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Identification of novel biomarker candidates for immunohistochemical diagnosis to distinguish low-grade chondrosarcoma from enchondroma.

Proteomics (2015-03-11)
Xianyin Lai, Shaoxiong Chen
ABSTRACT

Chondrosarcoma is the third most common primary bone cancer, requiring surgical resection. However, differentiation of low-grade chondrosarcoma (grade 1) from enchondroma that is benign and only requires regular follow-up is one of the most frequent diagnostic dilemmas facing orthopedic oncologists in clinical management. Although multiple techniques are applied to make the distinction, immunohistochemistry is an important ancillary technique, especially when a histopathological stain of specimen must be obtained in order to guarantee an accurate confirmation. Currently, no adequate immunohistochemical diagnostic protein biomarkers are available to distinguish low-grade chondrosarcoma from enchondroma. To discover novel protein biomarker candidates, an LC-MS/MS approach was applied to directly compare formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded low-grade chondrosarcoma with enchondroma tissue samples. The proteomics analysis revealed 17 protein biomarker candidates. A principle was developed to prioritize the candidates using category and ranking. An algorithm, prioritization index of biomarker candidates for immunohistochemistry on tissue specimens, was developed to rank the candidates inside each category. Using the proteomics data and bioinformatics results, the prioritization index of biomarker candidates for immunohistochemistry on tissue revealed periostin as a top candidate. Immunohistochemical staining of periostin in 23 low-grade chondrosarcoma and 31 enchondroma tissue specimens disclosed 87% specificity and 70% sensitivity.

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