A multiplexed marker-based algorithm for diagnosis of carcinoma of unknown primary using circulating tumor cells.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-26-2016
Abstract
Real-time, single-cell multiplex immunophenotyping of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is hypothesized to inform diagnosis of tissue of origin in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP). In 20 to 50% of CUP patients, the primary site remains unidentified, presenting a challenge for clinicians in diagnosis and treatment. We developed a post-CellSearch CTC assay using multiplexed Q-dot or DyLight conjugated antibodies with the goal of detecting multiple markers in single cells within a CTC population. We adapted our approach to size-based CTC enrichment protocols for capturing CTCs and subsequent immunofluorescence (IF) using a minimal set of markers to predict the primary sites for common metastatic tumors. The carcinomas are characterized with cytokeratin 7 (CK7), cytokeratin 20 (CK20), thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1), estrogen receptor (ER) or prostate-specific antigen (PSA. IF has been optimized in cultured tumor cells with individual antibodies, then with conjugated antibodies to form a multiplex antibody set. With IF, we evaluated antibodies specific to these 5 markers in lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer cell lines and blood from metastatic prostate and breast cancer patients. This advanced technology provides a noninvasive, diagnostic blood test as an adjunct to routine tissue biopsy. Its further implementation requires prospective clinical testing.
Volume
7
Issue
4
First Page
3662
Last Page
3676
ISSN
1949-2553
Published In/Presented At
Matthew, E. M., Zhou, L., Yang, Z., Dicker, D. T., Holder, S. L., Lim, B., Harouaka, R., Zheng, S. Y., Drabick, J. J., Lamparella, N. E., Truica, C. I., & El-Deiry, W. S. (2016). A multiplexed marker-based algorithm for diagnosis of carcinoma of unknown primary using circulating tumor cells. Oncotarget, 7(4), 3662–3676. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.6657
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
26695546
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Division
Document Type
Article