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Zhao B, Wang W, Li N, Garcia-Lezana T, Che C, Wang X, Losic B, Villanueva A, Cunningham BT. Digital-resolution and highly sensitive detection of multiple exosomal small RNAs by DNA toehold probe-based photonic resonator absorption microscopy. Talanta 2022; 241:123256. [PMID: 35085990 PMCID: PMC8857068 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Small noncoding RNAs (snRNA) have been emerging as promising diagnostic biomarkers for detecting early stage cancer. Currently existing methods for snRNA detection, including northern blot, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, microarrays and RNA-Seq, are limited to time-consuming, low sensitivity, expensive instrumentation or complex analysis of data. Herein, we present a rapid quantitative analysis of multiple liver cancer-associated exosomal snRNA by a nucleic acid toehold probe-based photonic resonator absorption microscopy (PRAM) assay, with digital resolution and high sensitivity. The assay relies on the use of three toehold probe-encoded gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and addressable photonic crystal (PC) sensing chips. The presence of target snRNA will initiate toehold-mediated strand displacement reactions that trigger the capture of gold particles onto the PC surface, which is subsequently imaged by PRAM for digital counting of detected snRNA molecules. We achieved highly sensitive and selective detection of three snRNA targets in buffer with a 30 min assay protocol, with detection limits of 4.56 fM, 4.68 fM and 0.69 pM. Having confirmed our assay's performance for detection of snRNA targets spiked into exosomal RNA extracts, we demonstrated its capability for quantitative detection of the same targets from patient blood plasma samples. The approach offers a rapid, simple workflow that operates at room temperature with a single step without enzymatic amplification, while the detection instrument can be implemented as a low-cost portable system for point of care environments.
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- Bin Zhao
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Division of Hematology / Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Division of Hematology / Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Division of Hematology / Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Nick Holonyak, Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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von Felden J, Garcia-Lezana T, Dogra N, Gonzalez-Kozlova E, Ahsen ME, Craig A, Gifford S, Wunsch B, Smith JT, Kim S, Diaz JEL, Chen X, Labgaa I, Haber P, Olsen R, Han D, Restrepo P, D'Avola D, Hernandez-Meza G, Allette K, Sebra R, Saberi B, Tabrizian P, Asgharpour A, Dieterich D, Llovet JM, Cordon-Cardo C, Tewari A, Schwartz M, Stolovitzky G, Losic B, Villanueva A. Unannotated small RNA clusters associated with circulating extracellular vesicles detect early stage liver cancer. Gut 2021; 71:gutjnl-2021-325036. [PMID: 34321221 PMCID: PMC8795201 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Surveillance tools for early cancer detection are suboptimal, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and biomarkers are urgently needed. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained increasing scientific interest due to their involvement in tumour initiation and metastasis; however, most extracellular RNA (exRNA) blood-based biomarker studies are limited to annotated genomic regions. DESIGN EVs were isolated with differential ultracentrifugation and integrated nanoscale deterministic lateral displacement arrays (nanoDLD) and quality assessed by electron microscopy, immunoblotting, nanoparticle tracking and deconvolution analysis. Genome-wide sequencing of the largely unexplored small exRNA landscape, including unannotated transcripts, identified and reproducibly quantified small RNA clusters (smRCs). Their key genomic features were delineated across biospecimens and EV isolation techniques in prostate cancer and HCC. Three independent exRNA cancer datasets with a total of 479 samples from 375 patients, including longitudinal samples, were used for this study. RESULTS ExRNA smRCs were dominated by uncharacterised, unannotated small RNA with a consensus sequence of 20 nt. An unannotated 3-smRC signature was significantly overexpressed in plasma exRNA of patients with HCC (p<0.01, n=157). An independent validation in a phase 2 biomarker case-control study revealed 86% sensitivity and 91% specificity for the detection of early HCC from controls at risk (n=209) (area under the receiver operating curve (AUC): 0.87). The 3-smRC signature was independent of alpha-fetoprotein (p<0.0001) and a composite model yielded an increased AUC of 0.93. CONCLUSION These findings directly lead to the prospect of a minimally invasive, blood-only, operator-independent clinical tool for HCC surveillance, thus highlighting the potential of unannotated smRCs for biomarker research in cancer.
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- Johann von Felden
- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
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- IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
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- IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
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- IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Liver Unit and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Sema4, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Liver Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, BCLC Group, IDIBAPS, CIBEREHD, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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Hernandez-Meza G, von Felden J, Gonzalez-Kozlova EE, Garcia-Lezana T, Peix J, Portela A, Craig AJ, Sayols S, Schwartz M, Losic B, Mazzaferro V, Esteller M, Llovet JM, Villanueva A. DNA Methylation Profiling of Human Hepatocarcinogenesis. Hepatology 2021; 74:183-199. [PMID: 33237575 PMCID: PMC8144238 DOI: 10.1002/hep.31659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Mutations in TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase) promoter are established gatekeepers in early hepatocarcinogenesis, but little is known about other molecular alterations driving this process. Epigenetic deregulation is a critical event in early malignancies. Thus, we aimed to (1) analyze DNA methylation changes during the transition from preneoplastic lesions to early HCC (eHCC) and identify candidate epigenetic gatekeepers, and to (2) assess the prognostic potential of methylation changes in cirrhotic tissue. APPROACH AND RESULTS Methylome profiling was performed using Illumina HumanMethylation450 (485,000 cytosine-phosphateguanine, 96% of known cytosine-phosphateguanine islands), with data available for a total of 390 samples: 16 healthy liver, 139 cirrhotic tissue, 8 dysplastic nodules, and 227 HCC samples, including 40 eHCC below 2cm. A phylo-epigenetic tree derived from the Euclidean distances between differentially DNA-methylated sites (n = 421,997) revealed a gradient of methylation changes spanning healthy liver, cirrhotic tissue, dysplastic nodules, and HCC with closest proximity of dysplasia to HCC. Focusing on promoter regions, we identified epigenetic gatekeeper candidates with an increasing proportion of hypermethylated samples (beta value > 0.5) from cirrhotic tissue (<1%), to dysplastic nodules (≥25%), to eHCC (≥50%), and confirmed inverse correlation between DNA methylation and gene expression for TSPYL5 (testis-specific Y-encoded-like protein 5), KCNA3 (potassium voltage-gated channel, shaker-related subfamily, member 3), LDHB (lactate dehydrogenase B), and SPINT2 (serine peptidase inhibitor, Kunitz type 2) (all P < 0.001). Unsupervised clustering of genome-wide methylation profiles of cirrhotic tissue identified two clusters, M1 and M2, with 42% and 58% of patients, respectively, which correlates with survival (P < 0.05), independent of etiology. CONCLUSIONS Genome-wide DNA-methylation profiles accurately discriminate the different histological stages of human hepatocarcinogenesis. We report on epigenetic gatekeepers in the transition between dysplastic nodules and eHCC. DNA-methylation changes in cirrhotic tissue correlate with clinical outcomes.
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- Gabriela Hernandez-Meza
- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,I. Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Translational Research in Hepatic Oncology, Liver Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-Hospital Clínic, Universitat De Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.,Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC), Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red Cancer (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain.,Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Physiological Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Translational Research in Hepatic Oncology, Liver Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-Hospital Clínic, Universitat De Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Craig AJ, Garcia-Lezana T, Ruiz de Galarreta M, Villacorta-Martin C, Kozlova EG, Martins-Filho SN, von Felden J, Ahsen ME, Bresnahan E, Hernandez-Meza G, Labgaa I, D’Avola D, Schwartz M, Llovet JM, Sia D, Thung S, Losic B, Lujambio A, Villanueva A. Transcriptomic characterization of cancer-testis antigens identifies MAGEA3 as a driver of tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009589. [PMID: 34166362 PMCID: PMC8224860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer testis antigens (CTAs) are an extensive gene family with a unique expression pattern restricted to germ cells, but aberrantly reactivated in cancer tissues. Studies indicate that the expression (or re-expression) of CTAs within the MAGE-A family is common in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, no systematic characterization has yet been reported. The aim of this study is to perform a comprehensive profile of CTA de-regulation in HCC and experimentally evaluate the role of MAGEA3 as a driver of HCC progression. The transcriptomic analysis of 44 multi-regionally sampled HCCs from 12 patients identified high intra-tumor heterogeneity of CTAs. In addition, a subset of CTAs was significantly overexpressed in histologically poorly differentiated regions. Further analysis of CTAs in larger patient cohorts revealed high CTA expression related to worse overall survival and several other markers of poor prognosis. Functional analysis of MAGEA3 was performed in human HCC cell lines by gene silencing and in a genetic mouse model by overexpression of MAGEA3 in the liver. Knockdown of MAGEA3 decreased cell proliferation, colony formation and increased apoptosis. MAGEA3 overexpression was associated with more aggressive tumors in vivo. In conclusion MAGEA3 enhances tumor progression and should be considered as a novel therapeutic target in HCC.
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- Amanda J. Craig
- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Department of Oncological Sciences, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Precision Immunology Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Department of Oncological Sciences, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Precision Immunology Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Liver Unit and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Translational Research Laboratory, BCLC Group, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia and Madrid, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Department of Oncological Sciences, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Precision Immunology Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America
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Abstract
Despite the recent introduction of new effective systemic agents, the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at advanced stages remains dismal. This underscores the need for new therapies, which has spurred extensive research on the identification of the main drivers of pathway de-regulation as a source of novel therapeutic targets. Frequently altered pathways in HCC involve growth factor receptors (e.g., VEGFR, FGFR, TGFA, EGFR, IGFR) and/or its cytoplasmic intermediates (e.g., PI3K-AKT-mTOR, RAF/ERK/MAPK) as well as key pathways in cell differentiation (e.g., Wnt/β-catenin, JAK/STAT, Hippo, Hedgehog, Notch). Somatic mutations, chromosomal aberrations and epigenetic changes are common mechanisms for pathway deregulation in HCC. Aberrant pathway activation has also been explored as a biomarker to predict response to specific therapies, but currently, these strategies are not implemented when deciding systemic therapies in HCC patients. Beyond the well-established molecular cascades, there are numerous emerging signaling pathways also deregulated in HCC (e.g., tumor microenvironment, non-coding RNA, intestinal microbiota), which have opened new avenues for therapeutic exploration.
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- Teresa Garcia-Lezana
- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Liver Cancer Program, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States; Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
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von Felden J, Garcia-Lezana T, Schulze K, Losic B, Villanueva A. Liquid biopsy in the clinical management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Gut 2020; 69:2025-2034. [PMID: 32883873 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-320282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
With increasing knowledge on molecular tumour information, precision oncology has revolutionised the medical field over the past years. Liquid biopsy entails the analysis of circulating tumour components, such as circulating tumour DNA, tumour cells or tumour-derived extracellular vesicles, and has thus come as a handy tool for personalised medicine in many cancer entities. Clinical applications under investigation include early cancer detection, prediction of treatment response and molecular monitoring of the disease, for example, to comprehend resistance patterns and clonal tumour evolution. In fact, several tests for blood-based mutation profiling are already commercially available and have entered the clinical field.In the context of hepatocellular carcinoma, where access to tissue specimens remains mostly limited to patients with early stage tumours, liquid biopsy approaches might be particularly helpful. A variety of translational liquid biopsy studies have been carried out to address clinical needs, such as early hepatocellular carcinoma detection and prediction of treatment response. To this regard, methylation profiling of circulating tumour DNA has evolved as a promising surveillance tool for early hepatocellular carcinoma detection in populations at risk, which might soon transform the way surveillance programmes are implemented. This review summarises recent developments in the liquid biopsy oncological space and, in more detail, the potential implications in the clinical management of hepatocellular carcinoma. It further outlines technical peculiarities across liquid biopsy technologies, which might be helpful for interpretation by non-experts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Johann von Felden
- Department of Internal Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Liver Cancer Program, Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Liver Cancer Program, Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, New York, USA .,Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
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Losic B, Craig AJ, Villacorta-Martin C, Martins-Filho SN, Akers N, Chen X, Ahsen ME, von Felden J, Labgaa I, DʹAvola D, Allette K, Lira SA, Furtado GC, Garcia-Lezana T, Restrepo P, Stueck A, Ward SC, Fiel MI, Hiotis SP, Gunasekaran G, Sia D, Schadt EE, Sebra R, Schwartz M, Llovet JM, Thung S, Stolovitzky G, Villanueva A. Intratumoral heterogeneity and clonal evolution in liver cancer. Nat Commun 2020; 11:291. [PMID: 31941899 PMCID: PMC6962317 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14050-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Clonal evolution of a tumor ecosystem depends on different selection pressures that are principally immune and treatment mediated. We integrate RNA-seq, DNA sequencing, TCR-seq and SNP array data across multiple regions of liver cancer specimens to map spatio-temporal interactions between cancer and immune cells. We investigate how these interactions reflect intra-tumor heterogeneity (ITH) by correlating regional neo-epitope and viral antigen burden with the regional adaptive immune response. Regional expression of passenger mutations dominantly recruits adaptive responses as opposed to hepatitis B virus and cancer-testis antigens. We detect different clonal expansion of the adaptive immune system in distant regions of the same tumor. An ITH-based gene signature improves single-biopsy patient survival predictions and an expression survey of 38,553 single cells across 7 regions of 2 patients further reveals heterogeneity in liver cancer. These data quantify transcriptomic ITH and how the different components of the HCC ecosystem interact during cancer evolution. Immune-mediated selection pressures impact the clonal evolution of tumours. Here, in hepatocellular carcinoma the authors map spatio-temporal interactions between tumor and immune cells, highlighting the regulatory substrate of intra-tumoural heterogeneity that correlates with regional adaptive immune responses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bojan Losic
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Adaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Liver Unit and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Sema4, a Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Sema4, a Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, CT, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Liver Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, BCLC Group, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Cancer Immunology Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Liver Cancer Program, Tisch Cancer Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. .,Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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Palenzuela L, Oria M, Romero-Giménez J, Garcia-Lezana T, Chavarria L, Cordoba J. Gene expression profiling of brain cortex microvessels may support brain vasodilation in acute liver failure rat models. Metab Brain Dis 2016; 31:1405-1417. [PMID: 27406245 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-016-9863-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Development of brain edema in acute liver failure can increase intracranial pressure, which is a severe complication of the disease. However, brain edema is neither entirely cytotoxic nor vasogenic and the specific action of the brain microvasculature is still unknown. We aimed to analyze gene expression of brain cortex microvessels in two rat models of acute liver failure. In order to identify global gene expression changes we performed a broad transcriptomic approach in isolated brain cortex microvessels from portacaval shunted rats after hepatic artery ligation (HAL), hepatectomy (HEP), or sham by array hybridization and confirmed changes in selected genes by RT-PCR. We found 157 and 270 up-regulated genes and 143 and 149 down-regulated genes in HAL and HEP rats respectively. Western blot and immunohistochemical assays were performed in cortex and ELISA assays to quantify prostaglandin E metabolites were performed in blood of the sagittal superior sinus. We Identified clusters of differentially expressed genes involving inflammatory response, transporters-channels, and homeostasis. Up-regulated genes at the transcriptional level were associated with vasodilation (prostaglandin-E synthetase, prostaglandin-E receptor, adrenomedullin, bradykinin receptor, adenosine transporter), oxidative stress (hemoxygenase, superoxide dismutase), energy metabolism (lactate transporter) and inflammation (haptoglobin). The only down-regulated tight junction protein was occludin but slightly. Prostaglandins levels were increased in cerebral blood with progression of liver failure. In conclusion, in acute liver failure, up-regulation of several genes at the level of microvessels might suggest an involvement of energy metabolism accompanied by cerebral vasodilation in the cerebral edema at early stages.
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- Lluis Palenzuela
- Servei de Medicina Interna-Hepatologia, Valld'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VH-IR), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Interna-Hepatologia, Valld'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VH-IR), Barcelona, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Center for Fetal, Cellular and Mollecular Therapy, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Servei de Medicina Interna-Hepatologia, Valld'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VH-IR), Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Interna-Hepatologia, Valld'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VH-IR), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Interna-Hepatologia, Valld'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VH-IR), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Interna-Hepatologia, Valld'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VH-IR), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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