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Title: Glycan affinity magnetic nanoplatforms for urinary glycobiomarkers discovery in bladder cancer
Author: Azevedo, Rita
Soares, Janine
Gaiteiro, Cristiana
Peixoto, Andreia
Lima, Luís
Ferreira, Dylan
Relvas-Santos, Marta
Fernandes, Elisabete
Tavares, Ana
Cotton, Sofia
Daniel-da-Silva, Ana Luísa
Santos, Lúcio Lara
Vitorino, Rui
Amado, Francisco
Ferreira, José Alexandre
Keywords: Glycoproteomics
Urine biomarkers
Bladder cancer
Glycosylation
Nanoprobes
Nanoparticles
Issue Date: 1-Jul-2018
Publisher: Elsevier
Abstract: Bladder Cancer (BC) presents one of the highest recurrence rates amongst solid tumours and constitutes the second deadliest disease of the genitourinary track. Non-invasive identification of patients facing disease recurrence and/or progression remains one of the most critical and challenging aspects in disease management. To contribute to this goal, we demonstrate the potential of glycan-affinity glycoproteomics nanoplatforms for urinary biomarkers discovery in bladder cancer. Briefly, magnetic nanoprobes (MNP) coated with three broad-spectrum lectins, namely Concanavalin A (ConA; MNP@ConA), Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA; MNP@WGA), and Sambucus nigra (SNA; MNP@SNA), were used to selectively capture glycoproteins from the urine of low-grade and high-grade non-muscle invasive as well as muscle-invasive BC patients. Proteins were identified by nano-LC MALDI-TOF/TOF and data was curated using bioinformatics tools (UniProt, NetOGlyc, NetNGlyc, ClueGO app for Cytoscape and Oncomine) to highlight clinically relevant species. Accordingly, 63 glycoproteins were exclusively identified in cancer samples compared with healthy controls matching in age and gender. Specific glycoprotein sets exclusively found in low-grade non-muscle invasive bladder tumours may aid early diagnosis, while those only found in high-grade non-invasive and muscle-invasive tumours hold potential for accessing progression. Amongst these proteins is bladder cancer stem-cell marker CD44, which has been associated with poor prognosis. Orthogonal validation studies by slot-blotting demonstrated an elevation in urine CD44 levels of high-grade patients, which became more pronounced upon muscle-invasion, in mimicry of the primary tumour. These observations demonstrate the potential of MNP@lectins for identification of clinically relevant glycoproteomics signatures in bladder cancer. Future clinical validation in a larger and well characterized patient subset is required envisaging clinical translation of the results.
Peer review: yes
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/37238
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.03.028
ISSN: 0039-9140
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