Cancer-associated cleavage of cytokeratin 8/18 heterotypic complexes exposes a neoepitope in human adenocarcinomas.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Henrik J DitzelJ C Jensenius

Abstract

The intermediate filament network in simple glandular epithelial cells predominantly consists of heterotypic complexes of cytokeratin 8 (K8) and cytokeratin 18 (K18). In contrast to other cytokeratins, K8 and K18 are persistently expressed during malignant transformation, but changes in cell morphology are accompanied by alterations in the intermediate filament network. To study molecular changes, K8 and K18 were purified from surgically removed colon cancer and normal epithelia tissues. Western blotting and amino acid sequencing revealed the presence of abundant K8 and K18 fragments, truncated at the N terminus, from cancerous, but not normal, epithelial cells. The fragmentation pattern indicates proteolysis mediated by several enzymes, including trypsin-like enzymes. The cancer-associated forms of K8 and K18 are specifically recognized by the human antibody, COU-1, cloned from the B cells of a cancer patient. We demonstrate that COU-1 recognizes a unique conformational epitope presented only by a complex between K8 and K18. The epitope is revealed after proteolytic removal of the head domain of either K8 or K18. A large panel of recombinant K8 and K18 fragments, deleted N- or C-terminally, allowed for the localization of the ...Continue Reading

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