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Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies

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    • Dariusz Waniczek
    • Mirosław Śnietura
    • Zbigniew Lorenc
    • Ewa Nowakowska‑Zajdel
    • Małgorzata Muc‑Wierzgoń
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    Affiliations: SHS in Katowice, Department of Surgery Propedeutics, Chair of General, Colorectal and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, 40‑055 Katowice, Poland, Tumor Pathology Department, Maria Sklodowska‑Curie Memoria Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 41‑120 Gliwice, Poland, SHS in Katowice, Chair of General, Colorectal and Polytrauma Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, 40‑055 Katowice, Poland, Department of Nutrition Related Disease Prevention, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 40‑055 Katowice, Poland, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 40‑055 Katowice, Poland
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    Published online on: November 10, 2017
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7392
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In certain patients with advanced colorectal cancer, loss of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) activity is observed. PTEN is a major gatekeeper gene of the AKT serine/threonine kinase (AKT) signaling pathway responsible for the proliferative activity of cells. The assessment of AKT activity may be a prognostic factor or a predictor of response to the targeted therapies against particular signaling proteins. To precisely identify the cause and the place of the pathway deregulation, it is necessary to identify phosphorylation states and concentrations of several proteins located at different levels of the regulatory cascade. In the present study, we propose the simultaneous use of specific antibodies conjugated with different quantum dots to highlight the nature of AKT/PKB cascade deregulation in patients with colorectal cancer and the loss of PTEN expression in tumor tissue. Fifty patients with colorectal cancer of no specific location were enrolled in the study. The expression of the PTEN protein, and concentrations of phosphorylated/activated forms of 3‑Phosphoinositide‑dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) and AKT were assessed using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies. In patients with a diminished or complete loss of the PTEN expression in the tumor tissue increased levels of activated/phosphorylated forms of PDK1 (Phospho‑PDK1‑Ser241) and AKT (Phospho‑AKT‑Thr308) proteins were found, which are responsible for the permanent activation of the phosphoinositide 3‑kinase/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway in certain cases of colorectal cancer.
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Waniczek D, Śnietura M, Lorenc Z, Nowakowska‑Zajdel E and Muc‑Wierzgoń M: Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies. Oncol Lett 15: 1236-1240, 2018.
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Waniczek, D., Śnietura, M., Lorenc, Z., Nowakowska‑Zajdel, E., & Muc‑Wierzgoń, M. (2018). Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies. Oncology Letters, 15, 1236-1240. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7392
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Waniczek, D., Śnietura, M., Lorenc, Z., Nowakowska‑Zajdel, E., Muc‑Wierzgoń, M."Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies". Oncology Letters 15.1 (2018): 1236-1240.
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Waniczek, D., Śnietura, M., Lorenc, Z., Nowakowska‑Zajdel, E., Muc‑Wierzgoń, M."Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies". Oncology Letters 15, no. 1 (2018): 1236-1240. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7392
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Waniczek D, Śnietura M, Lorenc Z, Nowakowska‑Zajdel E and Muc‑Wierzgoń M: Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies. Oncol Lett 15: 1236-1240, 2018.
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Waniczek, D., Śnietura, M., Lorenc, Z., Nowakowska‑Zajdel, E., & Muc‑Wierzgoń, M. (2018). Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies. Oncology Letters, 15, 1236-1240. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7392
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Waniczek, D., Śnietura, M., Lorenc, Z., Nowakowska‑Zajdel, E., Muc‑Wierzgoń, M."Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies". Oncology Letters 15.1 (2018): 1236-1240.
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Waniczek, D., Śnietura, M., Lorenc, Z., Nowakowska‑Zajdel, E., Muc‑Wierzgoń, M."Assessment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway activity in colorectal cancer using quantum dot‑conjugated antibodies". Oncology Letters 15, no. 1 (2018): 1236-1240. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7392
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