Heterogeneity of aberrant immunoglobulin expression in cancer cells

Duosha Hu; Zhi Duan; Ming Li; Yiqun Jiang; Haidan Liu; Hui Zheng; Lili Li; Ann M. Bode; Zigang Dong; Ya Cao

doi:10.1038/cmi.2011.25

Heterogeneity of aberrant immunoglobulin expression in cancer cells

Duosha Hu, Zhi Duan, Ming Li, Yiqun Jiang, Haidan Liu, Hui Zheng, Lili Li, Ann M. Bode, Zigang Dong, Ya Cao

The Hormel Institute

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Abstract

Accumulating evidence has shown that immunoglobulin (Ig) is unexpectedly expressed by epithelial cancer cells and that it can promote tumor growth. The main purpose of this study was to explore the components of the cancerous Ig and its possible function. The presence of cancerous Ig in the Golgi apparatus was confirmed by immunofluorescence, indirectly suggesting that the cancerous Ig was processed and packaged in cancer cells. Western blot analysis and ELISA results indicated that cancer cells produced membrane Ig and secreted Ig into the supernatant fraction. The cancerous Ig consists of an Î ± heavy chain and a Î°light chain. Finally, by analyzing the Ig components pulled down by protein A beads, the cancerous Ig was found to be structurally distinct from normal Ig. The cancerous Ig was truncated or aberrant. Although the underlying mechanism that causes the abnormalities has not been determined, our current discoveries strengthen our previous findings and promise fruitful future explorations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	479-485
Number of pages	7
Journal	Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Volume	8
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/cmi.2011.25
State	Published - Nov 2011

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This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863) of China (no. 2006AA02A404), the National Nature Science Foundation of China (nos. 30471968 and 30772465) and the CMB Educational Thrust Project (04-799).

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truncated immunoglobulin
tumor immunology

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