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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GASTROENTEROLOGIE
Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 33-39Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1385398
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma; imaging mass spectrometry; MALDI IMS; liver cancer; proteomics
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) of the University Medical Center Jena
- Thuringer Ministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur [B515 - 07 008]
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Histopathologic differentiation of nodular lesions in cirrhotic liver is difficult even for experienced hepatopathologists especially regarding diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in biopsies. For this reason, new tissue markers are needed to reinforce histopathologic decision-making. With advances in molecular techniques, proteomic analysis may help to confirm the diagnosis of HCC. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI IMS) is a powerful technology which allows to determine and to localize proteins directly in tissue sections. Using MALDI IMS proteomic patterns of cryosections with lesions of HCC (n = 15) and non-malignant fibrotic liver tissue (n = 11) were investigated to establish a classification model of HCC, which was validated in an independent set of tissue to distinguish HCC (n = 10) from regenerative nodules (n = 8). By correlating generated mass spectrometric images with the histology of the tissue sections we found that the expression of 4 proteins as indicated by m/z 6274, m/z 6647, m/z 6222 and m/z 6853 was significantly higher in HCC tissue than in non-tumorous liver tissue. The generated classification model based on the most significant 3 differentially expressed proteins allowed a reliable prediction of benign and malignant lesions in fibrotic liver tissue with a sensitivity and specificity of 90 % in the validation set. The identified MALDI IMS proteomic signature can be diagnostically helpful to allow simplifying the diagnostic process and minimize the risks of delays in establishing the objective final diagnosis and initiating treatment of patients with HCC.
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