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PROTEOMICS CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 47-61Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/prca.200600491
Keywords
colon cancer; exosome; kallikrein-6; secretome; soluble E-cadherin
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improved methods for the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer by way of sensitive and specific tumour markers are highly desirable. Therefore, efficient strategies for biomarker discovery are urgently needed. Here we present an approach that is based on the direct experimental access to proteins released by SW620 human colorectal cancer cells in vitro. A 2-D map and a catalogue of this subproteome - here termed the secretome - were established comprising more than 320 identified proteins which translate into approximately 220 distinct genes. As the majority of the secretome constituents were nominally cellular proteins, we directly compared the secretome and the total proteome by 2-D-DIGE analysis. We provide evidence that unspecific release through cell death, classical secretion, ectodomain shedding, and exosomal release contribute to the secretome in vitro, presumably reflecting the mechanisms in vivo which lead to the occurrence of tumour-specific proteins in the circulation. These data together with the fact that the SW620 secretome catalogue, as presented here, does comprise a large number of known and novel biomarker candidates, validates our approach to isolate and characterize the tumour cell secretome in vitro as a rich source for tumour biomarkers.
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