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Graumann J, Finkernagel F, Reinartz S, Stief T, Brödje D, Renz H, Jansen JM, Wagner U, Worzfeld T, Pogge von Strandmann E, Müller R. Multi-platform Affinity Proteomics Identify Proteins Linked to Metastasis and Immune Suppression in Ovarian Cancer Plasma. Front Oncol 2019; 9:1150. [PMID: 31737572 PMCID: PMC6839336 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
A central reason behind the poor clinical outcome of patients with high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) of the ovary is the difficulty in reliably detecting early occurrence or recurrence of this malignancy. Biomarkers that provide reliable diagnosis of this disease are therefore urgently needed. Systematic proteomic methods that identify HGSC-associated molecules may provide such biomarkers. We applied the antibody-based proximity extension assay (PEA) platform (Olink) for the identification of proteins that are upregulated in the plasma of OC patients. Using binders targeting 368 different plasma proteins, we compared 20 plasma samples from HGSC patients (OC-plasma) with 20 plasma samples from individuals with non-malignant gynecologic disorders (N-plasma). We identified 176 proteins with significantly higher levels in OC-plasma compared to N-plasma by PEA (p < 0.05 by U-test; Benjamini-Hochberg corrected), which are mainly implicated in immune regulation and metastasis-associated processes, such as matrix remodeling, adhesion, migration and proliferation. A number of these proteins have not been reported in previous studies, such as BCAM, CDH6, DDR1, N2DL-2 (ULBP2), SPINT2, and WISP-1 (CCN4). Of these SPINT2, a protease inhibitor mainly derived from tumor cells within the HGSC microenvironment, showed the highest significance (p < 2 × 10−7) similar to the previously described IL-6 and PVRL4 (NECTIN4) proteins. Results were validated by means of the aptamer-based 1.3 k SOMAscan proteomic platform, which revealed a high inter-platform correlation with a median Spearman ρ of 0.62. Likewise, ELISA confirmed the PEA data for 10 out of 12 proteins analyzed, including SPINT2. These findings suggest that in contrast to other entities SPINT2 does not act as a tumor suppressor in HGSC. This is supported by data from the PRECOG and KM-Plotter meta-analysis databases, which point to a tumor-type-specific inverse association of SPINT2 gene expression with survival. Our data also demonstrate that both the PEA and SOMAscan affinity proteomics platforms bear considerable potential for the unbiased discovery of novel disease-associated biomarkers.
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- Johannes Graumann
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology (ZTI), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Gynecology, Gynecological Oncology and Gynecological Endocrinology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology (ZTI), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Gynecology, Gynecological Oncology and Gynecological Endocrinology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Marburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Gynecology, Gynecological Oncology and Gynecological Endocrinology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Biochemical-Pharmacological Center (BPC), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.,Department of Pharmacology, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Experimental Tumor Biology, Clinic for Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology (ZTI), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology (ZTI), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Schrimpf A, Brödje D, Pfefferle P, Geyer A. A set of conformationally well-defined L/D-peptide epitopes provides a serological bar code for autoantibody subtypes. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201735. [PMID: 30075018 PMCID: PMC6075753 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201735] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Which conformational parameters lead to an antibody-affine peptide antigen? And in how many different conformations can we actually present the respective conformational epitope? To provide answers from a chemical point of view, we direct the bending and tethering of peptide backbones by the utilisation of a hydrophobic cluster, disulfides, and d-amino acids. Each mutation is employed pairwise on directly opposite sides of a β-hairpin. In combination, these synthetic modules guide the formation of complementary β-sheet-like structures, whereby the oppositely configured (l/d-)bi-disulfide pairs form with high regioselectivity. The conformational properties of the peptides are assessed by NMR spectroscopy and correlated with their antibody affinity in ELISA. From a pool of thus designed peptide antigens with distinctive complementary affinities against known rheumatoid arthritis (RA) autoantibodies, we select a set of epitopes for an immunoassay with sera of RA patients. We want to put emphasis on the idea, that the different conformational properties of the chosen antigens, containing the same epitope sequence, are mirrored in the distribution of autoantibody subtypes (or of the antibody polyclonality, respectively). Such directly comparable information can only be delivered by a set of peptides, rather than a single one. The hairpin-restriction technology of l/d-configured bi-disulfide amino acid pairs is not limited to RA but applicable to other shape-persistent hairpin motifs which are supposed to identify subgroups of protein receptors.
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- Andreas Schrimpf
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Biomaterial Bank Marburg (CBBMR), Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Fischer S, Lamping M, Gold M, Röttger Y, Brödje D, Dodel R, Frantz R, Mraheil MA, Chakraborty T, Geyer A. Synthesis of a biological active β-hairpin peptide by addition of two structural motifs. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 25:603-608. [PMID: 27887962 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The idea of privileged scaffolds - that there seem to be more bioactive compounds found around some structures than others - is well established for small drug molecules, but has little significance for standalone peptide secondary structures whose adaptable shapes escape the definition of a 3D motif in the absence of a protein scaffold. Here, we joined two independent biological functions in a single highly restricted peptide to support the hypothesis that the β-hairpin shape is the common basis of two otherwise unrelated biological recognition processes. To achieve this, the hydrophobic cluster HWX4LV from the decapeptide cyclic hairpin model peptide C1-C10cyclo-CHWEGNKLVC was included in the bicyclic peptide 2. The designed β-hairpin peptide C4-C17, C8-C13bicyclo-KHQCHWECTZGRCRLVCGRSGS (2, Z=citrulline), serves, on the one hand, as a specific epitope for rheumatoid autoantibodies and, on the other hand, shows a not negligible antibiotic effect against the bacterial strain E. coli AS19.
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- Sabrina Fischer
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University, Biomedical Research Facility Seltersberg, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University, Biomedical Research Facility Seltersberg, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University, Biomedical Research Facility Seltersberg, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Boch M, Rinke A, Rexin P, Seipelt M, Brödje D, Schober M, Gress TM, Michl P, Krug S. Paraneoplastic brainstem encephalitis in a patient with exceptionally long course of a metastasized neuroendocrine rectum neoplasm. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:691. [PMID: 25244967 PMCID: PMC4180833 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) have frequently been described in patients with lung or breast cancer. However, some reports also described a correlation to carcinoid tumors, probably triggered via the excessive release of hormones. Case presentation We report the case of a 40-year-old woman that was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) of the rectum and multiple synchronous liver metastases ten years ago. She initially responded well to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), resulting in prolonged disease stabilization. However, ten years after initial diagnosis the patient developed unspecific neurological symptoms that could not be classified by standard neurological diagnostic work-up. Special laboratory analysis revealed a high titer of anti-Ri (ANNA-2), a well-characterized antibody that is associated with paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes. The patient’s symptoms improved markedly after a 5-day-course of high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a Ri-positive PNS in a patient with hormone-negative rectal NEN. Conclusion PNS can complicate the patient’s clinical course, response to treatment, impact prognosis and even be interpreted as metastatic spread. However, owing to their rarity, the knowledge of these syndromes is very helpful in order to be able to provide evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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Seifart C, Plagens A, Brödje D, Müller B, von Wichert P, Floros J. Surfactant protein B intron 4 variation in German patients with COPD and acute respiratory failure. Dis Markers 2002; 18:129-36. [PMID: 12515908 PMCID: PMC3851100 DOI: 10.1155/2002/194075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major health problem. Genetic factors that contribute to the disease have been postulated. The pulmonary surfactant protein B (SP-B), which is essential for normal lung function, is considered as a candidate gene for COPD in this case-control study. We studied the SP-B intron 4 size variants in 346 individuals. This group consisted of 118 patients with chronic bronchitis or COPD, including 24 patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) in COPD, 118 matched controls without pulmonary disease and 110 healthy individuals (population control). The frequency of intron 4 variants was similar in either control group (10.9%, 14.4%, respectively), with a small increase in the COPD group (18.6%). This increase was due to a high increase of intron 4 variants in the ARF subgroup (37.5%, p = 0.003, OR 4.9, 95% CI: 1.76-13.6). The data indicate that SP-B intron 4 variants may associate with increased risk of ARF in COPD and may be used as a marker of susceptibility in this disease subgroup.
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- Carola Seifart
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps-University of Marburg, Baldingerstasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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