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Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 8:1453-1474, 2009.
© 2009 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Enhanced Interferon Signaling Pathway in Oral Cancer Revealed by Quantitative Proteome Analysis of Microdissected Specimens Using ¹⁶O/¹⁸O Labeling and Integrated Two-dimensional LC-ESI-MALDI Tandem MS^*,

Lang-Ming Chi^,, Chien-Wei Lee, Kai-Ping Chang^¶, Sheng-Po Hao^¶, Hang-Mao Lee, Ying Liang, Chuen Hsueh^,||, Chia-Jung Yu^,**, I-Neng Lee, Yin-Ju Chang, Shih-Ying Lee, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Yu-Sun Chang^,, Kun-Yi Chien^,**, and Jau-Song Yu^,**,¶¶

From the Molecular Medicine Research Center,
**Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and
Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University and
Departments of Medical Research and Development,
¶Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and
||Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains one of the most common cancers worldwide, and the mortality rate of this disease has increased in recent years. No molecular markers are available to assist with the early detection and therapeutic evaluation of OSCC; thus, identification of differentially expressed proteins may assist with the detection of potential disease markers and shed light on the molecular mechanisms of OSCC pathogenesis. We performed a multidimensional ¹⁶O/¹⁸O proteomics analysis using an integrated ESI-ion trap and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS system and a computational data analysis pipeline to identify proteins that are differentially expressed in microdissected OSCC tumor cells relative to adjacent non-tumor epithelia. We identified 1233 unique proteins in microdissected oral squamous epithelia obtained from three pairs of OSCC specimens with a false discovery rate of <3%. Among these, 977 proteins were quantified between tumor and non-tumor cells. Our data revealed 80 dysregulated proteins (53 up-regulated and 27 down-regulated) when a 2.5-fold change was used as the threshold. Immunohistochemical staining and Western blot analyses were performed to confirm the overexpression of 12 up-regulated proteins in OSCC tissues. When the biological roles of 80 differentially expressed proteins were assessed via MetaCore^TM analysis, the interferon (IFN) signaling pathway emerged as one of the most significantly altered pathways in OSCC. As many as 20% (10 of 53) of the up-regulated proteins belonged to the IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) family, including ubiquitin cross-reactive protein (UCRP)/ISG15. Using head-and-neck cancer tissue microarrays, we determined that UCRP is overexpressed in the majority of cheek and tongue cancers and in several cases of larynx cancer. In addition, we found that IFN-β stimulates UCRP expression in oral cancer cells and enhances their motility in vitro. Our findings shed new light on OSCC pathogenesis and provide a basis for the future development of novel biomarkers.

¶¶ To whom correspondence may be addressed. Tel.: 886-3-2118800 (ext. 5171); Fax: 886-3-2118891; E-mail: yusong{at}mail.cgu.edu.tw.

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