Complement factor H autoantibodies are associated with early stage NSCLC.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
PURPOSE: To discover diagnostic biomarkers associated with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we searched for autoantibodies preferentially present in stage I patients compared with patients with advanced-stage disease. Here we describe an autoantibody against complement factor H (CFH) and this autoantibody's association with early-stage NSCLC. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Immunoblots were used to detect autoantibodies in the sera of stage I NSCLC patients. An autoantibody recognizing a 150 kDa protein was discovered, and the protein was identified by mass spectrometry. The association of the autoantibody with early-stage disease was suggested by the results of immunoblot analysis with sera from 28 stage I patients and 28 stage III/IV patients. This association was confirmed by protein microarray of sera from 125 NSCLC patients of all stages as well as 125 controls matched by age, gender, and smoking history. RESULTS: The immunoreactive protein was identified as CFH. By immunoblot analysis, anti-CFH autoantibody was found in 50% of stage I NSCLC patients and 11% of late-stage NSCLC patients (P = 0.003). By protein microarray analysis, patients with stage I NSCLC had a significantly higher incidence of anti-CFH antibody than those with late-stage NSCLC (P = 0.0051). The percentage of sera with a positive level of CFH autoantibody was 30.4% in stage I, 21.1% in stage II, 12.5% in stage III, 7.4% in stage IV, and 8.0% in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that in patients with NSCLC, CFH autoantibody is a molecular marker associated with early-stage disease.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Amornsiripanitch, N; Hong, S; Campa, MJ; Frank, MM; Gottlin, EB; Patz, EF
Published Date
- June 15, 2010
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 16 / 12
Start / End Page
- 3226 - 3231
PubMed ID
- 20515868
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC2891404
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1557-3265
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0321
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States