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ArticleBMC cancer2017

Fluorescent CXCR4 targeting peptide as alternative for antibody staining in Ewing sarcoma.

Laurens G L Sand, Tessa Buckle, Fijs W B van Leeuwen, Willem E Corver, Alwine B Kruisselbrink, Aart G Jochemsen, Pancras C W Hogendoorn, Károly Szuhai

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  3. Role of immunotherapy in Ewing sarcoma.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2020
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8 authors.

Laurens G L SandDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Tessa BuckleInterventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Fijs W B van LeeuwenInterventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Willem E CorverDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Alwine B KruisselbrinkDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Aart G JochemsenDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
Pancras C W HogendoornDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Károly SzuhaiDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC, The Netherlands. k.szuhai@lumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-1228-4245

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEwing sarcoma is an aggressive, highly metastatic primary bone and soft tissue tumor most frequently occurring in the bone of young adolescents. Patients, especially those diagnosed with a metastatic disease, have a poor overall survival. Chemokine receptor CXCR4 has a key pro-tumorigenic role in the tumor microenvironment of Ewing sarcoma and has been suggested to be involved in the increased metastatic propensity. Earlier studies on CXCR4 protein expression in Ewing sarcoma yielded contradictory results when compared to CXCR4 RNA expression studies. Previously, we demonstrated that CXCR4 expression could be detected in vivo using the fluorescently tagged CXCR4-specific peptide MSAP-Ac-TZ14011. Therefore, we studied the membranous CXCR4 expression in Ewing sarcoma cell lines using MSAP-Ac-TZ14011.

methodsThe CXCR4 membrane expression levels were studied in EWS cell lines by flow cytometry using the hybrid peptide MSAP-Ac-TZ14011 and were correlated to CXCR4 RNA expression levels. The measurements were compared to levels detected using the CXCR4 antibody ab2074 under various cell preparation conditions. In addition, the staining patterns were analyzed by confocal fluorescence microscopy over time.

resultsThe hybrid peptide MSAP-Ac-TZ14011 levels showed a strong and better correlation of CXCR4 membrane expression with the CXCR4 RNA expression levels than observed with the anti-CXCR4 antibody ab2074. With the hybrid peptide MSAP-Ac-TZ14011 using live cell confocal microscopy CXCR4 membrane staining and internalization was detected and the signal intensity correlated well with CXCR4 mRNA expression levels.

conclusionsThe fluorescently labeled CXCR4 targeting peptide-based method provides a reliable alternative to antibody staining to study the CXCR4 membrane expression in live cells using either flow cytometry or live cell fluorescence microscopy. The fluorescently tagged CXCR4 targeting peptide could enable in vivo detection of CXCR4 expression in Ewing sarcoma which may help to stratify cases for anti-CXCR4 therapy.

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Bone NeoplasmsSarcoma, EwingBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorFluorescent DyesHumansOptical ImagingPeptidesReceptors, CXCR4Biomarkers, TumorCXCR4 protein, humanFluorescent DyesPeptidesReceptors, CXCR4Bone tumorChemokinesFlow cytometryLive cell imagingMolecular imagingPeptidesSarcoma

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