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Willumsen N, Jensen C, Green G, Nissen NI, Neely J, Nelson DM, Pedersen RS, Frederiksen P, Chen IM, Boisen MK, Johansen AZ, Madsen DH, Svane IM, Lipton A, Leitzel K, Ali SM, Erler JT, Hurkmans DP, Mathijssen RHJ, Aerts J, Eslam M, George J, Christiansen C, Bissel MJ, Karsdal MA. Fibrotic activity quantified in serum by measurements of type III collagen pro-peptides can be used for prognosis across different solid tumor types. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:204. [PMID: 35332383 PMCID: PMC8948122 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Due to activation of fibroblast into cancer-associated fibroblasts, there is often an increased deposition of extracellular matrix and fibrillar collagens, e.g. type III collagen, in the tumor microenvironment (TME) that leads to tumor fibrosis (desmoplasia). Tumor fibrosis is closely associated with treatment response and poor prognosis for patients with solid tumors. To assure that the best possible treatment option is provided for patients, there is medical need for identifying patients with high (or low) fibrotic activity in the TME. Measuring unique collagen fragments such as the pro-peptides released into the bloodstream during fibrillar collagen deposition in the TME can provide a non-invasive measure of the fibrotic activity. Based on data from 8 previously published cohorts, this review provides insight into the prognostic value of quantifying tumor fibrosis by measuring the pro-peptide of type III collagen in serum of a total of 1692 patients with different solid tumor types and discusses the importance of tumor fibrosis for understanding prognosis and for potentially guiding future drug development efforts that aim at overcoming the poor outcome associated with a fibrotic TME.
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- Nordic Bioscience, Herlev Hovedgade 205-207, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
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- Nordic Bioscience, Herlev Hovedgade 205-207, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Center for Cancer Immune Therapy, Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Center for Cancer Immune Therapy, Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Nordic Bioscience, Herlev Hovedgade 205-207, 2730, Herlev, Denmark
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Schade R, Hlinak A, Marburger A, Henklein P, Morgenstern R, Blankenstein P, Gerl M, Zott A, Pfister C, Erhard M. Advantages of Using Egg Yolk Antibodies in the Life Sciences: The Results of Five Studies. Altern Lab Anim 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299702500512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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It has been known for over a century that specific antibodies can be extracted from the eggs of immunised chickens. However, it was only when animal welfare became a subject of public debate that the chicken was considered as an alternative source of antibodies due to the possibility of non-invasive antibody sampling. Unfortunately, the welfare of animals alone is not sufficient to attract the interest of scientists; it is therefore important to demonstrate to potential users that avian antibodies can be used successfully in a variety of scientific investigations. The particular specificity of avian antibodies would appear to be due to the phylogenetic difference between Mammalia and Aves as well as to differences between the molecular structures of avian immunoglobulin (IgY) and mammalian immunoglobulin (IgG). The use of avian antibodies has additional advantages, as a considerable quantity of antibodies can be obtained from one chicken, and because the specificity of avian antibodies often markedly differs from that of comparable mammalian antibodies. This paper aims to demonstrate the advantages of using avian antibodies by presenting the results of five separate studies. In the first study, coordinated by Rüdiger Schade, the visualisation of cholecystokinin-like immuno-reactivity in the substantia nigra of rats by using anti-cholecystokinin antibody, without the pre-treatment of colchicine, is described. The second study, headed by Albrecht Zott, describes the use of avian antibodies in the identification of modern acellular pertussis vaccines by using rocket immunoelectrophoresis. The identification of unknown vaccine batches and the comparison with reference vaccines is a prerequisite for reducing the number of animal experiments necessary for vaccine control. The third study, coordinated by Martin Gerl, investigates the specificity of antibodies directed against the N-terminal propeptide of procollagen type III (PIIINP). Among the antibodies originating from different species (rabbit, mouse and chicken), only the chicken antibody was able to respond to the PIIINP in both human and rat sera. Thus, a direct comparison between human serum samples (alcoholic liver) and serum samples derived from corresponding animal models was possible. The fourth study, coordinated by Michael Erhard, shows that egg yolk antibodies can be successfully used to manage infectious diarrhoea in young agricultural animals. The final study, led by Andreas Hlinak, describes the successful production of anti-bovine leukaemia virus antibody. This antibody could be used in several diagnostic systems (for example, enzyme immunoassays and cytology). The five studies demonstrate that avian antibodies are an attractive alternative to mammalian antibodies, not only with respect to the welfare of animals, but also with respect to scientific and economic considerations.
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- Rüdiger Schade
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine (Charité), Humboldt University, Dorotheenstrasse 94, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Free University, Luisenstrasse 56, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine (Charité), Humboldt University, Dorotheenstrasse 94, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Medicine (Charité), Humboldt University, Dorotheenstrasse 94, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine (Charité), Humboldt University, Dorotheenstrasse 94, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Free University, Luisenstrasse 56, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Hoechst AG, TD Metabolism, H821, Postfach 800320, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Paul Ehrlich Institute, Paul Ehrlich Strasse 51–59, 63225 Langen, Germany
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- German Institute of Human Nutrition, Bergholz-Rehbrücke
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- Institute of Physiology, Physiological Chemistry and Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Fukui N, McAlinden A, Zhu Y, Crouch E, Broekelmann TJ, Mecham RP, Sandell LJ. Processing of type II procollagen amino propeptide by matrix metalloproteinases. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:2193-201. [PMID: 11705992 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105485200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In many embryonic tissues, type IIA procollagen is synthesized and deposited into the extracellular matrix containing the NH(2)-propeptide, the cysteine-rich domain of which binds to bone morphogenic proteins. To investigate whether matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) synthesized during development and disease can cleave the NH(2) terminus of type II procollagens, we tested eight types of enzymes. Recombinant trimeric type IIA collagen NH(2)-propeptide encoded by exons 1-8 fused to the lectin domain of rat surfactant protein D was used as a substrate. The latter allowed trimerization of the propeptide domain and permitted isolation by saccharide affinity chromatography. Although MMPs 1, 2, and 8 did not show cleavage, MMPs 3, 7, 9, 13, and 14 cleaved the recombinant protein both at the telopeptide region and at the procollagen N-proteinase cleavage site. MMPs 7 and 13 demonstrated other cleavage sites in the type II collagen-specific region of the N-propeptide; MMP-7 had another cleavage site close to the COOH terminus of the cysteine-rich domain. To prove that an MMP can cleave the native type IIA procollagen in situ, we demonstrated that MMP-7 removes the NH(2)-propeptide from collagen fibrils in the extracellular matrix of fetal cartilage and identified the cleavage products. Because the N-proteinase and telopeptidase cleavage sites are present in both type IIA and type IIB procollagens and the telopeptide cleavage site is retained in the mature collagen fibril, this processing could be important to type IIB procollagen and to mature collagen fibrils as well.
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- Naoshi Fukui
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Bickel M, Baringhaus KH, Gerl M, Günzler V, Kanta J, Schmidts L, Stapf M, Tschank G, Weidmann K, Werner U. Selective inhibition of hepatic collagen accumulation in experimental liver fibrosis in rats by a new prolyl 4-hydroxylase inhibitor. Hepatology 1998; 28:404-11. [PMID: 9696004 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver are often the result of chronic liver damage by a variety of different agents. Pathological accumulation of collagen, disruption of the lobular structure, and impaired hepatocellular function frequently lead to systemic involvement and fatal complications. Drugs inhibiting collagen hydroxylation and accumulation are expected to improve this situation, making prolyl 4-hydroxylase (P4H), the key enzyme of intracellular collagen processing, a rational target for pharmacological intervention. S 4682, a novel inhibitor of purified P4H (Ki = 155 nmol/L), reduced hydroxyproline (Hyp) synthesis in chicken embryo calvaria (IC50 = 8.2 micromol/L) and in cultured hepatic stellate cells (HSC) (IC50 = 39 micromol/L). S 4682 inhibited hepatic collagen hydroxylation in vivo after metabolic labeling with [14C]proline. In the CCl4 model of chronic hepatic injury, characterized by histologically and biochemically evident fibrosis and highly elevated levels of serum procollagen type III N-peptide, S 4682 reduced hepatic collagen accumulation, decreased prevalence of ascites, and lowered serum procollagen type III N-peptide (PIIINP) levels. The hepatic Hyp content of drug-treated animals was closely correlated with serum levels of PIIINP S 4682 had no influence on Hyp content of heart, lung, and kidney.
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- M Bickel
- Hoechst Marion Roussel Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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Høst NB, Sejrsen P, Jensen LT, Haunsø S. Diffusional transport of the aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen in the interstitium of the globally ischaemic cat myocardium. Clin Chim Acta 1996; 255:183-94. [PMID: 8937761 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06406-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Local repair after acute myocardial infarction appears to be reflected by levels in serum of the aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen (serum-PIIINP). Furthermore, serum-PIIINP has recently been reported to provide information on prognosis after acute myocardial infarction. However, no attention has yet been paid to the resistance to diffusion offered by the myocardial interstitium. We determined the diffusion coefficient of PIIINP in the interstitium of the globally ischaemic interstitium of the cat (D'37) by means of a "true transient diffusion' method, and compared with the free diffusion in water (D37). D'37 (in cm2 s-1.10(-5) was 0.0157 +/- 0.0005 (mean +/- SEM) (n = 13), and D37 was 0.0624 +/- 0.0024 (n = 12). The mean diffusive progression during 20 min of the concentration profile of [125I]PIIINP into the tissue was calculated to be 0.19 mm. The D'37 of albumin is practically identical to the D'37 of PIIINP, and the myocardium offers a similar resistance to diffusion of PIIINP and albumin, as expressed from the ratio D37/D'37 of approximately 4 for both molecules. PIIINP has a molecular weight of 42,000 Da, is rod shaped and has an overall negative charge. These characteristics explain the similarity in diffusion coefficients of PIIINP and albumin, which has a molecular weight of 69,000 Da. Albumin is known to pass the membrane of the continuous capillaries of the heart, making it very likely that direct exchange of PIIINP between interstitium and capillary plasma can also occur. During one hour of interstitial diffusion PIIINP will have traversed a distance calculated tp correspond to 15-20 capillaries. Therefore, the results support the concept of serum-PIIINP as a direct marker of events taking place locally in the myocardium following acute myocardial infarction.
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- N B Høst
- Department of Medicine B, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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