Discovery of antibody biomarkers using protein microarrays of tumor antigens cloned in high throughput

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:520:21-38. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-811-9_3.

Abstract

Development of humoral and cellular immunity against self-cellular proteins in cancer patients is a phenomenal observation. The ability of immune system to sense the presence of the disease and to fight of the disease by generating autoantibodies against tumor antigens makes it a natural biosensor. Several screening technologies have been employed for the identification of tumor-specific antibodies in cancer patients. We have developed a multidimensional approach for the identification of diagnostic antigens that utilizes a combination of high-throughput antigen cloning and protein microarray-based serological detection of complex panels of antigens by exploiting the serum autoantibody repertoire directed toward tumor-associated antigens in cancer patients. Furthermore, validation of these antigens by different bioinformatics and biological approaches will reveal the diagnostic/prognostic utility of these antigens for personalized immunotherapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • Bacteriophage T7
  • Base Sequence
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis*
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Library
  • Poly A
  • Protein Array Analysis / methods*
  • RNA, Messenger / isolation & purification
  • RNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • RNA, Neoplasm / isolation & purification
  • Serum

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Peptide Library
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Neoplasm
  • Poly A