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Paret, C.* ; Hildebrand, D.* ; Weitz, J.* ; Kopp-Schneider, A.* ; Kuhn, A.* ; Beer, A.* ; Hautmann, R.* ; Zöller, M.*

C4.4A as a candidate marker in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

Br. J. Cancer 97, 1146-1156 (2007)
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C4.4A is a member of the Ly-6 family with restricted expression in non-transformed tissues. C4.4A expression in human cancer has rarely been evaluated. Thus, it became important to explore C4.4A protein expression in human tumour tissue to obtain an estimate on the frequency of expression and the correlation with tumour progression, the study focusing on colorectal cancer. The analysis of C4.4A in human tumour lines by western blot and immunoprecipitation using polyclonal rabbit antibodies that recognize different C4.4A epitopes revealed C4.4A oligomer and heavily glycosylated C4.4A isoform expression that, in some instances, inhibited antibody binding and interaction with the C4.4A ligand galectin-3. In addition, tumour cell lines released C4.4A by vesicle shedding and proteolytic cleavage. C4.4A was expressed in over 80% of primary colorectal cancer and liver metastasis with negligible expression in adjacent colonic mucosa, inflamed colonic tissue and liver. This compares well with EpCAM and CO-029 expression in over 90% of colorectal cancer. C4.4A expression was only observed in about 50% of pancreatic cancer and renal cell carcinoma. By de novo expression in colonic cancer tissue, we consider C4.4A as a candidate diagnostic marker in colorectal cancer, which possibly can be detected in body fluids.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Language english
Publication Year 2007
HGF-reported in Year 0
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0007-0920
e-ISSN 1532-1827
Quellenangaben Volume: 97, Issue: 8, Pages: 1146-1156 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
PubMed ID 17912244
Erfassungsdatum 2007-12-31