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Glypican-1 identifies cancer exosomes and detects early pancreatic cancer

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Melo, Sonia A., Luecke, Linda B., Kahlert, Christoph, Fernandez, Agustin F., Gammon, Seth T., Kaye, Judith, LeBleu, Valerie S., Mittendorf, Elizabeth A. +7 more·2015·Nature

Abstract

Exosomes are lipid-bilayer-enclosed extracellular vesicles that contain proteins and nucleic acids. They are secreted by all cells and circulate in the blood. Specific detection and isolation of cancer-cell-derived exosomes in the circulation is currently lacking. Using mass spectrometry analyses, we identify a cell surface proteoglycan, glypican-1 (GPC1), specifically enriched on cancer-cell-derived exosomes. GPC1(+) circulating exosomes (crExos) were monitored and isolated using flow cytometry from the serum of patients and mice with cancer. GPC1(+) crExos were detected in the serum of patients with pancreatic cancer with absolute specificity and sensitivity, distinguishing healthy subjects and patients with a benign pancreatic disease from patients with early- and late-stage pancreatic cancer. Levels of GPC1(+) crExos correlate with tumour burden and the survival of pre- and post-surgical patients. GPC1(+) crExos from patients and from mice with spontaneous pancreatic tumours carry specific KRAS mutations, and reliably detect pancreatic intraepithelial lesions in mice despite negative signals by magnetic resonance imaging. GPC1(+) crExos may serve as a potential non-invasive diagnostic and screening tool to detect early stages of pancreatic cancer to facilitate possible curative surgical therapy.

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  • Detection of nucleic acid cargo within circulating extracellular microvesicles (including exosomes) provides an alternative avenue for assessing the genomic landscape of PDAC.

    “Of note, in addition to cell-free DNA, recent studies have also shown that detection of nucleic acid cargo within circulating extracellular microvesicles (including exosomes) provides an alternative avenue for assessing the genomic landscape of PDAC.51,52”
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Melo, S. A., Luecke, L. B., Kahlert, C., Fernandez, A. F., Gammon, S. T., Kaye, J., LeBleu, V. S., Mittendorf, E. A., Weitz, J., Rahbari, N., Reissfelder, C., Pilarsky, C., Fraga, M. F., Piwnica-Worms, D., & Kalluri, R.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
Corresponding author
Kalluri, Raghu
Venue
Nature
Published
2015-06-24
Volume
523
Issue
7559
Pages
177-182
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1500925570
Cited by
2,880
References
63
Citations by year
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FWCI
108.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Consultation of the Doctoral Thesis Database (TESEO) (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5u24ca126577-05)
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA16672, U01CA151925, CA-16672, U24-CA-126577, P50CA094056, 5U24CA126577, R01CA155370, CA 155370, CA 151925, P30CA016672)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 081576, R01DK081576)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Keywords
glypican-1, tumor-derived exosomes, extracellular vesicles, pancreatic cancer, early cancer detection, circulating exosomes, cell surface proteoglycans, KRAS mutation, non-invasive biomarkers, tumor burden
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Humans, Male, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Biomarkers, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), ras Proteins, NIH 3T3 Cells, HCT116 Cells, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Glypicans, Exosomes, MCF-7 Cells

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