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Int J Cancer Res Mol Mech. 2015 Oct;1(3). doi: 10.16966/ijcrmm.110. Epub 2015 Sep 03.

Soluble gC1qR in Blood and Body Fluids: Examination in a Pancreatic Cancer Patient Cohort.

International journal of cancer research and molecular mechanisms

Ellinor Ib Peerschke, Ricardo Jmge Brandwijk, Francine R Dembitzer, Yayoi Kinoshita, Berhane Ghebrehiwet

Affiliations

  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY, USA.
  2. Hycult Biotech, R&D Department, Uden, The Netherlands.
  3. Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, NY, USA.
  4. Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY, USA.

PMID: 26973884 PMCID: PMC4786181 DOI: 10.16966/ijcrmm.110

Abstract

BACKGROUND: gC1qR is a multifunctional cellular protein that has been linked to inflammation and cancer. gC1qR is highly upregulated in adenocarcinomas as compared to normal tissue counterparts, and soluble gC1qR (sgC1qR) has been detected

AIM: The present study explored the tissue expression of gC1qR in pancreatic cancer by immunohistochemistry, and the presence of sgC1qR

METHODS: Tissue expression of gC1qR by pancreatic adenocarcinoma was visualized by immunohistochemistry. SgC1qR was quantified in serum from healthy volunteers (n=20) and pancreatic cancer patients (n=34), as well as in malignant pleural (n=23) and peritoneal effusions (n=27), using a newly developed, sensitive immunocapture sandwich ELISA.

RESULTS: Overexpression of gC1qR was confirmed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma compared to nonmalignant pancreatic tissue. Moreover, increased serum levels of sgC1qR (0.29 ± 0.22 ng/ml) were noted in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer compared to healthy controls (0.15 ± 0.10 ng/ml) (mean ± S.D.) (p=0.035). In 11 of 16 patients for whom sequential samples were available, serum sgC1qR levels rose with disease progression, and paralleled changes in tumor biomarkers, CEA and CA19.9. In addition to blood, sgC1qR was detected in malignant pleural (0.55 ± 0.47 ng/ml) and peritoneal effusions (0.57 ± 0.38 ng/ml).

CONCLUSION: This study provides the first evidence for the presence of sgC1qR

Keywords: Blood; Complement; ELISA; Pancreatic cancer; Peritoneal fluid; gC1qR

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