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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2008

The pituitary tumor transforming gene 1 (PTTG-1): an immunological target for multiple myeloma.

Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, Raffaele Ferrari, Madhavi Prabhakar, Yuefei Yu, Luigi Baggoni, Jorge Moreno, Nicoletta Gagliano, Nicola Portinaro, Marjorie R Jenkins, Eldo E Frezza and 4 more

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maurizio Chiriva-InternatiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Lubbock, TX, USA. maurizio.chiriva@ttuhsc.edu
Raffaele Ferrari
Madhavi Prabhakar
Yuefei Yu
Luigi Baggoni
Jorge Moreno
Nicoletta Gagliano
Nicola Portinaro
Marjorie R Jenkins
Eldo E Frezza
Fred Hardwicke
Nicholas D'Cunha
Wmartin Kast
Everardo Cobos
Texas Tech University · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · USUniversity of Southern California · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultiple Myeloma is a cancer of B plasma cells, which produce non-specific antibodies and proliferate uncontrolled. Due to the potential relapse and non-specificity of current treatments, immunotherapy promises to be more specific and may induce long-term immunity in patients. The pituitary tumor transforming gene 1 (PTTG-1) has been shown to be a novel oncogene, expressed in the testis, thymus, colon, lung and placenta (undetectable in most other tissues). Furthermore, it is over expressed in many tumors such as the pituitary adenoma, breast, gastrointestinal cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, and lung cancer and it seems to be associated with tumorigenesis, angiogenesis and cancer progression. The purpose was to investigate the presence/rate of expression of PTTG-1 in multiple myeloma patients.

methodsWe analyzed the PTTG-1 expression at the transcriptional and the protein level, by PCR, immunocytochemical methods, Dot-blot and ELISA performed on patient's sera in 19 multiple myeloma patients, 6 different multiple myeloma cell lines and in normal human tissue.

resultsWe did not find PTTG-1 presence in the normal human tissue panel, but PTTG-1 mRNA was detectable in 12 of the 19 patients, giving evidence of a 63% rate of expression (data confirmed by ELISA). Four of the 6 investigated cell lines (66.6%) were positive for PTTG-1. Investigations of protein expression gave evidence of 26.3% cytoplasmic expression and 16% surface expression in the plasma cells of multiple myeloma patients. Protein presence was also confirmed by Dot-blot in both cell lines and patients.

conclusionWe established PTTG-1's presence at both the transcriptional and protein levels. These data suggest that PTTG-1 is aberrantly expressed in multiple myeloma plasma cells, is highly immunogenic and is a suitable target for immunotherapy of multiple myeloma.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticCell Line, TumorCytoplasmEscherichia coliHumansImmunoglobulin GMembrane ProteinsMultiple MyelomaNeoplasm ProteinsPlasmidsRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerSecurinTrans-ActivatorsImmunoglobulin GMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm Proteinspituitary tumor-transforming protein 1, humanRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerSecurinTrans-Activators

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PMID18384692
PMCPMC2323366
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