High-throughput lipidomic profiles sampled with electroporation-based biopsy differentiate healthy skin, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma.
Skin Res Technol
; 30(5): e13706, 2024 May.
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| ID: mdl-38721854
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The incidence rates of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) skin cancers are rising, while the current diagnostic process is time-consuming. We describe the development of a novel approach to high-throughput sampling of tissue lipids using electroporation-based biopsy, termed e-biopsy. We report on the ability of the e-biopsy technique to harvest large amounts of lipids from human skin samples. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Here, 168 lipids were reliably identified from 12 patients providing a total of 13 samples. The extracted lipids were profiled with ultra-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS-MS) providing cSCC, BCC, and healthy skin lipidomic profiles.RESULTS:
Comparative analysis identified 27 differentially expressed lipids (p < 0.05). The general profile trend is low diglycerides in both cSCC and BCC, high phospholipids in BCC, and high lyso-phospholipids in cSCC compared to healthy skin tissue samples.CONCLUSION:
The results contribute to the growing body of knowledge that can potentially lead to novel insights into these skin cancers and demonstrate the potential of the e-biopsy technique for the analysis of lipidomic profiles of human skin tissues.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Skin
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Skin Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Basal Cell
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Electroporation
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Lipidomics
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Skin Res Technol
Journal subject:
DERMATOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Israel