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Ghose A, Gullapalli SVN, Chohan N, Bolina A, Moschetta M, Rassy E, Boussios S. Applications of Proteomics in Ovarian Cancer: Dawn of a New Era. Proteomes 2022; 10:proteomes10020016. [PMID: 35645374 PMCID: PMC9150001 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes10020016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The ability to identify ovarian cancer (OC) at its earliest stages remains a challenge. The patients present an advanced stage at diagnosis. This heterogeneous disease has distinguishable etiology and molecular biology. Next-generation sequencing changed clinical diagnostic testing, allowing assessment of multiple genes, simultaneously, in a faster and cheaper manner than sequential single gene analysis. Technologies of proteomics, such as mass spectrometry (MS) and protein array analysis, have advanced the dissection of the underlying molecular signaling events and the proteomic characterization of OC. Proteomics analysis of OC, as well as their adaptive responses to therapy, can uncover new therapeutic choices, which can reduce the emergence of drug resistance and potentially improve patient outcomes. There is an urgent need to better understand how the genomic and epigenomic heterogeneity intrinsic to OC is reflected at the protein level, and how this information could potentially lead to prolonged survival.
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- Aruni Ghose
- Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK; (A.G.); (N.C.)
- Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Northwood HA6 2RN, UK
- Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham ME7 5NY, UK
- Division of Research, Academics and Cancer Control, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kolkata 700063, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK; (A.G.); (N.C.)
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- Department of Haematology, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool L7 8YA, UK;
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 4033 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy Institut, 94805 Villejuif, France;
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham ME7 5NY, UK
- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK
- AELIA Organization, 9th Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Wang XY, Wang HJ, Li XQ. Peroxiredoxin III protein expression is associated with platinum resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer. Tumour Biol 2013; 34:2275-81. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-0769-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Blonder J, Issaq HJ, Veenstra TD. Proteomic biomarker discovery: it's more than just mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2011; 32:1541-8. [PMID: 21557261 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201000585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The previous decade witnessed an enormous number of studies with the singular goal of identifying protein biomarkers for diseases such as cancer. A large majority of these studies have focused on comparative studies of serum or plasma obtained from disease-affected and control patients. In these studies, proteins identified in the samples using MS were compared with the hope that differences between samples would reveal useful biomarkers. Unfortunately, finding clinically relevant biomarkers has often been elusive and frustrating. As with most research efforts, both successes and failures, much has been learned about what strategies work and which do not. Part of the problem can be attributed to underestimating the effort required to discover novel biomarkers and depending too heavily on MS analysis of peripheral blood samples. Fortunately, the future for biomarker discovery still appears bright. MS technology continues to increase in sensitivity, throughput, and accuracy while novel types of samples and clever experimental designs coupled with innovative bioinformatics will make this vision of routine biomarker discovery a reality. To achieve ultimate success is going to require concomitant application of a number of different technologies, all providing the information necessary for discovering and validating clinically useful biomarkers.
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- Josip Blonder
- Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA
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Lin C, Crawford DR, Lin S, Hwang J, Sebuyira A, Meng R, Westfall JE, Tang HY, Lin S, Yu PY, Davis PJ, Lin HY. Inducible COX-2-dependent apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells. Carcinogenesis 2011; 32:19-26. [PMID: 21187340 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgq212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a naturally occurring trihydroxyl-diphenylethylene compound that has been shown experimentally to have beneficial effects in the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Resveratrol induces programmed cell death (apoptosis) in these cells and activates important signal transducing proteins including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) 1 and 2 in cancer cells. Resveratrol also causes nuclear accumulation of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and of the oncogene suppressor protein, p53. We have studied the molecular basis of the anticancer actions of resveratrol using human ovarian carcinoma (OVCAR-3) cells. Our findings include the following: (i) nuclear accumulation of COX-2 in resveratrol-treated cells is blocked by the ERK1/2 inhibitor, PD98059; (ii) an inhibitor of COX-2 activity, NS398, prevents accumulation of ERK1/2, COX-2, activated p53 and small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO-1) in the nucleus; (iii) apoptosis, quantitated by nucleosome enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the nuclear abundance of the pro-apoptotic protein, BcL-xs, were inhibited by NS398. This finding implicates nuclear COX-2 in p53-mediated apoptosis induced by resveratrol. Sumoylation is important to stabilization of p53 and a COX-2-SUMO-1 interaction suggests sumoylation of COX-2 in resveratrol-treated cells and (iv) chromatin immunoprecipitation studies showed binding of induced nuclear COX-2 to the promoter region of PIG3 and Bax, pro-apoptotic gene targets of transcriptionally active p53. Nuclear accumulation of activated ERK1/2 and sumolyated COX-2 are essential to resveratrol-induced pSer-15-p53-mediated apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells.
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- Cassie Lin
- Ordway Research Institute, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Dorn J, Magdolen V, Gkazepis A, Gerte T, Harlozinska A, Sedlaczek P, Diamandis EP, Schuster T, Harbeck N, Kiechle M, Schmitt M. Circulating biomarker tissue kallikrein-related peptidase KLK5 impacts ovarian cancer patients' survival. Ann Oncol 2011; 22:1783-90. [PMID: 21273346 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Effective cancer biomarkers for early detection, prognosis, or therapy response prediction are urgently needed in ovarian cancer. Kallikrein-related peptidases, including KLK5, have been reported to play an important role in the course of the disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS KLK5 antigen content was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in ovarian cancer patients' [FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) stages I-IV, n = 52] serum as well as ascitic fluid and compared with KLK5 content in serum of patients with benign ovarian tumors (n = 45). RESULTS KLK5 antigen content was significantly elevated in the serum of ovarian cancer patients compared with the serum of patients with benign ovarian tumors. Forty-two of 52 ovarian cancer serum samples, 42 of 43 benign ovarian tumor serum samples, and all 41 ascitic fluid samples were KLK5 positive. Elevated KLK5 antigen in serum and ascitic fluid of ovarian cancer patients was a prognostic factor for progression-free survival. CONCLUSIONS Our data support the finding that ovarian cancer patients release significant amounts of KLK5 into serum and ascitic fluid but KLK5 antigen is low in serum of patients with benign ovarian tumors. Increased serum and ascitic fluid KLK5 levels are associated with poor patient outcome, thus underlining the importance of KLK5 as a biomarker for early detection as well as for disease management in ovarian cancer.
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- J Dorn
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Honoré B, Vorum H, Knudsen A. Proteomic profiling of peritoneal rinse fluid sediment separates patients with ovarian cancer from women admitted for cesarean section. A pilot study. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2010; 70:470-7. [DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2010.508129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Anderson GL. Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Screening: Still Too Early to Tell. WOMENS HEALTH 2010; 6:487-90. [DOI: 10.2217/whe.10.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Garnet L Anderson
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N. M3-A410, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA, Tel.: +1 206 667 2835, Fax: +1 206 667 4142,
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Bowser R, Lacomis D. Applying proteomics to the diagnosis and treatment of ALS and related diseases. Muscle Nerve 2009; 40:753-62. [PMID: 19670321 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Protein-based biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases (MNDs) have many potential clinical utilities, including diagnostic, prognostic, and drug development indications. During the past decade a number of potential protein biomarkers have been proposed for MNDs. Further verification studies, followed by large validation and qualification studies, are required to advance these initial discoveries toward clinical use. Study of additional patient populations, including disease mimics, is required during the validation phase of biomarker development. Important regulatory issues are discussed that will affect the timing and strategy for biomarker assay development in ALS and other MNDs. The continued development of protein biomarkers for MNDs requires extensive collaboration between academic clinicians and scientists in conjunction with the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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- Robert Bowser
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, BST S-420, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
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Joyner AB, Runowicz CD. Ovarian Cancer Screening and Early Detection. WOMENS HEALTH 2009; 5:693-9. [DOI: 10.2217/whe.09.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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One of the most challenging issues in gynecologic oncology is the high mortality rate of ovarian cancer, largely due to detection of disease in advanced stages. Women with early-stage disease have a significantly improved survival rate and may not require chemotherapy. Thus, the issues to examine are whether there are methods to improve early detection, thereby resulting in a reduction in mortality. Several large, randomized, clinical trials have recently completed evaluating CA 125 and transvaginal sonography as effective strategies to accomplish this goal. These issues and the results of the recent trials will be reviewed in this article.
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- Andrea B Joyner
- Andrea B Joyner, MD, Carole & Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Farmington, CT 05030, USA, Tel.: +1 860 679 2809, Fax: +1 860 679 4973,
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- Carolyn D Runowicz, MD, Carole & Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 05030, USA, Tel.: +1 860 679 2809, Fax: +1 860 679 4973,
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