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Di Meo F, Kale B, Koomen JM, Perna F. Mapping the cancer surface proteome in search of target antigens for immunotherapy. Mol Ther 2024:S1525-0016(24)00474-X. [PMID: 39068512 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Immune-based therapeutic interventions recognizing proteins localized on the cell surface of cancer cells are emerging as a promising cancer treatment. Antibody-based therapies and engineered T cells are now approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat some malignancies. These therapies utilize a few cell surface proteins highly expressed on cancer cells to release the negative regulation of immune activation that limits antitumor responses (e.g., PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA4) or to redirect the T cell specificity toward blood cancer cells (e.g., CD19 and B cell maturation antigen). One limitation preventing broader application of these novel therapeutic strategies to all cancer types is the lack of suitable target antigens for all indications owing in part to the challenges in identifying such targets. Ideal target antigens are cell surface proteins highly expressed on malignant cells and absent in healthy tissues. Technological advances in mass spectrometry, enrichment protocols, and computational tools for cell surface protein isolation and annotation have recently enabled comprehensive analyses of the cancer cell surface proteome, from which novel immunotherapeutic target antigens may emerge. Here, we review the most recent progress in this field.
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- Francesco Di Meo
- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Wang J, Huang D, Nguyen TAT, Phan LM, Wei W, Rezaeian AH. CD74-AKT Axis Is a Potential Therapeutic Target in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:481. [PMID: 39056676 PMCID: PMC11274071 DOI: 10.3390/biology13070481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells are often resistant to FAS (CD95)-mediated apoptosis, but the underlying molecular mechanism(s) is not fully understood yet. Notably, the expression of the type II transmembrane protein, CD74, is correlated with chemotherapy-resistant and more invasive forms of cancers via unknown mechanisms. Here, we analyzed gene expression pattern of cancer patients and/or patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models and found that mRNA and protein levels of CD74 are highly expressed in TNBC and correlated with cancer stem cells (CSCs) and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) properties. Mechanistically, we found that AKT activation is likely critical for maintaining CD74 expression and protein stability to favor its oncogenic functions. Physiologically, epidermal growth factor (EGF) along with CD74 could activate AKT signaling, likely through binding of phosphorylated AKT (S473) to CD74, whereas inhibition of AKT could impair stability of CD74. We also revealed that CD74 binds to FAS and interferes with the intrinsic signaling of FAS-mediated apoptosis. As such, selective targeting of the CD74/FAS complex using the AKT inhibitor along with the CD74-derived peptide could synergistically restore and activate FAS-mediated apoptosis. Therefore, our approach of mobilizing apoptosis pathways likely provides a rationale for TNBC treatment by targeting the CD74/FAS and CD74-AKT axes.
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- Jingchao Wang
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- David Grant USAF Medical Center, Clinical Investigation Facility, 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA 94535, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Application of plasma membrane proteomics to identify cancer biomarkers. Proteomics 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95072-5.00008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Activation of Cellular Players in Adaptive Immunity via Exogenous Delivery of Tumor Cell Lysates. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14071358. [PMID: 35890254 PMCID: PMC9316852 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14071358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Tumor cell lysates (TCLs) are a good immunogenic source of tumor-associated antigens. Since whole necrotic TCLs can enhance the maturation and antigen-presenting ability of dendritic cells (DCs), multiple strategies for the exogenous delivery of TCLs have been investigated as novel cancer immunotherapeutic solutions. The TCL-mediated induction of DC maturation and the subsequent immunological response could be improved by utilizing various material-based carriers. Enhanced antitumor immunity and cancer vaccination efficacy could be eventually achieved through the in vivo administration of TCLs. Therefore, (1) important engineering methodologies to prepare antigen-containing TCLs, (2) current therapeutic approaches using TCL-mediated DC activation, and (3) the significant sequential mechanism of DC-based signaling and stimulation in adaptive immunity are summarized in this review. More importantly, the recently reported developments in biomaterial-based exogenous TCL delivery platforms and co-delivery strategies with adjuvants for effective cancer vaccination and antitumor effects are emphasized.
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Iraqi M, Edri A, Greenshpan Y, Goldstein O, Ofir N, Bolel P, Abu Ahmad M, Zektser M, Campbell KS, Rouvio O, Gazit R, Porgador A. Blocking the PCNA/NKp44 Checkpoint to Stimulate NK Cell Responses to Multiple Myeloma. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094717. [PMID: 35563109 PMCID: PMC9105815 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Membrane-associated PCNA is expressed on the surface of human MM cell lines and primary MM cells. Mab 14-25-9 interacts with membrane-associated PCNA and blocks its binding to NK-expressed NKp44, thus activating NK function. We showed that mAb 14-25-9 can serve as an immune checkpoint blocker, enhancing the function of NK cells on target human MM cell lines and primary cells. Abstract Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a devastating malignancy that evades immune destruction using multiple mechanisms. The NKp44 receptor interacts with PCNA (Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen) and may inhibit NK cells’ functions. Here we studied in vitro the expression and function of PCNA on MM cells. First, we show that PCNA is present on the cell membrane of five out of six MM cell lines, using novel anti-PCNA mAb developed to recognize membrane-associated PCNA. Next, we stained primary bone marrow (BM) mononuclear cells from MM patients and showed significant staining of membrane-associated PCNA in the fraction of CD38+CD138+ BM cells that contain the MM cells. Importantly, blocking of the membrane PCNA on MM cells enhanced the activity of NK cells, including IFN-γ-secretion and degranulation. Our results highlight the possible blocking of the NKp44-PCNA immune checkpoint by the mAb 14-25-9 antibody to enhance NK cell responses against MM, providing a novel treatment option.
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- Muhammed Iraqi
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
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- Internal Medicine A and Multiple Myeloma Clinic, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 8489501, Israel; (M.Z.); (O.R.)
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- Blood Cell Development and Host Defense Program, Research Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA;
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- Internal Medicine A and Multiple Myeloma Clinic, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 8489501, Israel; (M.Z.); (O.R.)
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel; (M.I.); (A.E.); (Y.G.); (O.G.); (N.O.); (P.B.); (M.A.A.); (R.G.)
- The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +972-8-6477283 or +972-8-6477276 (ext. 282 or 280); Fax: +972-8-647762
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Jiang W, Shi L, Cai L, Wang X, Li J, Li H, Liang J, Gu Q, Ji G, Li J, Liu L, Sun M. A two-adjuvant multiantigen candidate vaccine induces superior protective immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 challenge. Cell Rep 2021; 37:110112. [PMID: 34863353 PMCID: PMC8610932 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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An ideal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is expected to elicit broad immunity to prevent viral infection and disease, with efficient viral clearance in the upper respiratory tract (URT). Here, the N protein and prefusion-full S protein (SFLmut) are combined with flagellin (KF) and cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) to generate a candidate vaccine, and this vaccine elicits stronger systemic and mucosal humoral immunity than vaccines containing other forms of the S protein. Furthermore, the candidate vaccine administered via intranasal route can enhance local immune responses in the respiratory tract. Importantly, human ACE2 transgenic mice given the candidate vaccine are protected against lethal SARS-CoV-2 challenge, with superior protection in the URT compared with that in mice immunized with an inactivated vaccine. In summary, the developed vaccine can elicit a multifaceted immune response and induce robust viral clearance in the URT, which makes it a potential vaccine for preventing disease and infection of SARS-CoV-2.
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- Wenwen Jiang
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Infection, Kunming National High-level Biosafety Research Center, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Infection, Kunming National High-level Biosafety Research Center, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Infection, Kunming National High-level Biosafety Research Center, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China; Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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Williams MM, Hafeez SA, Christenson JL, O’Neill KI, Hammond NG, Richer JK. Reversing an Oncogenic Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Program in Breast Cancer Reveals Actionable Immune Suppressive Pathways. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14111122. [PMID: 34832904 PMCID: PMC8622696 DOI: 10.3390/ph14111122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Approval of checkpoint inhibitors for treatment of metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC) has opened the door for the use of immunotherapies against this disease. However, not all patients with mTNBC respond to current immunotherapy approaches such as checkpoint inhibitors. Recent evidence demonstrates that TNBC metastases are more immune suppressed than primary tumors, suggesting that combination or additional immunotherapy strategies may be required to activate an anti-tumor immune attack at metastatic sites. To identify other immune suppressive mechanisms utilized by mTNBC, our group and others manipulated oncogenic epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) programs in TNBC models to reveal differences between this breast cancer subtype and its more epithelial counterpart. This review will discuss how EMT modulation revealed several mechanisms, including tumor cell metabolism, cytokine milieu and secretion of additional immune modulators, by which mTNBC cells may suppress both the innate and adaptive anti-tumor immune responses. Many of these pathways/proteins are under preclinical or clinical investigation as therapeutic targets in mTNBC and other advanced cancers to enhance their response to chemotherapy and/or checkpoint inhibitors.
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Liu X, Riquelme MA, Tian Y, Zhao D, Acosta FM, Gu S, Jiang JX. ATP Inhibits Breast Cancer Migration and Bone Metastasis through Down-Regulation of CXCR4 and Purinergic Receptor P2Y11. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13174293. [PMID: 34503103 PMCID: PMC8428338 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13174293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The skeleton is the most frequent metastatic site for advanced breast cancer, and complications resulting from breast cancer metastasis are a leading cause of death in patients. Therefore, the discovery of new targets for the treatment of breast cancer bone metastasis is of great significance. ATP released by bone osteocytes is shown to activate purinergic signaling and inhibit the metastasis of breast cancer cells in the bone. The aim of our study was to unveil the underlying molecular mechanism of ATP and purinergic signaling in inhibiting the bone metastasis of breast cancer cells. We demonstrated that CXCR4 and P2Y11 are key factors in regulating this process, and understanding of this important mechanism will aid in identifying new targets and developing first-in-class therapeutics. Abstract ATP released by bone osteocytes is shown to activate purinergic signaling and inhibit the metastasis of breast cancer cells into the bone. However, the underlying molecular mechanism is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate the important roles of the CXCR4 and P2Y11 purinergic receptors in mediating the inhibitory effect of ATP on breast cancer cell migration and bone metastasis. Wound-healing and transwell migration assays showed that non-hydrolysable ATP analogue, ATPγS, inhibited migration of bone-tropic human breast cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. BzATP, an agonist for P2X7 and an inducer for P2Y11 internalization, had a similar dose-dependent inhibition on cell migration. Both ATPγS and BzATP suppressed the expression of CXCR4, a chemokine receptor known to promote breast cancer bone metastasis, and knocking down CXCR4 expression by siRNA attenuated the inhibitory effect of ATPγS on cancer cell migration. While a P2X7 antagonist A804598 had no effect on the impact of ATPγS on cell migration, antagonizing P2Y11 by NF157 ablated the effect of ATPγS. Moreover, the reduction in P2Y11 expression by siRNA decreased cancer cell migration and abolished the impact of ATPγS on cell migration and CXCR4 expression. Similar to the effect of ATPγS on cell migration, antagonizing P2Y11 inhibited bone-tropic breast cancer cell migration in a dose-dependent manner. An in vivo study using an intratibial bone metastatic model showed that ATPγS inhibited breast cancer growth in the bone. Taken together, these results suggest that ATP inhibits bone-tropic breast cancer cells by down-regulating the P2Y11 purinergic receptor and the down-regulation of CXCR4 expression.
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- Xiaowen Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
- Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA; (X.L.); (M.A.R.); (Y.T.); (D.Z.); (F.M.A.); (S.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-210-562-4094
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A functional DNA-modified dual-response gold nanoprobe for simultaneously imaging the acidic microenvironment and membrane proteins of tumor cells. Talanta 2021; 229:122284. [PMID: 33838778 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tumor progression is a complicated process influenced by multiple factors, in which the acidic tumor microenvironment (TME) and altered tumor-associated membrane proteins (TA-MPs) are closely involved. Monitoring the status of these factors is of significance for tumor progression research. Here, we develop a novel probe for simultaneously imaging the acidic TME and TA-MPs in situ. In this probe, i-motif-forming sequences (strand I) are conjugated to a gold nanoparticle (AuNP) via gold-sulfur bonds for acid-response. Extended aptamers (strand A) for protein recognition are labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 respectively at two ends. The extended part of strand A hybridizes with strand I to quench Cy3 by the proximal AuNP, and the protein recognition part hybridizes with a strand labeled with BHQ2 (strand Q) to quench Cy5. When the integrated probe encounters an acidic TME, the strand I fold into i-motif quadruplexes and release the AQ duplexes from the AuNP, enabling Cy3 to be lit to indicate the acidic TME. The aptamers in AQ duplexes bind to target proteins, removing the hybridization between strand A and Q thus leading to the fluorescence recovery of Cy5 for in-situ imaging of the proteins. Fluorescence measurement and confocal microscopy imaging showed that the probe could sensitively respond to the alteration in acidity from pH 7.4 into pH 6.5, which is coincide with the acidity gap of extracellular microenvironment between normal and tumor cells. Besides, it enabled the in-situ imaging of MUC1 proteins on living cell surface, revealing their expression level and distribution. This probe demonstrates a new approach for simultaneously imaging the acidic TME and TA-MPs, providing a useful tool for multifactor research of tumor progression.
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Targeting the purinergic pathway in breast cancer and its therapeutic applications. Purinergic Signal 2021; 17:179-200. [PMID: 33576905 PMCID: PMC7879595 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-020-09760-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cause of death among women, representing a global public health problem. Here, we aimed to discuss the correlation between the purinergic system and BC, recognizing therapeutic targets. For this, we analyzed the interaction of extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides with the purinergic receptors P1 and P2, as well as the influence of ectonucleotidase enzymes (CD39 and CD73) on tumor progression. A comprehensive bibliographic search was carried out. The relevant articles for this review were found in the PubMed, Scielo, Lilacs, and ScienceDirect databases. It was observed that among the P1 receptors, the A1, A2A, and A2B receptors are involved in the proliferation and invasion of BC, while the A3 receptor is related to the inhibition of tumor growth. Among the P2 receptors, the P2X7 has a dual function. When activated for a short time, it promotes metastasis, but when activated for long periods, it is related to BC cell death. P2Y2 and P2Y6 receptors are related to BC proliferation and invasiveness. Also, the high expression of CD39 and CD73 in BC is strongly related to a worse prognosis. The receptors and ectonucleotidases involved with BC become possible therapeutic targets. Several purinergic pathways have been found to be involved in BC cell survival and progression. In this review, in addition to analyzing the pathways involved, we reviewed the therapeutic interventions already studied for BC related to the purinergic system, as well as to other possible therapeutic targets.
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Løkkegaard S, Elias D, Alves CL, Bennetzen MV, Lænkholm AV, Bak M, Gjerstorff MF, Johansen LE, Vever H, Bjerre C, Kirkegaard T, Nordenskjöld B, Fornander T, Stål O, Lindström LS, Esserman LJ, Lykkesfeldt AE, Andersen JS, Leth-Larsen R, Ditzel HJ. MCM3 upregulation confers endocrine resistance in breast cancer and is a predictive marker of diminished tamoxifen benefit. NPJ Breast Cancer 2021; 7:2. [PMID: 33398005 PMCID: PMC7782683 DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-00210-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Resistance to endocrine therapy in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer is a major clinical problem with poorly understood mechanisms. There is an unmet need for prognostic and predictive biomarkers to allow appropriate therapeutic targeting. We evaluated the mechanism by which minichromosome maintenance protein 3 (MCM3) influences endocrine resistance and its predictive/prognostic potential in ER+ breast cancer. We discovered that ER+ breast cancer cells survive tamoxifen and letrozole treatments through upregulation of minichromosome maintenance proteins (MCMs), including MCM3, which are key molecules in the cell cycle and DNA replication. Lowering MCM3 expression in endocrine-resistant cells restored drug sensitivity and altered phosphorylation of cell cycle regulators, including p53(Ser315,33), CHK1(Ser317), and cdc25b(Ser323), suggesting that the interaction of MCM3 with cell cycle proteins is an important mechanism of overcoming replicative stress and anti-proliferative effects of endocrine treatments. Interestingly, the MCM3 levels did not affect the efficacy of growth inhibitory by CDK4/6 inhibitors. Evaluation of MCM3 levels in primary tumors from four independent cohorts of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant tamoxifen mono-therapy or no adjuvant treatment, including the Stockholm tamoxifen (STO-3) trial, showed MCM3 to be an independent prognostic marker adding information beyond Ki67. In addition, MCM3 was shown to be a predictive marker of response to endocrine treatment. Our study reveals a coordinated signaling network centered around MCM3 that limits response to endocrine therapy in ER+ breast cancer and identifies MCM3 as a clinically useful prognostic and predictive biomarker that allows personalized treatment of ER+ breast cancer patients.
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- Sanne Løkkegaard
- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Center of Experimental Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5230, Denmark
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, DK-4000, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Oncology, Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58185, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SE-11883, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Oncology, Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58185, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-14183, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, 94115, CA, USA
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- Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
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- Center of Experimental Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5230, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
- Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.
- Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Deanmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.
- Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (AgeCare), Odense University Hospital, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.
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Kong Y, Qiao Z, Ren Y, Genchev GZ, Ge M, Xiao H, Zhao H, Lu H. Integrative Analysis of Membrane Proteome and MicroRNA Reveals Novel Lung Cancer Metastasis Biomarkers. Front Genet 2020; 11:1023. [PMID: 33005184 PMCID: PMC7483668 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.01023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Lung cancer is one of the most common human cancers both in incidence and mortality, with prognosis particularly poor in metastatic cases. Metastasis in lung cancer is a multifarious process driven by a complex regulatory landscape involving many mechanisms, genes, and proteins. Membrane proteins play a crucial role in the metastatic journey both inside tumor cells and the extra-cellular matrix and are a viable area of research focus with the potential to uncover biomarkers and drug targets. In this work we performed membrane proteome analysis of highly and poorly metastatic lung cells which integrated genomic, proteomic, and transcriptional data. A total of 1,762 membrane proteins were identified, and within this set, there were 163 proteins with significant changes between the two cell lines. We applied the Tied Diffusion through Interacting Events method to integrate the differentially expressed disease-related microRNAs and functionally dys-regulated membrane protein information to further explore the role of key membrane proteins and microRNAs in multi-omics context. Has-miR-137 was revealed as a key gene involved in the activity of membrane proteins by targeting MET and PXN, affecting membrane proteins through protein-protein interaction mechanism. Furthermore, we found that the membrane proteins CDH2, EGFR, ITGA3, ITGA5, ITGB1, and CALR may have significant effect on cancer prognosis and outcomes, which were further validated in vitro. Our study provides multi-omics-based network method of integrating microRNAs and membrane proteome information, and uncovers a differential molecular signatures of highly and poorly metastatic lung cancer cells; these molecules may serve as potential targets for giant-cell lung metastasis treatment and prognosis.
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- Yan Kong
- SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Center for Biomedical Informatics, Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Big Data in Pediatric Precision Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai, China.,Bulgarian Institute for Genomics and Precision Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Center for Biomedical Informatics, Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Big Data in Pediatric Precision Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Koh EY, You JE, Jung SH, Kim PH. Biological Functions and Identification of Novel Biomarker Expressed on the Surface of Breast Cancer-Derived Cancer Stem Cells via Proteomic Analysis. Mol Cells 2020; 43:384-396. [PMID: 32235022 PMCID: PMC7191048 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2020.2230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is one of the most common life-threatening malignancies and the top cause of cancer deaths in women. Although many conventional therapies exist for its treatment, breast cancer still has many handicaps to overcome. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a well-known cause of tumor recurrences due to the ability of CSCs for self-renewal and differentiation into cell subpopulations, similar to stem cells. To fully treat breast cancer, a strategy for the treatment of both cancer cells and CSCs is required. However, current strategies for the eradication of CSCs are non-specific and have low efficacy. Therefore, surface biomarkers to selectively treat CSCs need to be developed. Here, 34 out of 641 surface biomarkers on CSCs were identified by proteomic analysis between the human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7 and MCF-7-derived CSCs. Among them, carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecules 6 (CEACAM6 or CD66c), a member of the CEA family, was selected as a novel biomarker on the CSC surface. This biomarker was then experimentally validated and evaluated for use as a CSC-specific marker. Its biological effects were assessed by treating breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) with short hairpin (sh)-RNA under oxidative cellular conditions. This study is the first to evaluate the biological function of CD66c as a novel biomarker on the surface of CSCs. This marker is available as a moiety for use in the development of targeted therapeutic agents against CSCs.
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- Eun-Young Koh
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Korea
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de Leve S, Wirsdörfer F, Jendrossek V. The CD73/Ado System-A New Player in RT Induced Adverse Late Effects. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11101578. [PMID: 31623231 PMCID: PMC6827091 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11101578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Radiotherapy (RT) is a central component of standard treatment for many cancer patients. RT alone or in multimodal treatment strategies has a documented contribution to enhanced local control and overall survival of cancer patients, and cancer cure. Clinical RT aims at maximizing tumor control, while minimizing the risk for RT-induced adverse late effects. However, acute and late toxicities of IR in normal tissues are still important biological barriers to successful RT: While curative RT may not be tolerable, sub-optimal tolerable RT doses will lead to fatal outcomes by local recurrence or metastatic disease, even when accepting adverse normal tissue effects that decrease the quality of life of irradiated cancer patients. Technical improvements in treatment planning and the increasing use of particle therapy have allowed for a more accurate delivery of IR to the tumor volume and have thereby helped to improve the safety profile of RT for many solid tumors. With these technical and physical strategies reaching their natural limits, current research for improving the therapeutic gain of RT focuses on innovative biological concepts that either selectively limit the adverse effects of RT in normal tissues without protecting the tumor or specifically increase the radiosensitivity of the tumor tissue without enhancing the risk of normal tissue complications. The biology-based optimization of RT requires the identification of biological factors that are linked to differential radiosensitivity of normal or tumor tissues, and are amenable to therapeutic targeting. Extracellular adenosine is an endogenous mediator critical to the maintenance of homeostasis in various tissues. Adenosine is either released from stressed or injured cells or generated from extracellular adenine nucleotides by the concerted action of the ectoenzymes ectoapyrase (CD39) and 5′ ectonucleotidase (NT5E, CD73) that catabolize ATP to adenosine. Recent work revealed a role of the immunoregulatory CD73/adenosine system in radiation-induced fibrotic disease in normal tissues suggesting a potential use as novel therapeutic target for normal tissue protection. The present review summarizes relevant findings on the pathologic roles of CD73 and adenosine in radiation-induced fibrosis in different organs (lung, skin, gut, and kidney) that have been obtained in preclinical models and proposes a refined model of radiation-induced normal tissue toxicity including the disease-promoting effects of radiation-induced activation of CD73/adenosine signaling in the irradiated tissue environment. However, expression and activity of the CD73/adenosine system in the tumor environment has also been linked to increased tumor growth and tumor immune escape, at least in preclinical models. Therefore, we will discuss the use of pharmacologic inhibition of CD73/adenosine-signaling as a promising strategy for improving the therapeutic gain of RT by targeting both, malignant tumor growth and adverse late effects of RT with a focus on fibrotic disease. The consideration of the therapeutic window is particularly important in view of the increasing use of RT in combination with various molecularly targeted agents and immunotherapy to enhance the tumor radiation response, as such combinations may result in increased or novel toxicities, as well as the increasing number of cancer survivors.
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- Simone de Leve
- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University Hospital Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University Hospital Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University Hospital Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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Lee J, Seok AE, Park A, Mun S, Kang HG. Mass Spectrometry-based Comparative Analysis of Membrane Protein: High-speed Centrifuge Method Versus Reagent-based Method. KOREAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.15324/kjcls.2019.51.1.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Jiyeong Lee
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Senior Healthcare, BK21 Plus Program, Graduate School, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
- Department of Senior Healthcare, BK21 Plus Program, Graduate School, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
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Huang Y, Gu Z, Fan Y, Zhai G, Zhao X, Sun Q, Shi Y, Lin G. Inhibition of the adenosinergic pathway: the indispensable part of oncological therapy in the future. Purinergic Signal 2019; 15:53-67. [PMID: 30809739 PMCID: PMC6439062 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-018-9641-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, immunotherapy has produced many unexpected breakthroughs in oncological therapy; however, it still has many deficiencies. For example, the number of patients who are unresponsive to anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti-cytotoxic T-like antigen-4 (CTLA4), and anti-programmed death-1 (PD1) therapies cannot be ignored, and the search for an undiscovered immunosuppressive pathway is imminent. Five decades ago, researchers found that activation of the adenosinergic pathway was negatively correlated with prognosis in many cancers. This review describes the entire process of the adenosinergic pathway in the tumor microenvironment and the mechanism of immunosuppression, which promotes tumor metastasis and drug resistance. Additionally, the review explores factors that regulate this pathway, including signaling factors secreted by the tumor microenvironment and certain anti-tumor drugs. Additionally, the combination of adenosinergic pathway inhibitors with chemotherapy, checkpoint blockade therapy, and immune cell-based therapy is summarized. Finally, certain issues regarding treatment via inhibition of this pathway and the use of targeted nanoparticles to reduce adverse reactions in patients are put forward in this review. Graphical Abstract The inhibitors of adenosinergic pathway loaded nanoparticles enter tumor tissue through EPR effect, and inhibit adenosinergic pathway to enhance or restore the effect of immune checkpoint blockade therapy, chemotherapies and immune cell-based therapy. Note: EPR means enhanced penetration and retention, × means blockade.
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- Yi Huang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
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Ghalamfarsa G, Kazemi MH, Raoofi Mohseni S, Masjedi A, Hojjat-Farsangi M, Azizi G, Yousefi M, Jadidi-Niaragh F. CD73 as a potential opportunity for cancer immunotherapy. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2018; 23:127-142. [DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2019.1559829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ghasem Ghalamfarsa
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Immune and Gene therapy Lab, Cancer Center Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Non‐Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Festino L, Vanella V, Trojaniello C, Ascierto PA. Selecting immuno-oncology–based drug combinations – what should we be considering? Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2018; 11:971-985. [DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2018.1518713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Lucia Festino
- Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy
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SNAI2 upregulation is associated with an aggressive phenotype in fulvestrant-resistant breast cancer cells and is an indicator of poor response to endocrine therapy in estrogen receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res 2018; 20:60. [PMID: 29921289 PMCID: PMC6009053 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-018-0988-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Endocrine resistance in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer is a major clinical problem and is associated with accelerated cancer cell growth, increased motility and acquisition of mesenchymal characteristics. However, the specific molecules and pathways involved in these altered features remain to be detailed, and may be promising therapeutic targets to overcome endocrine resistance. Methods In the present study, we evaluated altered expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulators in ER+ breast cancer cell models of tamoxifen or fulvestrant resistance, by gene expression profiling. We investigated the specific role of increased SNAI2 expression in fulvestrant-resistant cells by gene knockdown and treatment with a SNAIL-p53 binding inhibitor, and evaluated the effect on cell growth, migration and expression of EMT markers. Furthermore, we evaluated SNAI2 expression by immunohistochemical analysis in metastatic samples from two cohorts of patients with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy in the advanced setting. Results SNAI2 was found to be significantly upregulated in all endocrine-resistant cells compared to parental cell lines, while no changes were observed in the expression of other EMT-associated transcription factors. SNAI2 knockdown with specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) converted the mesenchymal-like fulvestrant-resistant cells into an epithelial-like phenotype and reduced cell motility. Furthermore, inhibition of SNAI2 with specific siRNA or a SNAIL-p53 binding inhibitor reduced growth of cells resistant to fulvestrant treatment. Clinical evaluation of SNAI2 expression in two independent cohorts of patients with ER+ metastatic breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy in the advanced setting (N = 86 and N = 67) showed that high SNAI2 expression in the metastasis correlated significantly with shorter progression-free survival on endocrine treatment (p = 0.0003 and p = 0.004). Conclusions Our results suggest that SNAI2 is a key regulator of the aggressive phenotype observed in endocrine-resistant breast cancer cells, an independent prognostic biomarker in ER+ advanced breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy, and may be a promising therapeutic target in combination with endocrine therapies in ER+ metastatic breast cancer exhibiting high SNAI2 levels. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13058-018-0988-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Zhu Q, Yan L, Liu Q, Zhang C, Wei L, Hu Q, Preus L, Clay-Gilmour AI, Onel K, Stram DO, Pooler L, Sheng X, Haiman CA, Zhu X, Spellman SR, Pasquini M, McCarthy PL, Liu S, Hahn T, Sucheston-Campbell LE. Exome chip analyses identify genes affecting mortality after HLA-matched unrelated-donor blood and marrow transplantation. Blood 2018; 131:2490-2499. [PMID: 29610366 PMCID: PMC5981168 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-11-817973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Although survival outcomes have significantly improved, up to 40% of patients die within 1 year of HLA-matched unrelated-donor blood and marrow transplantation (BMT). To identify non-HLA genetic contributors to mortality after BMT, we performed the first exome-wide association study in the DISCOVeRY-BMT cohorts using the Illumina HumanExome BeadChip. This study includes 2473 patients with acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or myelodysplastic syndrome and 2221 10/10 HLA-matched donors treated from 2000 to 2011. Single-variant and gene-level analyses were performed on overall survival (OS), transplantation-related mortality (TRM), and disease-related mortality (DRM). Genotype mismatches between recipients and donors in a rare nonsynonymous variant of testis-expressed gene TEX38 significantly increased risk of TRM, which was more dramatic when either the recipient or donor was female. Using the SKAT-O test to evaluate gene-level effects, variant genotypes of OR51D1 in recipients were significantly associated with OS and TRM. In donors, 4 (ALPP, EMID1, SLC44A5, LRP1), 1 (HHAT), and 2 genes (LYZL4, NT5E) were significantly associated with OS, TRM, and DRM, respectively. Inspection of NT5E crystal structures showed 4 of the associated variants affected the enzyme structure and likely decreased the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme. Further confirmation of these findings and additional functional studies may provide individualized risk prediction and prognosis, as well as alternative donor selection strategies.
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- Qianqian Zhu
- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
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- Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; and
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; and
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- College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Jiang T, Xu X, Qiao M, Li X, Zhao C, Zhou F, Gao G, Wu F, Chen X, Su C, Ren S, Zhai C, Zhou C. Comprehensive evaluation of NT5E/CD73 expression and its prognostic significance in distinct types of cancers. BMC Cancer 2018. [PMID: 29514610 PMCID: PMC5842577 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4073-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background CD73 is one of the critical component in the formation of immunosuppressive microenvironment in cancers. We aimed to provide an overview of the current status of CD73 expression and its relationship with clinicopathlogical features and prognosis in different cancers. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE and Cochrane library were searched to identify the relevant studies. CD73 expression level in distinct cancers and its relationship with clinicopathlogical characteristics and prognosis were investigated using online database. Meta-analyses were conducted using RevMan v5.0 and STATA v12.0. Results Fourteen publications with 2951 cases were included. The incidence of high CD73 expression was 0.50 (95% CI: 0.36–0.63). Data from Oncomine validated that median CD73 expression level in tumor tissues was markedly higher than that in normal tissues in most kinds of cancers except cecum adenocarcinoma and ovarian cancer (P < 0.05). High CD73 expression was significantly correlated with shorter overall survival (OS) in various cancers (high risk [HR] = 1.48; P < 0.05). Subgroup analysis using online database demonstrated that high CD73 expression was significantly correlated with poor OS in breast (HR = 1.23; P < 0.05) and ovarian cancer (HR = 1.14; P < 0.05), but favorable OS in lung (HR = 0.80; P < 0.05) and gastric cancer (HR = 0.71; P < 0.05). High CD73 expression was dramatically associated with lymph node metastases (OR = 2.61; P = 0.05). Conclusion High CD73 expression was significantly associated with lymph node metastases and a promising prognostic factor in different types of cancers. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12885-018-4073-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tao Jiang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, People's Republic of China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Lung Cancer and Immunology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Lung Cancer and Immunology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Yancheng TCM Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Yancheng, 224001, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Thoracic Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507, Zheng Min Road, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.
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Cui L, Cheng S, Liu X, Messadi D, Yang Y, Hu S. Syntenin-1 is a promoter and prognostic marker of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma invasion and metastasis. Oncotarget 2018; 7:82634-82647. [PMID: 27811365 PMCID: PMC5347720 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Metastasis represents a key factor associated with poor prognosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, our liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis revealed a number of significantly differentially expressed membrane/membrane-associated proteins between high invasive UM1 and low invasive UM2 cells. One of the identified membrane proteins, Syntenin-1, was remarkably up-regulated in HNSC tissues and cell lines when compared to the controls, and also over-expressed in recurrent HNSC and high invasive UM1 cells. Syntenin-1 over-expression was found to be significantly associated with lymph node metastasis and disease recurrence. HNSC patients with higher syntenin-1 expression had significantly poorer long term overall survival and similar results were found in many other types of cancers based on analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas data. Finally, knockdown of syntenin-1 inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of HNSC cells, and opposite findings were observed when syntenin-1 was over-expressed. Collectively, our studies indicate that syntenin-1 promotes invasion and progression of HNSC. It may serve as a valuable biomarker for lymph node metastasis or a potential target for therapeutic intervention in HNSC.
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- Li Cui
- University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.,University of California at Los Angeles, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.,University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Statistics, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.,University of California at Los Angeles, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.,Department of Stomatology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.,University of California at Los Angeles, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Ziebart A, Huber U, Jeske S, Laban S, Doescher J, Hoffmann TK, Brunner C, Jackson EK, Schuler PJ. The influence of chemotherapy on adenosine-producing B cells in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncotarget 2018; 9:5834-5847. [PMID: 29464038 PMCID: PMC5814178 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) strongly suppresses the immune system, resulting in increased metastasis and recurrent disease. Chemotherapy is part of the multimodal treatment but may further immunosuppression. Recently, we demonstrated that regulatory B cells (Breg), defined as CD19+CD39+CD73+ B cells, play a significant role in the production of immunosuppressive, extracellular adenosine (ADO). Here, we tested the influence of chemotherapy on Breg function. RESULTS In HNSCC patients, Breg were diminished in absolute number and frequency after chemotherapy (paired samples). Chemotherapeutic drugs had variable effects; while platinum-based chemotherapy decreased the expression of CD39, methotrexate led to a functional increase in CD39 expression and increased production of immunosuppressive ADO. These findings were confirmed in a second patient cohort. Surface expression of CD39 correlated strongly with the production of ADO as measured by mass spectrometry. CONCLUSIONS Platinum-based anti-tumor-therapy reduces the number of adenosine-producing B cells and, consequently, potential immunosuppression within the tumor environment. Breg function in terms of ADO production and their potential capacity to suppress CD4+ T cells are promoted by methotrexate treatment amplifying anti-inflammatory therapeutic effects. Our results add to the understanding of how chemotherapeutic drugs can influence the human immune system and may therefore help to orchestrate standard oncologic therapy with new immune modulating approaches. METHODS Mononuclear cells were collected prospectively from HNSCC patients before and after chemotherapy (n = 18), from healthy donors (n = 20), and an additional cohort sampled several months after chemotherapy (n = 14). Frequency, phenotype, and function of Breg were determined by multicolor flow cytometry, ATP luminescence assay as well as mass spectrometry measuring 5'-AMP, ADO, and inosine. Isolated B cells were incubated with chemotherapeutic drugs (cisplatin, methotrexate, paclitaxel, 5-fluorouracil) in vitro for functional studies.
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- Andreas Ziebart
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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Zhou Y, Zou H, Yau C, Zhao L, Hall SC, Drummond DC, Farr-Jones S, Park JW, Benz CC, Marks JD. Discovery of internalizing antibodies to basal breast cancer cells. Protein Eng Des Sel 2018; 31:17-28. [PMID: 29301020 PMCID: PMC6283401 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzx063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a strategy to discover recombinant monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to specific cancers and demonstrate this approach using basal subtype breast cancers. A phage antibody library was depleted of antibodies to common cell surface molecules by incubation with luminal breast cancer cell lines, and then selected on a single basal-like breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) for binding associated receptor-mediated endocytosis. Additional profiling against two luminal and four basal-like cell lines revealed 61 unique basal-specific mAbs from a pool of 1440 phage antibodies. The unique mAbs were further screened on nine basal and seven luminal cell lines to identify those with the greatest affinity, specificity, and internalizing capability for basal-like breast cancer cells. Among the internalizing basal-specific mAbs were those recognizing four transmembrane receptors (EphA2, CD44, CD73 and EGFR), identified by immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry and yeast-displayed antigen screening. Basal-like breast cancer expression of these four receptors was confirmed using a bioinformatic approach, and expression microarray data on 683 intrinsically subtyped primary breast tumors. This overall approach, which sequentially employs phage display antibody library selection, antigen identification and bioinformatic confirmation of antigen expression by cancer subtypes, offers efficient production of high-affinity mAbs with diagnostic and therapeutic utility against specific cancer subtypes.
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- Yu Zhou
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco Rm 3C-38, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco Rm 3C-38, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco Rm 3C-38, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Sandler-Moore Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, 521 Parnassus Avenue, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc., One Kendall Square, Suite B7201, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco Rm 3C-38, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1710, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco Rm 3C-38, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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Liu F, Meng H, Fitzgerald MC. Large-Scale Analysis of Breast Cancer-Related Conformational Changes in Proteins Using SILAC-SPROX. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:3277-3286. [PMID: 28673085 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Proteomic methods for disease state characterization and biomarker discovery have traditionally utilized quantitative mass spectrometry methods to identify proteins with altered expression levels in disease states. Here we report on the large-scale use of protein folding stability measurements to characterize different subtypes of breast cancer using the stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture and stability of proteins from rates of oxidation (SILAC-SPROX) technique. Protein folding stability differences were studied in a comparison of two luminal breast cancer subtypes, luminal-A and -B (i.e., MCF-7 and BT-474 cells, respectively), and in a comparison of a luminal-A and basal subtype of the disease (i.e., MCF-7 and MDA-MB-468 cells, respectively). The 242 and 445 protein hits identified with altered stabilities in these comparative analyses included a large fraction with no significant expression level changes. This suggests thermodynamic stability measurements create a new avenue for protein biomarker discovery. A number of the identified protein hits are known from other biochemical studies to play a role in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. This not only substantiates the biological significance of the protein hits identified using the SILAC-SPROX approach, but it also helps elucidate the molecular basis for their disregulation and/or disfunction in cancer.
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- Fang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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Peterson TA, Gauran IIM, Park J, Park D, Kann MG. Oncodomains: A protein domain-centric framework for analyzing rare variants in tumor samples. PLoS Comput Biol 2017; 13:e1005428. [PMID: 28426665 PMCID: PMC5398485 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The fight against cancer is hindered by its highly heterogeneous nature. Genome-wide sequencing studies have shown that individual malignancies contain many mutations that range from those commonly found in tumor genomes to rare somatic variants present only in a small fraction of lesions. Such rare somatic variants dominate the landscape of genomic mutations in cancer, yet efforts to correlate somatic mutations found in one or few individuals with functional roles have been largely unsuccessful. Traditional methods for identifying somatic variants that drive cancer are 'gene-centric' in that they consider only somatic variants within a particular gene and make no comparison to other similar genes in the same family that may play a similar role in cancer. In this work, we present oncodomain hotspots, a new 'domain-centric' method for identifying clusters of somatic mutations across entire gene families using protein domain models. Our analysis confirms that our approach creates a framework for leveraging structural and functional information encapsulated by protein domains into the analysis of somatic variants in cancer, enabling the assessment of even rare somatic variants by comparison to similar genes. Our results reveal a vast landscape of somatic variants that act at the level of domain families altering pathways known to be involved with cancer such as protein phosphorylation, signaling, gene regulation, and cell metabolism. Due to oncodomain hotspots' unique ability to assess rare variants, we expect our method to become an important tool for the analysis of sequenced tumor genomes, complementing existing methods.
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- Thomas A. Peterson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Computational Health Science, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Liu F, Gu LN, Shan BE, Geng CZ, Sang MX. Biomarkers for EMT and MET in breast cancer: An update. Oncol Lett 2016; 12:4869-4876. [PMID: 28105194 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.5369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Metastasis and recurrence are the leading cause of mortality due to breast cancer, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. Understanding the breast cancer metastasis mechanism is important for early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The seeding and growth of breast cancer cells at sites distinct from the primary tumor is a complex and multistage process. Recently, it has been reported that the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) are the main mechanisms for breast cancer metastasis. During EMT, carcinoma cells shed their differentiated epithelial characteristics, including cell-cell adhesion, polarity and lack of motility, and acquire mesenchymal traits, including motility and invasiveness. This review has summarized the studies of known EMT biomarkers in the context of breast cancer progression. These biomarkers include EMT-related genes, proteins, microRNAs and kinases. In general, the findings of these studies suggest that EMT markers are associated with the invasion and metastasis of breast cancer. Further studies on the link between EMT markers and breast cancer will contribute to identify biomarkers for predicting early breast cancer metastasis as well as to provide new ideas for the treatment of breast cancer.
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- Fei Liu
- Tumor Research Institute, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China; Research Center, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China
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- Research Center, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China
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- Tumor Research Institute, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China; Research Center, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China
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- Breast Center, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China
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- Tumor Research Institute, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China; Research Center, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050017, P.R. China
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The biological function and significance of CD74 in immune diseases. Inflamm Res 2016; 66:209-216. [DOI: 10.1007/s00011-016-0995-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Thomsen KG, Terp MG, Lund RR, Søkilde R, Elias D, Bak M, Litman T, Beck HC, Lyng MB, Ditzel HJ. miR-155, identified as anti-metastatic by global miRNA profiling of a metastasis model, inhibits cancer cell extravasation and colonization in vivo and causes significant signaling alterations. Oncotarget 2016; 6:29224-39. [PMID: 26317550 PMCID: PMC4745722 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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To gain insight into miRNA regulation in metastasis formation, we used a metastasis cell line model that allows investigation of extravasation and colonization of circulating cancer cells to lungs in mice. Using global miRNA profiling, 28 miRNAs were found to exhibit significantly altered expression between isogenic metastasizing and non-metastasizing cancer cells, with miR-155 being the most differentially expressed. Highly metastatic mesenchymal-like CL16 cancer cells showed very low miR-155 expression, and miR-155 overexpression in these cells lead to significantly decreased tumor burden in lungs when injected intravenously in immunodeficient mice. Our experiments addressing the underlying mechanism of the altered tumor burden revealed that miR-155-overexpressing CL16 cells were less invasive than CL16 control cells in vitro, while miR-155 overexpression had no effect on cancer cell proliferation or apoptosis in established lung tumors. To identify proteins regulated by miR-155 and thus delineate its function in our cell model, we compared the proteome of xenograft tumors derived from miR-155-overexpressing CL16 cells and CL16 control cells using mass spectrometry-based proteomics. >4,000 proteins were identified, of which 92 were consistently differentially expressed. Network analysis revealed that the altered proteins were associated with cellular functions such as movement, growth and survival as well as cell-to-cell signaling and interaction. Downregulation of the three metastasis-associated proteins ALDH1A1, PIR and PDCD4 in miR-155-overexpressing tumors was validated by immunohistochemistry. Our results demonstrate that miR-155 inhibits the ability of cancer cells to extravasate and/or colonize at distant organs and brings additional insight into the complexity of miR-155 regulation in metastatic seeding.
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- Karina G Thomsen
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biomarker Discovery, Exiqon A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biomarker Discovery, Exiqon A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark
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- Centre for Clinical Proteomics, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Alves CL, Elias D, Lyng M, Bak M, Kirkegaard T, Lykkesfeldt AE, Ditzel HJ. High CDK6 Protects Cells from Fulvestrant-Mediated Apoptosis and is a Predictor of Resistance to Fulvestrant in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2016; 22:5514-5526. [PMID: 27252418 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Resistance to endocrine therapy in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer remains a major clinical problem. Recently, the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib combined with letrozole or fulvestrant was approved for treatment of ER+ advanced breast cancer. However, the role of CDK4/6 in endocrine resistance and their potential as predictive biomarkers of endocrine treatment response remains undefined. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We investigated the specific role of increased CDK6 expression in fulvestrant-resistant cells by gene knockdown and treatment with palbociclib, and evaluated the effect in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and kinase activity. Furthermore, we evaluated CDK6 expression in metastatic samples from breast cancer patients treated or not with fulvestrant. RESULTS We found increased expression of CDK6 in two fulvestrant-resistant cell models versus sensitive cells. Reduction of CDK6 expression impaired fulvestrant-resistant cell growth and induced apoptosis. Treatment with palbociclib resensitized fulvestrant-resistant cells to fulvestrant through alteration of retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation. High CDK6 levels in metastatic samples from two independent cohorts of breast cancer patients treated with fulvestrant (N = 45 and 46) correlated significantly with shorter progression-free survival (PFS) on fulvestrant treatment (P = 0.0006 and 0.018), whereas no association was observed in patients receiving other first- or second-/third-line endocrine treatments (N = 68, P = 0.135 and 0.511, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that upregulation of CDK6 may be an important mechanism in overcoming fulvestrant-mediated growth inhibition in breast cancer cells. Patients with advanced ER+ breast cancer exhibiting high CDK6 expression in the metastatic lesions show shorter PFS upon fulvestrant treatment and thus may benefit from the addition of CDK4/6 inhibitors in their therapeutic regimens. Clin Cancer Res; 22(22); 5514-26. ©2016 AACR.
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- Carla L Alves
- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Breast Cancer Group, Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Surgery, Koege Hospital, Koege, Denmark
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- Breast Cancer Group, Cell Death and Metabolism, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
- Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Hallums DP, Gomez R, Doyle AP, Viet CT, Schmidt BL, Jeske NA. RAF Kinase Inhibitory Protein Expression and Phosphorylation Profiles in Oral Cancers. CLINICS IN SURGERY 2016; 1:1100. [PMID: 28529999 PMCID: PMC5436720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein (RKIP) expression has been profiled for a number of unique tissue cancers. However, certain tissues have not been explored, and oral and oropharyngeal cancers stand out as high priority targets, given their relatively high incidence, high morbidity rate, and in many cases, preventable nature. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in RKIP expression and phosphorylation in tissues resected from oral cancer patients, and compare to results generated from immortalized cell lines raised from primary oral cancer tissues, including oral squamous cell carcinoma line 4 (SCC4) and human squamous cell carcinoma line 3 (HSC3). Out of 4 human samples collected from male and female patients across various ages with variable risk factors, we observed an across the board reduction in RKIP expression. Two human samples demonstrated a significant increase in phosphorylated RKIP when normalized to total RKIP, however all 4 were increased when normalized to total cellular protein. The immortalized oral cancer cell culture HSC3 revealed significant increases in phosphorylated RKIP with no change in total RKIP expression, while line SCC4 demonstrated an increase in both total and phosphorylated RKIP. Results presented here indicate that oral cancers behave similarly to other cancers in terms of changes in RKIP expression and phosphorylation, although immortalized cell line expression profiles significantly differ from human tissue biopsies.
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- DP Hallums
- Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
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- Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
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- Departments of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University, USA,Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University, USA
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- Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University, USA,Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University, USA
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- Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA,Departments of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA,Departments of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA,Correspondence: Nathaniel A. Jeske, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio, Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA, Tel: (210) 567-3466; Fax: (210) 567-2995;
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Bowser JL, Blackburn MR, Shipley GL, Molina JG, Dunner K, Broaddus RR. Loss of CD73-mediated actin polymerization promotes endometrial tumor progression. J Clin Invest 2015; 126:220-38. [PMID: 26642367 DOI: 10.1172/jci79380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) is central to the generation of extracellular adenosine. Previous studies have highlighted a detrimental role for extracellular adenosine in cancer, as it dampens T cell-mediated immune responses. Here, we determined that, in contrast to other cancers, CD73 is markedly downregulated in poorly differentiated and advanced-stage endometrial carcinoma compared with levels in normal endometrium and low-grade tumors. In murine models, CD73 deficiency led to a loss of endometrial epithelial barrier function, and pharmacological CD73 inhibition increased in vitro migration and invasion of endometrial carcinoma cells. Given that CD73-generated adenosine is central to regulating tissue protection and physiology in normal tissues, we hypothesized that CD73-generated adenosine in endometrial carcinoma induces an innate reflex to protect epithelial integrity. CD73 associated with cell-cell contacts, filopodia, and membrane zippers, indicative of involvement in cell-cell adhesion and actin polymerization-dependent processes. We determined that CD73-generated adenosine induces cortical actin polymerization via adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) induction of a Rho GTPase CDC42-dependent conformational change of the actin-related proteins 2 and 3 (ARP2/3) actin polymerization complex member N-WASP. Cortical F-actin elevation increased membrane E-cadherin, β-catenin, and Na(+)K(+) ATPase. Together, these findings reveal that CD73-generated adenosine promotes epithelial integrity and suggest why loss of CD73 in endometrial cancer allows for tumor progression. Moreover, our data indicate that the role of CD73 in cancer is more complex than previously described.
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Modulating mammary tumor growth, metastasis and immunosuppression by siRNA-induced MIF reduction in tumor microenvironment. Cancer Gene Ther 2015; 22:463-74. [DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2015.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lund RR, Leth-Larsen R, Caterino TD, Terp MG, Nissen J, Lænkholm AV, Jensen ON, Ditzel HJ. NADH-Cytochrome b5 Reductase 3 Promotes Colonization and Metastasis Formation and Is a Prognostic Marker of Disease-Free and Overall Survival in Estrogen Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:2988-99. [PMID: 26351264 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.050385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related deaths and remains the most significant challenge to management of the disease. Metastases are established through a complex multistep process involving intracellular signaling pathways. To gain insight to proteins central to specific steps in metastasis formation, we used a metastasis cell line model that allows investigation of extravasation and colonization of circulating cancer cells to lungs in mice. Using stable isotopic labeling by amino acids in cell culture and subcellular fractionation, the nuclear, cytosol, and mitochondria proteomes were analyzed by LC-MS/MS, identifying a number of proteins that exhibited altered expression in isogenic metastatic versus nonmetastatic cancer cell lines, including NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase 3 (CYB5R3), l-lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA), Niemann-pick c1 protein (NPC1), and nucleolar RNA helicase 2 (NRH2). The altered expression levels were validated at the protein and transcriptional levels, and analysis of breast cancer biopsies from two cohorts of patients demonstrated a significant correlation between high CYB5R3 expression and poor disease-free and overall survival in patients with estrogen receptor-negative tumors (DFS: p = .02, OS: p = .04). CYB5R3 gene knock-down using siRNA in metastasizing cells led to significantly decreased tumor burden in lungs when injected intravenously in immunodeficient mice. The cellular effects of CYB5R3 knock-down showed signaling alterations associated with extravasation, TGFβ and HIFα pathways, and apoptosis. The decreased apoptosis of CYB5R3 knock-down metastatic cancer cell lines was confirmed in functional assays. Our study reveals a central role of CYB5R3 in extravasation/colonization of cancer cells and demonstrates the ability of our quantitative, comparative proteomic approach to identify key proteins of specific important biological processes that may also prove useful as potential biomarkers of clinical relevance. MS data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001391.
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- Rikke R Lund
- From the ‡Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 25.3, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- From the ‡Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 25.3, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- §Clinic of Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, Sydvestjysk Hospital, Finsensgade 35, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
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- From the ‡Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 25.3, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- From the ‡Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 25.3, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- ¶Department of Pathology, Slagelse Hospital, Ingemannsvej 18, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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- ‖Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- From the ‡Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 25.3, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.; **Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Søndre Boulevard 29, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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Wilz SW, Liu D, Liu C, Yang J. Development of a test to identify bladder cancer in the urine of patients using mass spectroscopy and subcellular localization of the detected proteins. Am J Transl Res 2015; 7:1458-66. [PMID: 26396676 PMCID: PMC4568801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The survival rate for bladder cancer is much better when the disease is detected early, so improvements in methodology for early detection would be beneficial. When urine contains neoplastic urothelial cells, it carries biomarkers of the disease. This study aims to develop a test for the detection of urothelial carcinoma in the urine. The sediments from urines of ten patients with carcinoma and ten randomly selected normal controls were tested for cancer biomarkers using high-resolution mass spectroscopy. 212 unique individual proteins were identified. Most of them occurred only once or twice in the entire cohort of cases. When sorting the detected proteins by their subcellular compartments, we were able to develop a test that differentiates between the two sets. When the combination of nuclear and red blood cell proteins was used as the discriminating function, the level of statistical significance was p=0.003, the sensitivity was 90%, the specificity 67% and the area under the Receiver-Operating Characteristic curve (ROC) was 94%. When the lack of any detectible proteins, which includes nuclear proteins, was included as a criterion indicating benign urine, the specificity increased to 80%. This use of cellular compartment localization of the detected proteins in the discriminating function is less restrictive than requiring the presence of specific proteins, and we were able to develop a screening test with this less stringent criterion. This approach can be applied to other tumors, such as breast, lung and colon cancers, where the need for a simple screening test is even greater.
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- Stephen W Wilz
- Department of Pathology, VA Boston Healthcare System1400 VFW Parkway, Boston, MA 02132, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Clinic Proteomics Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine1400 VFW Parkway, Boston, MA 02132, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Clinic Proteomics Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine1400 VFW Parkway, Boston, MA 02132, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Clinic Proteomics Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine1400 VFW Parkway, Boston, MA 02132, USA
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Chen X, Wei S, Ji Y, Guo X, Yang F. Quantitative proteomics using SILAC: Principles, applications, and developments. Proteomics 2015; 15:3175-92. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Xiulan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals and Laboratory of Proteomics; Institute of Biophysics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals and Laboratory of Proteomics; Institute of Biophysics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals and Laboratory of Proteomics; Institute of Biophysics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals and Laboratory of Proteomics; Institute of Biophysics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceuticals and Laboratory of Proteomics; Institute of Biophysics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing P. R. China
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Sjöström M, Ossola R, Breslin T, Rinner O, Malmström L, Schmidt A, Aebersold R, Malmström J, Niméus E. A Combined Shotgun and Targeted Mass Spectrometry Strategy for Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:2807-18. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department
of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division
of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
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Dun MD, Chalkley RJ, Faulkner S, Keene S, Avery-Kiejda KA, Scott RJ, Falkenby LG, Cairns MJ, Larsen MR, Bradshaw RA, Hondermarck H. Proteotranscriptomic Profiling of 231-BR Breast Cancer Cells: Identification of Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Brain Metastasis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:2316-30. [PMID: 26041846 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.046110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Brain metastases are a devastating consequence of cancer and currently there are no specific biomarkers or therapeutic targets for risk prediction, diagnosis, and treatment. Here the proteome of the brain metastatic breast cancer cell line 231-BR has been compared with that of the parental cell line MDA-MB-231, which is also metastatic but has no organ selectivity. Using SILAC and nanoLC-MS/MS, 1957 proteins were identified in reciprocal labeling experiments and 1584 were quantified in the two cell lines. A total of 152 proteins were confidently determined to be up- or down-regulated by more than twofold in 231-BR. Of note, 112/152 proteins were decreased as compared with only 40/152 that were increased, suggesting that down-regulation of specific proteins is an important part of the mechanism underlying the ability of breast cancer cells to metastasize to the brain. When matched against transcriptomic data, 43% of individual protein changes were associated with corresponding changes in mRNA, indicating that the transcript level is a limited predictor of protein level. In addition, differential miRNA analyses showed that most miRNA changes in 231-BR were up- (36/45) as compared with down-regulations (9/45). Pathway analysis revealed that proteome changes were mostly related to cell signaling and cell cycle, metabolism and extracellular matrix remodeling. The major protein changes in 231-BR were confirmed by parallel reaction monitoring mass spectrometry and consisted in increases (by more than fivefold) in the matrix metalloproteinase-1, ephrin-B1, stomatin, myc target-1, and decreases (by more than 10-fold) in transglutaminase-2, the S100 calcium-binding protein A4, and l-plastin. The clinicopathological significance of these major proteomic changes to predict the occurrence of brain metastases, and their potential value as therapeutic targets, warrants further investigation.
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- Matthew D Dun
- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- ¶Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- ‖Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- ‖Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- ¶Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the ‡School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and §Hunter Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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Calderón-González KG, Valero Rustarazo ML, Labra-Barrios ML, Bazán-Méndez CI, Tavera-Tapia A, Herrera-Aguirre ME, Sánchez del Pino MM, Gallegos-Pérez JL, González-Márquez H, Hernández-Hernández JM, León-Ávila G, Rodríguez-Cuevas S, Guisa-Hohenstein F, Luna-Arias JP. Determination of the protein expression profiles of breast cancer cell lines by quantitative proteomics using iTRAQ labelling and tandem mass spectrometry. J Proteomics 2015; 124:50-78. [PMID: 25918110 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED Breast cancer is the principal cancer in women worldwide. Although there are serum tumor markers such as CEA and HER2, they are detected in advanced stages of the disease and used as progression and recurrence markers. Therefore, there is a necessity for the identification of new markers that might lead to an early detection and also provide evidence of an effective treatment. The aim of this work was to determine the differential protein expression profiles of four breast cancer cell lines in comparison to a normal control cell line by iTRAQ labelling and tandem mass spectrometry, in order to identify putative biomarkers of the disease. We identified 1,020 iTRAQ-labelled polypeptides with at least one peptide identified with more than 95% in confidence. Overexpressed polypeptides in all cancer cell lines were 78, whilst the subexpressed were 128. We categorised them with PANTHER program into biological processes, being the metabolic pathways the most affected. We detected six groups of proteins with the STRING program involved in DNA topology, glycolysis, translation initiation, splicing, pentose pathway, and proteasome degradation. The main subexpressed protein network included mitochondrial proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation. We propose BAG6, DDX39, ANXA8 and COX4 as putative biomarkers in breast cancer. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE We report a set of differentially expressed proteins in the MCF7 and T47D (Luminal A), MDA-MB-231 (Claudin low) and SK-BR-3 (HER2(+)) breast cancer cell lines that have not been previously reported in breast cancer disease. From these proteins, we propose BAG6, DDX39, ANXA8 and COX4 as putative biomarkers in breast cancer. On the other hand, we propose sets of unique polypeptides in each breast cancer cell line that can be useful in the classification of different subtypes of breast cancer.
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- Karla Grisel Calderón-González
- Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340, México, D. F., México.
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- Unidad de Proteómica, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, C/Rambla del Saler 16, 46012 Valencia, España.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07360, México, D. F., México.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07360, México, D. F., México.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07360, México, D. F., México.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07360, México, D. F., México.
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- Unidad de Proteómica, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, C/Rambla del Saler 16, 46012 Valencia, España.
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340, México, D. F., México.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07360, México, D. F., México.
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- Departamento de Zoología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Col. Santo Tomás, Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11340, México, D. F., México.
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- Instituto de Enfermedades de la Mama, Fundación del Cáncer de Mama (FUCAM A.C.), Av. Bordo No. 100, Col. Viejo Ejido de Santa Ursula Coapa, Coyoacán, C.P. 04980, México, D. F., México.
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- Instituto de Enfermedades de la Mama, Fundación del Cáncer de Mama (FUCAM A.C.), Av. Bordo No. 100, Col. Viejo Ejido de Santa Ursula Coapa, Coyoacán, C.P. 04980, México, D. F., México.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, C.P. 07360, México, D. F., México.
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Yu YI, Wang W, Song L, Hu W, Dong C, Pei H, Zhou G, Yue Z. Ecto-5'-nucleotidase expression is associated with the progression of renal cell carcinoma. Oncol Lett 2015; 9:2485-2494. [PMID: 26137095 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.3138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common tissue tumor that occurs across all age groups and has become one of the types of cancer with the fastest increasing incidence. Due to the resistance of RCC chemo- and radiotherapy, surgery is the only currently effective treatment. Therefore, specific markers for the diagnosis and prognosis of RCC are expected to result in novel methods of treatment. Ecto-5'-nucleotidase, also termed cluster of differentiation (CD)73, is a protein that is activated in several types of aggressive cancer and may promote cancer progression. CD73 was examined in the present study to determine the association between the protein and RCC. The expression levels of CD73 in 159 RCC tissue sections and 30 paratumorous normal renal tissue samples obtained from 235 patients that underwent nephrectomy were examined by immunohistochemical staining. By contrast, the expression level of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a potential prognostic factor in RCC, was also examined in 85 RCC and 13 normal tissue samples. Intense CD73 expression was identified in 75 out of 159 RCC cell membranes compared with normal renal tissues. In contrast, there was high P-gp expression in the blood vessels of 42 out of 85 RCC tissues and there was no significant difference between the P-gp expression identified in RCC cells (34 out of 85) and the cell membrane of normal renal cells (2 out of 13). The expression level of CD73 in RCC cells was significantly associated with tumor type, tumor node metastasis (TNM) stage, and tumor grade. However, the expression of P-gp in RCC cells was only associated with the TNM stage and tumor grade. Using a multivariable Cox regression analysis, it was found that the median survival rate of RCC patients with intense CD73 expression in RCC cells was 62.06±5.35 months, which was drastically shorter compared with rare CD73 expression (103.72±3.67 months). In conclusion, the expression level of CD73 is significantly associated with RCC tumor progression and may serve as a favorable marker for the diagnosis and prognosis of RCC, in addition to being a therapeutic target for the treatment of RCC.
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- Y I Yu
- Department of Urological Surgery, Key Laboratory of Urinary Diseases of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730030, P.R. China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Key Laboratory of Urinary Diseases of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730030, P.R. China
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- Department of Space Radiobiology, Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China ; Medical College, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou, Gansu 730030, P.R. China
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- Department of Space Radiobiology, Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
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- Department of Space Radiobiology, Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
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- Department of Space Radiobiology, Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Key Laboratory of Urinary Diseases of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730030, P.R. China
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Zhou JZ, Riquelme MA, Gao X, Ellies LG, Sun LZ, Jiang JX. Differential impact of adenosine nucleotides released by osteocytes on breast cancer growth and bone metastasis. Oncogene 2015; 34:1831-42. [PMID: 24837364 PMCID: PMC4315766 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Extracellular ATP has been shown to either inhibit or promote cancer growth and migration; however, the mechanism underlying this discrepancy remained elusive. Here we demonstrate the divergent roles of ATP and adenosine released by bone osteocytes on breast cancers. We showed that conditioned media (CM) collected from osteocytes treated with alendronate (AD), a bisphosphonate drug, inhibited the migration of human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells. Removal of the extracellular ATP by apyrase in CM abolished this effect, suggesting the involvement of ATP. ATP exerted its inhibitory effect through the activation of purinergic P2X receptor signaling in breast cancer cells evidenced by the attenuation of the inhibition by an antagonist, oxidized ATP, as well as knocking down P2X7 with small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the inhibition of migration by an agonist, BzATP. Intriguingly, ATP had a biphasic effect on breast cancer cells-lower dosage inhibited but higher dosage promoted its migration. The stimulatory effect on migration was blocked by an adenosine receptor antagonist, MRS1754, ARL67156, an ecto-ATPase inhibitor, and A2A receptor siRNA, suggesting that in contrast to ATP, adenosine, a metabolic product of ATP, promoted migration of breast cancer cells. Consistently, non-hydrolyzable ATP, ATPγS, only inhibited but did not promote cancer cell migration. ATP also had a similar inhibitory effect on the Py8119 mouse mammary carcinoma cells; however, adenosine had no effect owing to the absence of the A2A receptor. Consistently, ATPγS inhibited, whereas adenosine promoted anchorage-independent growth of MDA-MB-231 cells. Our in vivo xenograft study showed a significant delay of tumor growth with the treatment of ATPγS. Moreover, the extent of bone metastasis in a mouse intratibial model was significantly reduced with the treatment of ATPγS. Together, our results suggest the distinct roles of ATP and adenosine released by osteocytes and the activation of corresponding receptors P2X7 and A2A signaling on breast cancer cell growth, migration and bone metastasis.
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- Jade Z. Zhou
- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0063, USA
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- Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
- Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Wang H, Hanash S. Mass spectrometry based proteomics for absolute quantification of proteins from tumor cells. Methods 2015; 81:34-40. [PMID: 25794949 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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In-depth quantitative profiling of the proteome and sub-proteomes of tumor cells has relevance to tumor classification, the development of novel therapeutics, and of prognostic and predictive markers and to disease monitoring. In particular the tumor cell surface represents a highly relevant compartment for the development of targeted therapeutics and immunotherapy. We have developed a proteomic platform to profile tumor cells that encompasses enrichment of surface membrane proteins, intact protein fractionation and label-free mass spectrometry based absolute quantification. Here we describe the methodology for capture, identification and quantification of cell surface proteins using biotinylation for labeling of the cell surface, avidin for capture of biotinylated proteins and ion mobility mass spectrometry for protein identification and quantification.
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- Hong Wang
- McCombs Institute for Cancer Early Detection and Treatment, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6767 Bertner Street, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
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- McCombs Institute for Cancer Early Detection and Treatment, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6767 Bertner Street, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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Beavis PA, Milenkovski N, Henderson MA, John LB, Allard B, Loi S, Kershaw MH, Stagg J, Darcy PK. Adenosine Receptor 2A Blockade Increases the Efficacy of Anti–PD-1 through Enhanced Antitumor T-cell Responses. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 3:506-17. [DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-14-0211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Burghoff S, Gong X, Viethen C, Jacoby C, Flögel U, Bongardt S, Schorr A, Hippe A, Homey B, Schrader J. Growth and metastasis of B16-F10 melanoma cells is not critically dependent on host CD73 expression in mice. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:898. [PMID: 25465225 PMCID: PMC4265456 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Recent studies have suggested that adenosine generated by ecto-5′-nucleotidase (CD73) in the tumor microenvironment plays a major role in promoting tumor growth by suppressing the immune response and stimulating angiogenesis via A2A and A2B receptors. However, adenosine has also been reported to inhibit tumor growth acting via A1 and A3 receptors. Therefore the aim of this study was to clarify the role of host CD73, which catalyzes the extracellular hydrolysis of AMP to adenosine, on tumor growth and metastasis of B16-F10 melanoma cells. Methods CD73 and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity of B16-F10 melanoma cells were measured by HPLC. Tumor cells were injected either subcutaneously or intradermally in WT and CD73−/− mice and tumor growth was monitored by MRI at 9.4 T. Immune cell subpopulations within tumors were assessed by FACS after enzymatic digestion. An endothelium specific CD73−/− was created using Tie2-Cre+ mice and CD73flox/flox (loxP) mice. Chimeric mice lacking CD73−/− on hematopoietic cells was generated by bone marrow transplantation. Lung metastatic spread was measured after intravenous B16-F10 application. Results B16-F10 cells showed very little CD73 and negligible AP activity. Neither complete loss of host CD73 nor specific knockout of CD73 on endothelial cells or hematopoietic cells affected tumor growth after subcutaneous or intradermal tumor cell application. Only peritumoral edema formation was significantly attenuated in global CD73−/− mice in the intradermal model. Immune cell composition revealed no differences in the different transgenic mice models. Also lung metastasis after intravenous B16-F10 injection was not altered in CD73−/− mice. Conclusions CD73 expression on host cells, particularly on endothelial and hematopoietic cells, does not modulate tumor growth and metastatic spread of B16-F10 melanoma cells most likely because of insufficient adenosine formation by the tumor itself. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-898) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Terp MG, Ditzel HJ. Application of proteomics in the study of rodent models of cancer. Proteomics Clin Appl 2014; 8:640-52. [DOI: 10.1002/prca.201300084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Mikkel G. Terp
- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark; Odense Denmark
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- Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark; Odense Denmark
- Department of Oncology; Odense University Hospital; Odense Denmark
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Differential subcellular and extracellular localisations of proteins required for insulin-like growth factor- and extracellular matrix-induced signalling events in breast cancer progression. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:627. [PMID: 25167778 PMCID: PMC4158058 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Cancer metastasis is the main contributor to breast cancer fatalities as women with the metastatic disease have poorer survival outcomes than women with localised breast cancers. There is an urgent need to develop appropriate prognostic methods to stratify patients based on the propensities of their cancers to metastasise. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I: IGF binding protein (IGFBP):vitronectin complexes have been shown to stimulate changes in gene expression favouring increased breast cancer cell survival and a migratory phenotype. We therefore investigated the prognostic potential of these IGF- and extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction-induced proteins in the early identification of breast cancers with a propensity to metastasise using patient-derived tissue microarrays. Methods Semiquantitative immunohistochemistry analyses were performed to compare the extracellular and subcellular distribution of IGF- and ECM-induced signalling proteins among matched normal, primary cancer and metastatic cancer formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast tissue samples. Results The IGF- and ECM-induced signalling proteins were differentially expressed between subcellular and extracellular localisations. Vitronectin and IGFBP-5 immunoreactivity was lower while β1 integrin immunoreactivity was higher in the stroma surrounding metastatic cancer tissues, as compared to normal breast and primary cancer stromal tissues. Similarly, immunoreactive stratifin was found to be increased in the stroma of primary as well as metastatic breast tissues. Immunoreactive fibronectin and β1 integrin was found to be highly expressed at the leading edge of tumours. Based on the immunoreactivity it was apparent that the cell signalling proteins AKT1 and ERK1/2 shuffled from the nucleus to the cytoplasm with tumour progression. Conclusion This is the first in-depth, compartmentalised analysis of the distribution of IGF- and ECM-induced signalling proteins in metastatic breast cancers. This study has provided insights into the changing pattern of cellular localisation and expression of IGF- and ECM-induced signalling proteins in different stages of breast cancer. The differential distribution of these biomarkers could provide important prognostic and predictive indicators that may assist the clinical management of breast disease, namely in the early identification of cancers with a propensity to metastasise, and/or recur following adjuvant therapy. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-627) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Young A, Mittal D, Stagg J, Smyth MJ. Targeting cancer-derived adenosine: new therapeutic approaches. Cancer Discov 2014; 4:879-88. [PMID: 25035124 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-14-0341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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UNLABELLED CD73 generation of immunosuppressive adenosine within the hypoxic tumor microenvironment causes dysregulation of immune cell infiltrates, resulting in tumor progression, metastases, and poor disease outcomes. Therapies targeted toward the adenosinergic pathway, such as antibodies targeting CD73 and CD39, have proven efficacy in mouse tumor models; however, humanized versions are only in preliminary development. In contrast, A(2A) adenosine receptor antagonists have progressed to late-stage clinical trials in Parkinson disease, yet evidence of their role in oncology is limited. This review will compare the merits and challenges of these therapeutic approaches, identifying tumor indications and combinations that may be fruitful as they progress to the clinic. SIGNIFICANCE High concentrations of immunosuppressive adenosine have been reported in cancers, and adenosine is implicated in the growth of tumors. This brief review delineates the current treatment strategies and tumor subtypes that will benefit from targeting adenosinergic pathways, alone or in combination with contemporary approaches to cancer treatment.
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- Arabella Young
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia; and
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia; and
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Faculté de Pharmacie et Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia; and
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Mittal D, Young A, Stannard K, Yong M, Teng MW, Allard B, Stagg J, Smyth MJ. Antimetastatic Effects of Blocking PD-1 and the Adenosine A2A Receptor. Cancer Res 2014; 74:3652-8. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Linge A, Maurya P, Friedrich K, Baretton GB, Kelly S, Henry M, Clynes M, Larkin A, Meleady P. Identification and Functional Validation of RAD23B as a Potential Protein in Human Breast Cancer Progression. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:3212-22. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4012156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Annett Linge
- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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- Institute
of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav
Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav
Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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- National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin
9, Ireland
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Paten AM, Pain SJ, Peterson SW, Blair HT, Kenyon PR, Dearden PK, Duncan EJ. Identification of reference genes for RT-qPCR in ovine mammary tissue during late pregnancy and lactation and in response to maternal nutritional programming. Physiol Genomics 2014; 46:560-70. [PMID: 24893875 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00030.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The mammary gland is a complex tissue consisting of multiple cell types which, over the lifetime of an animal, go through repeated cycles of development associated with pregnancy, lactation and involution. The mammary gland is also known to be sensitive to maternal programming by environmental stimuli such as nutrition. The molecular basis of these adaptations is of significant interest, but requires robust methods to measure gene expression. Reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is commonly used to measure gene expression, and is currently the method of choice for validating genome-wide expression studies. RT-qPCR requires the selection of reference genes that are stably expressed over physiological states and treatments. In this study we identify suitable reference genes to normalize RT-qPCR data for the ovine mammary gland in two physiological states; late pregnancy and lactation. Biopsies were collected from offspring of ewes that had been subjected to different nutritional paradigms during pregnancy to examine effects of maternal programming on the mammary gland of the offspring. We evaluated eight candidate reference genes and found that two reference genes (PRPF3 and CUL1) are required for normalising RT-qPCR data from pooled RNA samples, but five reference genes are required for analyzing gene expression in individual animals (SENP2, EIF6, MRPL39, ATP1A1, CUL1). Using these stable reference genes, we showed that TET1, a key regulator of DNA methylation, is responsive to maternal programming and physiological state. The identification of these novel reference genes will be of utility to future studies of gene expression in the ovine mammary gland.
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- A M Paten
- Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa-New Zealand; International Sheep Research Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand; and Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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- International Sheep Research Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand; and Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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- International Sheep Research Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand; and Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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- International Sheep Research Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand; and Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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- International Sheep Research Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand; and Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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- Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa-New Zealand; Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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- Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa-New Zealand; Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Aukland, New Zealand
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