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Kwak E, Ahmed T, Flores PC, Ortiz HR, Langlais PR, Mythreye K, Lee NY. Beta IV spectrin inhibits the metastatic growth of melanoma by suppressing VEGFR2-driven tumor angiogenesis. Cancer Med 2023; 12:18981-18987. [PMID: 37680049 PMCID: PMC10557856 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tumor-associated angiogenesis mediates the growth and metastasis of most solid cancers. Targeted therapies of the VEGF pathways can effectively block these processes but often fail to provide lasting benefits due to acquired resistance and complications. RESULTS Recently, we discovered βIV -spectrin as a powerful regulator of angiogenesis and potential new target. We previously reported that βIV -spectrin is dynamically expressed in endothelial cells (EC) to induce VEGFR2 protein turnover during development. Here, we explored how βIV -spectrin influences the tumor vasculature using the murine B16 melanoma model and determined that loss of EC-specific βIV -spectrin dramatically promotes tumor growth and metastasis. Intraperitoneally injected B16 cells formed larger tumors with increased tumor vessel density and greater propensity for metastatic spread particularly to the chest cavity and lung compared to control mice. These results support βIV -spectrin as a key regulator of tumor angiogenesis and a viable vascular target in cancer.
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- Eun‐A. Kwak
- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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- Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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- Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
- Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
- Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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Dabbagh Moghaddam F, Akbarzadeh I, Marzbankia E, Farid M, khaledi L, Reihani AH, Javidfar M, Mortazavi P. Delivery of melittin-loaded niosomes for breast cancer treatment: an in vitro and in vivo evaluation of anti-cancer effect. Cancer Nanotechnol 2021. [DOI: 10.1186/s12645-021-00085-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Melittin, a peptide component of honey bee venom, is an appealing candidate for cancer therapy. In the current study, melittin, melittin-loaded niosome, and empty niosome had been optimized and the anticancer effect assessed in vitro on 4T1 and SKBR3 breast cell lines and in vivo on BALB/C inbred mice. "Thin-layer hydration method" was used for preparing the niosomes; different niosomal formulations of melittin were prepared and characterized in terms of morphology, size, polydispersity index, encapsulation efficiency, release kinetics, and stability. A niosome was formulated and loaded with melittin as a promising drug carrier system for chemotherapy of the breast cancer cells. Hemolysis, apoptosis, cell cytotoxicity, invasion and migration of selected concentrations of melittin, and melittin-loaded niosome were evaluated on 4T1 and SKBR3 cells using hemolytic activity assay, flow cytometry, MTT assay, soft agar colony assay, and wound healing assay. Real-time PCR was used to determine the gene expression. 40 BALB/c inbred mice were used; then, the histopathology, P53 immunohistochemical assay and estimate of renal and liver enzyme activity for all groups had been done.
Results
This study showed melittin-loaded niosome is an excellent substitute in breast cancer treatment due to enhanced targeting, encapsulation efficiency, PDI, and release rate and shows a high anticancer effect on cell lines. The melittin-loaded niosome affects the genes expression by studied cells were higher than other samples; down-regulates the expression of Bcl2, MMP2, and MMP9 genes while they up-regulate the expression of Bax, Caspase3 and Caspase9 genes. They have also enhanced the apoptosis rate and inhibited cell migration, invasion in both cell lines compared to the melittin samples. Results of histopathology showed reduce mitosis index, invasion and pleomorphism in melittin-loaded niosome. Renal and hepatic biomarker activity did not significantly differ in melittin-loaded niosome and melittin compared to healthy control. In immunohistochemistry, P53 expression did not show a significant change in all groups.
Conclusions
Our study successfully declares that melittin-loaded niosome had more anti-cancer effects than free melittin. This project has demonstrated that niosomes are suitable vesicle carriers for melittin, compare to the free form.
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Jaiswal SK, Prakash R, Prabhu KS, Tejo Prakash N. Bioaccessible selenium sourced from Se-rich mustard cake facilitates protection from TBHP induced cytotoxicity in melanoma cells. Food Funct 2018; 9:1998-2004. [PMID: 29644347 DOI: 10.1039/c7fo01644a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Selenium (Se) is an essential dietary supplement that resolves inflammatory responses and offers antioxidant cytoprotection. In this study, we present the data on the cytoprotective effect of Se-rich mustard protein isolated from mustard cultivated in seleniferous soils in Punjab, India. The concentrations of total Se in mustard seed, oil-free mustard cake, and mustard protein were 110.0 ± 3.04, 143.0 ± 5.18, and 582.3 ± 6.23 μg g-1, respectively. The cytoprotective effect of Se-rich mustard protein was studied on tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)-induced cytotoxicity in a mouse melanoma cell line (B16-F10). When compared with TBHP treated cells (where no viable cells were found), Se-rich protein made bioaccessible through simulated gastrointestinal digestion protected melanoma cells from cytotoxicity with decreased levels of oxidative stress resulting in 73% cell viability. Such an effect was associated with a significant increase in glutathione peroxidase activity as a function of bioaccessible Se and its response towards cytoprotection.
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- Sumit K Jaiswal
- School of Energy and Environment, Thapar University, Patiala, India.
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Guo Y, Wang D, Song Q, Wu T, Zhuang X, Bao Y, Kong M, Qi Y, Tan S, Zhang Z. Erythrocyte Membrane-Enveloped Polymeric Nanoparticles as Nanovaccine for Induction of Antitumor Immunity against Melanoma. ACS NANO 2015; 9:6918-33. [PMID: 26153897 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cancer immunotherapy is mainly focused on manipulating patient's own immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells. Vaccine formulations based on nanotechnology have been developed to target delivery antigens to antigen presenting cells (APCs), especially dendritic cells (DCs) for efficiently induction of antigen-specific T cells response. To enhance DC targeting and antigen presenting efficiency, we developed erythrocyte membrane-enveloped poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles for antigenic peptide (hgp10025-33) and toll-like receptor 4 agonist, monophosphoryl lipid (MPLA). A Mannose-inserted membrane structure was constructed to actively target APCs in the lymphatic organ, and redox-sensitive peptide-conjugated PLGA nanoparticles were fabricated which prone to cleave in the intracellular milieu. The nanovaccine demonstrated the retained protein content in erythrocyte and enhanced in vitro cell uptake. An antigen-depot effect was observed in the administration site with promoted retention in draining lymph nodes. Compared with other formulations after intradermal injection, the nanovaccine prolonged tumor-occurring time, inhibited tumor growth, and suppressed tumor metastasis in prophylactic, therapeutic, and metastatic melanoma models, respectively. Additionally, we revealed that nanovaccine effectively enhanced IFN-γ secretion and CD8(+) T cell response. Taken together, these results demonstrated the great potential in applying an erythrocyte membrane-enveloped polymeric nanoplatform for an antigen delivery system in cancer immunotherapy.
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- Yuanyuan Guo
- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- †Tongji School of Pharmacy, §Hubei Engineering Research Center for Novel Drug Delivery System, ‡National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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Findeisen P, Peccerella T, Neumaier M, Schadendorf D. Proteomics for biomarker discovery in malignant melanoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1586/17469872.3.2.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Garland DL, Fernandez-Godino R, Kaur I, Speicher KD, Harnly JM, Lambris JD, Speicher DW, Pierce EA. Mouse genetics and proteomic analyses demonstrate a critical role for complement in a model of DHRD/ML, an inherited macular degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:52-68. [PMID: 23943789 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Macular degenerations, inherited and age related, are important causes of vision loss. Human genetic studies have suggested perturbation of the complement system is important in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. The mechanisms underlying the involvement of the complement system are not understood, although complement and inflammation have been implicated in drusen formation. Drusen are an early clinical hallmark of inherited and age-related forms of macular degeneration. We studied one of the earliest stages of macular degeneration which precedes and leads to the formation of drusen, i.e. the formation of basal deposits. The studies were done using a mouse model of the inherited macular dystrophy Doyne Honeycomb Retinal Dystrophy/Malattia Leventinese (DHRD/ML) which is caused by a p.Arg345Trp mutation in EFEMP1. The hallmark of DHRD/ML is the formation of drusen at an early age, and gene targeted Efemp1(R345W/R345W) mice develop extensive basal deposits. Proteomic analyses of Bruch's membrane/choroid and Bruch's membrane in the Efemp1(R345W/R345W) mice indicate that the basal deposits comprise normal extracellular matrix (ECM) components present in abnormal amounts. The proteomic analyses also identified significant changes in proteins with immune-related function, including complement components, in the diseased tissue samples. Genetic ablation of the complement response via generation of Efemp1(R345W/R345W):C3(-/-) double-mutant mice inhibited the formation of basal deposits. The results demonstrate a critical role for the complement system in basal deposit formation, and suggest that complement-mediated recognition of abnormal ECM may participate in basal deposit formation in DHRD/ML and perhaps other macular degenerations.
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Bose A, Barik S, Banerjee S, Ghosh T, Mallick A, Bhattacharyya Majumdar S, Goswami KK, Bhuniya A, Banerjee S, Baral R, Storkus WJ, Dasgupta PS, Majumdar S. Tumor-derived vascular pericytes anergize Th cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 191:971-81. [PMID: 23785117 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Immune evasion within the tumor microenvironment supports malignant growth and is also a major obstacle for successful immunotherapy. Multiple cellular components and soluble factors coordinate to disrupt protective immune responses. Although stromal cells are well-known for their parenchymal supportive roles in cancer establishment and progression, we demonstrate for the first time, to our knowledge, that tumor-derived vascular pericytes negatively influence CD4(+) T cell activation and proliferation, and promote anergy in recall response to Ag by CD4(+)CD44(+) T cells via regulator of G protein signaling 5- and IL-6-dependent pathways. Our data support a new specific role for tumor-derived pericytes in the immune evasion paradigm within the tumor microenvironment and suggest the targeting of these cell populations in the context of successful immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer.
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- Anamika Bose
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India.
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Xiang W, Ke Z, Zhang Y, Cheng GHY, Irwan ID, Sulochana KN, Potturi P, Wang Z, Yang H, Wang J, Zhuo L, Kini RM, Ge R. Isthmin is a novel secreted angiogenesis inhibitor that inhibits tumour growth in mice. J Cell Mol Med 2012; 15:359-74. [PMID: 19874420 PMCID: PMC3822802 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00961.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Anti-angiogenesis represents a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of various malignancies. Isthmin (ISM) is a gene highly expressed in the isthmus of the midbrain–hindbrain organizer in Xenopus with no known functions. It encodes a secreted 60 kD protein containing a thrombospondin type 1 repeat domain in the central region and an adhesion-associated domain in MUC4 and other proteins (AMOP) domain at the C-terminal. In this work, we demonstrate that ISM is a novel angiogenesis inhibitor. Recombinant mouse ISM inhibited endothelial cell (EC) capillary network formation on Matrigel through its C-terminal AMOP domain. It also suppressed vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) induced in vivo angiogenesis in mouse. It mitigated VEGF-stimulated EC proliferation without affecting EC migration. Furthermore, ISM induced EC apoptosis in the presence of VEGF through a caspase-dependent pathway. ISM binds to αvβ5 integrin on EC surface and supports EC adhesion. Overexpression of ISM significantly suppressed mouse B16 melanoma tumour growth through inhibition of tumour angiogenesis without affecting tumour cell proliferation. Knockdown of isthmin in zebrafish embryos using morpholino antisense oligonucleotides led to disorganized intersegmen-tal vessels in the trunk. Our results demonstrate that ISM is a novel endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor with functions likely in physiological as well as pathological angiogenesis.
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- Wei Xiang
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Murphy MJ, Rezaul K, Phelps A, Han DK. Proteomic analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded melanoma. J Cutan Pathol 2012; 39:464-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01835.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Perez AN, Oehlers L, Heater SJ, Booth RE, Walter RB, David WM. Proteomic analyses of the Xiphophorus Gordon-Kosswig melanoma model. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2012; 155:81-8. [PMID: 21672637 PMCID: PMC3223274 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2011.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Revised: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Interspecies hybridization between the platyfish X. maculatus Jp 163 A, and the swordtail X. helleri (Sarabia), generates F(1) hybrids with pronounced melanin pigmentation. Backcrossing of F(1) hybrids with the X. helleri parent results in 25% of progeny that will spontaneously develop melanoma. We have applied proteomic methods to this Gordon-Kosswig (G-K) melanoma model to identify candidate proteins that exhibit modulated expression in fin tissue due to interspecies hybridization and progression of hybrid tissues to spontaneous melanoma. Difference Gel Electrophoresis (DIGE) was used to minimize the variability commonly observed in quantitative analyses of comparative protein samples. Following identification of up- or down-regulated protein expression by DIGE, candidate protein spots were identified by mass spectrometric sequencing. Several protein expression differences displayed in interspecies hybrids were identified and compared to distinct differences that occur upon backcrossing and progression to melanoma. These studies are important for the identification of distinct biochemical pathways involved in the variety of Xiphophorus interspecies hybrid tumor models.
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- Corresponding author. Texas State University-San Marcos, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 419 CEN, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA, , PHONE: (512) 245-4637; FAX: (512) 245-2374
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Vafadar-Isfahani B, Laversin SAS, Ahmad M, Ball G, Coveney C, Lemetre C, Kathleen Miles A, van Schalkwyk G, Rees R, Matharoo-Ball B. Serum biomarkers which correlate with failure to respond to immunotherapy and tumor progression in a murine colorectal cancer model. Proteomics Clin Appl 2011; 4:682-96. [PMID: 21137086 DOI: 10.1002/prca.200900218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To advance our understanding of mechanisms involved in tumor progression/regression, a CT26 colorectal mouse model treated intra-tumorally with DISC-herpes simplex virus as immunotherapy was used in the discovery and validation phases to investigate and ultimately identify biomarkers correlating with the failure to respond to immunotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN For the discovery phase, serum protein/peptide profiles of a retrospective sample collection (total n=70) were analyzed using MALDI-TOF-MS combined with artificial neural networks. Following identification of the key predictive peptides using ESI-MS/MS, validation of the identified proteins was carried out on serum and tissues collected in an independent sample set (total n=60). RESULTS Artificial neural network analysis resulted in four discriminatory peaks with an accuracy of 86%, sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 81% between the progressor/regressor groups. Three of the identified discriminatory markers were upregulated and demonstrated a positive correlation with tumor progression following DISC-herpes simplex virus therapy. Immunovalidation studies corroborated the MALDI-TOF-MS findings. Immunohistochemistry revealed that serum amyloid A-1 and serum amyloid P produced in the liver localized intracellularly in CT26 tumor tissue. CONCLUSIONS MALDI-TOF-MS and BI analysis of the serum proteome of tumor-bearer mice undergoing immunotherapy, identified biomarkers associating with "failure to respond" and biological arrays confirmed these findings.
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- Baharak Vafadar-Isfahani
- The John Van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, School of Science and Technology, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, UK
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Gao J, Gao G, Zhang Y, Wang F. Proteomic analysis of human epithelial ovarian cancer xenografts in immunodeficient mice exposed to chronic psychological stress. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2011; 54:112-20. [DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4126-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Chen J, Mercer G, Roth SR, Abraham L, Lutz P, Ercal N, Neal RE. Sub-chronic lead exposure alters kidney proteome profiles. Hum Exp Toxicol 2011; 30:1616-25. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327110396521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The current study examined the impact of sub-chronic lead (Pb)-exposure upon global protein profile in rodent kidney (blood Pb levels ~50 μg/dL; 5 weeks oral Pb-acetate exposure). Utilizing 2D SDS-PAGE for kidney protein separation, greater than 500 protein spots were analyzed by densitometry following background noise removal, spot alignment, and intensity filtering. Approximately 100 protein spots were identified by ESI-MS/MS with mitochondrial, chaperone, antioxidant, and Pb-binding proteins included. Forty-eight protein spots exhibited significant alterations in abundance (18 identified by ESI-MS/MS) including the increased protein abundance of ketohexokinase, enolase, protein disulfide-isomerase, lamda crystallin, lactamase, and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Decreased protein abundances were observed for α-2 microglobulin, glutamate cysteine ligase, prohibitin, homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, alpha-ETF, argininosuccinate synthetase and ATP synthase (H+ transporting). These data support the hypothesis that protein profiles in the kidney are altered following sub-chronic physiologically relevant Pb-exposure.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla), MO, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla), MO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla), MO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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Pan H, Soman NR, Schlesinger PH, Lanza GM, Wickline SA. Cytolytic peptide nanoparticles (‘NanoBees’) for cancer therapy. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2011; 3:318-27. [DOI: 10.1002/wnan.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Hua Pan
- Consortium for Translational Research In Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C‐TRAIN), Washington University School of Medicine, 4320 Forest Park Avenue Suite 101, Campus Box 8215 St. Louis, MO
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- Consortium for Translational Research In Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C‐TRAIN), Washington University School of Medicine, 4320 Forest Park Avenue Suite 101, Campus Box 8215 St. Louis, MO
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- Consortium for Translational Research In Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C‐TRAIN), Washington University School of Medicine, 4320 Forest Park Avenue Suite 101, Campus Box 8215 St. Louis, MO
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- Consortium for Translational Research In Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C‐TRAIN), Washington University School of Medicine, 4320 Forest Park Avenue Suite 101, Campus Box 8215 St. Louis, MO
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- Consortium for Translational Research In Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C‐TRAIN), Washington University School of Medicine, 4320 Forest Park Avenue Suite 101, Campus Box 8215 St. Louis, MO
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Passam FH, Qi JC, Tanaka K, Matthaei KI, Krilis SA. In vivo modulation of angiogenesis by beta 2 glycoprotein I. J Autoimmun 2010; 35:232-40. [PMID: 20655705 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2010.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Beta 2 glycoprotein I (β2GPI) is the major auto antigen in the antiphospholipid syndrome but also interacts with fibrinolytic and angiogenic proteins. The aim of this study was to examine the angiogenic potential of β2GPI in vivo in β2GPI deficient mice utilizing angiogenic assays. β2GPI deficient mice show increased microvessel formation in comparison to β2GPI replete controls when injected with growth factor free-matrigel implants. However, microvessel formation in matrigel plugs of β2GPI deficient mice was less than in β2GPI replete mice when basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) was included in the matrigel. Hemoglobin content was higher in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) containing-matrigel plugs in the β2GPI deficient mouse demonstrating that the lack of β2GPI led to increased extravasation by VEGF. Melanoma B16F10 tumour growth was enhanced in β2GPI deficient mice. Melanoma microvessel density was increased in β2GPI deficient mice but the proliferation rate of tumour cells (determined by Ki67 immunohistochemistry) was unaffected by the presence or absence of β2GPI. Subcutaneous delivery of native human β2GPI by the ALZET osmotic pump did not affect melanoma tumour growth in β2GPI deficient mice. We conclude that the in vivo unopposed action of β2GPI is anti-angiogenic however this function is modified in the presence of a strong angiogenic stimulus into stabilization of vessel formation. Although the presence of β2GPI attenuates vessel sprouting in certain tumours, no survival benefit is conferred to tumour bearing animals. This does not preclude the potential benefit of modified or fragments of β2GPI in anti-angiogenesis research.
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- F H Passam
- Department of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of New South Wales, St. George Hospital, 2 South St., Kogarah, NSW 2217, Sydney, Australia
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Identification and functional validation of therapeutic targets for malignant melanoma. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009; 72:194-214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2008] [Revised: 02/04/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bachi ALL, Kim FJK, Nonogaki S, Carneiro CRW, Lopes JD, Jasiulionis MG, Correa M. Leukotriene B4 Creates a Favorable Microenvironment for Murine Melanoma Growth. Mol Cancer Res 2009; 7:1417-24. [DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-09-0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Soman NR, Baldwin SL, Hu G, Marsh JN, Lanza GM, Heuser JE, Arbeit JM, Wickline SA, Schlesinger PH. Molecularly targeted nanocarriers deliver the cytolytic peptide melittin specifically to tumor cells in mice, reducing tumor growth. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:2830-42. [PMID: 19726870 DOI: 10.1172/jci38842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The in vivo application of cytolytic peptides for cancer therapeutics is hampered by toxicity, nonspecificity, and degradation. We previously developed a specific strategy to synthesize a nanoscale delivery vehicle for cytolytic peptides by incorporating the nonspecific amphipathic cytolytic peptide melittin into the outer lipid monolayer of a perfluorocarbon nanoparticle. Here, we have demonstrated that the favorable pharmacokinetics of this nanocarrier allows accumulation of melittin in murine tumors in vivo and a dramatic reduction in tumor growth without any apparent signs of toxicity. Furthermore, direct assays demonstrated that molecularly targeted nanocarriers selectively delivered melittin to multiple tumor targets, including endothelial and cancer cells, through a hemifusion mechanism. In cells, this hemifusion and transfer process did not disrupt the surface membrane but did trigger apoptosis and in animals caused regression of precancerous dysplastic lesions. Collectively, these data suggest that the ability to restrain the wide-spectrum lytic potential of a potent cytolytic peptide in a nanovehicle, combined with the flexibility of passive or active molecular targeting, represents an innovative molecular design for chemotherapy with broad-spectrum cytolytic peptides for the treatment of cancer at multiple stages.
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- Neelesh R Soman
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Zanivan S, Gnad F, Wickström SA, Geiger T, Macek B, Cox J, Fässler R, Mann M. Solid tumor proteome and phosphoproteome analysis by high resolution mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2009; 7:5314-26. [PMID: 19367708 DOI: 10.1021/pr800599n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kinases play a prominent role in tumor development, pointing to the presence of specific phosphorylation patterns in tumor tissues. Here, we investigate whether recently developed high resolution mass spectrometric (MS) methods for proteome and phosphoproteome analysis can also be applied to solid tumors. As tumor model, we used TG3 mutant mice carrying skin melanomas. At total of 100 microg of solid tumor lysate yielded a melanoma proteome of 4443 identified proteins, including at least 88 putative melanoma markers previously found by cDNA microarray technology. Analysis of 2 mg of lysate from dissected melanoma with titansphere chromatography and 8 mg with strong cation exchange together resulted in the identification of more than 5600 phosphorylation sites on 2250 proteins. The phosphoproteome included many hits from pathways important in melanoma. One-month storage at -80 degrees C did not significantly decrease the number of identified phosphorylation sites. Thus, solid tumor can be analyzed by MS-based proteomics with similar efficiency as cell culture models and in amounts compatible with biopsies.
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- Sara Zanivan
- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Paulitschke V, Kunstfeld R, Mohr T, Slany A, Micksche M, Drach J, Zielinski C, Pehamberger H, Gerner C. Entering a New Era of Rational Biomarker Discovery for Early Detection of Melanoma Metastases: Secretome Analysis of Associated Stroma Cells. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2501-10. [DOI: 10.1021/pr8010827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Verena Paulitschke
- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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Al-Ghoul M, Brück TB, Lauer-Fields JL, Asirvatham VS, Zapata C, Kerr RG, Fields GB. Comparative proteomic analysis of matched primary and metastatic melanoma cell lines. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:4107-18. [PMID: 18698805 DOI: 10.1021/pr800174k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Identification of the biochemical pathways involved in the transformation from primary to metastatic melanoma is an area under intense investigation. A 2DE proteomics approach has been applied herein to the matched patient primary and metastatic melanoma cell lines WM-115 and WM-266-4, respectively, to better understand the processes that underlie tumor progression. Image analysis between samples aligned 470 common gel spots. Quantitative gel analysis indicated 115 gel spots of greater intensity in the metastatic line compared with the primary one, leading to the identification of 131 proteins via database searching of nano-LC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS data. This more than tripled the number of proteins previously shown to be of higher abundance during melanoma progression. Also observed were 22 gel spots to be of lesser intensity in the metastatic line with respect to the primary one. Of these gel spots 15 proteins could be identified. Numerous proteins from both groups had not been reported previously to participate in melanoma progression. Further analysis of one protein, cyclophilin A, confirmed that this protein is expressed at higher levels in metastatic melanoma compared with primary melanoma and normal fibroblasts. Overall, this study expands our knowledge of protein modulation during melanoma stages, and suggests new targets for inhibitor development.
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- Mohammad Al-Ghoul
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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Culp WD, Tsagozis P, Burgio M, Russell P, Pisa P, Garland D. Interference of macrophage migration inhibitory factor expression in a mouse melanoma inhibits tumor establishment by up-regulating thrombospondin-1. Mol Cancer Res 2008; 5:1225-31. [PMID: 18171979 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-07-0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine with proinflammatory, proangiogenic, and protumorigenic properties. The molecular mechanisms underlying the role of MIF in tumorigenesis and angiogenesis are not well understood. To address these roles, an interfering MIF (iMIF) RNA was stably introduced into the B16-F10 mouse melanoma cell line, reducing MIF mRNA expression 1.6-fold and MIF protein expression 2.8-fold relative to control cells. When iMIF cells were subcutaneously injected into C57BL/6 mice, tumor establishment was significantly delayed and there was a marked absence of intratumoral vasculature in iMIF tumors relative to controls. A comparative gene expression analysis of iMIF and control melanoma cell lines revealed that thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) mRNA expression was up-regulated 88-fold in the iMIF cells by real-time PCR. A 2-fold increase in TSP-1 protein levels was observed in iMIF cell culture supernatants. These results strongly suggest that the delayed tumor establishment and reduced vasculature in iMIF melanomas are linked to the up-regulation of the antiangiogenic TSP-1. They further define a novel function of MIF as a regulator of TSP-1 in a mouse melanoma model.
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Kwong L, Chin L, Wagner SN. Growth factors and oncogenes as targets in melanoma: lost in translation? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 23:99-129. [PMID: 18159898 DOI: 10.1016/j.yadr.2007.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Lawrence Kwong
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Cheng SL, Huang-Liu R, Sheu JN, Chen ST, Sinchaikul S, Tsay GJ. Toxicogenomics of A375 human malignant melanoma cells. Pharmacogenomics 2007; 8:1017-36. [PMID: 17716235 DOI: 10.2217/14622416.8.8.1017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Toxicogenomics applications are increasingly applied to the evaluation of preclinical drug safety, and to explain toxicities associated with compounds at the mechanism level. In this review, we aim to describe the application of toxicogenomics tools for studying the genotoxic effect of active compounds on the gene-expression profile of A375 human malignant melanoma cells, through the other molecular functions of target genes, regulatory pathways and mechanisms of malignant melanomas. It also includes the current systems biology approaches, which are very useful for analyzing the biological system and understanding the entire mechanisms of malignant melanomas. We believe that this review would be very potent and useful for studying the toxicogenomics of A375 melanoma cells, and for further diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
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- Sun-Long Cheng
- Chung Shan Medical University, Department of Plastic Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40242, Taiwan
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Jia S, Omelchenko M, Garland D, Vasiliou V, Kanungo J, Spencer M, Wolf Y, Koonin E, Piatigorsky J. Duplicated gelsolin family genes in zebrafish: a novel scinderin-like gene (scinla) encodes the major corneal crystallin. FASEB J 2007; 21:3318-28. [PMID: 17548429 PMCID: PMC6007973 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8172com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have previously identified a gelsolin-like protein (C/L-gelsolin) as a corneal crystallin in zebrafish. Here we show by phylogenetic analysis that there are at least six genes encoding gelsolin-like proteins based on their gelsolin domains in zebrafish: gsna and gsnb group with the vertebrate gelsolin gene, scina and scinb group with the scinderin (adseverin) gene, and scinla (C/L-gelsolin) and scinlb are novel scinderin-like genes. RT-PCR showed that scinla, scinlb, and gsnb are preferentially expressed in the adult cornea whereas gsna is expressed to a similar extent in cornea, lens, brain, and heart; scina and scinb expression were detectable only in whole zebrafish and not in these adult tissues. Quantitative RT-PCR and 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by MALDI/TOF mass spectroscopy confirmed high expression of beta-actin and scinla, moderate expression of scinlb, and very low expression of gsna and gsnb in the cornea. Finally, transgenic zebrafish carrying a green fluorescent protein reporter transgene driven by a 4 kb scinla promoter fragment showed expression in the cornea, snout, dorsal fin, and tail fin of 3-day-old zebrafish larvae. Our data suggest that scinla and scinlb are diverged paralogs of the vertebrate scinderin gene and show that scinla encodes the zebrafish corneal crystallin previously called C/L-gelsolin.
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- Sujuan Jia
- Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Retinal Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Correspondence: Laboratory of Molecular and Development Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 7 Memorial Dr., Bldg. 7, Rm. 100, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Petricoin EF, Belluco C, Araujo RP, Liotta LA. The blood peptidome: a higher dimension of information content for cancer biomarker discovery. Nat Rev Cancer 2006; 6:961-7. [PMID: 17093504 DOI: 10.1038/nrc2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The low-molecular-weight range of the circulatory proteome is termed the 'peptidome', and could be a rich source of cancer-specific diagnostic information because it is a 'recording' of the cellular and extracellular enzymatic events that take place at the level of the cancer-tissue microenvironment. This new information archive seems to mainly exist in vivo, bound to high-abundance proteins such as albumin. Measuring panels of peptidome markers might be more sensitive and specific than conventional biomarker approaches. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various methods for studying the peptidome.
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- Emanuel F Petricoin
- Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas Virginia 20110, USA.
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