Proteomics identification and validation of desmocollin-1 and catechol-O-methyltransferase as proteins associated with breast cancer cell migration and metastasis
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ABSTRACT: Biological treatment of many cancers currently targets membrane bound receptors located on a cell surface. To identify novel membrane proteins associated with migration and metastasis of breast cancer cells, we selected and characterized a more migrating subpopulation of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. We applied quantitative mass spectrometry with SILAC labeling to analyze their surfaceome and compared it with that of paternal MDA-MB-231 cells. Among 818 identified proteins (FDR < 0.01), 124 differentially abundant cell surface proteins with at least one transmembrane domain were found. Of these, (i) catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) was successfully verified as a protein associated with lymph node metastasis of triple negative breast cancer as well as tumor grade by targeted data extraction from the SWATH-MS data set of 96 breast cancer tissues, and (ii) desmocollin-1 (DSC1) was verified as a protein connected with lymph node status of luminal A breast cancer, tumor grade and Her-2 receptor by immunohistochemistry in the same set of patients. Kaplan-Meier analysis associated COMT and DSC1 with decreased overall survival in breast cancer subsets. Our findings indicate importance of both proteins for breast cancer development and metastasis
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Epithelial Cell
DISEASE(S): Breast Cancer
SUBMITTER: Pavel Bouchal
LAB HEAD: Pavel Bouchal
PROVIDER: PXD013162 | Pride | 2019-10-23
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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