Abstract |
We recently used RNA interference to show that a negative correlation of L- asparaginase (L-ASP) chemotherapeutic activity with asparagine synthetase (ASNS) expression in the ovarian subset of the NCI-60 cell line panel is causal. To determine whether that relationship would be sustained in a larger, more diverse set of ovarian cell lines, we have now measured ASNS mRNA expression using microarrays and a branched- DNA RNA assay, ASNS protein expression using an electrochemiluminescent immunoassay, and L-ASP activity using an MTS assay on 19 human ovarian cancer cell lines. Contrary to our previous findings, L-ASP activity was only weakly correlated with ASNS mRNA expression; Pearson's correlation coefficients were r = -0.21 for microarray data and r = -0.39 for the branched- DNA RNA assay, with just the latter being marginally statistically significant (P = 0.047, one-tailed). ASNS protein expression measured by liquid-phase immunoassay exhibited a much stronger correlation (r = -0.65; P = 0.0014, one-tailed). We conclude that ASNS protein expression measured by immunoassay is a strong univariate predictor of L-ASP activity in ovarian cancer cell lines. These findings provide rationale for evaluation of ASNS protein expression as a predictive biomarker of clinical L-ASP activity in ovarian cancer.
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Authors | Philip L Lorenzi, Jenny Llamas, Michele Gunsior, Laurent Ozbun, William C Reinhold, Sudhir Varma, Helen Ji, Hijoo Kim, Amy A Hutchinson, Elise C Kohn, Paul K Goldsmith, Michael J Birrer, John N Weinstein |
Journal | Molecular cancer therapeutics
(Mol Cancer Ther)
Vol. 7
Issue 10
Pg. 3123-8
(Oct 2008)
ISSN: 1535-7163 [Print] United States |
PMID | 18852115
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural)
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Chemical References |
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- RNA, Messenger
- Asparaginase
- Aspartate-Ammonia Ligase
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Topics |
- Asparaginase
(metabolism)
- Aspartate-Ammonia Ligase
(genetics, metabolism)
- Biomarkers, Tumor
(genetics, metabolism)
- Cell Line, Tumor
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Ovarian Neoplasms
(enzymology, genetics)
- RNA, Messenger
(genetics, metabolism)
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