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ArticleBiochemistry2011

Identification of immunoreactive regions of homology between soluble epidermal growth factor receptor and α5-integrin.

Jason A Wilken, Andre T Baron, Ramsey A Foty, Daniel J McCormick, Nita J Maihle

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Article in Biochemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jason A WilkenDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Yale School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8063, USA.
Andre T Baron
Ramsey A Foty
Daniel J McCormick
Nita J Maihle
Yale University · USMayo Clinic · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

Women's Cancer ProgramP30CA015083 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Felicity Enders · 1985 to 2026
$151.3M
THE NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER EARLY DETECTION PROGRAMU01CA085133 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FISHMAN, DAVID A · 1999 to 2003
$4.7M
Tumor microenvironment, tissue liquidity, and cell interaction in prostate cancerR01CA118755 · NCI · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI FOTY, RAMSEY A · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
LIGAND INDEPENDENT ONCOGENIC SIGNALING BY ERBB1R01CA079808 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MAIHLE, NITA J. · 1999 to 2003
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS CA 118755NCI NIH HHS CA 15083-35NCI NIH HHS CA 79808NCI NIH HHS N01 CA015083NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015083NCI NIH HHS R01 CA079808NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118755NCI NIH HHS U01 CA085133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins encoded by the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/HER1/ERBB1) gene are being studied as diagnostic, prognostic, and theragnostic biomarkers for numerous human cancers. The clinical application of these tissue/tumor biomarkers has been limited, in part, by discordant results observed for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression using different immunological reagents. Previous studies have used EGFR-directed antibodies that cannot distinguish between full-length and soluble EGFR (sEGFR) expression. We have generated and characterized an anti-sEGFR polyclonal antiserum directed against a 31-mer peptide (residues 604-634) located within the unique 78-amino acid carboxy-terminal sequence of sEGFR. Here, we use this antibody to demonstrate that sEGFR is coexpressed with EGFR in a number of carcinoma-derived cell lines. In addition, we show that a second protein of ~140 kDa (p140) also is detected by this antibody. Rigorous biochemical characterization identifies this second protein to be α5-integrin. We show that a 26-amino acid peptide in the calf domain of α5-integrin (residues 710-735) is 35% identical in sequence with a 31-mer carboxy-terminal sEGFR peptide and exhibits an approximately 5-fold lower affinity for anti-sEGFR than the homologous 31-mer sEGFR peptide does. We conclude that the carboxy terminus of sEGFR and the calf-1 domain of α5-integrin share a region of sequence identity, which results in their mutual immunological reactivity with anti-sEGFR. We also demonstrate that anti-sEGFR promotes three-dimensional tissue cohesion and compaction in vitro, further suggesting a functional link between sEGFR and α5-integrin and a role of the calf-1 domain in cell adhesion. These results have implications for the study of both EGFR and sEGFR as cancer biomarkers and also provide new insight into the mechanisms of interaction between cell surface EGFR isoforms and integrins in complex processes such as cell adhesion and survival signaling.

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Sequence Homology, Amino AcidAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodiesAntibody AffinityCell AggregationCell Line, TumorCHO CellsConserved SequenceCricetinaeCricetulusDetergentsEpitope MappingEpitopesErbB ReceptorsHumansAntibodiesDetergentsEpitopesErbB ReceptorsIntegrin alpha5

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PMID21491912
PMCPMC3862712
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