Transcriptomic and Immunohistochemical Profiling of SLC6A14 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Biomed Res Int
; 2015: 593572, 2015.
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| ID: mdl-26106611
ABSTRACT
We used a target-centric strategy to identify transporter proteins upregulated in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) as potential targets for a functional imaging probe to complement existing anatomical imaging approaches. We performed transcriptomic profiling (microarray and RNASeq) on histologically confirmed primary PDAC tumors and normal pancreas tissue from 33 patients, including five patients whose tumors were not visible on computed tomography. Target expression was confirmed with immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays from 94 PDAC patients. The best imaging target identified was SLC6A14 (a neutral and basic amino acid transporter). SLC6A14 was overexpressed at the transcriptional level in all patients and expressed at the protein level in 95% of PDAC tumors. Very little is known about the role of SLC6A14 in PDAC and our results demonstrate that this target merits further investigation as a candidate transporter for functional imaging of PDAC.
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Assunto principal:
Adenocarcinoma
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Biomarcadores Tumorais
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Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático
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Sistemas de Transporte de Aminoácidos Neutros
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomed Res Int
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos