as anti-apoptotic factors. We raised the question whether these alterations may have any relevance for the regulation of apoptosis. In contrast to plasma derived from healthy donors, samples from prostate-, lung-, and breast-cancer patients selectively inhibited Fas- and staurosporine-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells but remained ineffective upon UV light-induced apoptosis. These data suggested that inhibition occurred by extracellular interference with apoptosis induction. Supporting this hypothesis, we found that formation of the CD95 death-inducing signal complex was strongly inhibited in the presence of plasma from cancer patients.
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- Susanne Vejda
- Institute of Cancer Research, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Scott WN, McFerran NV, Harriott P, Walker B, Nelson J. Development of laminin receptor agonists: identification of important functional residues by alanine scanning. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1481:25-36. [PMID: 10962089 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00120-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An antagonist of cellular adhesion and motility, acetyl-C-[S-Acm]-VIGYSGDRC-[S-Acm]-NH(2) (mEGF(33-42)), shares homology with the agonist sequence CDPGYIGSR-NH(2). It has been proposed that the latter peptide binds to the high affinity 67 kDa laminin receptor. Both peptides have equal affinities for the receptor and similar conformations have been derived for both. We have examined the importance of individual non-homologous residues with respect to receptor binding and antagonistic properties of mEGF(33-42). Alanine scanning of non-conserved residues in the N-terminal half of mEGF(33-42) caused loss of biological activity with respect to cell attachment, receptor binding and migratory response. Substitution of alanine for serine (position 6) caused loss of laminin-specific cell attachment and receptor binding activities. However, the peptide did stimulate migration suggesting that this peptide may be a non-specific stimulator of migration. In contrast, alanine substitution for the C-terminal Cys-S-Acm had no apparent effect on the attachment or receptor binding activities of the peptide but generated an agonist from the antagonist parent. Comparison of the modelled folds of the alanine containing peptides revealed the presence of significant helical content in those peptides capable of stimulating migration and suggests that a reduction in bulk in the N-terminal residues is not conducive to adopting a productive binding conformation.
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- W N Scott
- Centre for Peptide and Protein Engineering, School of Biology and Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
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Geberhiwot T, Wondimu Z, Salo S, Pikkarainen T, Kortesmaa J, Tryggvason K, Virtanen I, Patarroyo M. Chain specificity assignment of monoclonal antibodies to human laminins by using recombinant laminin beta1 and gamma1 chains. Matrix Biol 2000; 19:163-7. [PMID: 10842099 DOI: 10.1016/s0945-053x(00)00056-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the present study, the chain specificity of 16 commonly used monoclonal antibodies to human laminin(s) was analysed by using recombinant laminin beta1 and gamma1 chains. By ELISA, all antibodies reacted with purified placenta laminin, and most antibodies recognised either recombinant beta1 or gamma1 chains. Reactivity and chain specificity was confirmed against the recombinant chains in Western blotting under non-reducing conditions, and only a few antibodies were reactive under reducing conditions. Most antibodies were able to immunoprecipitate associated laminin beta1/gamma1 chains from platelet lysates. Based on these results and data from the literature, a tentative epitope map is presented.
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- T Geberhiwot
- Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Geberhiwot T, Ingerpuu S, Pedraza C, Neira M, Virtanen I, Tryggvason K, Patarroyo M. Erythromegakaryocytic cells synthesize laminin-8 (alpha4beta1gamma1). Exp Cell Res 2000; 254:189-95. [PMID: 10623479 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Blood platelets contain laminin-8 (alpha4beta1gamma1), a recently described laminin isoform, but the origin of platelet laminin is at present unknown. Laminin of platelets could be synthesized by megakaryocytes or, alternatively, endocytosed from plasma or other sources. In the present study, the synthesis and presence of laminin-8 in erythromegakaryocytic HEL and DAMI cells were explored. In HEL cells, transcripts for alpha4, beta1, and gamma1 laminin chains were readily detected by RT-PCR. Immunofluorescence flow cytometry demonstrated reactivity of mAbs to laminin beta1 and gamma1 chains with permeabilized cells. Metabolic labeling of HEL cells using [(35)S]methionine and [(35)S]cysteine followed by immunoprecipitation with monoclonal antibodies to beta1 and gamma1 chains revealed bands of approximately 220 and 200 kDa. In the HEL cell lysate, polypeptides of 220 and 200 kDa were recognized by monoclonal antibodies to laminin beta1 and gamma1 chains, respectively, whereas immunoaffinity-purified rabbit antibodies to laminin alpha4 chain gave inconclusive results. However, following immunoaffinity purification on a laminin beta1 antibody-Sepharose column, a 200-kDa band was readily detected by the antibodies to laminin alpha4 chain. Similar results were obtained with DAMI cells. The size of laminin chains of HEL/DAMI cells was similar, though not identical, to the one of platelets, and the alpha4 chain was noncovalently associated to disulfide-bonded beta1gamma1 heterodimer, as in platelets. We conclude that erythromegakaryocytic cells synthesize laminin-8.
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- T Geberhiwot
- Division of Matrix Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, S 171 77, Sweden
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Geberhiwot T, Ingerpuu S, Pedraza C, Neira M, Lehto U, Virtanen I, Kortesmaa J, Tryggvason K, Engvall E, Patarroyo M. Blood platelets contain and secrete laminin-8 (alpha4beta1gamma1) and adhere to laminin-8 via alpha6beta1 integrin. Exp Cell Res 1999; 253:723-32. [PMID: 10585296 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Laminins, a family of heterotrimeric proteins with cell adhesive/signaling properties, are characteristic components of basement membranes of vasculature and tissues. In the present study, permeabilized platelets were found to react with a monoclonal antibody to laminin gamma1 chain by immunofluorescence. In Western blot analysis of platelet lysates, several monoclonal antibodies to gamma1 and beta1 laminin chains recognized 220- to 230-kDa polypeptides, under reducing conditions, and a structure with much slower electrophoretic mobility under nonreducing conditions. Immunoaffinity purification on a laminin beta1 antibody-Sepharose column yielded polypeptides of 230, 220, 200, and 180 kDa from platelet lysates. In the purified material, mAbs to beta1 and gamma1 reacted with the two larger polypeptides, while affinity-purified rabbit antibodies to laminin alpha4 chain recognized the smallest polypeptide. Identity of the polypeptides was confirmed by microsequencing. One million platelets contained on average 1 ng of laminin (approximately 700 molecules per cell), of which 20-35% was secreted within minutes after stimulation with either thrombin or phorbol ester. Platelets adhered to plastic surfaces coated with the purified platelet laminin, and this process was largely inhibited by antibodies to beta1 and alpha6 integrin chains. We conclude that platelets contain and, following activation, secrete laminin-8 (alpha4beta1gamma1) and that the cells adhere to the protein by using alpha6beta1 integrin.
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- T Geberhiwot
- Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, S 171 77, Sweden
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Mueller AR, Platz KP, Heckert C, Häusler M, Guckelberger O, Schuppan D, Lobeck H, Neuhaus P. The extracellular matrix: an early target of preservation/reperfusion injury and acute rejection after small bowel transplantation. Transplantation 1998; 65:770-6. [PMID: 9539087 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199803270-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Endothelial cells are known to be an early target of preservation/reperfusion injury and acute rejection, whereas the extracellular matrix (ECM) may also play an equally important role in the sequelae of both events. METHODS Syngeneic and allogeneic rat small bowel transplantations (SBTX) were performed after 6 hr of preservation. Animals were subsequently killed at defined time points for determination of ECM parameters within the graft and in plasma. RESULTS Laminin levels were significantly increased 20 min after reperfusion (syngeneic SBTX: 357+/-65.9 ng/ml; allogeneic SBTX: 361+/-79.6 ng/ml; P< or =0.01). After syngeneic transplantation, laminin levels normalized by postoperative day (POD) 7, whereas there was a rejection-induced increase after allogeneic SBTX (POD 7: 179+/-60.1 ng/ml; POD 9: 333+/-13.6 ng/ml; P< or =0.01 vs. syngeneic SBTX). This increase was accompanied by an increase in tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels at POD 9. Hyaluronic acid levels were significantly elevated after 24 hr (syngeneic SBTX: 1086+/-176 microg/L; allogeneic SBTX: 918+/-108 microg/L; P< or =0.01). After syngeneic SBTX, hyaluronic acid levels normalized by POD 7, whereas persistently higher levels were observed after allogeneic SBTX. Immunohistochemistry confirmed early changes (20 min after reperfusion) at the ECM. Anti-laminin and anti-CD44 staining normalized at POD 5 after syngeneic SBTX. After allogeneic SBTX, rejection-specific changes were evident with anti-laminin staining commencing on POD 5 and progressing until POD 9. At similar time points, increased expression of fibronectin- and interferon-gamma-positive material was evident. CONCLUSIONS The ECM can be considered to be an early target of preservation/reperfusion injury and acute rejection. Plasma parameters reliably reflected the changes observed within the graft. Laminin and hyaluronic acid levels may be used as indicators of initial graft function. Furthermore, the increase in laminin levels was an early indicator of acute rejection. Determination of these parameters may significantly improve monitoring after SBTX.
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- A R Mueller
- Department of Surgery, Virchow Clinic, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
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Burgmann H, Looareesuwan S, Viravan C, Vanijanonta S, Zedwitz-Liebenstein K, Vorbach H, Graninger W. Serum laminin and basic fibroblast growth factor concentrations in patients with complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. J Clin Immunol 1996; 16:278-82. [PMID: 8886997 DOI: 10.1007/bf01541393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Serum concentrations of laminin and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) were measured in 20 patients suffering from complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Bangkok. Significant higher mean serum concentrations of laminin were determined prior to treatment (1973 ng/ml) and 7 days after starting medication (1025 ng/ml) in comparison to the control (412 ng/ml). The values remained numerically higher for at least 21 days. With regard to serum basic FGF concentrations, a peak was found 7 day after starting treatment (35.61 pg/ml). In addition, a significant correlation was found for parasite clearance time and basic FGF concentration on day 7 (P < 0.01). These increased values of laminin and basic FGF may be the consequence of endothelial and basement membrane damage induced by sequestration of the parasites. Furthermore, basic FGF might play a role in endothelial repair mechanisms after the clearance of the parasites.
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- H Burgmann
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Vienna, Austria
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Barbouche MR, Romain S, Avrameas S, Piana L, Martin PM. Prognostic significance of autoantibodies to laminin in the sera of breast cancer patients: a preliminary report. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY : JOURNAL OF THE FORUM OF EUROPEAN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY SOCIETIES 1994; 32:511-4. [PMID: 7981330 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1994.32.7.511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Interactions between cancer cells and laminin play an important role in the metastatic cascade. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the presence and the prognostic significance of autoantibodies to laminin in sera of patients with breast cancer. Our study population consisted of 71 high-risk primary breast cancer patients (median follow-up, 6 years). IgG, IgA and IgM were analysed at the time of surgery and before any treatment was given. Concentrations were measured by enzyme immunoassay with a highly purified antigen. IgG, IgA and IgM anti-laminin median values were, respectively 117%, 130% and 97% of normal absorbance. Higher concentrations of IgM to laminin were found in pre-menopausal patients as compared with post-menopausal patients (p < 0.001). Patients with high concentrations of IgG to laminin had lower disease-free (p = 0.003) and overall survival rates (p = 0.003). In breast cancer, assay of IgG to laminin could thus provide a cheap and easy prognostic index available for all patients.
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- M R Barbouche
- Laboratoire d'Immunocytochimie, URA 359 du CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Katayama M, Hirai S, Kamihagi K, Nakagawa K, Yasumoto M, Kato I. Soluble E-cadherin fragments increased in circulation of cancer patients. Br J Cancer 1994; 69:580-5. [PMID: 8123491 PMCID: PMC1968869 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1994.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Monoclonal antibodies were raised against human placental soluble E-cadherins and used in an immunoenzymometric assay to detect soluble E-cadherins in biological fluids. The E-cadherin assay was accurate enough to quantitate the concentration of soluble E-cadherin in the cell culture supernatants. Immunoreactive E-cadherins, identified as existing in the soluble form in normal serum, were shown to have apparent lower molecular mass (approximately 80 kDa) than intact molecules of E-cadherin. We found that the immunoreactive E-cadherin levels in the serum of the studied cancer patients were significantly elevated (mean +/- s.d. 3.80 +/- 2.36 micrograms ml-1, P < 0.0001) when compared with the normal levels (1.99 +/- 0.50 micrograms ml-1). We also found that serum E-cadherin levels in the 22 patients with gastric cancer (3.51 +/- 1.78 micrograms ml-1, P < 0.02) or the 11 patients with hepatocellular cancer (5.55 +/- 3.11 micrograms ml-1, P < 0.001) were significantly higher than those in the 26 diabetic patients (2.33 +/- 1.58 micrograms ml-1). Of the 54 cancer patients, 53.7% exhibited an elevated amount of soluble E-cadherin in serum. Thus, it is evident that soluble E-cadherin in circulation can be used as a prospective tumour marker that accurately reflects the progressive regeneration of E-cadherin at tumour sites, potentially induced by tumour-associated proteolytic degradation.
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- M Katayama
- Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Shiga, Japan
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Katayama M, Kamihagi K, Nakagawa K, Akiyama T, Sano Y, Ouchi R, Nagata S, Hino F, Kato I. Increased fragmentation of urinary fibronectin in cancer patients detected by immunoenzymometric assay using domain-specific monoclonal antibodies. Clin Chim Acta 1993; 217:115-28. [PMID: 8261621 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(93)90158-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) recognizing the distinct domains of human fibronectin had previously been established and they were used to construct several sandwich immunoenzymometric assays (IEMAs) for the structural analysis of fibronectin found in the urine of cancer patients. Urinary fibronectin (UFN) was immunodetectable only with FN12-8 and FN30-8 MoAbs against cell-binding domains and was less reactive with other IEMAs using MoAbs directed to terminal domains, indicating that UFN was almost completely fragmented and consisted mainly of cell-binding regions. The IEMA using MoAbs against cell-binding domains had sufficient immunoreactivities with the antigen fragmented by artificial proteolysis, but these fragments could hardly be detected by other IEMAs. UFN levels were significantly elevated in various cancer patients and extremely elevated in some patients with distant metastasis. It is presumed that UFN fragments which increase in cancer patients are generated by extracellular matrix destruction. Thus UFN levels and the ratio of the fragmented UFN level to the non-fragmented UFN level appear to be informative clinical indicators of tumor malignancy or metastatic ability in cancer patients.
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- M Katayama
- Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Shiga, Japan
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