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Targeted glycoproteomic identification of biomarkers for human breast carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Glycosylation is a dynamic post-translational modification that changes during the development and progression of various malignancies. During the oncogenesis of breast carcinoma, the glycosyltransferase known as N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase Va (GnT-Va) transcript levels and activity are increased due to activated oncogenic signaling pathways. Elevated GnT-V levels leads to increased beta(1,6)-branched N-linked glycan structures on glycoproteins that can be measured using a specific carbohydrate binding protein or lectin known as L-PHA. L-PHA does not bind to nondiseased breast epithelial cells, but during the progression to invasive carcinoma, cells show a progressive increase in L-PHA binding. We have developed a procedure for intact protein L-PHA-affinity enrichment, followed by nanospray ionization mass spectrometry (NSI-MS/MS), to identify potential biomarkers for breast carcinoma. We identified L-PHA reactive glycoproteins from matched normal (nondiseased) and malignant tissue isolated from patients with invasive ductal breast carcinoma. Comparison analysis of the data identified 34 proteins that were enriched by L-PHA fractionation in tumor relative to normal tissue for at least 2 cases of ductal invasive breast carcinoma. Of these 34 L-PHA tumor enriched proteins, 12 are common to all 4 matched cases analyzed. These results indicate that lectin enrichment strategies targeting a particular glycan change associated with malignancy can be an effective method of identifying potential biomarkers for breast carcinoma.

SUBMITTER: Abbott KL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4932838 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Targeted glycoproteomic identification of biomarkers for human breast carcinoma.

Abbott Karen L KL Aoki Kazuhiro K Lim Jae-Min JM Porterfield Mindy M Johnson Rachelle R O'Regan Ruth M RM Wells Lance L Tiemeyer Michael M Pierce Michael M

Journal of proteome research 20080214 4

Glycosylation is a dynamic post-translational modification that changes during the development and progression of various malignancies. During the oncogenesis of breast carcinoma, the glycosyltransferase known as N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase Va (GnT-Va) transcript levels and activity are increased due to activated oncogenic signaling pathways. Elevated GnT-V levels leads to increased beta(1,6)-branched N-linked glycan structures on glycoproteins that can be measured using a specific carbohydr ...[more]

PMID: 18271524

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Targeted glycoproteomic identification of biomarkers for human breast carcinoma.

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Targeted glycoproteomic identification of biomarkers for human breast carcinoma.

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