Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2013
Journal Title
Oral Oncology
ISSN
1879-0593
Volume
49
Issue
2
First Page
93
Last Page
101
DOI
10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.08.001
PubMed ID
23010602
PubMed Central® ID
PMC3546158
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients constitutes an essential requirement for clinical staging and treatment selection. However, clinical assessment by physical examination and different imaging modalities, as well as by histological examination of routine lymph node cryosections can miss micrometastases, while false positives may lead to unnecessary elective lymph node neck resections. Here, we explored the feasibility of developing a sensitive assay system for desmoglein 3 (DSG3) as a predictive biomarker for lymph node metastasis in HNSCC.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: DSG3 expression was determined in multiple general cancer- and HNSCC-tissue microarrays (TMAs), in negative and positive HNSCC metastatic cervical lymph nodes, and in a variety of HNSCC and control cell lines. A nanostructured immunoarray system was developed for the ultrasensitive detection of DSG3 in lymph node tissue lysates.
RESULTS: We demonstrate that DSG3 is highly expressed in all HNSCC lesions and their metastatic cervical lymph nodes, but absent in non-invaded lymph nodes. We show that DSG3 can be rapidly detected with high sensitivity using a simple microfluidic immunoarray platform, even in human tissue sections including very few HNSCC invading cells, hence distinguishing between positive and negative lymph nodes.
CONCLUSION: We provide a proof of principle supporting that ultrasensitive nanostructured assay systems for DSG3 can be exploited to detect micrometastatic HNSCC lesions in lymph nodes, which can improve the diagnosis and guide in the selection of appropriate therapeutic intervention modalities for HNSCC patients.
Keywords
Biomarkers, tumor, carcinoma, squamous cell, immunohistochemistry, neoplasms, nanostructures
Recommended Citation
Patel, Vyomesh; Martin, Daniel; Malhotra, Ruchika; Marsh, Christina A.; Doçi, Colleen L.; Veenstra, Timothy D.; Nathan, Cherie-Ann O.; Sinha, Uttam K.; Singh, Bhuvanesh; Molinolo, Alfredo A.; Rusling, James F.; and Gutkind, J. Silvio, "DSG3 As a Biomarker for the Ultrasensitive Detection of Cccult Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Cancer Using Nanostructured Immunoarrays" (2013). Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications. 201.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/pharmaceutical_sciences_publications/201
