鉴定粪便细胞外囊泡作为结直肠癌非侵入性诊断和预后的新型生物标志物。
Identification of faecal extracellular vesicles as novel biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer.
机构信息
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
出版信息
J Extracell Vesicles. 2023 Jan;12(1):e12300. doi: 10.1002/jev2.12300.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies that is usually detected late in the clinic. The currently available diagnostic tools for CRC are either invasive or insensitive to early lesions due to the dearth of reliable biomarkers. In this study, we discovered that the extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the faeces of CRC patients can act as a potent biomarker for the non-invasive diagnosis and prognosis of CRC. This finding is based on the identification of two transmembrane proteins-CD147 and A33-on faeces-derived EVs (fEVs) that are intrinsically associated with CRC. The detection results show that the levels of CD147 and A33 on fEVs were upregulated in the CRC patients (n = 48), dramatically distinguishing them from the healthy donors (n = 16). The CD147/A33-enriched EVs offer a clinical sensitivity of 89%, much higher than that (40%) of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a clinically-established serum biomarker for CRC diagnosis. In addition, the analysis of longitudinal faeces samples (n = 29) demonstrated that the CD147/A33-enriched fEVs can be utilized to track the prognosis of CRC. Due to the high compliance of faeces-based detection, the CD147/A33-enriched fEVs could serve as new-generation CRC biomarkers for large-scale, non-invasive CRC screening as well as real-time monitoring of patient outcomes during clinical interventions.
结直肠癌(CRC)是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,通常在临床上发现较晚。目前用于 CRC 的诊断工具要么具有侵入性,要么对早期病变不敏感,这是因为缺乏可靠的生物标志物。在这项研究中,我们发现 CRC 患者粪便中的细胞外囊泡(EVs)可以作为一种用于 CRC 非侵入性诊断和预后的有效生物标志物。这一发现基于对粪便衍生 EVs(fEVs)中两种跨膜蛋白-CD147 和 A33 的鉴定,这两种蛋白与 CRC 固有相关。检测结果表明,CRC 患者(n=48)粪便中 fEVs 上的 CD147 和 A33 水平上调,与健康供体(n=16)明显区分。富含 CD147/A33 的 EVs 提供了 89%的临床灵敏度,远高于临床公认的 CRC 诊断血清生物标志物癌胚抗原(CEA)的灵敏度(40%)。此外,对纵向粪便样本(n=29)的分析表明,富含 CD147/A33 的 fEVs 可用于跟踪 CRC 的预后。由于粪便检测的高顺应性,富含 CD147/A33 的 fEVs 可以作为新一代 CRC 生物标志物,用于大规模、非侵入性的 CRC 筛查以及在临床干预期间实时监测患者的结果。