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Lin Q, Tang Z, Qin Y, Deng X, Wei C, Liu F, Pan X, Liu D, Zhan T, Fang M. Clonorchis sinensis infection amplifies hepatocellular carcinoma stemness, predicting unfavorable prognosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2024; 18:e0011906. [PMID: 38285640 PMCID: PMC10824460 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Extensive evidence links Clonorchis sinensis (C. sinensis) to cholangiocarcinoma; however, its association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is less acknowledged, and the underlying mechanism remains unclear. This study was designed to investigate the association between C. sinensis infection and HCC and reveal the relationship between C. sinensis infection and cancer stemness. METHODS A comprehensive analysis of 839 HCC patients categorized into C. sinensis (-) HCC and C. sinensis (+) HCC groups was conducted. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to assess the association between C. sinensis infection and clinical factors. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were used to evaluate survival outcomes. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine CK19 and EpCAM expression in HCC specimens. RESULTS Compared to C. sinensis (-) HCC patients, C. sinensis (+) HCC patients exhibited advanced Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage, higher male prevalence and more liver cirrhosis as well as elevated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), eosinophil, complement 3 (C3), and complement 4 (C4) values. C. sinensis infection correlated with shorter overall survival (OS) (p < 0.05) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) (p < 0.05). Furthermore, Cox multivariate analysis revealed that C. sinensis infection was an independent prognostic factor for OS in HCC patients. Importantly, C. sinensis infection upregulated the expression of HCC cancer stem cell markers CK19 and EpCAM. CONCLUSION HCC patients with C. sinensis infection exhibit a poor prognosis following hepatectomy. Moreover, C. sinensis infection promotes the acquisition of cancer stem cell-like characteristics, consequently accelerating the malignant progression of HCC. AUTHOR SUMMARY Clonorchis sinensis (C. sinensis) is a prominent food-borne parasite prevalent in regions such as China, particularly in Guangxi. C. sinensis has been associated with various hepatobiliary system injuries, encompassing inflammation, periductal fibrosis, cholangiocarcinoma and even hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A substantial body of evidence links C. sinensis to cholangiocarcinoma, However, the connection between C. sinensis and HCC and the intricate mechanisms underlying its contribution to HCC development remain incompletely elucidated. Our study demonstrates clear clinicopathological associations between C. sinensis and HCC, such as gender, BCLC stage, liver cirrhosis, MVI, AFP, CA19-9, circulating eosinophils and complements. Furthermore, we found that the co-occurrence of C. sinensis exhibited a significant association with shorter OS and RFS in patients diagnosed with HCC. A major finding was that C. sinensis infection promotes the acquisition of cancer stem cell-like characteristics, consequently accelerating the malignant progression of HCC. Our results provide a more comprehensive comprehension of the interplay between C. sinensis and HCC, shedding fresh light on the carcinogenic potential of C. sinensis.
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- Qiumei Lin
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center for Tissue & Organ Injury and Repair Medicine, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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Kim JY, Kim J, Lim YS, Gwak GY, Yeo I, Kim Y, Lee J, Shin D, Lee JH, Kim Y. Proteome Multimarker Panel for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Multicenter Derivation, Validation, and Comparison. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:29934-29943. [PMID: 36061641 PMCID: PMC9434733 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Conventional methods for the surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by imaging, with and without serum tumor markers, are suboptimal with regard to accuracy. We aimed to develop and validate a reliable serum biomarker panel for the early detection of HCC using a proteomic technique. This multicenter case-control study comprised 727 patients with HCC and patients with risk factors but no HCC. We developed a multiple reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry (MRM-MS) multimarker panel using 17 proteins from the sera of 398 patients. Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC) values of this MRM-MS panel with and without α-fetoprotein (AFP) and protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II) were compared. The combination and standalone MRM-MS panels had higher AUROC values than AFP in the training (0.940 and 0.929 vs 0.775, both P < 0.05), test (0.894 and 0.893 vs 0.593, both P < 0.05), and confirmation sets (0.961 and 0.937 vs 0.806, both P < 0.05) in detecting small single HCC. The combination and standalone MRM-MS panels had significantly higher AUROC values than the GALAD score (0.945 and 0.931 vs 0.829, both P < 0.05). Our proteome 17-protein multimarker panel distinguished HCC patients from high-risk controls and had high accuracy in the early detection of HCC.
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- Ju Yeon Kim
- Department
of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary
Program of Bioengineering, Graduate School,
Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Gastroenterology, Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 44610, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, Republic
of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary
Program of Bioengineering, Graduate School,
Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary
Program of Bioengineering, Graduate School,
Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University
College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University
College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary
Program of Bioengineering, Graduate School,
Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Malik A, Thanekar U, Amarachintha S, Mourya R, Nalluri S, Bondoc A, Shivakumar P. "Complimenting the Complement": Mechanistic Insights and Opportunities for Therapeutics in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Front Oncol 2021; 10:627701. [PMID: 33718121 PMCID: PMC7943925 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.627701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver and a leading cause of death in the US and worldwide. HCC remains a global health problem and is highly aggressive with unfavorable prognosis. Even with surgical interventions and newer medical treatment regimens, patients with HCC have poor survival rates. These limited therapeutic strategies and mechanistic understandings of HCC immunopathogenesis urgently warrant non-palliative treatment measures. Irrespective of the multitude etiologies, the liver microenvironment in HCC is intricately associated with chronic necroinflammation, progressive fibrosis, and cirrhosis as precedent events along with dysregulated innate and adaptive immune responses. Central to these immunological networks is the complement cascade (CC), a fundamental defense system inherent to the liver which tightly regulates humoral and cellular responses to noxious stimuli. Importantly, the liver is the primary source for biosynthesis of >80% of complement components and expresses a variety of complement receptors. Recent studies implicate the complement system in liver inflammation, abnormal regenerative responses, fibrosis, carcinogenesis, and development of HCC. Although complement activation differentially promotes immunosuppressive, stimulant, and angiogenic microenvironments conducive to HCC development, it remains under-investigated. Here, we review derangement of specific complement proteins in HCC in the context of altered complement regulatory factors, immune-activating components, and their implications in disease pathogenesis. We also summarize how complement molecules regulate cancer stem cells (CSCs), interact with complement-coagulation cascades, and provide therapeutic opportunities for targeted intervention in HCC.
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- Astha Malik
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
- Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Barati M, Javanmardi F, Mousavi Jazayeri SMH, Jabbari M, Rahmani J, Barati F, Nickho H, Davoodi SH, Roshanravan N, Mousavi Khaneghah A. Techniques, perspectives, and challenges of bioactive peptide generation: A comprehensive systematic review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2020; 19:1488-1520. [PMID: 33337080 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Due to the digestible refractory and absorbable structures of bioactive peptides (BPs), they could induce notable biological impacts on the living organism. In this regard, the current study was devoted to providing an overview regarding the available methods for BPs generation by the aid of a systematic review conducted on the published articles up to April 2019. In this context, the PubMed and Scopus databases were screened to retrieve the related publications. According to the results, although the characterization of BPs mainly has been performed using enzymatic and microbial in-vitro methods, they cannot be considered as suitable techniques for further stimulation of digestion in the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, new approaches for both in-vivo and in-silico methods for BPs identification should be developed to overcome the obstacles that belonged to the current methods. The purpose of this review was to compile the recent analytical methods applied for studying various aspects of food-derived biopeptides, and emphasizing generation at in vitro, in vivo, and in silico.
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- Meisam Barati
- Student Research Committee, Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetic, National Institute and Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology; Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Chu G, Jiao W, Yang X, Liang Y, Li Z, Niu H. C3, C3AR1, HLA-DRA, and HLA-E as potential prognostic biomarkers for renal clear cell carcinoma. Transl Androl Urol 2020; 9:2640-2656. [PMID: 33457236 PMCID: PMC7807358 DOI: 10.21037/tau-20-699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Prognostic biomarkers play a vital role in the early detection of the cancer and assessment of prognosis. With advances in technology, a large number of biomarkers of kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) have been discovered, but their prognostic value has not been fully investigated, and thus have not been widely used in clinical practice. We aimed to identify the reliable markers associated with the prognosis of KIRC patients. Methods We obtained 72 normal samples and 539 tumor samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and 23 normal samples and 32 tumor samples from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). Overlapping differentially expressed genes (ODEGs) were analyzed by Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses, followed by construction of a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network to screen hub genes. Kaplan-Meier analysis, univariate Cox analysis, multivariate Cox analysis, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) were performed to verify the prognostic value and function of the markers we selected. The relationships among gene expression level, tumor immune cell infiltration, and immune-checkpoints were also analyzed. Results A total of 910 genes were screened out, and C3, C3AR1, HLA-DRA, and HLA-E were identified as potential tumor markers. The expression of each gene was closely associated with tumor immune cell infiltration, survival rate, and the patients’ clinical characteristics (P<0.05). C3AR1, HLA-DRA, and HLA-E were also verified as independent prognostic factors of KIRC (P<0.05), and all these potential biomarkers had a close correlation with immune checkpoints. Conclusions C3, C3AR1, HLA-DRA, and HLA-E could be reliable biomarkers of KIRC and may have a significant contribution to make in immunotherapy, thus playing an important role in the improvement of prognosis.
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- Guangdi Chu
- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University & The Biomedical Sciences Institute of Qingdao University (Qingdao Branch of SJTU Bio-X Institutes), Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Elbadry MM, Tharwat M, Mohammad EF, Abdo EF. Diagnostic accuracy of serum endothelin-1 in patients with HCC on top of liver cirrhosis. EGYPTIAN LIVER JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s43066-020-00030-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers and one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths. As the overall survival of patients with cirrhosis has improved and the global incidence of HCC has continued to increase, strategies for the early detection of HCC are urgently needed for better prognosis. In this study, we aimed to assess the accuracy of endothelin-1 in the diagnosis of HCC in cirrhotic patients in comparison with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and whether it could predict its vascular spread. This is a case–control study that included 70 cirrhotic patients with or without hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients were subjected to complete medical history taking, clinical examination and laboratory investigations including serum endothelin-1, alpha-fetoprotein, abdominal ultrasound and Triphasic multi-slice computed tomography (CT; abdomen and pelvis). The outcome results obtained for endothelin-1 were used to assess its diagnostic accuracy in HCC diagnosis and the prediction of presence of vascular spread.
Results
There was a statistically significant increase in serum endothelin-1 in HCC in comparison to cirrhotic patients and normal persons (P value < 0.001). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values at cut-off point of 5.2 pg/ml for HCC were 90%, 100%, 100%, and 90.9% respectively. There was no statistically significant association between serum endothelin-1 level and portal vein thrombosis in HCC (P value = 0.547).
Conclusion
Endothelin-1 has high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. However, it has little value for prediction of its vascular spread.
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Zhu J, Warner E, Parikh ND, Lubman DM. Glycoproteomic markers of hepatocellular carcinoma-mass spectrometry based approaches. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2019; 38:265-290. [PMID: 30472795 PMCID: PMC6535140 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most-common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Most cases of HCC develop in patients that already have liver cirrhosis and have been recommended for surveillance for an early onset of HCC. Cirrhosis is the final common pathway for several etiologies of liver disease, including hepatitis B and C, alcohol, and increasingly non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Only 20-30% of patients with HCC are eligible for curative therapy due primarily to inadequate early-detection strategies. Reliable, accurate biomarkers for HCC early detection provide the highest likelihood of curative therapy and survival; however, current early-detection methods that use abdominal ultrasound and serum alpha fetoprotein are inadequate due to poor adherence and limited sensitivity and specificity. There is an urgent need for convenient and highly accurate validated biomarkers for HCC early detection. The theme of this review is the development of new methods to discover glycoprotein-based markers for detection of HCC with mass spectrometry approaches. We outline the non-mass spectrometry based methods that have been used to discover HCC markers including immunoassays, capillary electrophoresis, 2-D gel electrophoresis, and lectin-FLISA assays. We describe the development and results of mass spectrometry-based assays for glycan screening based on either MALDI-MS or ESI analysis. These analyses might be based on the glycan content of serum or on glycan screening for target molecules from serum. We describe some of the specific markers that have been developed as a result, including for proteins such as Haptoglobin, Hemopexin, Kininogen, and others. We discuss the potential role for other technologies, including PGC chromatography and ion mobility, to separate isoforms of glycan markers. Analyses of glycopeptides based on new technologies and innovative softwares are described and also their potential role in discovery of markers of HCC. These technologies include new fragmentation methods such as EThcD and stepped HCD, which can identify large numbers of glycopeptide structures from serum. The key role of lectin extraction in various assays for intact glycopeptides or their truncated versions is also described, where various core-fucosylated and hyperfucosylated glycopeptides have been identified as potential markers of HCC. Finally, we describe the role of LC-MRMs or lectin-FLISA MRMs as a means to validate these glycoprotein markers from patient samples. These technological advancements in mass spectrometry have the potential to lead to novel biomarkers to improve the early detection of HCC.
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- Jianhui Zhu
- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, Michigan
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, Michigan
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, Michigan
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Ali LH, Higazi AM, Moness HM, Farag NM, Saad ZM, Moukareb HA, Soliman W, El Sagheer G, Abd El Hamid SR, Abdl Hamid H. Clinical significances and diagnostic utilities of both miR-215 and squamous cell carcinoma antigen-IgM versus alpha-fetoprotein in Egyptian patients with hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Exp Gastroenterol 2019; 12:51-66. [PMID: 30774409 PMCID: PMC6362918 DOI: 10.2147/ceg.s179832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. It has been widely established that the early detection of HCC enables more treatment options with improvements in prognosis and survival. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of both circulating miR-215 and squamous cell carcinoma antigen-IgM (SCCA-IgM) as serum biomarkers for HCC by examining their diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and predictive values in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced HCC patients. Subjects and methods This study included 60 patients with HCV-related HCC. In addition, 60 patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis (LC) and 60 apparently healthy subjects were involved, and served as diseased and healthy control groups, respectively. The relative expression levels of miR-215 were detected using quantitative real-time PCR. SCCA-IgM levels in serum were measured by enzyme immunoassay. We used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to calculate the diagnostic accuracy against alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). Results Relative miR-215 expression levels increased the most in HCC patients compared to that in healthy or diseased controls (P<0.001). Serum concentration of SCCA-IgM was significantly higher in HCC group than that in the two control groups. We performed multivariate analysis using AFP level, focal lesion size, and portal vein thrombosis as independent variables. ROC curves showed that the optimum diagnostic miR-215 cutoff value for identifying HCC patients from cirrhotic ones was 417 (sensitivity, 97%; specificity, 91%) and for SCCA-IgM was 95 AU/mL (sensitivity, 92%; specificity, 98%). Moreover, the superiority of both miR-215 and SCCA-IgM to AFP is obvious in our study and this superiority is more evident in distinguishing HCC with AFP levels <200 ng/mL and HCC patients with small-sized focal lesions from cirrhotic patients. Conclusion Cell-free miR-215 and serum SCCA-IgM could be used for early diagnosis of HCC either each one as a single marker or with AFP complement measurement.
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- Lamia H Ali
- Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt,
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- Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt,
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- Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt,
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- Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt,
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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Potential Role of Microfibrillar-Associated Protein 4, Fibrotic Indices and Oxidative Stress in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Sci Pharm 2018; 86:scipharm86040044. [DOI: 10.3390/scipharm86040044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. In an attempt to understand some potential mechanisms of persistence and oncogenicity of Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related HCC, microfibrillar-associated protein 4 (MFAP4), fibrotic indices and oxidative status biomarkers were assessed in the sera of 50 patients with HCV-associated HCC, 25 patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis and 15 healthy individuals. Serum oxidized Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and malondialdehyde showed significant elevation in HCC patients compared to the control group (p < 0.001), as well as cirrhotic patients (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively), while serum glutathione content and superoxide dismutase activity were significantly decreased in HCC patients compared to the control group (p < 0.001). Serum MFAP4, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis index based on the 4 factors (FIB-4) and Forns index showed significant increase in HCC patients compared to the control group (p < 0.001), while only APRI and FIB-4 were significantly different between HCC and cirrhotic patients (p < 0.05), with a sensitivity of 86% and 92%, respectively, at cut off ≥0.7 for APRI and ≥1.57 for FIB-4. Therefore, increasing oxidative stress and fibrosis might mediate HCV induced cirrhosis and HCC. APRI and FIB-4 may be used as a simple non-expensive formula for the screening of HCC rather than MFAP4.
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El-Shazly SF, Eid MA, El-Sourogy HA, Attia GF, Ezzat SA. Evaluation of Serum Dna Integrity as a Screening and Prognostic Tool in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int J Biol Markers 2018; 25:79-86. [DOI: 10.1177/172460081002500204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignancy in Egypt due to the high frequency of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among the general population. Circulating free DNA is a potential molecular marker for the diagnosis and prognosis of malignant tumors. DNA released from apoptotic cells usually consists of short uniform fragments while DNA released from cancer cells is longer. The ratio of long DNA fragments to total DNA (DNA integrity) may be a potential marker for early detection of HCC and its progression in HCV patients. Methods Sera from 25 patients with HCV-related HCC, 25 patients with chronic HCV infection, and 15 healthy volunteers were examined for Alu repeats by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) using 2 sets of primers of 115 and 247 base pairs. DNA integrity was calculated as the ratio of 247-bp to 115-bp Alu fragments. Results Compared with healthy volunteers and HCV patients, significantly higher DNA integrity was found in HCC patients. DNA integrity was associated with tumor size, TNM stage, vascular invasion, lymph node involvement, and distant metastasis. DNA integrity had a higher sensitivity and specificity in discriminating HCC from HCV patients than total DNA. Patients with high DNA integrity had a significantly shorter overall survival and high DNA integrity was shown to be an independent prognostic factor for survival in HCV-related HCC. Conclusions DNA integrity is a promising molecular biomarker for detecting HCC in patients with chronic HCV infection; it reflects the progression and metastatic potential of the tumor, and high DNA integrity is associated with short overall survival in HCV-related HCC.
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- Sherien F. El-Shazly
- Department of Clinical Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta - Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta - Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta - Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta - Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta - Egypt
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El Mahdy Korah T, Abd Elfatah Badr E, Mohamed Emara M, Ahmed Samy Kohla M, Gamal Saad Michael G. Relation between sex hormones and hepatocellular carcinoma. Andrologia 2016; 48:948-955. [PMID: 26791111 DOI: 10.1111/and.12536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Males have higher incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than females. Sex hormones may be a risk factor. The aim was to determine the levels of sex hormones in male and female patients with HCC and cirrhosis versus controls and its possible relationship with HCC. This study was conducted on 90 subjects divided into 40 patients with HCC, 30 patients with liver cirrhosis and 20 apparently healthy subjects complete blood picture, liver function tests. Determination of AFP levels and hormonal assay of oestrogen, progesterone, total testosterone, prolactin, FSH and LH were performed on all subjects. Total testosterone levels were significantly decreased in the two patients groups compared with controls. While oestrogen levels were significantly decreased in the HCC group in comparison with other two groups, prolactin levels were significantly decreased in the HCC group compared with the liver cirrhosis group and increased in the liver cirrhosis group when compared to controls. FSH and LH levels were significantly increased in the HCC group when compared to controls. There is no significant correlation between sex hormones assay and both the size of HCC and degree of cirrhosis in both patient groups. It is concluded that there is no strong relation between sex hormones and HCC when the study was carried out on the levels of sex hormones in patients with HCC.
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- T El Mahdy Korah
- Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin ElKom, Egypt
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- Medical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin ElKom, Egypt.
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- Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin ElKom, Egypt
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- Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin ElKom, Egypt
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Wan-Ibrahim WI, Singh VA, Hashim OH, Abdul-Rahman PS. Biomarkers for Bone Tumors: Discovery from Genomics and Proteomics Studies and Their Challenges. Mol Med 2015; 21:861-872. [PMID: 26581086 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2015.00183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Diagnosis of bone tumor currently relies on imaging and biopsy, and hence, the need to find less invasive ways for its accurate detection. More recently, numerous promising deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and protein biomarkers with significant prognostic, diagnostic and/or predictive abilities for various types of bone tumors have been identified from genomics and proteomics studies. This article reviewed the putative biomarkers for the more common types of bone tumors (that is, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma [malignant] and giant cell tumor [benign]) that were unveiled from the studies. The benefits and drawbacks of these biomarkers, as well as the technology platforms involved in the research, were also discussed. Challenges faced in the biomarker discovery studies and the problems in their translation from the bench to the clinical settings were also addressed.
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- Wan I Wan-Ibrahim
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,University of Malaya Centre of Proteomics Research (UMCPR), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,University of Malaya Centre of Proteomics Research (UMCPR), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Proteomic profiling of occupational medicamentosa-like dermatitis induced by trichloroethylene in serum based on MALDI-TOF MS. Clin Exp Med 2014; 15:519-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s10238-014-0326-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Fye HKS, Wright-Drakesmith C, Kramer HB, Camey S, da Costa AN, Jeng A, Bah A, Kirk GD, Sharif MIF, Ladep NG, Okeke E, Hainaut P, Taylor-Robinson SD, Kessler BM, Mendy ME. Protein profiling in hepatocellular carcinoma by label-free quantitative proteomics in two west African populations. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68381. [PMID: 23935864 PMCID: PMC3728326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular Carcinoma is the third most common cause of cancer related death worldwide, often diagnosed by measuring serum AFP; a poor performance stand-alone biomarker. With the aim of improving on this, our study focuses on plasma proteins identified by Mass Spectrometry in order to investigate and validate differences seen in the respective proteomes of controls and subjects with LC and HCC. METHODS Mass Spectrometry analysis using liquid chromatography electro spray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight was conducted on 339 subjects using a pooled expression profiling approach. ELISA assays were performed on four significantly differentially expressed proteins to validate their expression profiles in subjects from the Gambia and a pilot group from Nigeria. Results from this were collated for statistical multiplexing using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS Twenty-six proteins were identified as differentially expressed between the three subject groups. Direct measurements of four; hemopexin, alpha-1-antitrypsin, apolipoprotein A1 and complement component 3 confirmed their change in abundance in LC and HCC versus control patients. These trends were independently replicated in the pilot validation subjects from Nigeria. The statistical multiplexing of these proteins demonstrated performance comparable to or greater than ALT in identifying liver cirrhosis or carcinogenesis. This exercise also proposed preliminary cut offs with achievable sensitivity, specificity and AUC statistics greater than reported AFP averages. CONCLUSIONS The validated changes of expression in these proteins have the potential for development into high-performance tests usable in the diagnosis and or monitoring of HCC and LC patients. The identification of sustained expression trends strengthens the suggestion of these four proteins as worthy candidates for further investigation in the context of liver disease. The statistical combinations also provide a novel inroad of analyses able to propose definitive cut-offs and combinations for evaluation of performance.
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- Haddy K. S. Fye
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology - University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Department of Disease Control and Elimination, MRC Unit (UK) The Gambia Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology - University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology - University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory Services and Bio-bank Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
- Departamento de Estatistica, Instituto de Matematica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, Brazil
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- Laboratory Services and Bio-bank Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Disease Control and Elimination, MRC Unit (UK) The Gambia Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Department of Disease Control and Elimination, MRC Unit (UK) The Gambia Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Department of Epidemiology - Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Liver Unit - Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Liver Unit - Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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- Laboratory Services and Bio-bank Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
- The International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France
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- Liver Unit - Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology - University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory Services and Bio-bank Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
- Department of Disease Control and Elimination, MRC Unit (UK) The Gambia Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
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Musharraf SG, Hashmi N, Choudhary MI, Rizvi N, Usman A, Atta-ur-Rahman. Comparison of plasma from healthy nonsmokers, smokers, and lung cancer patients: pattern-based differentiation profiling of low molecular weight proteins and peptides by magnetic bead technology with MALDI-TOF MS. Biomarkers 2012; 17:223-30. [PMID: 22356277 DOI: 10.3109/1354750x.2012.657245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CONTEXT Smoking is the major contributor of lung cancer (LC), which accounts for millions of death. OBJECTIVE This study focused on the correlation between the proteomic profiling of LC patients, and healthy nonsmokers and smokers. METHOD Pattern-based peptide profiling of 186 plasma samples was performed through reversed-phase chromatography-18 magnetic bead fractionation coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis and resulted data were evaluated statistically by ClinProTool. RESULTS Marker peaks at m/z 1760, 5773, 5851, 2940, and 7172 were found with an excellent statistical figure. CONCLUSION Selected marker peaks can be served as a differentiated tool of LC patients with high sensitivity and specificity.
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- Syed G Musharraf
- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Callesen AK, Mogensen O, Jensen AK, Kruse TA, Martinussen T, Jensen ON, Madsen JS. Reproducibility of mass spectrometry based protein profiles for diagnosis of ovarian cancer across clinical studies: A systematic review. J Proteomics 2012; 75:2758-72. [PMID: 22366292 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The focus of this systematic review is to give an overview of the current status of clinical protein profiling studies using MALDI and SELDI MS platforms in the search for ovarian cancer biomarkers. A total of 34 profiling studies were qualified for inclusion in the review. Comparative analysis of published discriminatory peaks to peaks found in an original MALDI MS protein profiling study was made to address the key question of reproducibility across studies. An overlap was found despite substantial heterogeneity between studies relating to study design, biological material, pre-analytical treatment, and data analysis. About 47% of the peaks reported to be associated to ovarian cancer were also represented in our experimental study, and 34% of these redetected peaks also showed a significant difference between cases and controls in our study. Thus, despite known problems related to reproducibility an overlap in peaks between clinical studies was demonstrated, which indicate convergence toward a set of common discriminating, reproducible peaks for ovarian cancer. The potential of the discriminating protein peaks for clinical use as ovarian cancer biomarkers will be discussed and evaluated. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteomics: The clinical link.
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- Anne K Callesen
- Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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Lenco J, Lan R, Edwards N, Goldman R. MS/MS library facilitated MRM quantification of native peptides prepared by denaturing ultrafiltration. Proteome Sci 2012; 10:7. [PMID: 22304756 PMCID: PMC3331852 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-10-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Naturally occurring native peptides provide important information about physiological states of an organism and its changes in disease conditions but protocols and methods for assessing their abundance are not well-developed. In this paper, we describe a simple procedure for the quantification of non-tryptic peptides in body fluids. The workflow includes an enrichment step followed by two-dimensional fractionation of native peptides and MS/MS data management facilitating the design and validation of LC- MRM MS assays. The added value of the workflow is demonstrated in the development of a triplex LC-MRM MS assay used for quantification of peptides potentially associated with the progression of liver disease to hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Juraj Lenco
- Georgetown University, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
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Isailovic D, Plasencia MD, Gaye MM, Stokes ST, Kurulugama RT, Pungpapong V, Zhang M, Kyselova Z, Goldman R, Mechref Y, Novotny MV, Clemmer DE. Delineating diseases by IMS-MS profiling of serum N-linked glycans. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:576-85. [PMID: 22148953 PMCID: PMC3337085 DOI: 10.1021/pr200777u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Altered branching and aberrant expression of N-linked glycans is known to be associated with disease states such as cancer. However, the complexity of determining such variations hinders the development of specific glycomic approaches for assessing disease states. Here, we examine a combination of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and mass spectrometry (MS) measurements, with principal component analysis (PCA) for characterizing serum N-linked glycans from 81 individuals: 28 with cirrhosis of the liver, 25 with liver cancer, and 28 apparently healthy. Supervised PCA of combined ion-mobility profiles for several, to as many as 10 different mass-to-charge ratios for glycan ions, improves the delineation of diseased states. This extends an earlier study [J. Proteome Res.2008, 7, 1109-1117] of isomers associated with a single glycan (S(1)H(5)N(4)) in which PCA analysis of the IMS profiles appeared to differentiate the liver cancer group from the other samples. Although performed on a limited number of test subjects, the combination of IMS-MS for different combinations of ions and multivariate PCA analysis shows promise for characterizing disease states.
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- Dragan Isailovic
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2068
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2068
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Univ. Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: Initial institutional experience. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Bateson H, Saleem S, Loadman PM, Sutton CW. Use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry in cancer research. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2011; 64:197-206. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Revised: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Bateson H, Saleem S, Loadman PM, Sutton CW. Use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry in cancer research. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2011; 64:197-206. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.vascn.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Bakry R, Rainer M, Huck C, Bonn G. Protein profiling for cancer biomarker discovery using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and infrared imaging: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2011; 690:26-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Pelikan RC, Hauskrecht M. Automatic selection of preprocessing methods for improving predictions on mass spectrometry protein profiles. AMIA ... ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. AMIA SYMPOSIUM 2010; 2010:632-636. [PMID: 21347055 PMCID: PMC3041275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Mass spectrometry proteomic profiling has potential to be a useful clinical screening tool. One obstacle is providing a standardized method for preprocessing the noisy raw data. We have developed a system for automatically determining a set of preprocessing methods among several candidates. Our system's automated nature relieves the analyst of the need to be knowledgeable about which methods to use on any given dataset. Each stage of preprocessing is approached with many competing methods. We introduce metrics which are used to balance each method's attempts to correct noise versus preserving valuable discriminative information. We demonstrate the benefit of our preprocessing system on several SELDI and MALDI mass spectrometry datasets. Downstream classification is improved when using our system to preprocess the data.
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A common belief is that the earlier that cancer is detected, the better the chance exists for reduced mortality and morbidity. The advent of new and emerging molecular, genetic, and imaging technologies has broadened the possible strategies for early detection and prevention, but a beneficial impact on mortality needs to be supported by clinical evidence. Molecular markers are being identified that are enhancing our ability to predict and detect cancer before it develops and at the earliest signs of impending carcinogenic transformation. Of the innumerable molecular markers in development, a standalone early detection marker with acceptable sensitivity and specificity is available for bladder cancer, although for most cancer sites there are promising avenues of research that will likely produce results in the next decade. The perfect molecular marker would be one that is inherently related to the disease, specifically to the processes of malignant tumorigenesis or to the defense mechanisms of the individual. For example, mutations associated with increased cancer risk often produce gene products that interfere with tumor-suppressor pathways (eg, DNA repair or cell-cycle control) or support oncogenic pathways (eg, through genetic instability or silencing the apoptotic pathway). Finding molecular markers associated with these processes, and where in the process they produce their actions, can lead to interventions based on maintaining support for the normal process and interrupting the action of the products of the mutation. The search for molecular markers for cancer prevention and early detection presents a formidable challenge that requires a systematic and scientifically sound validation process. The search encompasses a broad range of scientific disciplines, including biochemistry, genetics, histology, immunology, informatic technologies, and epidemiology; strategies to identify and understand molecular markers are approached with multidisciplinary teams focused on understanding the mechanistic basis of cancer and the processes and pathways that underlie carcinogenesis.
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- Barbara K Dunn
- National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention, Bethesda, MD 20892-7340, USA.
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Abdel-Aziz DH, Sabry NA, El-Sayed MH, El-Gazayerly ON. Efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon in children and adolescents infected with chronic hepatitis C: a preliminary study. J Pharm Pract 2010; 24:203-10. [PMID: 21712215 DOI: 10.1177/0897190010367737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This study researches the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon alpha-2a (pegIFNα-2a) in Egyptian children and adolescents diagnosed with hepatitis C virus. Thirty patients were enrolled to receive pegIFN once a week with ribavirin twice daily for 12 weeks; viral load and experienced adverse effects were then assessed. Of the 30 patients, 16 (53.33%) were cleared from the virus, showing early virologic response (EVR). Three patients (10%) showed a 2-log reduction by week 12, with an overall early response rate of 63.33%. Three patients who showed EVR after 4 weeks relapsed by week 12. Levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalized at week 12. Adverse events included fever, myalgia, headache, flu-like symptoms, fatigue, anemia, and leucopenia; 63.33% of the patients showed significant reduction in their body weight. Although the patients showed a reduction in average body mass index, this reduction was not significant. Hemoglobin values decreased within the first 2 weeks and then stabilized but not back to baseline. A significant reduction in the level of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) was observed by the 4th week and started to improve by the 12th week. Of the recruited patients, 29.4% were subjected to IFN dose reduction. None of the patients with neutropenia developed serious infection or sepsis. The authors concluded that pegIFN plus ribavirin therapy is promising when tested on Egyptian children.
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Tang Z, Varghese RS, Bekesova S, Loffredo CA, Hamid MA, Kyselova Z, Mechref Y, Novotny MV, Goldman R, Ressom HW. Identification of N-glycan serum markers associated with hepatocellular carcinoma from mass spectrometry data. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:104-12. [PMID: 19764807 DOI: 10.1021/pr900397n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Glycocylation represents the most complex and widespread post-translational modifications in human proteins. The variation of glycosylation is closely related to oncogenic transformation. Therefore, profiling of glycans detached from proteins is a promising strategy to identify biomarkers for cancer detection. This study identified candidate glycan biomarkers associated with hepatocellular carcinoma by mass spectrometry. Specifically, mass spectrometry data were analyzed with a peak selection procedure which incorporates multiple random sampling strategies with recursive feature selection based on support vector machines. Ten peak sets were obtained from different combinations of samples. Seven peaks were shared by each of the 10 peaksets, in which 7-12 peaks were selected, indicating 58-100% of peaks were shared by the 10 peaksets. Support vector machines and hierarchical clustering method were used to evaluate the performance of the peaksets. The predictive performance of the seven peaks was further evaluated by using 19 newly generated MALDI-TOF spectra. Glycan structures for four glycans of the seven peaks were determined. Literature search indicated that the structures of the four glycans could be found in some cancer-related glycoproteins. The method of this study is significant in deriving consistent, accurate, and biological significant glycan marker candidates for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis.
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- Zhiqun Tang
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Sawai S, Umemura H, Mori M, Satoh M, Hayakawa S, Kodera Y, Tomonaga T, Kuwabara S, Nomura F. Serum levels of complement C4 fragments correlate with disease activity in multiple sclerosis: Proteomic analysis. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 218:112-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 10/22/2009] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Findeisen P, Neumaier M. Mass spectrometry based proteomics profiling as diagnostic tool in oncology: current status and future perspective. Clin Chem Lab Med 2009; 47:666-84. [PMID: 19445650 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2009.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Proteomics analysis has been heralded as a novel tool for identifying new and specific biomarkers that may improve diagnosis and monitoring of various disease states. Recent years have brought a number of proteomics profiling technologies. Although proteomics profiling has resulted in the detection of disease-associated differences and modification of proteins, current proteomics technologies display certain limitations that are hampering the introduction of these new technologies into clinical laboratory diagnostics and routine applications. In this review, we summarize current advances in mass spectrometry based biomarker discovery. The promises and challenges of this new technology are discussed with particular emphasis on diagnostic perspectives of mass-spectrometry based proteomics profiling for malignant diseases.
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- Peter Findeisen
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Cancer-specific MALDI-TOF profiles of blood serum and plasma: biological meaning and perspectives. J Proteomics 2009; 73:537-51. [PMID: 19782778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2009] [Revised: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry has become a popular tool of cancer research during the last decade. High throughput and relative simplicity of this technology have made it attractive for biomarker discovery and validation across various platforms in blood serum/plasma. Many technical approaches have been developed for plasma/serum profiling including protein-chip based SELDI-TOF mass-spectrometry, purification of serum on magnetic beads, analysis of carrier-associated fraction and mass-spectrometric immunoassays. Extensive data about the identity of differential features detected on mass-spectra up to now makes it possible to draw conclusions about potency and perspectives of MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry in this field. A great majority of identified differentially expressed proteins are either house-keeping or inflammatory proteins as well as their modifications or fragments. Discriminating ability of mass-spectra is likely to be based on differential modification and fragmentation patterns of abundant serum proteins reflecting activity of enzymes including proteases and their inhibitors.
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Lattová E, McKenzie EJ, Gruwel MLH, Spicer V, Goldman R, Perreault H. Mass spectrometric study of N-glycans from serum of woodchucks with liver cancer. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:2983-2995. [PMID: 19685473 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Woodchucks have been a preferred lab animal model of chronic hepatitis B viral infection. The model recapitulates the disease progression of HBV infection to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and has documented similarities in protein glycosylation with human HCC. This study examined N-glycans in serum of animals with(out) HCC. Oligosaccharides were released enzymatically using PNGaseF from total serum or from serum partially fractionated by extraction. Two different extraction procedures - reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) on a cation-exchange/reversed-phase STRATA-XC cartridge - were used with the purpose of confirming glycosylation profiles. Oligosaccharides were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) after derivatization with phenylhydrazine and/or permethylation. Characteristic fragment ions produced under MS/MS conditions allowed discrimination between isomeric structures of oligosaccharides, including those sialylated with two types of acidic residues. The complementary methods allowed structural characterization of oligosaccharides from various N-glycan classes. Furthermore, to validate results, glycosylation profiles of woodchuck sera were compared to glycans obtained from mouse serum on the same conditions. In summary, we have identified 40 N-glycan structures in the serum of woodchucks and some types of oligosaccharide structures appeared to increase in HCC samples following protease digest. The study provides improved tools for the characterization of N-glycans from total serum in the progression of liver disease.
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- Erika Lattová
- Chemistry Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
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Braicu C, Burz C, Berindan-Neagoe I, Balacescu O, Graur F, Cristea V, Irimie A. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Tumorigenesis and Prediction Markers. Gastroenterology Res 2009; 2:191-199. [PMID: 27942274 PMCID: PMC5139741 DOI: 10.4021/gr2009.07.1304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies. Although many advances have been made in the clinical study of HCC, the prognosis remains poor. Despite the discoveries in cancer biology in respect with physiological and pathological factors in relation to prognosis, HCC remains still a fatal disease due to late diagnosis. For improving the outcomes of patients with HCC, it is important to identify the factors predisposing to patient death. In recent years, based on cellular and molecular biology techniques, many tumor markers related to invasion, metastasis, recurrence and survival have been explored. However, routine biomarkers for the prediction of HCC evolution and prognosis are available in small number and less specific. These reviews focus on the recent advances in HCC tumorigenesis, revealing those biomarkers with prognosis significance or can be used for early detection.
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Cancer Institute "I Chiricuta", Cluj-Napoca, Romania; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Cancer Institute "I Chiricuta", Cluj-Napoca, Romania; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Liao J, Yin ZF. Progress in proteomics-based diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2009; 17:284-287. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v17.i3.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Over the years, the research for new biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma has been slow. Proteomics technology, mainly including two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, has provided a very good platform for finding new biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma and sped up the study of laboratory diagnosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. This paper reviewed the recent progress in the laboratory diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma based on proteomics technology.
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Ritorto MS, Borlak J. A simple and reliable protocol for mouse serum proteome profiling studies by use of two-dimensional electrophoresis and MALDI TOF/TOF mass spectrometry. Proteome Sci 2008; 6:25. [PMID: 18789141 PMCID: PMC2563006 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-6-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Unravelling the serum proteome is the subject of intensified research. In this regard, two-dimensional electrophoresis coupled with MALDI MS analysis is still one of the most commonly used method. Despite some improvements, there is the need for better protocols to enable comprehensive identification of serum proteins. Here we report a combination of two proteomic strategies, zoom in acidic and neutral part of 2-D gels and an application of two optimised matrix preparations for MALDI-MS analyses to simplify serum proteome mapping. Results Mouse serum proteins were separated by 2-D electrophoresis at the pH ranges 3–10 and 4–7, respectively. Then in gel tryptic digests were analysed by MALDI-MS. Notably, sample-matrix preparations consisted of either a thin-layer α-ciano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) matrix deposition or a matrix-layer 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB). This enabled an identification of 90 proteins. The herein reported method enhanced identification of proteins by 32% when compared with previously published studies of mouse serum proteins, using the same approaches. Furthermore, experimental improvements of matrix preparations enabled automatic identification of mouse proteins, even when one of the two matrices failed. Conclusion We report a simple and reliable protocol for serum proteome analysis that combines an optimized resolution of 2-D gels spots and improved sample-matrix preparations for MALDI-MS analysis. The protocol allowed automated data acquisition for both CHCA and DHB and simplified the MS data acquisition therefore avoiding time-consuming procedures. The simplicity and reliability of the developed protocol may be applied universally.
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- Maria Stella Ritorto
- Department of Drug Research and Medical Biotechnology, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hanover, Germany.
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Identification of potential serum markers for nasopharyngeal carcinoma from a xenografted mouse model using Cy-dye labeling combined with three-dimensional fractionation. Proteomics 2008; 8:3605-20. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200701034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Isailovic D, Kurulugama RT, Plasencia MD, Stokes ST, Kyselova Z, Goldman R, Mechref Y, Novotny MV, Clemmer DE. Profiling of human serum glycans associated with liver cancer and cirrhosis by IMS-MS. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:1109-17. [PMID: 18237112 PMCID: PMC3727278 DOI: 10.1021/pr700702r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Aberrant glycosylation of human glycoproteins is related to various physiological states, including the onset of diseases such as cancer. Consequently, the search for glycans that could be markers of diseases or targets of therapeutic drugs has been intensive. Here, we describe a high-throughput ion mobility spectrometry/mass spectrometry analysis of N-linked glycans from human serum. Distributions of glycans are assigned according to their m/z values, while ion mobility distributions provide information about glycan conformational and isomeric composition. Statistical analysis of data from 22 apparently healthy control patients and 39 individuals with known diseases (20 with cirrhosis of the liver and 19 with liver cancer) shows that ion mobility distributions for individual m/z ions appear to be sufficient to distinguish patients with liver cancer or cirrhosis. Measurements of glycan conformational and isomeric distributions by IMS-MS may provide insight that is valuable for detecting and characterizing disease states.
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