scholarly journals Methods for Acrolein Detection: Recent Advances and Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Ambara R. Pradipta ◽  
Katsunori Tanaka

Acrolein holds excellent potential as a critical biomarker in various oxidative stress-related diseases, and direct measurement of acrolein in biological systems is becoming essential to provide information for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes. In this review, we will discuss some available techniques for the detection of acrolein from biological samples. A conventional analytical method for the detection of acrolein by using high-performance liquid chromatography analysis after derivatization with 3-aminophenol is available. However, it is not suitable for high-throughput assay and inconvenient for measurement in clinical practice. On the other hand, we have recently discovered that phenyl azide can rapidly and selectively react with acrolein in a click manner to provide 4-formyl-1,2,3-triazoline through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Moreover, we have successfully utilized this acrolein-azide click reaction as a simple and robust method for detecting and visualizing acrolein generated by live cells. Herein, we will describe our reaction-based acrolein sensor and its application to detect and visualize breast cancer tissues. We utilized the azide-acrolein click reaction-based method to discriminate breast cancer lesion from the normal breast gland, which resected from breast cancer patients. This method is the first example of an organic synthetic chemistry-based approach that can be used not only to visualize the cancer tissue but also to distinguish morphology of the resected tissue only within a few minutes. It has a potential clinical application for breast-conserving surgery. Furthermore, the ability to perform chemical reactions with cancer metabolites only at the desired cancer site is highly advantageous for cancer therapy.

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 20068-20068
Author(s):  
A. M. Morelle ◽  
A. Frasson ◽  
F. Zerwes ◽  
S. Alves ◽  
G. Devenz ◽  
...  

20068 Background: Previous RT-PCR study showed that hMAM and CEA mRNA could be detected in 95% and 78% breast carcinomas, respectively. Analyzed in normal LN, these two markers were the only ones not expressed, compared to other mRNA markers which could be detected in a variable number of cases (Marchetti 2001). We evaluate the expression of CEA and hMAM mRNA in breast cancer pts in order to investigate if the identification of these transcripts could be correlated to in the LN, PB and BM. Methods: Tumor, normal gland, LN and PB were obtained from 49 breast cancer pts who have been referred to surgery during the period of Jun/2000 to Jan/2004.BM could be obtained from 21 of these cases. Before the manipulation of the tumor, 5 mL of PB was collected and 5 mL of BM was aspirated from the iliac crest. First level axillary LN were sectioned in two. One of the halves was immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. CEA and hMAM transcripts have been analysed by RT-PCR. Results: Tumors were positive for CEA in 38 (77.6%) cases and LN were positive in 15 cases (36.7%). 6/49 pts expressed CEA in normal breast (12.2%). Five of these, tumor also expressed CEA. Two pts (4.1%) showed CEA expression in PB and in BM. One patient expressed CEA in BM but not in PB. All pts that showed expression in PB, BM and LN, also showed transcript of CEA in tumor. hMAM transcripts were found in 39 (79.6%) normal gland tissue and in 41 of tumor samples (85.7%). LN were positive to hMAM in 12 cases (24.5%). 5 of these (10.2%) were also positive in PB and BM samples. The pts showing hMAM expression in PB, BM and LN also showed its expression in neoplasic tissue. Analyzing both markers, two pts showed the expression of CEA and hMAM in the PB and BM samples. In 21 of the 49 cases the comparison of hMAM and CEA was possible to be performed in all tissues. CEA and hMAM expression associated to larger number of LN affected. Conclusions: CEA and hMAM transcripts can be detected in majority of breast cancer tissue. Specificity of hMAM seems to be higher than CEA, which can be detected in more than 10% of non-tumor breast tissue. Synchronicity of CEA or hMAM expression in the tumor and in extra-mammary sites was high, suggesting that these markers may provide an interesting strategy for follow-up micrometastatic disease. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Gion ◽  
Riccardo Mione ◽  
Ruggero Dittadi ◽  
Luciano Griggio ◽  
Gabriele Munegato ◽  
...  

The study of tumor markers in breast cancer tissue may supply information on the tumor's biological features and its clinical behaviour. Forty-nine primary breast cancer patients are evaluable to date. CEA, ferritin, TPA and CA15/3 were measured with radioimmu-nometric methods in the cytosol of carcinoma and normal tissue from the same breast. The concentrations of the four markers were higher in the tumor than in normal tissue in 42/49 cases for CEA, 47/49 for ferritin, 42/49 for TPA and in 24/29 for CA15/3. However, an overlap was found between carcinoma and normal tissue levels, particularly for CEA and TPA. We can conclude that the four substances studied may be markers of malignancy in breast carcinoma when nonmalignant breast tissue from the same patient is determined at the same time, whereas assays within a single, unknown breast tissue sample may be useful only in the case of ferritin and, partly, CA15/3.


1994 ◽  
Vol 304 (3) ◽  
pp. 843-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
M K Kelley ◽  
A Engqvist-Goldstein ◽  
J A Montali ◽  
J B Wheatley ◽  
D E Schmidt ◽  
...  

The determination of GST levels in blood has been proposed to a marker of tumour burden in general, whereas level of the P1 isoenzyme has been identified as a prognostic factor for breast-cancer patients receiving no adjuvant chemotherapy. Particular glutathione S-transferase (GST) isoenzymes differ in their substrate specificity, however, and their presence or absence might therefore account for the resistance of tumours to particular chemotherapeutic drugs, as already established for cultured cell lines. Determination of the GST isoenzyme profile of a cancer tissue could have prognostic value in the selection of treatment if the levels of expression/activity show a degree of variation comparable with that exhibited by actual patient responses. Using reversed-phase h.p.l.c. to quantify affinity-isolated GSTs, we have analysed full isoenzyme profiles in the first large sample of matched normal and cancer human tissues (18 breast-cancer patients). In no patients did the tumour tissues express any isoenzymes that were not found in normal breast tissue. In addition to the GSTs, another enzyme, identified as enoyl-CoA isomerase, was regularly found in breast tissue cytosol following elution from a hexyl-glutathione affinity column. In most cases, the average level of GST was substantially elevated in the cancer tissues above the levels in normal breast tissue from the same patient. Furthermore, the relative levels of the isoenzymes were substantially more variable in the cancer samples than in the normal breast tissue, providing a plausible mechanism for the well established variable response to treatment.


2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvio G. Silva ◽  
Dinu Mistry ◽  
Donghui Li ◽  
Henry M. Kuerer ◽  
Edward N. Atkinson ◽  
...  

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2431
Author(s):  
Lukas Lenga ◽  
Simon Bernatz ◽  
Simon S. Martin ◽  
Christian Booz ◽  
Christine Solbach ◽  
...  

Dual-energy CT (DECT) iodine maps enable quantification of iodine concentrations as a marker for tissue vascularization. We investigated whether iodine map radiomic features derived from staging DECT enable prediction of breast cancer metastatic status, and whether textural differences exist between primary breast cancers and metastases. Seventy-seven treatment-naïve patients with biopsy-proven breast cancers were included retrospectively (41 non-metastatic, 36 metastatic). Radiomic features including first-, second-, and higher-order metrics as well as shape descriptors were extracted from volumes of interest on iodine maps. Following principal component analysis, a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-NN) was used for classification (70% of cases for training, 30% validation). Histopathology served as reference standard. MLP-NN predicted metastatic status with AUCs of up to 0.94, and accuracies of up to 92.6 in the training and 82.6 in the validation datasets. The separation of primary tumor and metastatic tissue yielded AUCs of up to 0.87, with accuracies of up to 82.8 in the training, and 85.7 in the validation dataset. DECT iodine map-based radiomic signatures may therefore predict metastatic status in breast cancer patients. In addition, microstructural differences between primary and metastatic breast cancer tissue may be reflected by differences in DECT radiomic features.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Shin Lee ◽  
Hee Jeong Kim ◽  
Il Yong Chung ◽  
Jisun Kim ◽  
Sae Byul Lee ◽  
...  

AbstractWe used 3D printed-breast surgical guides (3DP-BSG) to designate the original tumor area from the pre-treatment magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST). Targeting the original tumor area in such patients using conventional localization techniques is difficult. For precise BCS, a method that marks the tumor area found on MRI directly to the breast is needed. In this prospective study, patients were enrolled for BCS after receiving NST. Partial resection was performed using a prone/supine MRI-based 3DP-BSG. Frozen biopsies were analyzed to confirm clear tumor margins. The tumor characteristics, pathologic results, resection margins, and the distance between the tumor and margin were analyzed. Thirty-nine patients were enrolled with 3DP-BSG for BCS. The median nearest distance between the tumor and the resection margin was 3.9 cm (range 1.2–7.8 cm). Frozen sections showed positive margins in 4/39 (10.3%) patients. Three had invasive cancers, and one had carcinoma in situ; all underwent additional resection. Final pathology revealed clear margins. After 3-year surveillance, 3/39 patients had recurrent breast cancer. With 3DP-BSG for BCS in breast cancer patients receiving NST, the original tumor area can be identified and marked directly on the breast, which is useful for surgery. Trial Registration: Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) Identifier Number: KCT0002272. First registration number and date: No. 1 (27/04/2016).


2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 561-570
Author(s):  
Jiyoung Kim ◽  
René Villadsen

Cells of the human breast gland express an array of keratins, of which some are used for characterizing both normal and neoplastic breast tissue. However, the expression pattern of certain keratins has yet to be detailed. Here, the expression of a differentiation marker of epidermal epithelium, keratin 10 (K10), was investigated in the human breast gland. While in normal breast tissue generally less than 1% of luminal epithelial cells expressed K10, in women >30 years of age glandular structures with K10-positive (K10pos) cells were found at higher frequency than in younger women. K10pos cells belong to a mature luminal compartment as they were negative for cKIT, positive for Ks20.8, and mostly non-cycling. In breast cancer, around 16% of primary breast carcinomas tested were positive for K10 by immunohistochemistry. Interestingly, K10pos tumor cells generally exhibit features of differentiation similar to their normal counterparts. Although this suggests that K10 is a marker of tumor differentiation, data based on gene expression analysis imply that high levels of K10 dictate a worse outcome for breast cancer patients. These findings can form the basis of future studies that should unravel which role K10 may play as a marker of breast cancer:


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sanaa A. El-Benhawy ◽  
Samia A. Ebeid ◽  
Nadia A. Abd El Moneim ◽  
Rabie R. Abdel Wahed ◽  
Amal R.R. Arab

BACKGROUND: Altered cadherin expression plays a vital role in tumorigenesis, angiogenesis and tumor progression. However, the function of protocadherin 17 (PCDH17) in breast cancer remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: Our target is to explore PCDH17 gene expression in breast carcinoma tissues and its relation to serum angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and % of circulating CD34+ cells in breast cancer patients (BCPs). METHODS: This study included Fifty female BCPs and 50 healthy females as control group. Cancerous and neighboring normal breast tissues were collected from BCPs as well as blood samples at diagnosis PCDH17 gene expression was evaluated by RT-PCR. Serum Ang-2, CAIX levels were measured by ELISA and % CD34+ cells were assessed by flow cytometry. RESULTS: PCDH17 was downregulated in cancerous breast tissues and its repression was significantly correlated with advanced stage and larger tumor size. Low PCDH17 was significantly correlated with serum Ang-2, % CD34+ cells and serum CAIX levels. Serum CAIX, Ang-2 and % CD34+ cells levels were highly elevated in BCPs and significantly correlated with clinical stage. CONCLUSIONS: PCDH17 downregulation correlated significantly with increased angiogenic and hypoxia biomarkers. These results explore the role of PCDH17 as a tumor suppressor gene inhibiting tumor growth and proliferation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Huo ◽  
Zhenwei Li ◽  
Siqi Chen ◽  
Juan Wang ◽  
Jiaying Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose Von Willebrand Factor C and EGF Domains (VWCE) is an important gene that regulates cell adhesion, migration, and interaction. However, the correlation between VWCE expression and immune infiltrating in breast cancer remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the correlation between VWCE expression and immune infiltration levels in breast cancer. Methods The expression of VWCE was analyzed by the tumor immune estimation resource (TIMER) and DriverDB databases. Furthermore, genes co-expressed with VWCE and gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis were investigated by the STRING and Enrichr web servers. Also, we performed the single nucleotide variation (SNV), copy number variation (CNV), and pathway activity analysis through GSCALite. Subsequently, the relationship between VWCE expression and tumor immunity was analyzed by TIMER and TISIDB databases, and further verified the results using Quantitative Real-Time PCR (RT-PCR), Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Results The results showed that the expression of VWCE mRNA in breast cancer tissue was significantly lower than that in normal tissues. We found that the expression level of VWCE was associated with subtypes, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) status of breast cancer patients, but there was no significant difference in the expression of VWCE was found in age and nodal status. Further analyses indicated that VWCE was correlated with the activation or inhibition of multiple oncogenic pathways. Additionally, VWCE expression was negatively correlated with the expression of STAT1 (Th1 marker, r = − 0.12, p = 6e−05), but positively correlated with the expression of MS4A4A (r = 0.28, p = 0). These results suggested that the expression of VWCE was correlated with immune infiltration levels of Th1 and M2 macrophage in breast cancer. Conclusions In our study, VWCE expression was associated with a better prognosis and was immune infiltration in breast cancer. These findings demonstrate that VWCE is a potential prognostic biomarker and correlated with tumor immune cell infiltration, and maybe a promising therapeutic target in breast cancer.


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