A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Integrins are enriched on aberrantly fucosylated tumour‐derived urinary extracellular vesicles
Authors: Islam Md. Khirul, Dhondt Bert, Syed Parvez, Khan Misba, Gidwani Kamlesh, Webber Jason, Hendrix An, Jenster Guido, Lamminen Tarja, Boström Peter J, Pettersson Kim, Lamminmäki Urpo, Leivo Janne
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Journal of Extracellular Biology
Journal name in source: Journal of Extracellular Biology
Article number: e64
Volume: 1
Issue: 10
ISSN: 2768-2811
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jex2.64
Web address : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jex2.64
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/177159683
Urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) are enriched with glycosylated proteins which have been extensively studied as putative biomarkers of urological cancers. Here, we characterized the glycosylation and integrin profile of EVs derived from urological cancer cell lines. We used fluorescent europium-doped nanoparticles coated with lectins and antibodies to identify a biomarker combination consisting of integrin subunit alpha 3 (ITGA3) and fucose. In addition, we used the same cancer cell line-derived EVs as analytical standards to assess the sensitivity of the ITGA3-UEA assay. The clinical performance of the ITGA3-UEA assay was analysed using urine samples of various urological pathologies including diagnostically challenging benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCa) and bladder cancer (BlCa). The assay can significantly discriminate BlCa from all other patient groups: PCa (9.2-fold; p = 0.00038), BPH (5.5-fold; p = 0.004) and healthy individuals (and 23-fold; p = 0.0001). Our results demonstrate that aberrantly fucosylated uEVs and integrin ITGA3 can be detected with fucose-specific lectin UEA in a simple bioaffinity assay for the detection of BlCa directly from unprocessed urine.
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