Molecular Basis of Cancer 2021 - Rika
Molecular Basis of Cancer 2021 - Rika
Molecular Basis of Cancer 2021 - Rika
Heterogeneity intratumoral
Tissue is Issue
Reynaud et al., . Plos One, 2018
How to detect Cancer
heterogeneity?
Exosome ????
Liquid biopsy DX and Therapy
- ctDNA mutations
- cfDNA Methylation
- Exosomal mRNA/ miRNA :
- mutations
- Variants
- Functions
- Transcription analysis
- Exosomal protein analysis
Exosomes
Tissue biopsy vs Liquid Biopsy
Heterogeneity spatial and temporal
Found in:
• blood, serum and plasma,
• urine,
• cerebrospinal fluid (CSF),
• tears,
• milk, etc.
• cell culture media used to
grow various cell lines.
Ideal Biomarkers
Zhang et al, Genomic, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, 2015)
The key characteristics of exosomes – as potential for
diagnostic and therapeutic :
• Exosomes are nanometer sized, membrane bound vesicles released and received
by nearly all cells in the body.
• Exosomes play an integral role in cellular communication and regulation, of which
we are just beginning to understand.
• Exosome membranes contain cellular markers capable of targeting specific cell
types.
• Exosomes are not cells. Thus, they are non-immunogenic, more stable, and easier
to handle from a pharmaceutical delivery view.
• The contents of exosomes contain and deliver proteins, RNAs, DNAs and lipids
which can be endocytosed by neighboring or distant cells, and modulate the
recipient cells.
Kalluri et al., Science, 2020, 367, 640
Exosome Isolation and
Purification Methods
Hallmarks of Cancer -
CANCER
Housekeeping Regulatory
ncRNA RNA
Short Long
rRNA tRNA snRNA snoRNA ncRNA ncRNA
<200nt >200nt
Cancer - 40% preventable
C. elegans
Recipient cell
• Long nc RNA – 200 nt > , transcribed but never translated into protein
• Regulator in Transcription, translation and posttranslational activities,
• Key Regulator in Cancer Signalling
LncRNA in cancer
Needed in
Precision
Medicine
Cancer and Precision Medicine
Carcinogenesis ( gene environment interaction)
Factors involved
1. Genetic and
epigenetics
2. Repair genes
3. Ethnics and gender
4. Heath status
5. Lifestyle and habit
Epigenetic
dysregulation
Carcinogenesis
Genetic
Mutation
Which Environment make Cancer?
Environmental factors
- Preventable
- Unpreventable