Helena Leijon1, Tuomas Kaprio2, Annamari Heiskanen3, Tero Satomaa3, Jukka O Hiltunen3, Markku M Miettinen4, Johanna Arola1,5, Caj Haglund5,6. 1. Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2. Department of Surgery, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, 15850 Lahti, Finland. 3. Glykos Finland Ltd., 00790 Helsinki, Finland. 4. Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. 5. Translational Cancer Biology, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 6. Department of Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, FIN-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
Abstract
Context: No effective methods for separating primary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas with metastatic potential are currently available. The identification of specific asparagine-linked glycan (N-glycan) structures, which are associated with metastasized pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, may serve as a diagnostic tool. Objective: To identify differences in N-glycomic profiles of primary metastasized and nonmetastasized pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Setting: This study was conducted at Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, and Glykos Finland Ltd. and included 16 pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas: 8 primary metastasized pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas and 8 nonmetastasized tumors. Methods: N-glycan structures were analyzed with matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) profiling of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Main Outcome Measure: N-glycan profile of tumor tissue. Results: Four groups of neutral N-glycan signals were more abundant in metastasized tumors than in nonmetastasized tumors: complex-type N-glycan signals of cancer-associated terminal N-acetylglucosamine, multifucosylated glycans (complex fucosylation), hybrid-type N-glycans, and fucosylated pauci-mannose-type N-glycans. Three groups of acidic N-glycans were more abundant in metastasized tumors: multifucosylated glycans, acid ester-modified (sulfated or phosphorylated) glycans, and hybrid-type/monoantennary N-glycans. Fucosylation and complex fucosylation were significantly more abundant in metastasized paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas than in nonmetastasized tumors for individual tests but were over the false positivity critical rate, when adjusted for multiplicity testing. Conclusions: MALDI-TOF MS profiling of primary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas can identify diseases with metastatic potential based on their different N-glycan profiles. Thus, malignancy-linked N-glycan structures may serve as potential diagnostic tools for pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.
Context:No effective methods for separating primary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas with metastatic potential are currently available. The identification of specific asparagine-linked glycan (N-glycan) structures, which are associated with metastasized pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, may serve as a diagnostic tool. Objective: To identify differences in N-glycomic profiles of primary metastasized and nonmetastasized pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Setting: This study was conducted at Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, and Glykos Finland Ltd. and included 16 pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas: 8 primary metastasized pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas and 8 nonmetastasized tumors. Methods:N-glycan structures were analyzed with matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) profiling of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Main Outcome Measure: N-glycan profile of tumor tissue. Results: Four groups of neutral N-glycan signals were more abundant in metastasized tumors than in nonmetastasized tumors: complex-type N-glycan signals of cancer-associated terminal N-acetylglucosamine, multifucosylated glycans (complex fucosylation), hybrid-type N-glycans, and fucosylated pauci-mannose-type N-glycans. Three groups of acidic N-glycans were more abundant in metastasized tumors: multifucosylated glycans, acid ester-modified (sulfated or phosphorylated) glycans, and hybrid-type/monoantennary N-glycans. Fucosylation and complex fucosylation were significantly more abundant in metastasized paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas than in nonmetastasized tumors for individual tests but were over the false positivity critical rate, when adjusted for multiplicity testing. Conclusions: MALDI-TOF MS profiling of primary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas can identify diseases with metastatic potential based on their different N-glycan profiles. Thus, malignancy-linked N-glycan structures may serve as potential diagnostic tools for pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.
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