PURPOSE: Since changes in protein phosphorylation are a common feature of cancer cells, we analyzed phosphoproteins in the tissue and urine of patients with bladder cancer and assessed the diagnostic relevance of abnormally phosphorylated proteins as tumor markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Enrolled in this study were 66 patients and 82 healthy volunteers. From the first 14 patients with bladder cancer we obtained samples of malignant and normal bladder tissue. All patients and volunteers provided a urine sample. Protein extracts of tissue specimens were separated by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis for comparative analysis of neoplastic and normal tissue. Phosphoproteins were studied by Western blot and characterized by mass spectrometry. Urine samples were analyzed by 1-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Phosphoproteins were measured by affinity dot blotting. RESULTS: Profound changes in the pattern of protein tyrosine phosphorylation were consistently, reproducibly observed in bladder cancer tissues. A total of 24 phosphorylated proteins were differentially expressed in cancer tissue and identified by mass spectrometry. Phosphoproteins were fairly stable in urine samples, leading to accumulation. Urinary tyrosine phosphoproteins showed the most remarkable changes in patients with cancer with an approximately 5-fold increase compared to levels in healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge we investigated for the first time the diagnostic potential of tissue and urinary tyrosine phosphoproteins for bladder carcinoma. Results indicate that phosphorylated proteins may represent a new, valuable class of urinary biomarkers for bladder cancer

Evidence of abnormal tyrosine phosphorylated proteins in the urine of patients with bladder cancer: the road toward a new diagnostic tool?

KHADJAVI, AMINA;DESTEFANIS, Paolo Giuseppe;MANDILI, GIORGIA;GIRIBALDI, Giuliana;CERUTI, Carlo;BOSIO, Andrea;ROLLE, Luigi;TURRINI, Francesco Michelangelo;FONTANA, Dario
2011-01-01

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PURPOSE: Since changes in protein phosphorylation are a common feature of cancer cells, we analyzed phosphoproteins in the tissue and urine of patients with bladder cancer and assessed the diagnostic relevance of abnormally phosphorylated proteins as tumor markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Enrolled in this study were 66 patients and 82 healthy volunteers. From the first 14 patients with bladder cancer we obtained samples of malignant and normal bladder tissue. All patients and volunteers provided a urine sample. Protein extracts of tissue specimens were separated by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis for comparative analysis of neoplastic and normal tissue. Phosphoproteins were studied by Western blot and characterized by mass spectrometry. Urine samples were analyzed by 1-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Phosphoproteins were measured by affinity dot blotting. RESULTS: Profound changes in the pattern of protein tyrosine phosphorylation were consistently, reproducibly observed in bladder cancer tissues. A total of 24 phosphorylated proteins were differentially expressed in cancer tissue and identified by mass spectrometry. Phosphoproteins were fairly stable in urine samples, leading to accumulation. Urinary tyrosine phosphoproteins showed the most remarkable changes in patients with cancer with an approximately 5-fold increase compared to levels in healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge we investigated for the first time the diagnostic potential of tissue and urinary tyrosine phosphoproteins for bladder carcinoma. Results indicate that phosphorylated proteins may represent a new, valuable class of urinary biomarkers for bladder cancer
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urinary bladder; carcinoma; transitional cell; tumor markers; biological; phosphoproteins; diagnosis
Khadjavi A; Barbero G; Destefanis P; Mandili G; Giribaldi G; Mannu F; Pantaleo A; Ceruti C; Bosio A; Rolle L; Turrini F; Fontana D
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