The content of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide one kind to diagnose colon by detecting VCAN genes or protein expression difference
The method of gland cancer.
The second object of the present invention is to provide one kind to predict colon by detecting VCAN genes or protein expression difference
The method of gland cancer prognosis.
The third object of the present invention is to provide one kind to treat adenocarcinoma of colon by activating VCAN genes or VCAN albumen
Method.
The fourth object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method for being used to screen the medicine for the treatment of adenocarcinoma of colon.
The fifth object of the present invention is to provide a kind of medicine for being used to treat adenocarcinoma of colon.
To achieve these goals, present invention employs following technical scheme:
The invention provides application of the detection VCAN product in adenocarcinoma of colon diagnostic tool is prepared.
Further, the product of the detection VCAN includes the product of detection VCAN gene expression amounts.
Further, the product of the detection VCAN includes that the product of VCAN gene mRNAs can be quantified, and/or can determine
Measure the product of VCAN albumen.
The product of the quantitative VCAN gene mRNAs of the present invention can be based on playing its work(using the known method of nucleic acid molecules
Energy:Such as PCR, such as Southern hybridization, Northern hybridization, dot blot, FISH (FISH), DNA microarray, ASO
Method, high-flux sequence platform etc..It can qualitatively, quantitatively or semi-quantitatively implement analysis using the product.
Nucleic acid included in the said goods can be obtained by chemical synthesis, or be contained by being prepared from biomaterial
Expect the gene of nucleic acid, then expand it to obtain using the primer for expecting nucleic acid designed for amplification.
Further, the PCR method is known method, for example, ARMS (Amplification Refractory
Abruptly-changing system is not answered in Mutation System, amplification) method, RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-PCR) method, nesting PCR methods etc..Amplification
Nucleic acid can be by using dot blotting hybridization method, Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR methods), PCR-RFLP methods, original position RT-PCR
Method, PCR-SSO (sequence specific oligonucleotide) method, PCR-SSP methods, AMPFLP (amplifiable fragment length polymorphism) method,
MVR-PCR methods and PCR-SSCP (single-strand conformation polymorphism) methods are detected.
The product that VCAN gene mRNAs can be quantified includes the specific amplified VCAN genes used in real-time quantitative PCR
Primer, the primer sequence is as shown in SEQ ID NO.1 and SEQ ID NO.2.
The primer that product includes can by being prepared by chemical synthesis, by using those skilled in the art will know that
Method be suitably designed with reference to Given information, and prepared by chemical synthesis.
Nucleic acid recited above may also include probe, and the probe can be prepared by chemical synthesis, by using this
The method that art personnel know appropriately is designed with reference to Given information, and is prepared by chemical synthesis, or can be led to
Cross and prepared from biomaterial containing the gene for expecting nucleotide sequence, and expanded using the primer that nucleotide sequence is expected designed for amplification
Increase it to prepare.
The product of the quantitative VCAN albumen of the present invention can be based on playing its function using the known method of antibody:For example,
ELISA, radioimmunoassay, immunohistochemical method, western blot etc. can be included.
The product of the quantitative VCAN albumen of the present invention includes the antibody or its fragment of specific binding VCAN albumen.It can make
With the antibody or its fragment of any structure, size, immunoglobulin class, origin etc., as long as it combines target protein.This
The antibody or its fragment that the detection product of invention includes can be monoclonals or polyclonal.Antibody fragment refers to reservation antibody
Antibody a part of (Partial Fragment) to the binding activity of antigen or the peptide containing an antibody part.Antibody fragment can include F
(ab′)2, Fab ', Fab, scFv (scFv), the Fv (dsFv) of disulphide bonding or its polymer, dimerization V areas it is (dual anti-
Body) or peptide containing CDR.The product of the quantitative VCAN albumen of the present invention can include encoding antibody or Encoding Antibody Fragment
The nucleic acid of the separation of amino acid sequence, the carrier comprising the nucleic acid, and carry the cell of the carrier.
Antibody can be by obtaining well known to a person skilled in the art method.Retain target all or in part for example, preparing
The mammalian cell expression vector that the polypeptide of protein or integration encode their polynucleotides is used as antigen.Exempted from using antigen
After epidemic disease animal, from by immune animal adaptive immune cell and merging myeloma cell to obtain hybridoma.Then from hybridization
Knurl culture collects antibody.The antibody of acquisition can finally be implemented by using VCAN albumen for being used as antigen or part thereof
Antigentic specificity purifies to obtain the monoclonal antibody for VCAN albumen.Polyclonal antibody can be prepared as follows:With with above
Identical antigen-immunized animal, collects blood sample from by immune animal, serum is isolated from blood, then using upper
State antigen and antigentic specificity purifying is implemented to serum.The antibody or the antibody by using acquisition that can be obtained by using ferment treatment
Sequence information obtain antibody fragment.
The combination of label and antibody or its fragment can be implemented by method as commonly known in the art.For example, can
With following fluorescent marker protein or peptide:Clean protein or peptide with phosphate buffer, addition DMSO, buffer, etc. standard
Standby dyestuff, then mixed solution, is placed 10 minutes then at room temperature.In addition, the labelling kit of commercialization can be used in mark, it is all
Such as biotin labeling reagent box, such as biotin labeling reagent box-NH2, biotin labeling reagent box-SH
(DojindoLaboratories);Alkali phosphatase enzyme mark kit such as alkali phosphatase enzyme mark kit-NH2, alkaline phosphorus
Sour enzyme labelling kit-SH (Dojindo Laboratories);Peroxidase labelling kit such as peroxidase mark
Remember kit-NH2, peroxidase labelling kit-NH2 (Dojindo Laboratories);Phycobniliprotein labelled reagent
Box such as phycobniliprotein labelling kit-NH2, phycobniliprotein labelling kit-SH, B- phycoerythrin labelling kit-NH2,
B- phycoerythrin labelling kits-SH, R-PE labelling kit-NH2, R-PE labelling kit SH
(DojindoLaboratories);Fluorescent labeling reagent box such as fluorescein labelling kit-NH2, HiLyte Fluor (TM)
555 labelling kit-NH2, the labelling kit-NH2 of HiLyte Fluor (TM) 647 (Dojindo Laboratories);And
DyLight 547 and DyLight647 (Techno Chemical Corp.), Zenon (TM), Alexa Fluor (TM) antibody
Labelling kit, Qdot (TM) antibody labeling kit (Invitrogen Corporation) and EZ- label protein marks
Remember kit (Funakoshi Corporation).For correct labeling, suitable instrument can be used to detect by mark
Antibody or its fragment.
As the sample of the detection product according to the present invention, the tissue sample for example obtained from biopsy subject can be used
Or fluid.Sample is not particularly limited, as long as it is suitable to the measure of the present invention;For example, it can include tissue, blood, blood plasma,
Serum, lymph, urine, serous cavity liquid, spinal fluid, synovia, aqueous humor, tear, saliva or its fraction or treated material
Material.
In specific embodiments of the present invention, tissue of the sample from subject.
Further, the product of the quantitative VCAN genes or VCAN albumen can be detection VCAN genes or VCAN albumen
Reagent, it can also be kit, chip, test paper etc. comprising the reagent or be measured using the high pass of the reagent
Sequence platform.
Present invention also offers a kind of instrument for diagnosing adenocarcinoma of colon, the instrument can detect VCAN gene expression amounts.
Further, the instrument includes that the reagent of VCAN gene mRNAs can be quantified, and/or can quantify VCAN eggs
White reagent.
Further, the reagent that can quantify VCAN gene mRNAs is the specific amplified used in real-time quantitative PCR
The primer of VCAN genes, the primer sequence is as shown in SEQ ID NO.1 and SEQ ID NO.2.
Further, the instrument of the diagnosis adenocarcinoma of colon includes but is not limited to chip, kit, test paper or high pass measurement
Sequence platform;High-flux sequence platform is a kind of instrument of special diagnosis adenocarcinoma of colon, with the development of high throughput sequencing technologies,
The structure of the gene expression profile of one people will be turned into and very easily worked.By the base for contrasting Disease and normal population
Because of express spectra, the exception for easily analyzing which gene is related to disease.Therefore, VCAN genes are known in high-flux sequence
The abnormal purposes for falling within VCAN related to adenocarcinoma of colon, equally within protection scope of the present invention.
The number for the amino acid that the detection product of the present invention, the anti-VCAN antibody or its fragment that use in diagnostic tool are recognized
Mesh is not particularly limited, as long as antibody can combine VCAN.
Present invention also offers a kind of method for diagnosing adenocarcinoma of colon, methods described comprises the following steps:
(1) sample of subject is obtained;
(2) expression of VCAN genes or albumen in Samples subjects is detected;
(3) the VCAN genes measured or the expression of albumen are associated with the whether ill of subject.
(4) compared with the control, the expression reduction of VCAN genes or albumen, then the subject is judged with colon gland
Cancer is judged as recurrence or adenocarcinoma of colon patient's quilt with the risk with adenocarcinoma of colon or adenocarcinoma of colon patient
It is judged as prognosis mala.
Present invention also offers a kind for the treatment of method of adenocarcinoma of colon, methods described includes activation VCAN genes or VCAN eggs
In vain.
Further, methods described includes promoting the expression of VCAN genes, or promotes expression or the enhancing VCAN of VCAN albumen
The activity of albumen.
, can be by after testing drug be added to cancer cell present invention also offers a kind of screening technique of tumour medicine
Or some period after testing drug is applied to tumor model animal measures the expression of VCAN genes or VCAN albumen
Improve the effect of tumor prognosis to determine tumour medicine.More specifically, when VCAN genes or the expression of VCAN albumen
When being raised after addition or administration testing drug or when recovering normal level, the medicine may be selected and is used as improvement tumor prognosis
Medicine.
Present invention also offers a kind of medicine for treating adenocarcinoma of colon, the medicine includes VCAN activator.
The VCAN of invention activator is unrestricted, as long as the activator can promote or strengthen VCAN or be related to VCAN
The expression of the material of upstream or downstream pathway or activity, and for the treatment effective medicine of tumour.
Present invention also offers application of the above-mentioned activator in the medicine for preparing treatment adenocarcinoma of colon.
Further, the activator include VCAN genes, VCAN albumen, promoted type miRNA, promoted type transcriptional control because
Son or promoted type targeting micromolecular compound.
On the one hand the activator of the present invention can be used for the missing or deficiency for supplementing endogenic VCAN albumen, by improving
The expression of VCAN albumen, so as to treat the adenocarcinoma of colon caused by VCAN hypoproteinosis.On the other hand it can be used for strengthening VCAN
The activity of albumen, so as to treat adenocarcinoma of colon.
The medicine of the present invention can be administered alone as medicine or be applied together with other medicines.Can be with medicine of the invention
The other medicines that thing is applied together are unrestricted, as long as it does not damage therapeutic or preventive medicine the effect of the present invention i.e.
Can, it is preferred that the medicine for treating or preventing tumour can include such as alkylating agent, such as ifosfamide, ring phosphinylidyne
Amine, Dacarbazine, Temozolomide, Nimustine, busulfan, procarbazine, melphalan and Ranimustine;Antimetabolite, such as
Enocitabine, capecitabine, Carmofur, Cladribine, gemcitabine, cytarabine, cytarabine octadecyl phosphate
(cytarabine ocfosfate), Tegafur, UFT, Tegafur gimeracil oteracil potassium, deoxidation fluorine urine
Glycosides, hydroxycarbamide, fluorouracil, fludarabine, pemetrexed, Pentostatin, mercaptopurine and methotrexate (MTX);Plant alkaloid, it is all
As Irinotecan, Etoposide, Sobuzoxane, docetaxel, nogitecan, Palmer altruism, vinorelbine, eldisine and
Vincaleukoblastinum;Antitumor antibiotic, such as actinomycin D, Aclarubicin, Amrubicin, idarubicin, epirubicin, Zinostatin
Stimalamer, daunorubicin, Doxorubicin, THP, bleomycin, Peplomycin, mitomycin C and mitoxantrone;
Medicine based on platinum, such as oxaliplatin, carboplatin, cis-platinum and Nedaplatin;Hormonal medicaments, such as Anastrozole, Exemestane,
Estramustine, ethinyloestradiol, chlormadinone, Goserelin, TAM, dexamethasone, Toremifene, Bicalutamide, Flutamide,
Prednisolone, Fosfestrol, mitotane, methyltestosterone, Medroxyprogesterone, Mepitiostane, Leuprorelin and Letrozole;Biological respinse is modified
Agent, such as interferon-' alpha ', interferon beta, interferon gamma, interleukin, ubenimex, dry BCG and lentinan;With molecular targeted medicine
Thing, such as Imatinib (imatinib), Gefitinib (gefitinib), gemtuzumab, ozogamicin, Tamibarotene, song
Appropriate monoclonal antibody, Tretinoin, bortezomib (bortezomib) and Rituximab etc..
The medicine of the present invention can be prepared into various formulations as needed.Including but not limited to, percutaneous, mucous membrane, nose, buccal,
Tablet, solution, granule, patch, paste, capsule, aerosol or suppository sublingual or orally use.
The route of administration of the medicine of the present invention is unrestricted, as long as it can play desired therapeutic effect or preventive effect i.e.
Can, including but not limited to intravenous, intraperitoneal, intraocular, intra-arterial, intrapulmonary, orally, and in vesicle, intramuscular, tracheal strips, subcutaneously
, local by pleura by skin, suction, by mucous membrane, skin, stomach is intra-articular, intra-ventricle, rectum, vagina,
In skull, in urethra, in liver, in knurl.In some cases, can systematically it be administered.It is to be partly administered in some cases.
The dosage of the medicine of the present invention is unrestricted, can as long as obtaining desired therapeutic effect or preventive effect
To carry out appropriate determination according to symptom, sex, age etc..The medicine of the present invention or the dosage of prophylactic agent can be with use examples
Determined such as to the therapeutic effect or preventive effect of disease as index.
In the context of the present invention, " diagnosis adenocarcinoma of colon " include judge subject whether suffered from adenocarcinoma of colon,
Judge that subject whether there is the risk with adenocarcinoma of colon, judge whether adenocarcinoma of colon patient has been recurred and shifted, judged
Prognosis situation reactive or that judge adenocarcinoma of colon patient of the adenocarcinoma of colon patient to drug therapy.
" treatment " used herein is covered treatment-related in such as mankind of the mammal with relevant disease or illness
Disease or morbid state, and including:
(1) prevention disease or morbid state occur in mammal, especially when the mammal is susceptible in the disease
Diseased state, but when being not yet diagnosed with this morbid state;
(2) suppress disease or morbid state, that is, prevent it from occurring;Or
(3) disease or morbid state are alleviated, even if disease or morbid state disappear.
Term " treatment " is usually directed to the treatment mankind or animal (for example, being applied by animal doctor), wherein can reach some pre-
The therapeutic effect of phase, for example, suppressing the development (including reduce development speed, stop development) of illness, improving illness and healing
Illness.Also include the treatment as precautionary measures (such as preventing).Pair illness is not developed into also but develop into illness danger
The purposes of the patient of danger, is also included within term " treatment ".
The advantages of the present invention:
The present invention's is found that a kind of molecular marker for diagnosing adenocarcinoma of colon, can be in colon using the molecular marker
The early stage that gland cancer occurs can be used as judging the survival rate there is provided patient.
The medicine of the activator for including VCAN genes or albumen of the present invention can be used as the treatment of new adenocarcinoma of colon
Medicine.