Low-level expression of HER2 and CK19 in normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells: relevance for detection of circulating tumor cells
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Published:2008-05-28
Issue:1
Volume:1
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ISSN:1756-8722
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Container-title:Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J Hematol Oncol
Author:
You Fanglei,Roberts Lisa A,Kang S Peter,Nunes Raquel A,Dias Cinara,Iglehart J Dirk,Solomon Natalie A,Friedman Paula N,Harris Lyndsay N
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Detection of circulating tumor cells (CTC) in the blood of cancer patients may have prognostic and predictive significance. However, background expression of 'tumor specific markers' in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) may confound these studies. The goal of this study was to identify the origin of Cytokeratin 19 (CK19) and HER-2 signal in PBMC and suggest an approach to enhance techniques involved in detection of CTC in breast cancer patients.
Methods
PBMC from healthy donors were isolated and fractionated into monocytes, lymphocytes, natural killer cells/granulocytes and epithelial populations using immunomagnetic selection and fluorescent cell-sorting for each cell type. RNA isolated from each fraction was analyzed for CK19, HER2 and Beta 2 microglobulin (B2M) using real-time qRT-PCR. Positive selection for epithelial cells and negative selection for NK/granulocytes were used in an attempt to reduce background expression of CK19 and HER2 markers.
Results
In normal PBMC, CK19 was expressed in the lymphocyte population while HER-2 expression was highest in the NK/granulocyte population. Immunomagnetic selection for epithelial cells reduced background CK19 signal to a frequency of <5% in normal donors. Using negative selection, the majority (74–98%) of HER2 signal could be removed from PBMC. Positive selection methods are variably effective at reducing these background signals.
Conclusion
We present a novel method to improve the specificity of the traditional method of detecting CTC by identifying the source of the background signals and reducing them by negative immunoselection. Further studies are warranted to improve sensitivity and specificity of methods of detecting CTC will prove to be useful tools for clinicians in determining prognosis and monitoring treatment responses of breast cancer patients.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cancer Research,Oncology,Molecular Biology,Hematology
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