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Is there a malignant progression associated with a linear change in protein expression levels from normal canine mammary gland to metastatic mammary tumors? (2011)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Klose, Patricia

Weise, Christoph

Bondzio, Angelika

Multhaup, Gerd

Einspanier, Ralf

Gruber, Achim D

Klopfleisch, Robert

Quelle

Journal of proteome research

Bandzählung: 10

Heftzählung: 10

Seiten: 4405 – 4415

ISSN: 1535-3907

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1021/pr200112q

Pubmed: 21888431

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

The molecular mechanisms of the development of canine mammary tumors are still incompletely understood. In the present study we hypothesized that there is a malignant progression from normal gland to malignant carcinomas that is associated with a linear change in protein expression. To this end, the proteome of canine normal mammary gland, adenomas, nonmetastatic carcinomas, and metastatic carcinomas was compared. Application of 2D-DIGE and MALDI-TOF-MS identified 48 proteins with significant changes (fold change >|1.5|; p < 0.05) in expression levels at the different stages of malignant progression. Forty-two of these followed three major stepwise but not linear expression patterns. Thirteen proteins showed the adenoma pattern characterized by a change in protein expression levels during progression from normal gland to adenomas which persisted on the same level at the subsequent stages of malignancy. Nine proteins followed the carcinoma pattern with an up- or down-regulation between adenomas and carcinomas. The majority of 20 proteins followed the metastasis pattern with a significant change of protein expression levels between nonmetastatic and metastatic carcinomas. The present study therefore shows that differences in malignancy are associated with a stepwise but not linear change in protein expression levels, which does not finally confirm or disapprove the existence of a malignant progression in canine mammary tumors. In addition, the acquisition of metastatic potential seems to be associated with the strongest changes in protein expression levels.