title: Antibody response to the tumor-associated inhibitor of apoptosis protein survivin in cancer patients.
abstract: Antibody reactivity against survivin, a recently identified tumor-associated protein, was determined in sera from patients with lung (n = 51) or colorectal cancer (n = 49). The same collection of sera was tested for the presence of antibodies against p53. Eleven sera from lung cancer patients and four sera from colorectal cancer patients reacted with purified recombinant survivin in an ELISA (21.6% and 8.2%, respectively), whereas four sera from lung cancer patients and nine sera from colorectal cancer patients contained anti-p53 antibodies (7.8% and 18.4%, respectively). The increase in prevalence when anti-survivin and anti-p53 antibodies were determined in parallel was statistically significant (29.4% versus 7.8%, P = 0.005 in lung cancer population; 26.6% versus 8.2%, P = 0.015 in colorectal cancer population). The high prevalence of anti-survivin antibodies makes these antibodies an attractive novel marker for the diagnosis of lung and colorectal cancer, particularly in patients lacking anti-p53 antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rohayem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Diestelkoetter
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weigle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oehmichen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mehlhorn
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Rieber
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D012016:Reference Values; D000077022:Survivin; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D015415:Biomarkers; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D000077022:Survivin; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53