Differential proteomics in the search for biomarkers of radiotherapy resistance. (August 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scaife, Lucy; Hodgkinson, Victoria C; Drew, Philip J; Lind, Michael J; Cawkwell, Lynn
• Is Part Of: Expert review of proteomics. Volume 8:Number 4(2011)
• Page Start: 535
• Page End: 552
• Publication Date: 2011-08
• Subjects: antibody microarrays -- apoptosis -- biomarkers -- cell cycle -- DNA repair -- mass spectrometry -- proteomics -- radioresistance -- radiotherapy; Proteins -- Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Proteomics -- Periodicals; 572.6
• DOI: 10.1586/epr.11.32
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1478-9450

Abstract

The individualization of radiotherapy treatment would be beneficial for cancer patients; however, there are no predictive biomarkers of radiotherapy resistance in routine clinical use. This article describes the body of work in this field where comparative proteomics methods have been used for the discovery of putative biomarkers associated with radiotherapy resistance. A large number of differentially expressed proteins have been reported, mostly from the study of novel radiotherapy-resistant cell lines. Here, we have assessed these putative biomarkers through the discovery, confirmation and validation phases of the biomarker pipeline, and inform the reader on the current status of proteomics-based findings. Suggested avenues for future work are discussed.