Ovarian Carcinomas Calgranulins in Cystic Fluid and Serum from Patients with
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Ovarian cancer remains still associated with poor prognosis because it is diagnosed predominantly at advanced stages. Ovarian-specific tumor markers do not yet exist for early detection of the disease. At the search of diagnostic markers for ovarian cancer, proteomic-based approaches have focused on novel investigations of neoplastic processes in tumor patients. Cystic fluids of malignant and benign ovarian tumors and serum from the corresponding patients were collected and processed for twodimensional gel electrophoresis. Proteins were visualized on the gels by silver staining. At the low molecular mass level between 10 and 20 kDa, selected protein spots were additionally processed for nanospray mass spectrometry and partial amino acid sequencing. For protein identification, the sequencing results were compared with computer information from a protein data bank. Protein patterns from cystic fluids of ovarian carcinomas differed significantly from those of benign cysts and revealed additional polypeptides at low molecular mass level between 10 and 20 kDa. Protein patterns from serum of patients with malignant ovarian tumors also contained additional polypeptides between 10 and 20 kDa that were not detected in serum from patients with benign cysts. The additional proteins in serum were present in similar electrophoretic positions compared with those found in the cystic fluid of the corresponding ovarian carcinomas. Protein spots in the range of 10–20 kDa were selected for partial amino acid sequencing. Two protein spots were identified as calgranulin A and three spots as calgranulin B. Either both proteins or only calgranulin A or B were present in cystic fluid from ovarian carcinomas and serum of the corresponding patients. These two proteins were absent or not detectable in fluid from benign ovarian cysts and in serum from those patients. Our investigations concerning protein patterns in cystic fluid of malignant and benign ovarian tumors provide new information about alterations in protein synthesis linked to neoplastic events of the ovary. With the proteomic strategy, new tumor markers are characterized and may serve for diagnostic purposes of patients with ovarian cancer.
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