采用免疫亲和捕获和靶向质谱法鉴定和定量肺癌患者血浆中的骨桥蛋白剪接变体。
Identification and quantification of osteopontin splice variants in the plasma of lung cancer patients using immunoaffinity capture and targeted mass spectrometry.
机构信息
Global Biotherapeutic Technologies, Groton, CT, USA.
出版信息
Biomarkers. 2012 Mar;17(2):125-33. doi: 10.3109/1354750X.2011.643485. Epub 2011 Dec 22.
The expression patterns and functional roles of three osteopontin splice variants (OPNa, b, and c) in cancer metastasis and progression are not well understood due to the lack of reliable assays to differentiate the isoforms. We have developed a mass spectrometric method to quantify OPN isoforms in human plasma. The method is based on the immunocapture of all OPN isoforms, followed by MRM-MS analysis of isoform-specific tryptic peptides. We were able to simultaneously identify and quantify all three isoforms in the plasma of 10 healthy individuals and 10 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Our results show that none of the OPN splice variants is cancer specific. However, OPNa, the major isoform in healthy and NSCLC plasma, is substantially elevated in NSCLC patients, whereas OPNb and OPNc are at equivalent levels in two populations.
由于缺乏可靠的方法来区分同工型,因此三种骨桥蛋白剪接变体(OPNa、b 和 c)在癌症转移和进展中的表达模式和功能作用还不是很清楚。我们开发了一种用于定量人血浆中骨桥蛋白同工型的质谱检测方法。该方法基于所有骨桥蛋白同工型的免疫捕获,然后对同工型特异性胰蛋白酶肽进行 MRM-MS 分析。我们能够在 10 名健康个体和 10 名非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者的血浆中同时鉴定和定量三种同工型。我们的结果表明,三种骨桥蛋白同工型均无癌症特异性。然而,OPNa 是健康人和 NSCLC 血浆中的主要同工型,在 NSCLC 患者中显著升高,而 OPNb 和 OPNc 在两种人群中的水平相当。