TY - JOUR
T1 - Upregulation of Mrps18a in breast cancer identified by selecting phage antibody libraries on breast tissue sections
AU - Sørensen, Karen Marie Juul
AU - Meldgaard, Theresa
AU - Melchjorsen, Connie Jenning
AU - Fridriksdottir, Agla J
AU - Pedersen, Henrik
AU - Petersen, Ole William
AU - Kristensen, Peter
PY - 2017/1/5
Y1 - 2017/1/5
N2 - Background: One of the hallmarks of cancer is an altered energy metabolism, and here, mitochondria play a central role. Previous studies have indicated that some mitochondrial ribosomal proteins change their expression patterns upon transformation. Method: In this study, we have used the selection of recombinant antibody libraries displayed on the surface of filamentous bacteriophage as a proteomics discovery tool for the identification of breast cancer biomarkers. A small subpopulation of breast cells expressing both cytokeratin 19 and cytokeratin 14 was targeted using a novel selection procedure. Results: We identified the mitochondrial ribosomal protein s18a (Mrps18a) as a protein which is upregulated in breast cancer. However, Mrps18a was not homogeneously upregulated in all cancer cells, suggesting the existence of sub-populations within the tumor. The upregulation was not confined to cytokeratin 19 and cytokeratin 14 double positive cells. Conclusion: This study illustrates how phage display can be applied towards the discovery of proteins which exhibit changes in their expression patterns. We identified the mitochondrial protein Mrps18a as being upregulated in human breast cancer cells compared to normal breast cells.
AB - Background: One of the hallmarks of cancer is an altered energy metabolism, and here, mitochondria play a central role. Previous studies have indicated that some mitochondrial ribosomal proteins change their expression patterns upon transformation. Method: In this study, we have used the selection of recombinant antibody libraries displayed on the surface of filamentous bacteriophage as a proteomics discovery tool for the identification of breast cancer biomarkers. A small subpopulation of breast cells expressing both cytokeratin 19 and cytokeratin 14 was targeted using a novel selection procedure. Results: We identified the mitochondrial ribosomal protein s18a (Mrps18a) as a protein which is upregulated in breast cancer. However, Mrps18a was not homogeneously upregulated in all cancer cells, suggesting the existence of sub-populations within the tumor. The upregulation was not confined to cytokeratin 19 and cytokeratin 14 double positive cells. Conclusion: This study illustrates how phage display can be applied towards the discovery of proteins which exhibit changes in their expression patterns. We identified the mitochondrial protein Mrps18a as being upregulated in human breast cancer cells compared to normal breast cells.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Domain antibodies
KW - Mitochondrial ribosomal protein s18a
KW - Phage display
KW - Shadow stick selection
U2 - 10.1186/s12885-016-2987-5
DO - 10.1186/s12885-016-2987-5
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28056857
SN - 1471-2407
VL - 17
SP - 19
JO - BMC Cancer
JF - BMC Cancer
IS - 1
M1 - 19
ER -