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Sonnenschein K, Fiedler J, de Gonzalo-Calvo D, Xiao K, Pfanne A, Just A, Zwadlo C, Soltani S, Bavendiek U, Kraft T, Dos Remedios C, Cebotari S, Bauersachs J, Thum T. Blood-based protein profiling identifies serum protein c-KIT as a novel biomarker for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1755. [PMID: 33469076 PMCID: PMC7815737 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80868-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common hereditary heart diseases and can be classified into an obstructive (HOCM) and non-obstructive (HNCM) form. Major characteristics for HCM are the hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and development of cardiac fibrosis. Patients with HCM have a higher risk for sudden cardiac death compared to a healthy population. In the present study, we investigated the abundancy of selected proteins as potential biomarkers in patients with HCM. We included 60 patients with HCM and 28 healthy controls and quantitatively measured the rate of a set of 92 proteins already known to be associated with cardiometabolic processes via protein screening using the proximity extension assay technology in a subgroup of these patients (20 HCM and 10 healthy controls). After validation of four hits in the whole cohort of patients consisting of 88 individuals (60 HCM patients, 28 healthy controls) we found only one candidate, c-KIT, which was regulated significantly different between HCM patients and healthy controls and thus was chosen for further analyses. c-KIT is a tyrosine-protein kinase acting as receptor for the stem cell factor and activating several pathways essential for cell proliferation and survival, hematopoiesis, gametogenesis and melanogenesis. Serum protein levels of c-KIT were significantly lower in patients with HCM than in healthy controls, even after adjusting for confounding factors age and sex. In addition, c-KIT levels in human cardiac tissue of patients with HOCM were significant higher compared to controls indicating high levels of c-KIT in fibrotic myocardium. Furthermore, c-KIT concentration in serum significantly correlated with left ventricular end-diastolic diameter in HOCM, but not HCM patients. The present data suggest c-KIT as a novel biomarker differentiating between patients with HCM and healthy population and might provide further functional insights into fibrosis-related processes of HOCM.
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- Kristina Sonnenschein
- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Institute of Health Carlos III, Av. de Monforte de Lemos, 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Translational Research in Respiratory Medicine, IRBLleida, University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova and Santa Maria, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 80, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Anatomy and Histology, School of Medical Sciences, Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,REBIRTH Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. .,REBIRTH Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. .,Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany.
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Haller B, Mansmann U, Dobler D, Ulm K, Hapfelmeier A. Confidence interval estimation for the changepoint of treatment stratification in the presence of a qualitative covariate-treatment interaction. Stat Med 2020; 39:70-96. [PMID: 31701549 DOI: 10.1002/sim.8404] [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: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
The goal in stratified medicine is to administer the "best" treatment to a patient. Not all patients might benefit from the same treatment; the choice of best treatment can depend on certain patient characteristics. In this article, it is assumed that a time-to-event outcome is considered as a patient-relevant outcome and a qualitative interaction between a continuous covariate and treatment exists, ie, that patients with different values of one specific covariate should be treated differently. We suggest and investigate different methods for confidence interval estimation for the covariate value, where the treatment recommendation should be changed based on data collected in a randomized clinical trial. An adaptation of Fieller's theorem, the delta method, and different bootstrap approaches (normal, percentile-based, wild bootstrap) are investigated and compared in a simulation study. Extensions to multivariable problems are presented and evaluated. We observed appropriate confidence interval coverage following Fieller's theorem irrespective of sample size but at the cost of very wide or even infinite confidence intervals. The delta method and the wild bootstrap approach provided the smallest intervals but inadequate coverage for small to moderate event numbers, also depending on the location of the true changepoint. For the percentile-based bootstrap, wide intervals were observed, and it was slightly conservative regarding coverage, whereas the normal bootstrap did not provide acceptable results for many scenarios. The described methods were also applied to data from a randomized clinical trial comparing two treatments for patients with symptomatic, severe carotid artery stenosis, considering patient's age as predictive marker.
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- Bernhard Haller
- School of Medicine, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Medicine, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- School of Medicine, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Lai E, Pretta A, Impera V, Mariani S, Giampieri R, Casula L, Pusceddu V, Coni P, Fanni D, Puzzoni M, Demurtas L, Ziranu P, Faa G, Scartozzi M. BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer, a different breed evolving. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2018; 18:499-512. [DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2018.1470928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Eleonora Lai
- Medical Oncology, Sapienza-University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Sapienza-University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Sapienza-University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Pathology, University of Cagliari, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Pathology, University of Cagliari, Ancona, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Pathology, University of Cagliari, Ancona, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Karabulut M, Gunaldi M, Alis H, Afsar CU, Karabulut S, Serilmez M, Akarsu C, Seyit H, Aykan NF. Serum nectin-2 levels are diagnostic and prognostic in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Clin Transl Oncol 2016; 18:160-71. [PMID: 26184725 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-015-1348-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Nectins are a family of integral protein and immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecules involved in the formation of functioning adherence and tight junctions. Aberrant expression is associated with cancer progression, apoptosis and cell proliferation but little is known how these effects change in cell behavior. The objective of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of nectin-2 with regard to diagnostic, predictive and prognostic value in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS One-hundred and forty CRC patients were enrolled in this study. Serum nectin-2 levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. Age- and sex-matched 40 healthy controls were included in the analysis. RESULTS Median age of patients was 60 years old, range 24-84 years. The localization of tumor in majority of the patients was colon (n = 81, 58 %). Non-metastatic (stage II and III) and metastatic patients' baseline serum nectin-2 levels were significantly higher than those in the healthy control group (p < 0.001; for two group). However, known clinical variables including response to CTx (chemotherapy) were not found to be correlated with serum nectin-2 concentrations (p > 0.05). While non-metastatic group patients with elevated serum nectin-2 levels showed significant adverse effect on PFS, metastatic group patients with elevated serum nectin-2 levels showed no significant adverse effect on PFS (p = 0.05 and p = 0.29, respectively). On the other hand, our study results did not show statistically significant serum nectin-2 concentrations regarding overall survival rates. CONCLUSION Serum levels of nectin-2 may have diagnostic roles for CRC patients. Moreover, our study results show the prognostic role of nectin-2 in non-metastatic group patients.
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- M Karabulut
- Clinic of General Surgery, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of Medical Oncology, Istanbul Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of General Surgery, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Ministry of Health, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Basic Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of General Surgery, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of General Surgery, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Andersen V, Svenningsen K, Knudsen LA, Hansen AK, Holmskov U, Stensballe A, Vogel U. Novel understanding of ABC transporters ABCB1/MDR/P-glycoprotein, ABCC2/MRP2, and ABCG2/BCRP in colorectal pathophysiology. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:11862-11876. [PMID: 26557010 PMCID: PMC4631984 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i41.11862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in colonic pathophysiology as they had recently been related to colorectal cancer (CRC) development.
METHODS: Literature search was conducted on PubMed using combinations of the following terms: ABC transporters, ATP binding cassette transporter proteins, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative, colitis, Crohns disease, colorectal cancer, colitis, intestinal inflammation, intestinal carcinogenesis, ABCB1/P-glycoprotein (P-gp/CD243/MDR1), ABCC2/multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) and ABCG2/breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), Abcb1/Mdr1a, abcc2/Mrp2, abcg2/Bcrp, knock-out mice, tight junction, membrane lipid function.
RESULTS: Recently, human studies reported that changes in the levels of ABC transporters were early events in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence leading to CRC. A link between ABCB1, high fat diet and gut microbes in relation to colitis was suggested by the animal studies. The finding that colitis was preceded by altered gut bacterial composition suggests that deletion of Abcb1 leads to fundamental changes of host-microbiota interaction. Also, high fat diet increases the frequency and severity of colitis in specific pathogen-free Abcb1 KO mice. The Abcb1 KO mice might thus serve as a model in which diet/environmental factors and microbes may be controlled and investigated in relation to intestinal inflammation. Potential molecular mechanisms include defective transport of inflammatory mediators and/or phospholipid translocation from one side to the other of the cell membrane lipid bilayer by ABC transporters affecting inflammatory response and/or function of tight junctions, phagocytosis and vesicle trafficking. Also, diet and microbes give rise to molecules which are potential substrates for the ABC transporters and which may additionally affect ABC transporter function through nuclear receptors and transcriptional regulation. Another critical role of ABCB1 was suggested by the finding that ABCB1 expression identifies a subpopulation of pro-inflammatory Th17 cells which were resistant to treatment with glucocorticoids. The evidence for the involvement of ABCC2 and ABCG2 in colonic pathophysiology was weak.
CONCLUSION: ABCB1, diet, and gut microbes mutually interact in colonic inflammation, a well-known risk factor for CRC. Further insight may be translated into preventive and treatment strategies.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B/genetics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B/metabolism
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Animals
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics
- Colorectal Neoplasms/metabolism
- Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology
- Colorectal Neoplasms/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/genetics
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/metabolism
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/pathology
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/physiopathology
- Mice, Transgenic
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/genetics
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/metabolism
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Tumor Microenvironment
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