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Künzel SE, Pompös IM, Flesch LTM, Frentzel DP, Knecht VA, Winkler S, Skosyrski S, Rübsam A, Dreher F, Kociok N, Schütte M, Dubrac A, Lange B, Yaspo ML, Lehrach H, Strauß O, Joussen AM, Zeitz O. Exploring the Impact of Saccharin on Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Study in Patients and Mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2024; 65:5. [PMID: 38558091 PMCID: PMC10996979 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.65.4.5] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Purpose We aimed to determine the impact of artificial sweeteners (AS), especially saccharin, on the progression and treatment efficacy of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) under anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF-A) treatment. Methods In a cross-sectional study involving 46 patients with nAMD undergoing intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy, 6 AS metabolites were detected in peripheral blood using liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Disease features were statistically tested against these metabolite levels. Additionally, a murine choroidal neovascularization (CNV) model, induced by laser, was used to evaluate the effects of orally administered saccharin, assessing both imaging outcomes and gene expression patterns. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods were used to evaluate functional expression of sweet taste receptors in a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell line. Results Saccharin levels in blood were significantly higher in patients with well-controlled CNV activity (P = 0.004) and those without subretinal hyper-reflective material (P = 0.015). In the murine model, saccharin-treated mice exhibited fewer leaking laser scars, lesser occurrence of bleeding, smaller fibrotic areas (P < 0.05), and a 40% decrease in mononuclear phagocyte accumulation (P = 0.06). Gene analysis indicated downregulation of inflammatory and VEGFR-1 response genes in the treated animals. Human RPE cells expressed taste receptor type 1 member 3 (TAS1R3) mRNA and reacted to saccharin stimulation with changes in mRNA expression. Conclusions Saccharin appears to play a protective role in patients with nAMD undergoing intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment, aiding in better pathological lesion control and scar reduction. The murine study supports this observation, proposing saccharin's potential in mitigating pathological VEGFR-1-induced immune responses potentially via the RPE sensing saccharin in the blood stream.
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- Steffen E. Künzel
- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics, Max-Planck-Straße 3, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics, Max-Planck-Straße 3, Berlin, Germany
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- Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Alacris Theranostics, Max-Planck-Straße 3, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität, Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, Germany
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Künzel SE, Flesch LTM, Frentzel DP, Knecht VA, Rübsam A, Dreher F, Schütte M, Dubrac A, Lange B, Yaspo ML, Lehrach H, Joussen AM, Zeitz O. Systemic Blood Proteome Patterns Reflect Disease Phenotypes in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10327. [PMID: 37373474 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210327] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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There is early evidence of extraocular systemic signals effecting function and morphology in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The prospective, cross-sectional BIOMAC study is an explorative investigation of peripheral blood proteome profiles and matched clinical features to uncover systemic determinacy in nAMD under anti-vascular endothelial growth factor intravitreal therapy (anti-VEGF IVT). It includes 46 nAMD patients stratified by the level of disease control under ongoing anti-VEGF treatment. Proteomic profiles in peripheral blood samples of every patient were detected with LC-MS/MS mass spectrometry. The patients underwent extensive clinical examination with a focus on macular function and morphology. In silico analysis includes unbiased dimensionality reduction and clustering, a subsequent annotation of clinical features, and non-linear models for recognition of underlying patterns. The model assessment was performed using leave-one-out cross validation. The findings provide an exploratory demonstration of the link between systemic proteomic signals and macular disease pattern using and validating non-linear classification models. Three main results were obtained: (1) Proteome-based clustering identifies two distinct patient subclusters with the smaller one (n = 10) exhibiting a strong signature for oxidative stress response. Matching the relevant meta-features on the individual patient's level identifies pulmonary dysfunction as an underlying health condition in these patients. (2) We identify biomarkers for nAMD disease features with Aldolase C as a putative factor associated with superior disease control under ongoing anti-VEGF treatment. (3) Apart from this, isolated protein markers are only weakly correlated with nAMD disease expression. In contrast, applying a non-linear classification model identifies complex molecular patterns hidden in a high number of proteomic dimensions determining macular disease expression. In conclusion, so far unconsidered systemic signals in the peripheral blood proteome contribute to the clinically observed phenotype of nAMD, which should be examined in future translational research on AMD.
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- Steffen E Künzel
- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics, Max-Planck-Straße 3, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics, Max-Planck-Straße 3, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Alacris Theranostics, Max-Planck-Straße 3, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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Keunecke C, Kulbe H, Dreher F, Taube ET, Chekerov R, Horst D, Hummel M, Kessler T, Pietzner K, Kassuhn W, Heitz F, Muallem MZ, Lang SM, Vergote I, Dorigo O, Lammert H, du Bois A, Angelotti T, Fotopoulou C, Sehouli J, Braicu EI. Predictive biomarker for surgical outcome in patients with advanced primary high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Are we there yet? An analysis of the prospective biobank for ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2022; 166:334-343. [PMID: 35738917 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most common subtype of ovarian cancer and is associated with high mortality rates. Surgical outcome is one of the most important prognostic factors. There are no valid biomarkers to identify which patients may benefit from a primary debulking approach. OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to discover and validate a predictive panel for surgical outcome of residual tumor mass after first-line debulking surgery. STUDY DESIGN Firstly, "In silico" analysis of publicly available datasets identified 200 genes as predictors for surgical outcome. The top selected genes were then validated using the novel Nanostring method, which was applied for the first time for this particular research objective. 225 primary ovarian cancer patients with well annotated clinical data and a complete debulking rate of 60% were compiled for a clinical cohort. The 14 best rated genes were then validated through the cohort, using immunohistochemistry testing. Lastly, we used our biomarker expression data to predict the presence of miliary carcinomatosis patterns. RESULTS The Nanostring analysis identified 37 genes differentially expressed between optimal and suboptimal debulked patients (p < 0.05). The immunohistochemistry validated the top 14 genes, reaching an AUC Ø0.650. The analysis for the prediction of miliary carcinomatosis patterns reached an AUC of Ø0.797. CONCLUSION The tissue-based biomarkers in our analysis could not reliably predict post-operative residual tumor. Patient and non-patient-associated co-factors, surgical skills, and center experience remain the main determining factors when considering the surgical outcome at primary debulking in high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients.
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- Carlotta Keunecke
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 3, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pathology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pathology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pathology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 3, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Henricistrasse 92, 45136 Essen, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pathology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Henricistrasse 92, 45136 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive H3580, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer, ENGOT Biobank, Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Tsopra R, Fernandez X, Luchinat C, Alberghina L, Lehrach H, Vanoni M, Dreher F, Sezerman OU, Cuggia M, de Tayrac M, Miklasevics E, Itu LM, Geanta M, Ogilvie L, Godey F, Boldisor CN, Campillo-Gimenez B, Cioroboiu C, Ciusdel CF, Coman S, Hijano Cubelos O, Itu A, Lange B, Le Gallo M, Lespagnol A, Mauri G, Soykam HO, Rance B, Turano P, Tenori L, Vignoli A, Wierling C, Benhabiles N, Burgun A. A framework for validating AI in precision medicine: considerations from the European ITFoC consortium. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2021; 21:274. [PMID: 34600518 PMCID: PMC8487519 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01634-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform our healthcare systems significantly. New AI technologies based on machine learning approaches should play a key role in clinical decision-making in the future. However, their implementation in health care settings remains limited, mostly due to a lack of robust validation procedures. There is a need to develop reliable assessment frameworks for the clinical validation of AI. We present here an approach for assessing AI for predicting treatment response in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), using real-world data and molecular -omics data from clinical data warehouses and biobanks. METHODS The European "ITFoC (Information Technology for the Future Of Cancer)" consortium designed a framework for the clinical validation of AI technologies for predicting treatment response in oncology. RESULTS This framework is based on seven key steps specifying: (1) the intended use of AI, (2) the target population, (3) the timing of AI evaluation, (4) the datasets used for evaluation, (5) the procedures used for ensuring data safety (including data quality, privacy and security), (6) the metrics used for measuring performance, and (7) the procedures used to ensure that the AI is explainable. This framework forms the basis of a validation platform that we are building for the "ITFoC Challenge". This community-wide competition will make it possible to assess and compare AI algorithms for predicting the response to TNBC treatments with external real-world datasets. CONCLUSIONS The predictive performance and safety of AI technologies must be assessed in a robust, unbiased and transparent manner before their implementation in healthcare settings. We believe that the consideration of the ITFoC consortium will contribute to the safe transfer and implementation of AI in clinical settings, in the context of precision oncology and personalized care.
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- Rosy Tsopra
- Centre de Recherche Des Cordeliers, Inserm, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, 75006, Paris, France. .,Inria, HeKA, Inria Paris, France. .,Department of Medical Informatics, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France. .,Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, LTSI - UMR 1099, 35000, Rennes, France.
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- Centro Risonanze Magnetiche - CERM/CIRMMP and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca and ISBE-Italy/SYSBIO - Candidate National Node of Italy for ISBE, Research Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe, Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.,Alacris Theranostics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca and ISBE-Italy/SYSBIO - Candidate National Node of Italy for ISBE, Research Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Dept., Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, LTSI - UMR 1099, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Department of Molecular Genetics and Genomics, CHU Rennes, IGDR-UMR6290, CNRS, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Centre for Innovation in Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.,Alacris Theranostics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- INSERM U1242 « Chemistry, Oncogenesis Stress Signaling », Université de Rennes, 35042, CEDEX, Rennes, France.,Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Eugène Marquis, CRB Santé (BRIF Number: BB-0033-00056), 35042, CEDEX, Rennes, France
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- Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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- Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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- Alacris Theranostics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- INSERM U1242 « Chemistry, Oncogenesis Stress Signaling », Université de Rennes, 35042, CEDEX, Rennes, France.,Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Eugène Marquis, CRB Santé (BRIF Number: BB-0033-00056), 35042, CEDEX, Rennes, France
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Genomics, CHU Rennes, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano Bicocca and ISBE-Italy/SYSBIO - Candidate National Node of Italy for ISBE, Research Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe, Milan, Italy
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- Centre de Recherche Des Cordeliers, Inserm, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, 75006, Paris, France.,Inria, HeKA, Inria Paris, France.,Department of Medical Informatics, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Centro Risonanze Magnetiche - CERM/CIRMMP and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Centro Risonanze Magnetiche - CERM/CIRMMP and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Centro Risonanze Magnetiche - CERM/CIRMMP and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Direction de La Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre de Recherche Des Cordeliers, Inserm, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, 75006, Paris, France.,Inria, HeKA, Inria Paris, France.,Department of Medical Informatics, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France.,PaRis Artificial Intelligence Research InstitutE (Prairie), Paris, France
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Kassuhn WN, Klein O, Darb-Esfahani S, Lammert H, Handzik S, Taube ET, Schmitt WD, Dorigo O, Horst D, Keunecke C, Dreher F, George J, Bowtell D, Hummel M, Sehouli J, Blüthgen N, Kulbe H, Braicu EI. Classification of molecular subtypes of high-grade serous ovarian cancer by MALDI-Imaging. J Clin Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.e17544] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
e17544 Background: High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) can be separated by gene expression profiling into four molecular subtypes with clear correlation of the clinical outcome. However, these gene signatures have not been implemented in clinical practice to stratify patients for targeted therapy. This is mainly due to a lack of easy, cost-effective and reproducible methods, as well as the high heterogeneity of HGSOC. Hence, we aimed to examine the potential of unsupervised matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS) to stratify patients, which might benefit from targeted therapeutic strategies. Methods: Molecular subtyping of paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 279 HGSOC patients was performed by NanoString analysis (ground truth labeling). Next, we applied MALDI-IMS, a novel technology to identify distinct mass profiles on the same paraffin-embedded tissue sections paired with machine learning algorithms to identify HGSOC subtypes by proteomic signature. Finally, we devised a novel strategy to annotate spectra of stromal origin. Results: We elucidated a MALDI-derived proteomic signature (135 peptides) able to classify HGSOC subtypes. Random forest classifiers achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.983. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the exclusion of stroma associated spectra provides tangible improvements to classification quality (AUC = 0.988). False discovery rates (FDR) were reduced from 10.2% to 8.0%. Finally, novel MALDI-based stroma annotation achieved near-perfect classifications (AUC = 0.999, FDR < 1.0%). Conclusions: Here, we present a concept integrating MALDI-IMS with machine learning algorithms to classify patients according to distinct molecular subtypes of HGSOC. This has great potential to assign patients for targeted therapies.
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- Wanja Nikolai Kassuhn
- Charité Medizinische Universitaet Berlin, Department of Gynecology, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies BCRT, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Charité MEdizinische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies BCRT, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Pathologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité Medizinische Universitaet Berlin, Institute for Pathology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Gynäkologie, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- North-Eastern German Society of Gynecological Oncology (NOGGO) and Department of Gynecology with Center for Oncological Surgery, Charité–University Medicine of Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- NOGGO and Department of Gynecology with Center for Oncological Surgery, Medical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Kassuhn W, Klein O, Darb-Esfahani S, Lammert H, Handzik S, Taube ET, Schmitt WD, Keunecke C, Horst D, Dreher F, George J, Bowtell DD, Dorigo O, Hummel M, Sehouli J, Blüthgen N, Kulbe H, Braicu EI. Classification of Molecular Subtypes of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer by MALDI-Imaging. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13071512. [PMID: 33806030 PMCID: PMC8036744 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13071512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) accounts for 70% of ovarian carcinomas with sobering survival rates. The mechanisms mediating treatment efficacy are still poorly understood with no adequate biomarkers of response to treatment and risk assessment. This variability of treatment response might be due to its molecular heterogeneity. Therefore, identification of biomarkers or molecular signatures to stratify patients and offer personalized treatment is of utmost priority. Currently, comprehensive gene expression profiling is time- and cost-extensive and limited by tissue heterogeneity. Thus, it has not been implemented into clinical practice. This study demonstrates for the first time a spatially resolved, time- and cost-effective approach to stratifying HGSOC patients by combining novel matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS) technology with machine-learning algorithms. Eventually, MALDI-derived predictive signatures for treatment efficacy, recurrent risk, or, as demonstrated here, molecular subtypes might be utilized for emerging clinical challenges to ultimately improve patient outcomes. Abstract Despite the correlation of clinical outcome and molecular subtypes of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), contemporary gene expression signatures have not been implemented in clinical practice to stratify patients for targeted therapy. Hence, we aimed to examine the potential of unsupervised matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS) to stratify patients who might benefit from targeted therapeutic strategies. Molecular subtyping of paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 279 HGSOC patients was performed by NanoString analysis (ground truth labeling). Next, we applied MALDI-IMS paired with machine-learning algorithms to identify distinct mass profiles on the same paraffin-embedded tissue sections and distinguish HGSOC subtypes by proteomic signature. Finally, we devised a novel approach to annotate spectra of stromal origin. We elucidated a MALDI-derived proteomic signature (135 peptides) able to classify HGSOC subtypes. Random forest classifiers achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.983. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the exclusion of stroma-associated spectra provides tangible improvements to classification quality (AUC = 0.988). Moreover, novel MALDI-based stroma annotation achieved near-perfect classifications (AUC = 0.999). Here, we present a concept integrating MALDI-IMS with machine-learning algorithms to classify patients according to distinct molecular subtypes of HGSOC. This has great potential to assign patients for personalized treatment.
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- Wanja Kassuhn
- Tumorbank Ovarian Cancer Network, ENGOT biobank, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (W.K.); (C.K.); (J.S.); (H.K.)
- Department of Gynecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Charité-Universitätsmedizi Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies BCRT, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany; (O.K.); (S.H.)
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
- Institute of Pathology Berlin-Spandau and Berlin-Buch, 13589 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
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- BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies BCRT, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany; (O.K.); (S.H.)
- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
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- Tumorbank Ovarian Cancer Network, ENGOT biobank, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (W.K.); (C.K.); (J.S.); (H.K.)
- Department of Gynecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Charité-Universitätsmedizi Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
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- Alacris Theranostics GmbH, 12489 Berlin, Germany;
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA;
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, 3010 Parkville, Victoria, Australia;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford Women’s Cance Center, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
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- Tumorbank Ovarian Cancer Network, ENGOT biobank, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (W.K.); (C.K.); (J.S.); (H.K.)
- Department of Gynecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Charité-Universitätsmedizi Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (S.D.-E.); (H.L.); (E.T.T.); (W.D.S.); (D.H.); (M.H.); (N.B.)
- IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt University, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Tumorbank Ovarian Cancer Network, ENGOT biobank, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (W.K.); (C.K.); (J.S.); (H.K.)
- Department of Gynecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Charité-Universitätsmedizi Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Tumorbank Ovarian Cancer Network, ENGOT biobank, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (W.K.); (C.K.); (J.S.); (H.K.)
- Department of Gynecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Charité-Universitätsmedizi Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-030-450-664469
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Dietz J, Spengler U, Müllhaupt B, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Piecha F, Mauss S, Seegers B, Hinrichsen H, Antoni C, Wietzke-Braun P, Peiffer KH, Berger A, Matschenz K, Buggisch P, Backhus J, Zizer E, Boettler T, Neumann-Haefelin C, Semela D, Stauber R, Berg T, Berg C, Zeuzem S, Vermehren J, Sarrazin C, Giostra E, Berning M, Hampe J, De Gottardi A, Rauch A, Semmo N, Discher T, Trauth J, Fischer J, Gress M, Günther R, Heinzow H, Schmidt J, Herrmann A, Stallmach A, Hilgard G, Deterding K, Lange C, Ciesek S, Wedemeyer H, Hoffmann D, Klinker H, Schulze P, Kocheise F, Müller-Schilling M, Kodal A, Kremer A, Ganslmayer M, Siebler J, Lammert F, Rissland J, Löbermann M, Götze T, Canbay A, Lohse A, von Felden J, Jordan S, Maieron A, Moradpour D, Chave JP, Moreno C, Müller T, Muche M, Epple HJ, Port K, von Hahn T, Cornberg M, Manns M, Reinhardt L, Ellenrieder V, Rockstroh J, Schattenberg J, Sprinzl M, Galle P, Roeb E, Steckstor M, Schmiegel W, Brockmeyer N, Seufferlein T, Stremmel W, Strey B, Thimme R, Teufel A, Vogelmann R, Ebert M, Tomasiewicz K, Trautwein C, Tacke F, Koenen T, Weber T, Zachoval R, Mayerle J, Raziorrouh B, Angeli W, Beckebaum S, Doberauer C, Durmashkina E, Hackelsberger A, Erhardt A, Garrido-Lüneburg A, Gattringer H, Genné D, Gschwantler M, Gundling F, Hametner S, Schöfl R, Hartmann C, Heyer T, Hirschi C, Jussios A, Kanzler S, Kordecki N, Kraus M, Kullig U, Wollschläger S, Magenta L, Beretta-Piccoli BT, Menges M, Mohr L, Muehlenberg K, Niederau C, Paulweber B, Petrides A, Pinkernell M, Piso R, Rambach W, Reiser M, Riecken B, Rieke A, Roth J, Schelling M, Schlee P, Schneider A, Scholz D, Schott E, Schuchmann M, Schulten-Baumer U, Seelhoff A, Stich A, Stickel F, Ungemach J, Walter E, Weber A, Winzer T, Abels W, Adler M, Audebert F, Baermann C, Bästlein E, Barth R, Barthel K, Becker W, Behrends J, Benninger J, Berger F, Berzow D, Beyer T, Bierbaum M, Blaukat O, Bodtländer A, Böhm G, Börner N, Bohr U, Bokemeyer B, Bruch H, Bucholz D, Burkhard O, Busch N, Chirca C, Delker R, Diedrich J, Frank M, Diehl M, Dienethal A, Dietel P, Dikopoulos N, Dreck M, Dreher F, Drude L, Ende K, Ehrle U, Baumgartl K, Emke F, Glosemeyer R, Felten G, Hüppe D, Fischer J, Fischer U, Frederking D, Frick B, Friese G, Gantke B, Geyer P, Schwind H, Glas M, Glaunsinger T, Goebel F, Göbel U, Görlitz B, Graf R, Gruber H, Härter G, Herder M, Heuchel T, Heuer S, Höffl KH, Hörster H, Sonne JU, Hofmann W, Holst F, Hunstiger M, Hurst A, Jägel-Guedes E, John C, Jung M, Kallinowski B, Kapzan B, Kerzel W, Khaykin P, Klarhof M, Klüppelberg U, Klugewitz K, Knapp B, Knevels U, Kochsiek T, Körfer A, Köster A, Kuhn M, Langekamp A, Künzig B, Link R, Littman M, Löhr H, Lutz T, Knecht G, Lutz U, Mainz D, Mahle I, Maurer P, Mayer C, Meister V, Möller H, Heyne R, Moritzen D, Mroß M, Mundlos M, Naumann U, Nehls O, Ningel K, Oelmann A, Olejnik H, Gadow K, Pascher E, Petersen J, Philipp A, Pichler M, Polzien F, Raddant R, Riedel M, Rietzler S, Rössle M, Rufle W, Rump A, Schewe C, Hoffmann C, Schleehauf D, Schmidt K, Schmidt W, Schmidt-Heinevetter G, Schmidtler-von Fabris J, Schnaitmann E, Schneider L, Schober A, Niehaus-Hahn S, Schwenzer J, Seidel T, Seitel G, Sick C, Simon K, Stähler D, Stenschke F, Steffens H, Stein K, Steinmüller M, Sternfeld T, Strey B, Svensson K, Tacke W, Teuber G, Teubner K, Thieringer J, Tomesch A, Trappe U, Ullrich J, Urban G, Usadel S, von Lucadou A, Weinberger F, Werheid-Dobers M, Werner P, Winter T, Zehnter E, Zipf A. Efficacy of Retreatment After Failed Direct-acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients With HCV Genotype 1-3 Infections. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 19:195-198.e2. [PMID: 31706062 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus infection is causing chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. By combining direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), high sustained virologic response rates (SVRs) can be achieved. Resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) are commonly observed after DAA failure, and especially nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) RASs may impact retreatment options.1-3 Data on retreatment of DAA failure patients using first-generation DAAs are limited.4-7 Recently, a second-generation protease- and NS5A-inhibitor plus sofosbuvir (voxilaprevir/velpatasvir/sofosbuvir [VOX/VEL/SOF]) was approved for retreatment after DAA failure.8 However, this and other second-generation regimens are not available in many resource-limited countries or are not reimbursed by regular insurance, and recommendations regarding the selection of retreatment regimens using first-generation DAAs are very important. This study aimed to analyze patients who were re-treated with first-generation DAAs after failure of a DAA combination therapy.
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- Julia Dietz
- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Cologne-Bonn, Germany
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- Swiss Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Center and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Germany
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- I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Germany
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- Center for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Gastroenterologisch-Hepatologisches Zentrum Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine IFI, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany; Medizinische Klinik 2, St Josefs-Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Bober M, Banko-Bielecka M, Heinzmann D, Rinner O, Dupuis N, Wierling C, Li H, Kessler T, Muradyan A, Krützfeldt L, Schütte M, Dreher F, Ploubidou A, Lange B. Abstract 3916: Unbiased phospho-proteomic profiling of mouse breast cancer models with DIA mass spectrometry refines CanPath prototype, a platform for predictive cancer pathway modeling. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2019-3916] [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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Background CanPathPro is designed to build and validate a combined experimental and systems biology platform, which will be used in testing cancer signaling hypotheses. It combines highly defined mouse and organotypic experimental systems, high-dimensional data including next generation sequencing and quantitative proteomics, and computational models for data integration, visualization and modelling. Mouse cancer models are characterized by quantitative transcriptome, quantitative mass spectrometry including phospho-proteome, histopathology and histochemistry. Phospho-proteomic data has been obtained using data independent acquisition (DIA) and used to refine signaling models in the mouse cell lines. Currently, the model integrates modules of the signal transduction pathways Egfr/Erbb2, Fgfr, insulin, Akt, Mtor, Myc, Ras, Hippo, Met, Tgfbr, Il6, integrin, Wnt, apoptosis and cell cycle regulation integrating in total about 380 different genes as well as related proteins and phospho-proteins Methods Two mouse mammary gland model cell lines, (Cdh1-fl/AKT1[E17K] and Cdh1-fl + PTEN-fl) were each treated with DMSO, a Pik3ca inhibitor (Wortmannin), or an Akt inhibitor (MK-2206). Cells were lysed and proteins were denatured, followed by reduction, alkylation and digestion with trypsin. The resulting peptides were desalted and enriched for phosphopeptides with TiO2 beads and cleaned up for mass spectrometry. A phosphopeptide library was generated from pooled phosphoenriched samples using LC-MS/MS shotgun measurements and included 22,893 phosphosites from 3,549 protein groups. DIA data was acquired on a Q Exactive HF mass spectrometer with a gradient length of 60 - 120 minutes on a C18 Easy LC 1200 nano-liquid chromatography system. The DIA data was extracted and processed with Spectronaut 11 (Biognosys) for analysis. Results In the AKT1[E17K] samples, 13,396 peptides (21,862 phospho-peptides) were quantified in the DIA runs and 12,297 peptides (19,928 phospho-peptides) were quantified in PTEN-fl samples. Under treatment with MK2206 and Wortmanin, 859 phosphopeptides from 548 protein groups were significantly changed across all comparisons in the AKT1[E17K] samples and with the same treatments 2,276 phosphopeptides from 976 proteins were significantly changed in the PTEN-fl cells. Based on this data 11 functionally relevant new phosphosites have been added to the model including ones on: EIF4B, FOX03, MAP2K4, PAK1, RAF1, and ULK1. Conclusions Phospho-proteomic profiling of cell lines using DIA mass spectrometry enables deep characterization of the phospho-signaling cascades modulated through small molecule inhibitors.
Citation Format: Magdalena Bober, Monika Banko-Bielecka, Daniel Heinzmann, Oliver Rinner, Nicholas Dupuis, Christoph Wierling, Huaibiao Li, Thomas Kessler, Artur Muradyan, Louisa Krützfeldt, Moritz Schütte, Felix Dreher, Aspasia Ploubidou, Bodo Lange. Unbiased phospho-proteomic profiling of mouse breast cancer models with DIA mass spectrometry refines CanPath prototype, a platform for predictive cancer pathway modeling [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3916.
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- 2Alacris Theranostics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Braicu EI, Kulbe H, Dreher F, Taube ET, Ringel F, Welsch G, Darb-Esfahani S, Keunecke C, Kessler T, Wierling C, Jank P, Denkert C, Lammert H, Hummel M, Sehouli J. Dynamic of molecular subtypes of high‐grade serous ovarian cancer in paired primary and relapsed biopsies. J Clin Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.e17091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e17091 Background: Previously four molecular subtypes of high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) with distinct biological features and clinical outcome have been described: C1 (mesenchymal), C2 (immunoreactive), C4 (differentiated), and C5 (proliferative). Using Nanostring technique and a minimal signature of 39 classifier genes could reproduce the subtypes identified by microarray gene expression profiling (Leong HS et al. Australian Ovarian Cancer Study. J Pathol. 2015). Methods: We characterized paraffin embedded tissue samples from 279 HGSOC patients for molecular subtypes, utilizing the 39 classifier signature and 9 control genes by Nanostring nCounter Analysis System. From 16 patients paired primary and relapsed samples were available. Only chemonaive primary HGSOC patients were included in the study. FFPEs and clinical data were provided by TOC ( www.toc-network.de ). For each sample, probability scores for the four molecular subtypes (C1, C2, C4, and C5) were calculated. The highest calculated score determined the most likely subtype of the tumor. Results: Of all analyzed primary tumor samples, 88 (31.5%) were classified as C1, 83 (29.8%), 53 (19.0%) and 55 (19.7%) as subtypes C2, C4 and C5, respectively. Our results confirmed data by the AOCS study, which described the distribution of HGSOC with 40.2% (C1), 22.5% (C2), 20.1% (C4) and 17.2% (C5), respectively. Within the paired samples, for 12 of the 16 patients dynamic changes in the molecular subtypes between primary and relapse occurred, while in the remaining 4 patients the phenotype was stable. Conclusions: Molecular subtypes of HGSOC using Nanostring technology with a small panel of classifier genes can be confirmed. Furthermore, the data showed that a change of the established molecular subtype might occur during the evolution of the disease, and therefore translate in a different clinical outcome.
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- Elena Ioana Braicu
- Department of Gynecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Gynäkologie, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Gynäkologie, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Gynäkologie, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Pathologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Pathologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg und Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Charité MEdizinische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- AGO and Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Grasse S, Lienhard M, Frese S, Kerick M, Steinbach A, Grimm C, Hussong M, Rolff J, Becker M, Dreher F, Schirmer U, Boerno S, Ramisch A, Leschber G, Timmermann B, Grohé C, Lüders H, Vingron M, Fichtner I, Klein S, Odenthal M, Büttner R, Lehrach H, Sültmann H, Herwig R, Schweiger MR. Epigenomic profiling of non-small cell lung cancer xenografts uncover LRP12 DNA methylation as predictive biomarker for carboplatin resistance. Genome Med 2018; 10:55. [PMID: 30029672 PMCID: PMC6054719 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-018-0562-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and is primarily treated with radiation, surgery, and platinum-based drugs like cisplatin and carboplatin. The major challenge in the treatment of NSCLC patients is intrinsic or acquired resistance to chemotherapy. Molecular markers predicting the outcome of the patients are urgently needed. Methods Here, we employed patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) to detect predictive methylation biomarkers for platin-based therapies. We used MeDIP-Seq to generate genome-wide DNA methylation profiles of 22 PDXs, their parental primary NSCLC, and their corresponding normal tissues and complemented the data with gene expression analyses of the same tissues. Candidate biomarkers were validated with quantitative methylation-specific PCRs (qMSP) in an independent cohort. Results Comprehensive analyses revealed that differential methylation patterns are highly similar, enriched in PDXs and lung tumor-specific when comparing differences in methylation between PDXs versus primary NSCLC. We identified a set of 40 candidate regions with methylation correlated to carboplatin response and corresponding inverse gene expression pattern even before therapy. This analysis led to the identification of a promoter CpG island methylation of LDL receptor-related protein 12 (LRP12) associated with increased resistance to carboplatin. Validation in an independent patient cohort (n = 35) confirmed that LRP12 methylation status is predictive for therapeutic response of NSCLC patients to platin therapy with a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 84% (p < 0.01). Similarly, we find a shorter survival time for patients with LRP12 hypermethylation in the TCGA data set for NSCLC (lung adenocarcinoma). Conclusions Using an epigenome-wide sequencing approach, we find differential methylation patterns from primary lung cancer and PDX-derived cancers to be very similar, albeit with a lower degree of differential methylation in primary tumors. We identify LRP12 DNA methylation as a powerful predictive marker for carboplatin resistance. These findings outline a platform for the identification of epigenetic therapy resistance biomarkers based on PDX NSCLC models. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13073-018-0562-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sabrina Grasse
- Translational Epigenetics and Tumor Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.,Present Address: Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Institute for Parasitology and Biomedicine, Granada, Spain
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- Translational Epigenetics and Tumor Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Translational Epigenetics and Tumor Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Translational Epigenetics and Tumor Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, CMMC, Cologne, Germany
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- Experimental Pharmacology and Oncology Berlin-Buch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Pharmacology and Oncology Berlin-Buch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Alacris Theranostics GmbH Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Cancer Genome Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research, Center (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Sequencing Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Sequencing Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Pharmacology and Oncology Berlin-Buch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Else Kröner Forschungskolleg Clonal Evolution in Cancer, University Hospital Cologne, Weyertal 115b, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.,Alacris Theranostics GmbH Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Cancer Genome Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.,Translational Lung Research, Center (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Translational Epigenetics and Tumor Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany. .,Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany. .,Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, CMMC, Cologne, Germany.
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Braicu EI, Kulbe H, Dreher F, Darb-Esfahani S, Taube ET, Chekerov R, Kessler T, Muallem MZ, Wierling C, Denkert C, Lammert H, Hummel M, Sehouli J. Gene expression profiling using Nanostring technology to predict surgical outcome in advanced primary high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) patients (pts). Study of the Tumor Bank Ovarian Cancer (TOC). J Clin Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.5569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Elena Ioana Braicu
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Gynaecology, European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité Medizinische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- NOGGO and Department of Gynecology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Charité MEdizinische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- AGO and Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Markus F, Dreher F, Laschat S, Baudis S, Tovar GE, Southan A. Physically and chemically gelling hydrogel formulations based on poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate and Poloxamer 407. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kuehn A, Dreher F, Peycheva S, Yildiriman R, Lehmann V, Kessler T, Wierling C, Lehrach H, Lange BM. Abstract 350: Virtualization of drug testing by predictive systems biology modeling for optimal drug treatment of cancer cells and drug repositioning. Cancer Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2014-350] [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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Traditionally, tumors have been classified based on their tissue of origin and their histopathological characteristics and consequently patients are divided into groups where they are treated identically despite substantial differences in genetic profiles. Identification of genes causally implicated in cancer development has led to the development of ‘stratified’ medicine, which adjusts a patient’s therapy based on biomarkers that identify some of the patients expected not respond to a specific therapy. However, many tumor genome sequencing projects have shown that many more gene mutations drive the development of cancer than previously thought, making every tumor unique. These results in low success rates and thereby high cost in drug approval as the identified drugs are only effective for particular patient groups while large patient cohorts have no clear clinical benefit. In the early process of drug development, drugs are therefore screened on large cancer cell line collections to define drug applicability and to determine potential tumor targets.
Here, we report the results of a computational modeling platform, ModCell, allowing the prediction of individual drug effects using large-scale genomic and transcriptomic data to virtualize such cell line screening. We validated this approach two-fold: on publicly available data from the cancer cell line encyclopedia, that comprises pharmacological profiles for anti-cancer drugs across a library of cancer cell lines as well as on cancer cell line culture experiments. We provide evidence that ModCell is able to reproducibly predict the effects of individual drugs with a confounding 80% accuracy, to predict combinatory drug action and to identify new applications for existing drugs. Thus, computational modeling using ModCell can improve todays drug development by accelerating and partly replacing work which would have otherwise be conducted in the laboratory and in the clinic.
Citation Format: Alexander Kuehn, Felix Dreher, Svetlana Peycheva, Reha Yildiriman, Verena Lehmann, Thomas Kessler, Christoph Wierling, Hans Lehrach, Bodo MH Lange. Virtualization of drug testing by predictive systems biology modeling for optimal drug treatment of cancer cells and drug repositioning. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 350. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-350
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- 2Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- 2Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Reiner G, Dreher F, Drungowski M, Hoeltig D, Bertsch N, Selke M, Willems H, Gerlach GF, Probst I, Tuemmler B, Waldmann KH, Herwig R. Pathway deregulation and expression QTLs in response to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in swine. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:600-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s00335-014-9536-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dreher F, Kreitler T, Hardt C, Kamburov A, Yildirimman R, Schellander K, Lehrach H, Lange BMH, Herwig R. DIPSBC--data integration platform for systems biology collaborations. BMC Bioinformatics 2012; 13:85. [PMID: 22568834 PMCID: PMC3424966 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Modern biomedical research is often organized in collaborations involving labs worldwide. In particular in systems biology, complex molecular systems are analyzed that require the generation and interpretation of heterogeneous data for their explanation, for example ranging from gene expression studies and mass spectrometry measurements to experimental techniques for detecting molecular interactions and functional assays. XML has become the most prominent format for representing and exchanging these data. However, besides the development of standards there is still a fundamental lack of data integration systems that are able to utilize these exchange formats, organize the data in an integrative way and link it with applications for data interpretation and analysis. Results We have developed DIPSBC, an interactive data integration platform supporting collaborative research projects, based on Foswiki, Solr/Lucene, and specific helper applications. We describe the main features of the implementation and highlight the performance of the system with several use cases. All components of the system are platform independent and open-source developments and thus can be easily adopted by researchers. An exemplary installation of the platform which also provides several helper applications and detailed instructions for system usage and setup is available at http://dipsbc.molgen.mpg.de. Conclusions DIPSBC is a data integration platform for medium-scale collaboration projects that has been tested already within several research collaborations. Because of its modular design and the incorporation of XML data formats it is highly flexible and easy to use.
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- Felix Dreher
- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Dreher F, Kamburov A, Herwig R. Construction of a pig physical interactome using sequence homology and a comprehensive reference human interactome. Evol Bioinform Online 2012; 8:119-26. [PMID: 22346341 PMCID: PMC3273931 DOI: 10.4137/ebo.s8552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The analysis of interaction networks is crucial for understanding molecular function and has an essential impact for genomewide studies. However, the interactomes of most species are largely incomplete and computational strategies that take into account sequence homology can help compensating for this lack of information using cross-species analysis. In this work we report the construction of a porcine interactome resource. We applied sequence homology matching and carried out bi-directional BLASTp searches for the currently available protein sequence collections of human and pig. Using this homology we were able to recover, on average, 71% of the proteins annotated for human pathways for the pig. Porcine protein-protein interactions were deduced from homologous proteins with known interactions in human. The result of this work is a resource comprising 204,699 predicted porcine interactions that can be used in genome analyses in order to enhance functional interpretation of data. The data can be visualized and downloaded from http://cpdb.molgen.mpg.de/pig.
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- Felix Dreher
- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Müller H, Schmidt D, Dreher F, Herwig R, Ploubidou A, Lange BM. Gene ontology analysis of the centrosome proteomes of Drosophila and human. Commun Integr Biol 2011; 4:308-11. [PMID: 21980565 DOI: 10.4161/cib.4.3.14806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The centrosome is a complex cell organelle in higher eukaryotic cells that functions in microtubule organization and is integrated into major cellular signaling pathways.1-3 For example, a tight link exists between cell cycle regulation and centrosome duplication, as centrosome numbers must be precisely controlled to ensure high fidelity of chromosome segregation.4 The analysis of the centrosome's protein composition provides the opportunity for a better understanding of centrosome function and to identify possible links to cellular signaling pathways.5,6 Our proteomics study of the Drosophila centrosome recently identified 251 centrosome candidate proteins that we subsequently characterized by RNAi in Drosophila SL2 cells and classified according to their function in centrosome duplication/segregation, structure maintenance and cell cycle regulation.7 Interestingly, functional characterization of their human orthologous proteins revealed the highest functional conservation in the process of centrosome duplication and separation. To analyze functional and biochemical interdependencies further, we carried out an analysis of the gene ontology (GO) annotation of the identified Drosophila centrosome proteins, as well as of the human centrosome proteome.5 The GO analysis of the group of proteins that did not show a centrosome, chromosome segregation or cell cycle related phenotype in our RNAi assays suggests that these molecules may constitute linker proteins to other cellular signaling pathways. Furthermore, the results of our GO analysis of components of the human and of the Drosophila centrosome reflect the somatic and embryonic origin, respectively, of the isolated centrosomes, implicating the Drosophila centrosome proteins in developmental signaling and cell differentiation.
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- Hannah Müller
- Department of Vertebrate Genomics; Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics; Berlin, Germany
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Müller H, Schmidt D, Steinbrink S, Mirgorodskaya E, Lehmann V, Habermann K, Dreher F, Gustavsson N, Kessler T, Lehrach H, Herwig R, Gobom J, Ploubidou A, Boutros M, Lange BMH. Proteomic and functional analysis of the mitotic Drosophila centrosome. EMBO J 2010; 29:3344-57. [PMID: 20818332 PMCID: PMC2957212 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [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: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Regulation of centrosome structure, duplication and segregation is integrated into cellular pathways that control cell cycle progression and growth. As part of these pathways, numerous proteins with well-established non-centrosomal localization and function associate with the centrosome to fulfill regulatory functions. In turn, classical centrosomal components take up functional and structural roles as part of other cellular organelles and compartments. Thus, although a comprehensive inventory of centrosome components is missing, emerging evidence indicates that its molecular composition reflects the complexity of its functions. We analysed the Drosophila embryonic centrosomal proteome using immunoisolation in combination with mass spectrometry. The 251 identified components were functionally characterized by RNA interference. Among those, a core group of 11 proteins was critical for centrosome structure maintenance. Depletion of any of these proteins in Drosophila SL2 cells resulted in centrosome disintegration, revealing a molecular dependency of centrosome structure on components of the protein translation machinery, actin- and RNA-binding proteins. In total, we assigned novel centrosome-related functions to 24 proteins and confirmed 13 of these in human cells.
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- Hannah Müller
- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research—Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics and University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research—Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics and University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Löffler H, Dreher F, Maibach HI. FS03.7
Tape stripping procedure: influence of anatomic site, application pressure, duration and removal. Contact Dermatitis 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.0309ai.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Waller JM, Dreher F, Behnam S, Ford C, Lee C, Tiet T, Weinstein GD, Maibach HI. ‘Keratolytic’ Properties of Benzoyl Peroxide and Retinoic Acid Resemble Salicylic Acid in Man. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 2006; 19:283-9. [PMID: 16778460 DOI: 10.1159/000093984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2005] [Accepted: 01/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Retinoic acid (RA) and benzoyl peroxide (BP) were studied, comparing their keratolytic efficacy and water barrier disruption to that of salicylic acid (SA), a well-established keratolytic, under similar conditions. PATIENTS/METHODS Six volunteers were included in this blinded study. Eleven randomized test sites were marked on the volar forearms, containing sites for untreated skin at time zero, unoccluded, occlusion, and vehicle controls for 3 and 6 h, and each of BP, RA, and SA solutions for 3 and 6 h. At each time point, occlusion at 5 of the test sites was removed, and chromameter measurements were performed over 30 min. Each site then underwent 25 stratum corneum (SC) tape strippings. At 1, 5, and 30 min after the last stripping at each site, TEWL measurements were performed. Quantitative protein analysis of the SC from the tapes was then performed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION after 3 h, bp was significantly more effective in disrupting sc cohesion than sa and ra, indicating bp is a moderate keratolytic agent in addition to its antimicrobial properties. After 6 h, all three agents were similarly effective in keratolysis. Barrier disruption, as measured by TEWL, paralleled depth of SC removal. SA tended to exhibit the greatest keratolytic efficacy superficially, hence its clinical effectiveness in superficial conditions such as comedonal acne, whereas BP was more effective at deeper levels, complimenting its antimicrobial effects and enabling it to treat deeper, more inflammatory lesions. None of the agents significantly affected skin erythema. These techniques provide a robust and rapid assay for in vivo keratolytic demonstration.
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- J M Waller
- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0989, USA
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Sirocko F, Seelos K, Schaber K, Rein B, Dreher F, Diehl M, Lehne R, Jäger K, Krbetschek M, Degering D. A late Eemian aridity pulse in central Europe during the last glacial inception. Nature 2005; 436:833-6. [PMID: 16094365 DOI: 10.1038/nature03905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Investigating the processes that led to the end of the last interglacial period is relevant for understanding how our ongoing interglacial will end, which has been a matter of much debate (see, for example, refs 1, 2). A recent ice core from Greenland demonstrates climate cooling from 122,000 years ago driven by orbitally controlled insolation, with glacial inception at 118,000 years ago. Here we present an annually resolved, layer-counted record of varve thickness, quartz grain size and pollen assemblages from a maar lake in the Eifel (Germany), which documents a late Eemian aridity pulse lasting 468 years with dust storms, aridity, bushfire and a decline of thermophilous trees at the time of glacial inception. We interpret the decrease in both precipitation and temperature as an indication of a close link of this extreme climate event to a sudden southward shift of the position of the North Atlantic drift, the ocean current that brings warm surface waters to the northern European region. The late Eemian aridity pulse occurred at a 65 degrees N July insolation of 416 W m(-2), close to today's value of 428 W m(-2) (ref. 9), and may therefore be relevant for the interpretation of present-day climate variability.
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- F Sirocko
- Institute of Geoscience, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Dreher F, Modjtahedi BS, Modjtahedi SP, Maibach HI. Quantification of stratum corneum removal by adhesive tape stripping by total protein assay in 96-well microplates. Skin Res Technol 2005; 11:97-101. [PMID: 15807806 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2005.00103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Examination of stratum corneum (SC) content with tape stripping and a colorimetric method is increasingly used. We examined the possible use of microplates in tandem with a colorimetric method to examine SC removed with tape stripping. As a corollary to this examination, the homogeneity of tape strips was examined. METHOD The commonly used Lowry assay was adapted for 96-well plates. Tapes were divided into four regions and sample disks of 5 mm diameter were taken from each and analyzed for SC mass using the adapted Lowry assay. RESULTS Homogeneity of SC removal over different areas across a tape strip is limited. CONCLUSION Quantification of SC by means of a 96-well microplate-based colorimetric method is feasible and shortens the time of analysis. However, when using D-Squame tape disks, SC removal on a limited area of the tape is not predictive for SC removal on the entire tape as removal is inhomogenous. Therefore, SC protein extraction should be performed on a large enough area, eventually on the entire tape when quantifying SC mass removed by tape stripping.
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- F Dreher
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0989, USA
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Bashir SJ, Dreher F, Chew AL, Zhai H, Levin C, Stern R, Maibach HI. Cutaneous bioassay of salicylic acid as a keratolytic. Int J Pharm 2005; 292:187-94. [PMID: 15725565 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2004] [Revised: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 11/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Keratolytic efficacy of topical preparations containing salicylic acid was studied in humans utilizing adhesive tape stripping and quantifying SC removal by protein analysis. In combination with tape stripping, squamometry was used to evaluate the influence of salicylic acid on skin surface scaliness and desquamation. Furthermore, skin barrier perturbation and skin irritancy was recorded and related to the dermatopharmacological effect of the preparations. In contrast to squamometry, tape stripping combined with protein analysis was sensitive in detecting keratolytic effect of salicylic acid within hours of application. Importantly, whereas the pH of the preparations only minimally influenced efficacy, local dermatotoxicity was significantly increased at acidic pH. This indicates that the quest to increase the amount of free, non-dissociated SA is, in fact, counterproductive as the more acidic preparations resulted in skin irritation and barrier disruption.
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- S J Bashir
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, 90 Medical Center Way, Surge Building #110, P.O. Box 0989, San Francisco, CA 94143-0989, USA
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BACKGROUND Tape stripping is a common method for investigating stratum corneum (SC) physiology as well as bioavailability and bioequivalence of topical drugs. OBJECTIVES To investigate the influence of procedures (anatomical site, pressure, pressure duration, tape removal rate) inherent in each stripping protocol on changes in skin physiology. METHODS Tape stripping was performed using tapes on the forearm, forehead and back. On the forearm different pressures (165 and 330 g cm(-2)), durations of pressure (2 and 10 s), and removal rate (slow and rapid removal) were used. Changes in skin physiology were evaluated by measurement of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and hydration. RESULTS A significant influence of all parameters on the TEWL increase as a function of tape strip number was observed. The fastest increase was demonstrated on the forehead, followed by the back and, lastly, the forearm. Rapid removal produced a protracted increase in comparison with slow removal. Pressure for 10 s induced a faster increase in TEWL than 2 s pressure. Likewise, pressure at 330 g cm(-2) induced an earlier increase than pressure at 165 g cm(-2). Skin hydration was not influenced by the variables tested. CONCLUSIONS Tape stripping results are influenced dramatically by all investigated parameters. A dynamic SC stress test to investigate SC cohesion more closely is proposed based on the present observations.
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- H Löffler
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Thiele JJ, Dreher F, Maibach HI, Packer L. Impact of ultraviolet radiation and ozone on the transepidermal water loss as a function of skin temperature in hairless mice. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 2003; 16:283-90. [PMID: 12907833 DOI: 10.1159/000072068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2002] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Exposure to ultraviolet radiation or ozone leads to skin damage including oxidation of skin biomolecules, as well as to depletion of constitutive antioxidants. The highly organized stratum corneum forming the main barrier against most xenobiotics is particularly susceptible to such damage and possible barrier perturbation may be the consequence. Whereas ample evidence exists for an increased permeability for different solutes including water after exposure to ultraviolet radiation, such an effect has not yet been reported for ozone. This study reports on the effect of such oxidative stressors using the hairless mouse as the skin model and measuring temperature-controlled transepidermal water loss (TEWL) as an indicator for skin barrier integrity. First, a strong dependency of the TEWL on skin temperature was observed, an effect that was clearly more pronounced than that found in man. Given this temperature dependency in untreated animals, we proceeded to determine the effects of both ultraviolet radiation and ozone on TEWL over a relevant physiological skin temperature range. Solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation (0.75-3 minimal erythemal dose) resulted in a delayed and dose-dependent skin barrier disruption over the entire temperature range investigated. Conversely, daily ozone exposure at 2 ppm for 1 week, however, did not significantly alter TEWL up to 72 h after the last exposure. The results demonstrate a differential response of the epidermis to two environmental stressors associated with oxidative damage; they suggest that chronic ozone exposure at relevant environmental levels does not lead to a detectable skin barrier defect, while solar UV exposure was demonstrated to increase epidermal water loss. Furthermore, experimental evidence clearly suggests that future studies applying TEWL measurements in animal models should be performed under carefully controlled skin temperature conditions.
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- J J Thiele
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
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Dreher F, Patouillet C, Fouchard F, Zanini M, Messager A, Roguet R, Cottin M, Leclaire J, Benech-Kieffer F. Improvement of the experimental setup to assess cutaneous bioavailability on human skin models: dynamic protocol. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 2003; 15 Suppl 1:31-9. [PMID: 12476007 DOI: 10.1159/000066683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Human skin models, such as EpiDerm and Episkin, are not easily mounted into static or dynamic diffusion cells that are commonly used to perform bioavailability studies with human skin ex vivo. For various reasons, such as fragility, small sample size, and other morphological constraints, skin absorption studies with human skin models are often carried out on the delimited skin surface obtained by gluing a ring onto the reconstituted epidermis and manually exchanging the receptor solution. However, such an experimental setup is prone to artifacts. Discontinuous removal of the receptor fluid leads to alternating sink conditions, and an area of application smaller than the area in contact with the receptor fluid, as well as imperfect seal of the glued ring, may result in inaccurate penetration rates. Human skin models were shown to be relatively easily mounted into In-Line cells (PermeGear Inc.), vertical diffusion cells which appear to be appropriately designed for such a purpose. In-Line cells allowed accurate determination of solute penetration as well as automated sampling of receptor fluid. Excised human skin can be mounted into these cells as well, making it possible to compare penetration rates through different types of skin samples under identical conditions. Using mannitol as a reference compound, penetration profiles and epidermal distribution similar to those obtained with human skin ex vivo were obtained both with EpiDerm and Episkin. Under the present conditions, human skin models were more permeable to mannitol than excised human skin, which was only slightly permeable to mannitol. Due to these experimental innovations and to the good agreement with the absorption characteristics through human skin ex vivo, EpiDerm and Episkin seem to be promising human skin models for testing the cutaneous bioavailability of topical products in vitro.
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- F Dreher
- L'Oréal Research, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
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Hostýnek JJ, Dreher F, Nakada T, Schwindt D, Anigbogu A, Maibach HI. Human stratum corneum adsorption of nickel salts. Investigation of depth profiles by tape stripping in vivo. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 2002:11-8. [PMID: 11802472 DOI: 10.1080/000155501753279587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Sequential adhesive tape stripping was implemented to characterize the penetration of nickel salts in human stratum corneum. Exposure areas of the salts in methanol applied open on arm and back skin in low volume were stripped 20 times to the level of the glistening layer at intervals of 30 min to 24 h post-dosing, and the strips analyzed for metal content by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy. In the case of nickel chloride, sulfate, nitrate and acetate, material left on the skin surface, the depth-penetration profiles in the stratum corneum, and the dosage unaccounted for suggest the following conclusions: (a) Up to 24 h, most of the nickel dose applied remains on the skin surface or is adsorbed in the uppermost layers of the stratum corneum. (b) At higher concentrations, incomplete material recovery becomes discernible; within 24 h, nickel salts thus appear to penetrate beyond the stratum corneum to a minor degree, possibly via the skin shunts. (c) While the concentration gradients of nickel adsorbed vary with counter ion, anatomical site, dose and exposure time, for all variables tested the depth profiles converge to non-detectable levels (< 20 ppb) towards the level of the glistening layer. A notable exception is nickel as nitrate, for which levels continue at low but constant levels (1% of dose) beyond the third stratum corneum strip, indicative of intercellular diffusion. (d) Differences in material recovered suggest that the stratum corneum on the arm is more penetrable to nickel than stratum corneum on the back. (e) The counter ion in nickel salts plays a major part in their diffusion into the stratum corneum, suggestive of ion pairing. Overall, the data point to all three avenues of skin penetration by nickel: intracellular, intercellular, and transappendageal.
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- J J Hostýnek
- Department of Dermatology of UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA.
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Hostýnek JJ, Dreher F, Pelosi A, Anigbogu A, Maibach HI. Human stratum corneum penetration by nickel. In vivo study of depth distribution after occlusive application of the metal as powder. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 2002:5-10. [PMID: 11802474 DOI: 10.1080/000155501753279578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Sequential tape stripping was implemented on three healthy volunteers to examine the surface distribution of nickel through human stratum corneum in vivo following occlusive application of the metal as powder on the volar forearm. Exposure sites were stripped 20 times at intervals from 5 min to 96 h post-dosing and the strips analyzed for metal content by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy with a detection limit for nickel of 0.5 ppb. The gradients of nickel distribution profiles increased proportionally with occlusion time, but after the 10th strip to the 20th strip continued at constant levels. Total nickel removed with 20 stratum corneum strips to the level of the glistening layer after maximum occlusion of 96 h was 41.6 micrograms/cm2 (+/- 12.2; average n = 3). In order to normalize the nickel depth distribution profiles, stratum corneum removed by stripping of untreated skin after occlusion was determined by weighing. Following application of nickel dust over 24 h, analysis of the 20th strip still indicated nickel present at 1.42 micrograms/cm2 (+/- 0.68; average n = 3). These data indicate that, in contact with skin, nickel metal is oxidized to form soluble, stratum corneum-diffusible compounds which may penetrate the intact stratum corneum, presumably by the intercellular route, and have the potential to elicit allergic reactions.
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- J J Hostýnek
- Euromerican Technology Resources, Inc., Lafayette, USA.
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Human studies have convincingly demonstrated pronounced photoprotective effects of 'natural' and synthetic antioxidants when applied topically before UVR exposure. Particularly with respect to UVB-induced skin damage such as erythema formation, the photoprotective effects of antioxidants are significant when applied in distinct mixtures in appropriate vehicles. Topical application of such combinations may result in a sustained antioxidant capacity of the skin, possibly due to antioxidant synergisms. And, since UVA-induced skin alterations are believed to be largely determined by oxidative processes [26], topical administration of antioxidants might be particularly promising [27, 28]. In fact, topical application of antioxidants or antioxidant mixtures resulted in a remarkable increase in the minimal dose to induce immediate pigment darkening after UVA exposure [18, 23] and diminished the severity of UVA-induced photodermatoses [22] in humans. In conclusion, regular application of skin care products containing antioxidants may be of the utmost benefit in efficiently preparing our skin against exogenous oxidative stressors occurring during daily life. Furthermore, sunscreening agents may also benefit from combination with antioxidants resulting in increased safety and efficacy of such photoprotective products [11, 29].
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- F Dreher
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Tape stripping of human stratum corneum has been performed to measure stratum corneum mass, barrier function, drug reservoir and percutaneous penetration. However, the technique itself requires further development to facilitate interpretation. METHODS In this study we quantified stratum comeum (SC) tape stripping and water kinetic parameters utilizing three types of adhesive tapes, in an in vivo randomized clinical trial. Stratum corneum was tape stripped, and the mass of SC removed by each tape was quantified utilizing a protein assay. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was measured and barrier disruption and SC water kinetics calculated. Three commonly utilized acrylate adhesive tapes were utilized and a comparison made between them. RESULTS Each type of tape successfully stripped the stratum corneum, but the rayon tape did not induce SC barrier disruption. Neither the type of tape nor the site stripped significantly influenced the mass of SC removed. Water kinetic parameters did not differ significantly for the tapes that did induce barrier disruption. Individual variation in barrier disruption to water following tape stripping was demonstrated. CONCLUSION The tapes utilized removed a similar amount of SC. The tapes have a different propensity to cause barrier disruption. Some individuals do not demonstrate increased TEWL despite an equivalent mass of SC being removed compared to those who do show a response.
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- S J Bashir
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Dreher F, Denig N, Gabard B, Schwindt DA, Maibach HI. Effect of topical antioxidants on UV-induced erythema formation when administered after exposure. Dermatology 2000; 198:52-5. [PMID: 10026402 DOI: 10.1159/000018064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Photoprotective effects of topically applied antioxidants when applied before ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure are well known. Their protective effect when applied after UVR exposure is, however, less established. OBJECTIVE In a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled human study the short-term photoprotective effects of different antioxidants and of their combinations were evaluated when applied after UVR exposure. METHODS Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) were topically administered alone or in combination following UVR exposure as single applications (immediately or 30 min after irradiation, respectively) or as multiple applications (three times: 30 min, 1 h and 2 h after irradiation). The erythemal reaction was evaluated visually and noninvasively with bioengineering methods (skin color and skin blood flow). RESULTS No significant protective effect of melatonin or the vitamins when applied alone or in combination were obtained when antioxidants were applied after UVR exposure. No improved photoprotective effect was obtained when multiple applications were done. CONCLUSION UVR-induced skin damage is a rapid event, and antioxidants possibly prevent such damage only when present in relevant concentration at the site of action beginning and during oxidative stress.
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- F Dreher
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, Calif. 94143, USA
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Dreher F, Gabard B, Schwindt DA, Maibach HI. Topical melatonin in combination with vitamins E and C protects skin from ultraviolet-induced erythema: a human study in vivo. Br J Dermatol 1998; 139:332-9. [PMID: 9767255 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02447.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 11/20/2022]
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In this randomized, double-blind human study, the short-term photoprotective effects of different antioxidants and their combinations were evaluated in vivo. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) and melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) were topically applied, alone or in combination, 30 min before ultraviolet-irradiation of the skin. The erythemal reaction was evaluated visually and non-invasively using different bioengineering methods (skin colour and skin blood flow). The results showed a modest protective effect of the vitamins when applied alone and a dose-dependent photoprotective effect of melatonin. Topical application of combinations of both vitamins, or of melatonin with vitamins, enhanced the photoprotective response. Better protection was obtained by using the combination of melatonin with both vitamins. The role of reactive oxygen species and oxygen-derived free radicals, as well as potential sunscreening properties of the employed antioxidants, are discussed in view of possible mechanisms to explain this elevated photoprotective effect.
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- F Dreher
- University of California, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Box 0989, Surge 110, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Dreher F, Arens A, Hostýnek JJ, Mudumba S, Ademola J, Maibach HI. Colorimetric method for quantifying human Stratum corneum removed by adhesive-tape stripping. Acta Derm Venereol 1998; 78:186-9. [PMID: 9602223 DOI: 10.1080/000155598441495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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Tape-stripping of the skin is a useful method for removing the stratum corneum and obtaining more information about the function of this skill layer as the main barrier for skin penetration. The amount of stratum corneum removed is of relevance in establishing the concentration profile of chemicals within the stratum corneum after topical application. Weighing is the preferred method for measuring the amount stripped, but because it is often subject to artifacts, alternative methods are sought. We present a simple, colorimetric method for determining the amount stratum corneum removed by sequential adhesive-tape-stripping of human skin in vivo. The method is based on quantification of the sodium hydroxide soluble protein fraction using a commercially available protein assay similar to the Lowry assay. The method is shown to be an accurate and reproducible alternative to weighing, also demonstrating uniform removal of stratum corneum layers following the very initial strips.
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- F Dreher
- School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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Dreher F, Walde P, Walther P, Wehrli E. Interaction of a lecithin microemulsion gel with human stratum corneum and its effect on transdermal transport. J Control Release 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-3659(96)01559-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Soybean lecithin microemulsion gels offer promising features for the possible use as matrices in transdermal therapeutic systems. In order to assess the skin irritancy potential of the gel, acute and cumulative irriation tests were performed in human subjects in vivo using as comparison an unilamellar soybean lecithin liposome preparation and the solvent isopropyl palmitate (IPP). Acute irritation was tested in 151 volunteers in a 48-hour patch test, whereas cumulative irritation was assessed in a 21-day human repeated insult patch test in 20 volunteers. In the acute irritation test, discrete irritation (erythema only) developed with the gel in 2 subjects (1.3%), with the liposomes in 3 subjects (2.0%), and with IPP in 2 subjects (1.3%). For the assessment of cumulative irritation, the IT50 (irritation time of 50% of the test population) was calculated. IT50 was 13 days for the gel, 14 days for the liposomes and 17 days for IPP. This study shows a very low acute and a low cumulative irritancy potential for the soybean lecithin microemulsion gel making it a candidate matrix for transdermal therapeutic systems also under toxicological aspects.
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- F Dreher
- Institut für Polymere, ETH Zentrum, Schweiz
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