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Hill R, Madureira PA, Ferreira B, Baptista I, Machado S, Colaҫo L, Dos Santos M, Liu N, Dopazo A, Ugurel S, Adrienn A, Kiss-Toth E, Isbilen M, Gure AO, Link W. Retraction Note: TRIB2 confers resistance to anti-cancer therapy by activating the serine/threonine protein kinase AKT. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4341. [PMID: 37468494 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40050-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Richard Hill
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine (DCBM), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
- Brain Tumour Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, Portsmouth, UK
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- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Bayer AG, Drug Discovery Oncology Research, Berlin, D-13342, Germany
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- Genomics Unit, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, 45147, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06533, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06533, Turkey
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine (DCBM), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal.
- Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal.
- Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal.
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Kucukkaraduman B, Turk C, Fallacara AL, Isbilen M, Senses KM, Ayyildiz ZO, Akbar MW, Lotem M, Botta M, Gure AO. Predictive Gene Signature for Pyrazolopyrimidine Derivative c-Src Inhibitor 10a Sensitivity in Melanoma Cells. ACS Med Chem Lett 2020; 11:928-932. [PMID: 32435407 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Melanoma is a highly aggressive cancer with poor prognosis. Although more than 80% of melanomas harbor an activating mutation in genes within the MAPK pathway, which are mutually exclusive, usefulness of therapies targeting MAPK pathway are impeded by innate and/or acquired resistance in most patients. In this study, using melanoma cells, we report the efficacy of a recently developed pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derived c-Src inhibitor 10a and identify a molecular signature which is predictive of 10a chemosensitivity. We show that the expression of TMED7, PLOD2, XRCC5, and NSUN5 are candidate biomarkers for 10a sensitivity. Although an undifferentiated/mesenchymal/invasive status of melanoma cells is associated with resistance to 10a, we show here for the first time that melanoma cells can be sensitized to 10a via treatment with valproic acid, a histone deacetylase inhibitor.
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- Baris Kucukkaraduman
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara 06510, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, “Department of Excellence 2018-2022”, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, Siena 53100, Italy
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- DNAFect Genetics Consulting R&D and Biotechnology Inc., Kocaeli 41470, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak 67100, Turkey
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- Department of Genome Sciences and Molecular Biotechnology, Izmir International Biomedicine and Genome Institute, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Sharett Institute of Oncology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Ein Karem Campus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, “Department of Excellence 2018-2022”, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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Bulkowska M, Rybicka A, Senses KM, Ulewicz K, Witt K, Szymanska J, Taciak B, Klopfleisch R, Hellmén E, Dolka I, Gure AO, Mucha J, Mikow M, Gizinski S, Krol M. MicroRNA expression patterns in canine mammary cancer show significant differences between metastatic and non-metastatic tumours. BMC Cancer 2017; 17:728. [PMID: 29115935 PMCID: PMC5678797 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3751-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Background MicroRNAs may act as oncogenes or tumour suppressor genes, which make these small molecules potential diagnostic/prognostic factors and targets for anticancer therapies. Several common oncogenic microRNAs have been found for canine mammary cancer and human breast cancer. On account of this, large-scale profiling of microRNA expression in canine mammary cancer seems to be important for both dogs and humans. Methods Expression profiles of 317 microRNAs in 146 canine mammary tumours of different histological type, malignancy grade and clinical history (presence/absence of metastases) and in 25 control samples were evaluated. The profiling was performed using microarrays. Significance Analysis of Microarrays test was applied in the analysis of microarray data (both unsupervised and supervised data analyses were performed). Validation of the obtained results was performed using real-time qPCR. Subsequently, predicted targets for the microRNAs were searched for in miRBase. Results Results of the unsupervised analysis indicate that the primary factor separating the samples is the metastasis status. Predicted targets for microRNAs differentially expressed in the metastatic vs. non-metastatic group are mostly engaged in cell cycle regulation, cell differentiation and DNA-damage repair. On the other hand, the supervised analysis reveals clusters of differentially expressed microRNAs unique for the tumour type, malignancy grade and metastasis factor. Conclusions The most significant difference in microRNA expression was observed between the metastatic and non-metastatic group, which suggests a more important role of microRNAs in the metastasis process than in the malignant transformation. Moreover, the differentially expressed microRNAs constitute potential metastasis markers. However, validation of cfa-miR-144, cfa-miR-32 and cfa-miR-374a levels in blood samples did not follow changes observed in the non-metastatic and metastatic tumours. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12885-017-3751-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Malgorzata Bulkowska
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, SB Building, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Strasse 15, Building 31, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7011, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, SB Building, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Veterinary Clinic 'Elwet', Niepodleglosci 24/30, 02-653 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Large Animal Diseases with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 100, 02-797, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland.
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Senses KM, Ghasemi M, Akbar MW, Isbilen M, Fallacara AL, Frankenburg S, Schenone S, Lotem M, Botta M, Gure AO. Phenotype-based variation as a biomarker of sensitivity to molecularly targeted therapy in melanoma. Medchemcomm 2017; 8:88-95. [PMID: 28670440 PMCID: PMC5488266 DOI: 10.1039/c6md00466k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Transcriptomic phenotypes defined for melanoma have been reported to correlate with sensitivity to various drugs. In this study, we aimed to define a minimal signature that could be used to distinguish melanoma sub-types in vitro, and to determine suitable drugs by which these sub-types can be targeted. By using primary melanoma cell lines, as well as commercially available melanoma cell lines, we find that the evaluation of MLANA and INHBA expression is as capable as one based on a combined analysis performed with genes for stemness, EMT and invasion/proliferation, in identifying melanoma subtypes that differ in their sensitivity to molecularly targeted drugs. Using this approach, we find that 75% of melanoma cell lines can be treated with either the MEK inhibitor AZD6244 or the HSP90 inhibitor 17AAG.
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- Kerem M. Senses
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
, Bilkent University
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06800 Ankara
, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
, Bilkent University
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06800 Ankara
, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
, Bilkent University
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06800 Ankara
, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
, Bilkent University
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06800 Ankara
, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology
, Chemistry and Pharmacy
, University of Siena
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53100 Siena
, Italy
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- Sharett Institute of Oncology
, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital
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Ein Karem Campus
, 91120 Jerusalem
, Israel
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- Department of Pharmacy
, University of Genoa
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16132 Genoa
, Italy
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- Sharett Institute of Oncology
, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital
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Ein Karem Campus
, 91120 Jerusalem
, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology
, Chemistry and Pharmacy
, University of Siena
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53100 Siena
, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
, Bilkent University
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06800 Ankara
, Turkey
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Shih J, Rahman M, Luong QT, Lomeli SH, Riss J, Prins RM, Gure AO, Zeng G. Dominant B-cell epitopes from cancer/stem cell antigen SOX2 recognized by serum samples from cancer patients. Am J Clin Exp Immunol 2014; 3:84-90. [PMID: 25143868 PMCID: PMC4138131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Human sex determining region Y-box 2 (SOX2) is an important transcriptional factor involved in the pluripotency and stemness of human embryonic stem cells. SOX2 plays important roles in maintaining cancer stem cell activities of melanoma and cancers of the brain, prostate, breast, and lung. SOX2 is also a lineage survival oncogene for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung and esophagus. Spontaneous cellular and humoral immune responses against SOX2 present in cancer patients classify it as a tumor-associated antigen (TAA) shared by lung cancer, glioblastoma, and prostate cancer among others. In this study, B-cell epitopes were predicted using computer-assisted algorithms. Synthetic peptides based on the prediction were screened for recognition by serum samples from cancer patients using ELISA. Two dominant B-cell epitopes, SOX2:52-87 and SOX2:98-124 were identified. Prostate cancer, glioblastoma and lung cancer serum samples that recognized the above SOX2 epitopes also recognized the full-length protein based on Western blot. These B-cell epitopes may be used in assessing humoral immune responses against SOX2 in cancer immunotherapy and stem cell-related transplantation.
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- Julia Shih
- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Western University of Health SciencesPomona, CA 91766, USA
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent UniversityAnkara 06800, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Senses KM, Gonen M, Barutcu AR, Kalaylioglu Z, Isbilen M, Konu O, Chen YT, Altorki NK, Gure AO. Cancer-testis gene expression is associated with the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677 C>T polymorphism in non-small cell lung carcinoma. BMC Med Genet 2013; 14:97. [PMID: 24063603 PMCID: PMC3849821 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Background Tumor-specific, coordinate expression of cancer-testis (CT) genes, mapping to the X chromosome, is observed in more than 60% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Although CT gene expression has been unequivocally related to DNA demethylation of promoter regions, the underlying mechanism leading to loss of promoter methylation remains elusive. Polymorphisms of enzymes within the 1-carbon pathway have been shown to affect S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) production, which is the sole methyl donor in the cell. Allelic variants of several enzymes within this pathway have been associated with altered SAM levels either directly, or indirectly as reflected by altered levels of SAH and Homocysteine levels, and altered levels of DNA methylation. We, therefore, asked whether the five most commonly occurring polymorphisms in four of the enzymes in the 1-carbon pathway associated with CT gene expression status in patients with NSCLC. Methods Fifty patients among a cohort of 763 with NSCLC were selected based on CT gene expression status and typed for five polymorphisms in four genes known to affect SAM generation by allele specific q-PCR and RFLP. Results We identified a significant association between CT gene expression and the MTHFR 677 CC genotype, as well as the C allele of the SNP, in this cohort of patients. Multivariate analysis revealed that the genotype and allele strongly associate with CT gene expression, independent of potential confounders. Conclusions Although CT gene expression is associated with DNA demethylation, in NSCLC, our data suggests this is unlikely to be the result of decreased MTHFR function.
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- Kerem M Senses
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Alaiyan B, Ilyayev N, Stojadinovic A, Izadjoo M, Roistacher M, Pavlov V, Tzivin V, Halle D, Pan H, Trink B, Gure AO, Nissan A. Differential expression of colon cancer associated transcript1 (CCAT1) along the colonic adenoma-carcinoma sequence. BMC Cancer 2013; 13:196. [PMID: 23594791 PMCID: PMC3639026 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The transition from normal epithelium to adenoma and, to invasive carcinoma in the human colon is associated with acquired molecular events taking 5-10 years for malignant transformation. We discovered CCAT1, a non-coding RNA over-expressed in colon cancer (CC), but not in normal tissues, thereby making it a potential disease-specific biomarker. We aimed to define and validate CCAT1 as a CC-specific biomarker, and to study CCAT1 expression across the adenoma-carcinoma sequence of CC tumorigenesis. METHODS Tissue samples were obtained from patients undergoing resection for colonic adenoma(s) or carcinoma. Normal colonic tissue (n = 10), adenomatous polyps (n = 18), primary tumor tissue (n = 22), normal mucosa adjacent to primary tumor (n = 16), and lymph node(s) (n = 20), liver (n = 8), and peritoneal metastases (n = 19) were studied. RNA was extracted from all tissue samples, and CCAT1 expression was analyzed using quantitative real time-PCR (qRT-PCR) with confirmatory in-situ hybridization (ISH). RESULTS Borderline expression of CCAT1 was identified in normal tissue obtained from patients with benign conditions [mean Relative Quantity (RQ) = 5.9]. Significant relative CCAT1 up-regulation was observed in adenomatous polyps (RQ = 178.6 ± 157.0; p = 0.0012); primary tumor tissue (RQ = 64.9 ± 56.9; p = 0.0048); normal mucosa adjacent to primary tumor (RQ = 17.7 ± 21.5; p = 0.09); lymph node, liver and peritoneal metastases (RQ = 11,414.5 ± 12,672.9; 119.2 ± 138.9; 816.3 ± 2,736.1; p = 0.0001, respectively). qRT-PCR results were confirmed by ISH, demonstrating significant correlation between CCAT1 up-regulation measured using these two methods. CONCLUSION CCAT1 is up-regulated across the colon adenoma-carcinoma sequence. This up-regulation is evident in pre-malignant conditions and through all disease stages, including advanced metastatic disease suggesting a role in both tumorigenesis and the metastatic process.
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- Bilal Alaiyan
- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Diagnostics and Translational Research Center Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, USA
- The Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Walter Reed National Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Diagnostics and Translational Research Center Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, USA
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- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Diagnostics and Translational Research Center Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, USA
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, POB 12000, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
- Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Tsivin V, Halle D, Gure AO, Pavlov V, Roistacher M, Ilyiayev N, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S, Stojadinovic A, Trink B, Rubinstein A, Nissan A. Abstract 1172: The impact of siRNA targeting Colon Cancer Associated Transcript 1 (CCAT-1) on proliferation of HT-29 cells. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2011-1172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction: Colon cancer Associated Transcript-1 (CCAT-1) is a non-coding RNA transcript highly expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC) but not in normal colonic tissue. The role of CCAT-1 in tumorigenesis is yet to be defined. Small interfering RNAs (siRNA) are a group of sequence-specific posttranscriptional gene silencing molecules. Recent advances in the design and delivery of targeting siRNA molecules allows efficient and highly specific gene silencing in mammalian systems. The most common application of siRNA gene-silencing in oncology is to identify loss-of-function phenotypes in genes that will result in decreased proliferation or death of cancer cells.
Aim: To study the role of colon cancer associated transcript 1 (CCAT-1) in proliferation of human colon cancer cells using RNA interference.
Methods: Small interfering RNAs (siRNA) targeting CCAT-1 were transfected into HT-29 colon cancer cells. At day one, 80×105 HT-29 cells per well were plated and suspended in RPMi 1640 medium. At day two, 50 pmol CCAT-1 siRNA and 0.5 µl lipofectamine 2000 were added to each well. CCAT-1 expression was studied by real-time PCR in order to evaluate gene silencing. Cell proliferation was studied by MTT incorporation assay. Twenty four hrs after transfection, 50 µl of MTT were added to the cells media and incubated for 4 h at 37° C. The purple Formazan product, converted MTT, was dissolved by the addition of 150µl/well DMSO and OD readings were obtained at 550 nm.
Results:By examining AV average OD readings at 550 nm, untreated HT-29 cells (10 wells), cells treated with lipofectamine 2000 (10 wells) and cells silenced by siRNA of CCAT-1 (10 wells) showed a significant decrease in proliferation: 2.4±0.64, 1.54±0.63, 0.8±0.14 respectively (p=0.002). Furthermore, comparing AV OD readings between 24 and 48 h in the silenced cells, showed a decrease of 38% in proliferation. This was compared to untransfected cells and cells treated with lipofectamine 2000 which showed an increase of 39% and 22% respectively. Twenty four hrs after transfection, real time PCR results showed a reduction in CCAT-1 RNA levels of 70% compared to controls and 48 hrs after transfection, CCAT-1 RNA levels were reduced to 55% of baseline.
Conclusions: Our results may support a role for CCAT-1 in the regulation of colon cancer cell proliferation.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 1172. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-1172
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- Victoria Tsivin
- 1The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 1The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 2Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- 1The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 1The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 1The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 3Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 5Johns Hopkins School of medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- 6The School of Pharmacy Institute for Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- 1The Surgical Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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Vural B, Demirkan A, Ugurel E, Kalaylioglu-Wheeler Z, Esen BA, Gure AO, Gül A, Ozbek U. Seroreactivity against PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) in Turkish patients with Behçet's disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009; 27:S67-S72. [PMID: 19796537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral ulcers, genital ulcers and ocular inflammation, as well as skin, joint, vascular, pulmonary, central nervous system (CNS) and gastrointestinal tract manifestations. The etiopathogenesis of BD has not yet been identified; but it has generally been accepted that several environmental factors may induce an inflammatory attack in genetically susceptible individuals. In this study, we aimed to identify antigens that could elicit high-titer IgG responses by the serological analysis of recombinant expression of cDNA libraries method (SEREX). METHODS We screened a human testis cDNA library with pooled sera obtained from 4 BD patients by SEREX. Antigens that were identified with the initial analysis were selected for seroreactivity analysis of a larger group of BD patients (n=78) and controls (n=66) by serological immunoscreening. RESULTS We observed seroreactivity against 6 antigens using the pooled sera. These included rabaptin 5 (RABPT5), PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1), switch associated protein 70 (SWAP70), interferon-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 2 (IFIT2), ankyrin repeat domain 20 family, member A1 (ANKRD20A1), and an unknown antigen. Eleven out of 82 (13.4%) BD patients were found to have antibodies elicited against PINK1 antigen, when none of the control sera showed reactivity (p=0.001). There was no significant difference in the frequency of other defined antigens between the patient and control groups. However, among BD clinical sub-groups, anti-SWAP70 antibodies were found to associate with vascular involvement. DISCUSSION In this study, antibodies against PINK1 were found to specifically associate with BD while SWAP70 antibody was associated with clinical sub-groups of BD. Although variations in both genetic background and environmental factors may affect the outcome of serological responses, our results suggest that serological screening can be used to identify antigens that elicit antibody responses associated with BD.
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- B Vural
- Department of Genetics, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Jäger D, Filonenko V, Gout I, Frosina D, Eastlake-Wade S, Castelli S, Varga Z, Moch H, Chen YT, Busam KJ, Seil I, Old LJ, Nissan A, Frei C, Gure AO, Knuth A, Jungbluth AA. NY-BR-1 is a differentiation antigen of the mammary gland. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2007; 15:77-83. [PMID: 17536312 DOI: 10.1097/01.pai.0000213111.05108.a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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NY-BR-1 was recently identified by autologous serological typing of the recombinant expression library in a breast cancer patient. Extensive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed the presence of NY-BR-1 in normal breast tissue and tumors derived thereof. Except normal testis, no other normal tissue or tumors showed NY-BR-1 expression. However, nothing is known about the expression of its actual antigen. In the present study, we describe the generation of 2 new monoclonal antibodies, NY-BR-1#2 and NY-BR-1#3, to NY-BR-1 for the analysis of its expression on a protein level employing recombinant NY-BR-1 protein for the immunization of BALB/c mice. In normal tissues, immunohistochemical testing demonstrates NY-BR-1 in a mostly focal fashion in the epithelia of ducts and acini of the mammary gland. No other tissue was immunopositive including testis. In tumors, homogenous staining can be seen in almost all ductal carcinomas in situ and/or the intraductal component of invasive carcinomas. Invasive carcinomas show a lower number of NY-BR-1-positive tumors. Initial higher numbers of NY-BR-1 mRNA-positive invasive carcinomas are most likely based on sample error owing to the contamination of tumor tissue with remnants of normal breast epithelium. Sweat gland carcinomas, which are related to breast cancer, are also positive in about one-third of the cases. These data indicate that NY-BR-1 is a differentiation antigen of the mammary gland that could be useful for diagnosis and/or immunotherapy of breast carcinomas.
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- Dirk Jäger
- Medizinische Onkologie NCT, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Spisek R, Kukreja A, Chen LC, Matthews P, Mazumder A, Vesole D, Jagannath S, Zebroski HA, Simpson AJG, Ritter G, Durie B, Crowley J, Shaughnessy JD, Scanlan MJ, Gure AO, Barlogie B, Dhodapkar MV. Frequent and specific immunity to the embryonal stem cell-associated antigen SOX2 in patients with monoclonal gammopathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 204:831-40. [PMID: 17389240 PMCID: PMC2118551 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Specific targets of cellular immunity in human premalignancy are largely unknown. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) represents a precursor lesion to myeloma (MM). We show that antigenic targets of spontaneous immunity in MGUS differ from MM. MGUS patients frequently mount a humoral and cellular immune response against SOX2, a gene critical for self-renewal in embryonal stem cells. Intranuclear expression of SOX2 marks the clonogenic CD138− compartment in MGUS. SOX2 expression is also detected in a proportion of CD138+ cells in MM patients. However, these patients lack anti-SOX2 immunity. Cellular immunity to SOX2 inhibits the clonogenic growth of MGUS cells in vitro. Detection of anti-SOX2 T cells predicts favorable clinical outcome in patients with asymptomatic plasmaproliferative disorders. Harnessing immunity to antigens expressed by tumor progenitor cells may be critical for prevention and therapy of human cancer.
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- Radek Spisek
- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Gure AO, Chua R, Williamson B, Gonen M, Ferrera CA, Gnjatic S, Ritter G, Simpson AJG, Chen YT, Old LJ, Altorki NK. Cancer-Testis Genes Are Coordinately Expressed and Are Markers of Poor Outcome in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11:8055-62. [PMID: 16299236 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-05-1203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Cancer-testis genes mapping to the X chromosome have common expression patterns and show similar responses to modulators of epigenetic mechanisms. We asked whether cancer-testis gene expression occurred coordinately, and whether it correlated with variables of disease and clinical outcome of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Tumors from 523 NSCLC patients undergoing surgery were evaluated for the expression of nine cancer-testis genes (NY-ESO-1, LAGE-1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-A3, MAGE-A4, MAGE-A10, CT7/MAGE-C1, SSX2, and SSX4) by semiquantitative PCR. Clinical data available for 447 patients were used to correlate cancer-testis expression to variables of disease and clinical outcome. RESULTS At least one cancer-testis gene was expressed by 90% of squamous carcinoma, 62% of bronchioloalveolar cancer, and 67% of adenocarcinoma samples. Statistically significant coexpression was observed for 34 of the 36 possible cancer-testis combinations. Cancer-testis gene expression, either cumulatively or individually, showed significant associations with male sex, smoking history, advanced tumor, nodal and pathologic stages, pleural invasion, and the absence of ground glass opacity. Cox regression analysis revealed the expression of NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A3 as markers of poor prognosis, independent of confounding variables for adenocarcinoma of the lung. CONCLUSIONS Cancer-testis genes are coordinately expressed in NSCLC, and their expression is associated with advanced disease and poor outcome.
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- Ali O Gure
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Vural B, Chen LC, Saip P, Chen YT, Ustuner Z, Gonen M, Simpson AJG, Old LJ, Ozbek U, Gure AO. Frequency of SOX Group B (SOX1, 2, 3) and ZIC2 antibodies in Turkish patients with small cell lung carcinoma and their correlation with clinical parameters. Cancer 2005; 103:2575-83. [PMID: 15880380 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Expression of neuroectodermal markers is a key feature of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). Although immune responses against a number of these proteins have been associated with paraneoplastic neuronal disease (PND), most patients with SCLC have anti-neuroectodermal antibodies in the absence of PND. Whether these immune responses affect the clinical outcome in SCLC is critical in understanding the potential value of these proteins as cancer vaccine targets as well as in the pathogenesis of PND. METHODS The authors investigated the frequency of immunoglobulin G autoantibodies against Sry-like high-mobility group box (SOX)1, 2, 3 and Zinc-finger gene of the cerebellum (ZIC)2 proteins in stored serum samples from 90 patients utilizing the lambda-phage plaque assay. Data obtained from patient records were utilized to measure clinical correlates of seroreactivity. RESULTS Antibodies to SOX1 were present in 28% of patients and another 28% had anti-ZIC2 antibodies, classifying these as some of the most frequent antibody responses observed in SCLC. None had autoimmune paraneoplastic disease. Antibody titers were frequently as high as > or = 1:10(6) and were stable for < or = 6 months after diagnosis. Seroreactivity against either SOX1 or ZIC2 correlated with younger age, lower lactate dehydrogenase levels, and better response to initial therapy. CONCLUSIONS The frequent and stable presence of SOX Group B and/or ZIC2 antibodies in SCLC, but not in healthy individuals examined, indicates they are serological markers of SCLC. However, the correlation between known clinical parameters of less aggressive disease and seroreactivity suggests that these antibodies are indicators of better prognosis in SCLC and warrants further studies to clarify the nature of the underlying immune responses.
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- Burcak Vural
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Experimental Research, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Chen YT, Venditti CA, Theiler G, Stevenson BJ, Iseli C, Gure AO, Jongeneel CV, Old LJ, Simpson AJG. Identification of CT46/HORMAD1, an immunogenic cancer/testis antigen encoding a putative meiosis-related protein. Cancer Immun 2005; 5:9. [PMID: 15999985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Transcripts with ESTs derived exclusively or predominantly from testis, and not from other normal tissues, are likely to be products of genes with testis-restricted expression, and are thus potential cancer/testis (CT) antigen genes. A list of 371 genes with such characteristics was compiled by analyzing publicly available EST databases. RT-PCR analysis of normal and tumor tissues was performed to validate an initial selection of 20 of these genes. Several new CT and CT-like genes were identified. One of these, CT46/HORMAD1, is expressed strongly in testis and weakly in placenta; the highest level of expression in other tissues is <1% of testicular expression. The CT46/HORMAD1 gene was expressed in 31% (34/109) of the carcinomas examined, with 11% (12/109) showing expression levels >10% of the testicular level of expression. CT46/HORMAD1 is a single-copy gene on chromosome 1q21.3, encoding a putative protein of 394 aa. Conserved protein domain analysis identified a HORMA domain involved in chromatin binding. The CT46/HORMAD1 protein was found to be homologous to the prototype HORMA domain-containing protein, Hop1, a yeast meiosis-specific protein, as well as to asy1, a meiotic synaptic mutant protein in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Yao-Tseng Chen
- Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Chen YT, Scanlan MJ, Venditti CA, Chua R, Theiler G, Stevenson BJ, Iseli C, Gure AO, Vasicek T, Strausberg RL, Jongeneel CV, Old LJ, Simpson AJG. Identification of cancer/testis-antigen genes by massively parallel signature sequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:7940-5. [PMID: 15905330 PMCID: PMC1142383 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502583102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Massively parallel signature sequencing (MPSS) generates millions of short sequence tags corresponding to transcripts from a single RNA preparation. Most MPSS tags can be unambiguously assigned to genes, thereby generating a comprehensive expression profile of the tissue of origin. From the comparison of MPSS data from 32 normal human tissues, we identified 1,056 genes that are predominantly expressed in the testis. Further evaluation by using MPSS tags from cancer cell lines and EST data from a wide variety of tumors identified 202 of these genes as candidates for encoding cancer/testis (CT) antigens. Of these genes, the expression in normal tissues was assessed by RT-PCR in a subset of 166 intron-containing genes, and those with confirmed testis-predominant expression were further evaluated for their expression in 21 cancer cell lines. Thus, 20 CT or CT-like genes were identified, with several exhibiting expression in five or more of the cancer cell lines examined. One of these genes is a member of a CT gene family that we designated as CT45. The CT45 family comprises six highly similar (>98% cDNA identity) genes that are clustered in tandem within a 125-kb region on Xq26.3. CT45 was found to be frequently expressed in both cancer cell lines and lung cancer specimens. Thus, MPSS analysis has resulted in a significant extension of our knowledge of CT antigens, leading to the discovery of a distinctive X-linked CT-antigen gene family.
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- Yao-Tseng Chen
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Chen YT, Gure AO, Scanlan MJ. Serological analysis of expression cDNA libraries (SEREX): an immunoscreening technique for identifying immunogenic tumor antigens. Methods Mol Med 2005; 103:207-16. [PMID: 15542909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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SEREX (serological analysis of recombinant tumor cDNA expression libraries) is a technique designed to isolate tumor antigens that have elicited high-titer IgG responses in human hosts. This is an immunoscreening method for gene cloning, with two key features that distinguish it from earlier immunoscreenings used to identify targets in autoimmune diseases. First, the assay was designed, at last originally, to analyze autologous immunological responses to cancer, that is, the tumor cDNA library and the screening serum were obtained from the same patient. Second, the screening is performed with serum samples at high dilution (1:1000-1:100), and the secondary antibody used was specific for human IgG. This ensures that only antigens eliciting high-titer IgG responses will be isolated. This latter feature is important in that a key purpose of SEREX is to identify tumor antigens that have elicited both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in cancer patients. Several tumor antigens identified by SEREX on various types of cancer indeed showed such characteristics and these antigens are being tested as targets for therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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- Yao-Tseng Chen
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch, NY, USA
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Chen YT, Alpen B, Ono T, Gure AO, Scanlan MA, Biggs WH, Arden K, Nakayama E, Old LJ. Identification and characterization of mouse SSX genes: a multigene family on the X chromosome with restricted cancer/testis expression☆. Genomics 2003; 82:628-36. [PMID: 14611804 DOI: 10.1016/s0888-7543(03)00183-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Human SSX was first identified as the gene involved in the t(X;18) translocation in synovial sarcoma. SSX is a multigene family, with 9 complete genes on chromosome Xp11. Normally expressed almost exclusively in testis, SSX mRNA is expressed in various human tumors, defining SSX as a cancer/testis antigen. We have now cloned the mouse ortholog of SSX. Mouse SSX genes can be divided into Ssxa and Ssxb subfamilies based on sequence homology. Ssxa has only one member, whereas 12 Ssxb genes, Ssxb1 to Ssxb12, were identified by cDNA cloning from mouse testis and mouse tumors. Both Ssxa and Ssxb are located on chromosome X and show tissue-restricted mRNA expression to testis among normal tissues. All putative human and mouse SSX proteins share conserved KRAB and SSX-RD domains. Mouse tumors were found to express some, but not all, Ssxb genes, similar to the SSX activation in human tumors.
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- Yao-Tseng Chen
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 10021, New York, NY, USA
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Ayyoub M, Brehm M, Metthez G, Talbot S, Dutoit V, Taub RN, Keohan ML, Gure AO, Chen YT, Williamson B, Jungbluth AA, Old LJ, Hesdorffer CS, Valmori D. SSX antigens as tumor vaccine targets in human sarcoma. Cancer Immun 2003; 3:13. [PMID: 14533943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2003] [Accepted: 09/02/2003] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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The efficacy of current standard therapies for the treatment of sarcoma remains limited. With the aim of identifying target antigens relevant to the development of vaccine-based immunotherapy of sarcoma, we have addressed the relevance of tumor-specific antigens encoded by genes belonging to the SSX family as vaccine targets in sarcoma tumors. Expression of SSX-1 to -5 was analyzed in a collection of sarcoma tumors of diverse histological subtypes and in sarcoma cell lines. We found expression of at least one SSX-encoded antigen in 42% of sarcoma tumors, including 5 of 7 different histological subtypes, and in 50% of sarcoma cell lines. SSX-1 was the most frequently expressed family member, followed by SSX-4, -2 and -5. Expression of SSX-3 was detected in only one sample. Importantly, most SSX positive samples co-expressed more than one family member. In addition, assessment of CD8+ T cell recognition of HLA-A2+ SSX-2+ sarcoma cells showed that the latter were efficiently recognized and lysed by SSX-2-specific CTLs. The results of this study indicate that SSX antigens are relevant targets for the development of vaccine-based immunotherapy of sarcoma and encourage the start of vaccination trials using SSX-derived immunogens in sarcoma patients.
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- Maha Ayyoub
- Ludwig Institute Clinical Trial Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Cancer/testis (CT) antigens are a category of tumor antigens with normal expression restricted to male germ cells in the testis but not in adult somatic tissues. In some cases, CT antigens are also expressed in ovary and in trophoblast. In malignancy, this gene regulation is disrupted, resulting in CT antigen expression in a proportion of tumors of various types. Since their initial identification by T-cell epitope cloning, the list of CT antigens has been greatly expanded through serological expression cloning (SEREX) and differential mRNA expression analysis, and approximately 20 CT antigens or antigen families have been identified to date. Characteristics commonly shared by CT antigens, aside from the highly tissue-restricted expression profile, include existence as multigene families, frequent mapping to chromosome X, heterogeneous protein expression in cancer, likely correlation with tumor progression, induction of expression by hypomethylation and/or histone acetylation, and immunogenicity in cancer patients. Spontaneous humoral and cell-mediated immune responses have been demonstrated against several CT antigens, including NY-ESO-1, MAGE-A, and SSX antigens. Since CT antigens are immunogenic and highly restricted to tumors, their discovery has led directly to the development of antigen-specific cancer vaccines, and clinical trials with MAGE-A and NY-ESO-1 are in progress.
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- Matthew J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Pathology, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Welt S, Gordon CM, Chen YT, Gure AO, Stockert E, Jungbluth AA, Ritter G, Jäger D, Jäger E, Knuth A, Old LJ. Cancer-related serological recognition of human colon cancer: identification of potential diagnostic and immunotherapeutic targets. Cancer Res 2002; 62:4041-7. [PMID: 12124339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Monitoring human antibody recognition of tumor antigens could have potential diagnostic and prognostic significance. Serological analysis of recombinant cDNA expression libraries of human cancer has identified a number of immunogenic tumor antigens. To identify colon cancer antigens associated with a cancer-related serum IgG response, serum samples from 74 patients with colon cancer and 75 normal blood donors were screened for antibody reactivity to 77 serologically defined tumor antigens. The following 13 antigens reacted exclusively with sera from the colon cancer patients and not with sera from normal blood donors: p53, MAGEA3, SSX2, NY-ESO-1, HDAC5, MBD2, TRIP4, NY-CO-45, KNSL6, HIP1R, Seb4D, KIAA1416, and LMNA. Serum samples from 34 of 74 (46%) colon cancer patients detected 1 or more of these 13 antigens. Fifty-three of 74 colon cancer patients were of known clinicopathological stage. Analysis of antibody frequency showed that 5 of 7 (71%) stage I colon cancer patients, 4 of 11 (36%) stage II patients, 2 of 14 (14%) stage III patients, and 11 of 21 (52%) stage IV patients had serum IgG antibody that reacted with 1 or more of the 13 antigens. The mRNA expression patterns of 8 of these 13 antigens were altered in cancer. Three of the 13 antigens were cancer/testis antigens (MAGEA3, SSX2, and NY-ESO-1), which are expressed exclusively in normal gametogenic tissues and aberrantly expressed in a broad range of cancer types. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR showed that the mRNA expression levels of 2 antigens, HDAC5 and Seb4B, were down-regulated in colon cancer, 2 other antigens, KNSL6 and KIAA1416, were up-regulated, and another antigen, NY-CO-45, showed a variable level of mRNA expression in colon cancer. With regard to KNSL6 mRNA expression, only trace levels were detected in 15 different normal tissues with the exception of testis, which showed a high level of KNSL6 mRNA expression. In contrast, 9 of 9 colon cancer specimens showed overexpression of KNSL6 mRNA, ranging from 5 to 44 times the level detected in normal colon tissue, indicating that this antigen could also be a valuable therapeutic target.
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- Matthew J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Gout I, Gordon CM, Williamson B, Stockert E, Gure AO, Jäger D, Chen YT, Mackay A, O'Hare MJ, Old LJ. Humoral immunity to human breast cancer: antigen definition and quantitative analysis of mRNA expression. Cancer Immun 2001; 1:4. [PMID: 12747765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2001] [Accepted: 02/19/2001] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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The ability of the immune system to recognize structurally altered, amplified or aberrantly expressed proteins can be used to identify molecules of etiologic relevance to cancer and to define targets for cancer immunotherapy. In the current study, ninety-four distinct antigens reactive with serum IgG from breast cancer patients were identified by immunoscreening breast cancer-derived cDNA expression libraries (SEREX). A serological profile was generated for each antigen on the basis of reactivity with allogeneic sera from normal individuals and cancer patients, and mRNA expression profiles for coding sequences were assembled based upon the tissue distribution of expressed sequence tags, Northern blots and real-time RT-PCR. Forty antigens reacted exclusively with sera from cancer patients. These included well-characterized tumor antigens, e.g. MAGE-3, MAGE-6, NY-ESO-1, Her2neu and p53, as well as newly-defined breast cancer antigens, e.g. kinesin 2, TATA element modulatory factor 1, tumor protein D52 and MAGE D, and novel gene products, e.g. NY-BR-62, NY-BR-75, NY-BR-85, and NY-BR-96. With regard to expression profiles, two of the novel gene products, NY-BR-62 and NY-BR-85, were characterized by a high level of testicular mRNA expression, and were overexpressed in 60% and 90% of breast cancers, respectively. In addition, mRNA encoding tumor protein D52 was overexpressed in 60% of breast cancer specimens, while transcripts encoding SNT-1 signal adaptor protein were downregulated in 70% of these cases. This study adds to the growing list of breast cancer antigens defined by SEREX and to the ultimate objective of identifying the complete repertoire of immunogenic gene products in human cancer (the cancer immunome).
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- M J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch of Human Cancer Immunology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Altorki NK, Gure AO, Williamson B, Jungbluth A, Chen YT, Old LJ. Expression of cancer-testis antigens in lung cancer: definition of bromodomain testis-specific gene (BRDT) as a new CT gene, CT9. Cancer Lett 2000; 150:155-64. [PMID: 10704737 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00385-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In an effort to define new cancer-testis (CT) genes, we investigated whether BRDT, a testis-restricted member of the RING3 family of transcriptional regulators, is also expressed in cancer. Standard RT-PCR expression analysis detected BRDT transcripts in 12 of 47 cases of non-small cell lung cancer and single cases of both squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (1/12) and esophagus (1/12) but not in melanoma or in cancers of the colon, breast, kidney and bladder. Typing of 33 non-small cell lung cancers for coexpression of a panel of CT antigens revealed a high incidence (60%) of MAGE-3 mRNA expression, followed by MAGE-1 (36%), CT7/MAGE-C1 (30%), CT10 (30%), SSX4 (23%), BRDT (21%), NY-ESO-1 (21%) and HOM-MEL-40/SSX2 (15%). The coexpression pattern of these antigens provides a foundation for developing a polyvalent lung cancer vaccine.
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- M J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Gordan JD, Williamson B, Stockert E, Bander NH, Jongeneel V, Gure AO, Jäger D, Jäger E, Knuth A, Chen YT, Old LJ. Antigens recognized by autologous antibody in patients with renal-cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer 1999; 83:456-64. [PMID: 10508479 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19991112)83:4<456::aid-ijc4>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The screening of cDNA expression libraries derived from human tumors with autologous antibody (SEREX) is a powerful method for defining the structure of tumor antigens recognized by the humoral immune system. Sixty-five distinct antigens (NY-REN-1 to NY-REN-65) reactive with autologous IgG were identified by SEREX analysis of 4 renal cancer patients and were characterized in terms of cDNA sequence, mRNA expression pattern, and reactivity with allogeneic sera. REN-9, -10, -19, and -26 have a known association with human cancer. REN-9 (LUCA-15) and REN-10 (gene 21) map to the small cell lung cancer tumor suppressor gene locus on chromosome 3p21.3. REN-19 is equivalent to LKB1/STK11, a gene that is defective in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and cancer. REN-26 is encoded by the bcr gene involved in the [t(9:22)] bcr/abl translocation. Genes encoding 3 of the antigens in the series showed differential mRNA expression; REN-3 displays a pattern of tissue-specific isoforms, and REN-21 and REN-43 are expressed at a high level in testis in comparison to 15 other normal tissues. The other 62 antigens were broadly expressed in normal tissues. With regard to immunogenicity, 20 of the 65 antigens reacted only with autologous sera. Thirty-three antigens reacted with sera from normal donors, indicating that their immunogenicity is not restricted to cancer. The remaining 12 antigens reacted with sera from 5-25% of the cancer patients but not with sera from normal donors. Seventy percent of the renal cancer patients had antibodies directed against one or more of these 12 antigens. Our results demonstrate the potential of the SEREX approach for the analysis of the humoral immune response against human cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Antibodies, Neoplasm/metabolism
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/isolation & purification
- Blotting, Northern
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/immunology
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Gene Library
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms/genetics
- Kidney Neoplasms/immunology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Organ Specificity
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serologic Tests
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- M J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Williamson B, Jungbluth A, Stockert E, Arden KC, Viars CS, Gure AO, Gordan JD, Chen YT, Old LJ. Isoforms of the human PDZ-73 protein exhibit differential tissue expression. Biochim Biophys Acta 1999; 1445:39-52. [PMID: 10209257 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(99)00033-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Patients with renal and colon cancer frequently develop IgG autoantibodies toward the NY-CO-38/PDZ-73 antigen, a protein of 652 amino acids (73 kDa) which contains three copies of the PDZ protein-protein interaction domain. The gene encoding PDZ-73 mapped to chromosome 11p15.4-p15.1. Additional tissue-specific isoforms were identified: PDZ-45, which lacks the third PDZ domain and the putative PEST protein degradation motif, is expressed in kidney, colon, small intestine, brain and testis; PDZ-54 and PDZ-59, which also lack the third PDZ domains, have unique carboxyl terminal amino acids and are expressed in brain, kidney, bladder, colon cancer and renal cancer; and a putative PDZ-37 isoform, containing only the third PDZ domain, that is expressed in the central nervous system. Immunohistochemical staining with anti-PDZ 73 monoclonal antibodies showed strong cytoplasmic reactivity in epithelial cells of the small intestine, colon and kidney tubules, with a prominent apical staining pattern in cells of the small intestine. The reactivity pattern of the antibodies with various tissues correlated with the mRNA expression pattern of the PDZ-45 isoform. The existence of multiple PDZ-73 isoforms with variations in tissue distribution, PDZ domains, protein degradation sequences and carboxyl terminal structure indicate that these isoforms have distinct tissue-specific functions.
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- M J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Chen YT, Williamson B, Gure AO, Stockert E, Gordan JD, Türeci O, Sahin U, Pfreundschuh M, Old LJ. Characterization of human colon cancer antigens recognized by autologous antibodies. Int J Cancer 1998. [PMID: 9610721 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980529)76:5%3c652::aid-ijc7%3e3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The screening of cDNA expression libraries derived from human tumors with autologous antibody (SEREX) has proven to be a powerful method for defining the structure of tumor antigens recognized by the humoral immune system. In the present study, 48 distinct antigens (NY-CO-1-NY-CO-48) reactive with autologous IgG were identified by SEREX analysis in 4 patients with colon cancer. Sequencing analysis showed that 17 of the cDNA clones were previously uncharacterized molecules and 31 represented known gene products. The individual cDNA clones were analyzed in the following manner: a search for mutations or other structural changes; an analysis of mRNA expression in a panel of normal tissues; and a frequency analysis of the antibody response to the expressed product in the sera of colon cancer patients and normal individuals. The initial analysis showed NY-CO-13 to be a mutated version of the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Three of the 48 antigens showed a differential pattern of mRNA expression, with NY-CO-27 (galectin-4) expressed primarily in gastrointestinal tract, and NY-CO-37 and -38 showing a pattern of tissue-specific isoforms. With regard to immunogenicity, 20 of the 48 antigens were detected by allogeneic sera; 14 of these were reactive with sera from both normal donors and cancer patients, and 6 other clones (NY-CO-8, -9, -13, -16, -20 and -38) reacted exclusively with sera from colon cancer patients (ranging from 14% to 27%). Our results on colon cancer illustrate both the complexity and the potential of the SEREX approach for analysis of the humoral immune response against human cancer.
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- M J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10021, USA.
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Scanlan MJ, Chen YT, Williamson B, Gure AO, Stockert E, Gordan JD, Türeci O, Sahin U, Pfreundschuh M, Old LJ. Characterization of human colon cancer antigens recognized by autologous antibodies. Int J Cancer 1998; 76:652-8. [PMID: 9610721 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980529)76:5<652::aid-ijc7>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The screening of cDNA expression libraries derived from human tumors with autologous antibody (SEREX) has proven to be a powerful method for defining the structure of tumor antigens recognized by the humoral immune system. In the present study, 48 distinct antigens (NY-CO-1-NY-CO-48) reactive with autologous IgG were identified by SEREX analysis in 4 patients with colon cancer. Sequencing analysis showed that 17 of the cDNA clones were previously uncharacterized molecules and 31 represented known gene products. The individual cDNA clones were analyzed in the following manner: a search for mutations or other structural changes; an analysis of mRNA expression in a panel of normal tissues; and a frequency analysis of the antibody response to the expressed product in the sera of colon cancer patients and normal individuals. The initial analysis showed NY-CO-13 to be a mutated version of the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Three of the 48 antigens showed a differential pattern of mRNA expression, with NY-CO-27 (galectin-4) expressed primarily in gastrointestinal tract, and NY-CO-37 and -38 showing a pattern of tissue-specific isoforms. With regard to immunogenicity, 20 of the 48 antigens were detected by allogeneic sera; 14 of these were reactive with sera from both normal donors and cancer patients, and 6 other clones (NY-CO-8, -9, -13, -16, -20 and -38) reacted exclusively with sera from colon cancer patients (ranging from 14% to 27%). Our results on colon cancer illustrate both the complexity and the potential of the SEREX approach for analysis of the humoral immune response against human cancer.
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- M J Scanlan
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10021, USA.
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Gure AO, Türeci O, Sahin U, Tsang S, Scanlan MJ, Jäger E, Knuth A, Pfreundschuh M, Old LJ, Chen YT. SSX: a multigene family with several members transcribed in normal testis and human cancer. Int J Cancer 1997. [PMID: 9378559 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970917)72:6<965::aid-ijc8>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Analysis of t(X;18) translocation in synovial sarcoma had previously led to the definition of the SSX2 gene, the fusion partner on chromosome X. Subsequent screening of testicular cDNA libraries identified 2 highly homologous genes, SSX1 and SSX3. Among these 3 genes, SSX2 has been found to be identical to HOM-MEL-40, which codes for an immunogenic tumor antigen expressed in various human cancers. SSX2 thus belongs to the family of cancer/testis (CT) antigens, i.e., immunogenic protein antigens with characteristic mRNA expression in normal testis and in cancer. To define additional CT antigens, we have immuno-screened a testicular cDNA expression library with an allogeneic serum from a melanoma patient, and both SSX2 and SSX3 were isolated. Further studies using testicular cDNA and SSX probes defined 2 new members of this gene family, SSX4 and SSX5, while a shorter cDNA variant of SSX4 was also identified. All 5 members of the SSX family shared strong sequence homology, with nucleotide homology ranging from 88 to 95% and amino acid homology ranging from 77 to 91%. Genomic cloning of a prototype SSX gene (SSX2) showed that its coding region is encoded by 6 exons, and the shortened form of SSX4 cDNA represents an alternatively spliced product lacking the 5th exon. Analysis of SSX mRNA expression by gene-specific RT-PCR confirmed that all 5 SSX genes are expressed in testis. In addition, analysis of a panel of 12 melanoma cell lines showed strong mRNA expression of either SSX1 (3/12), SSX2 (3/12), SSX4 (1/12), or SSX5 (1/12), indicating variable activation of the genes in malignant cells.
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- A O Gure
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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Gure AO, Türeci O, Sahin U, Tsang S, Scanlan MJ, Jäger E, Knuth A, Pfreundschuh M, Old LJ, Chen YT. SSX: a multigene family with several members transcribed in normal testis and human cancer. Int J Cancer 1997; 72:965-71. [PMID: 9378559 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970917)72:6<965::aid-ijc8>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Analysis of t(X;18) translocation in synovial sarcoma had previously led to the definition of the SSX2 gene, the fusion partner on chromosome X. Subsequent screening of testicular cDNA libraries identified 2 highly homologous genes, SSX1 and SSX3. Among these 3 genes, SSX2 has been found to be identical to HOM-MEL-40, which codes for an immunogenic tumor antigen expressed in various human cancers. SSX2 thus belongs to the family of cancer/testis (CT) antigens, i.e., immunogenic protein antigens with characteristic mRNA expression in normal testis and in cancer. To define additional CT antigens, we have immuno-screened a testicular cDNA expression library with an allogeneic serum from a melanoma patient, and both SSX2 and SSX3 were isolated. Further studies using testicular cDNA and SSX probes defined 2 new members of this gene family, SSX4 and SSX5, while a shorter cDNA variant of SSX4 was also identified. All 5 members of the SSX family shared strong sequence homology, with nucleotide homology ranging from 88 to 95% and amino acid homology ranging from 77 to 91%. Genomic cloning of a prototype SSX gene (SSX2) showed that its coding region is encoded by 6 exons, and the shortened form of SSX4 cDNA represents an alternatively spliced product lacking the 5th exon. Analysis of SSX mRNA expression by gene-specific RT-PCR confirmed that all 5 SSX genes are expressed in testis. In addition, analysis of a panel of 12 melanoma cell lines showed strong mRNA expression of either SSX1 (3/12), SSX2 (3/12), SSX4 (1/12), or SSX5 (1/12), indicating variable activation of the genes in malignant cells.
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- A O Gure
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Branch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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Chen YT, Scanlan MJ, Sahin U, Türeci O, Gure AO, Tsang S, Williamson B, Stockert E, Pfreundschuh M, Old LJ. A testicular antigen aberrantly expressed in human cancers detected by autologous antibody screening. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:1914-8. [PMID: 9050879 PMCID: PMC20017 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.5.1914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 892] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Serological analysis of recombinant cDNA expression libraries (SEREX) using tumor mRNA and autologous patient serum provides a powerful approach to identify immunogenic tumor antigens. We have applied this methodology to a case of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and identified several candidate tumor targets. One of these, NY-ESO-1, showed restricted mRNA expression in normal tissues, with high-level mRNA expression found only in testis and ovary tissues. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis showed NY-ESO-1 mRNA expression in a variable proportion of a wide array of human cancers, including melanoma, breast cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. NY-ESO-1 encodes a putative protein of Mr 17,995 having no homology with any known protein. The pattern of NY-ESO-1 expression indicates that it belongs to an expanding family of immunogenic testicular antigens that are aberrantly expressed in human cancers in a lineage-nonspecific fashion. These antigens, initially detected by either cytotoxic T cells (MAGE, BAGE, GAGE-1) or antibodies [HOM-MEL-40(SSX2), NY-ESO-1], represent a pool of antigenic targets for cancer vaccination.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/immunology
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Esophageal Neoplasms/immunology
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Library
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Ovary/immunology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Proteins/analysis
- Proteins/chemistry
- Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Sequence Analysis
- Testis/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Y T Chen
- Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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