title: Profiling of Cross-Functional Peptidases Regulated Circulating Peptides in BRCA1 Mutant Breast Cancer.
abstract: Women with inherited BRCA1 mutations are more likely to develop breast cancer (BC); however, not every carrier will progress to BC. The aim of this study was to identify and characterize circulating peptides that correlate with BC patients carrying BRCA1 mutations. Circulating peptides were enriched using our well-designed nanoporous silica thin films (NanoTraps) and profiled by mass spectrometry to identify among four clinical groups. To determine the corresponding proteolytic processes and their sites of activity, purified candidate peptidases and synthesized substrates were assayed to verify the processes predicted by the MERPOS database. Proteolytic processes were validated using patient serum samples. The peptides, KNG1K438-R457 and C 3fS1304-R1320, were identified as putative peptide candidates to differentiate BRCA1 mutant BC from sporadic BC and cancer-free BRCA1 mutant carriers. Kallikrein-2 (KLK2) is the major peptidase that cleaves KNG1K438-R457 from kininogen-1, and its expressions and activities were also found to be dependent on BRCA1 status. We further determined that KNG1K438-R457 is cleaved at its C-terminal arginine by carboxypeptidase N1 (CPN1). Increased KLK2 activity, with decreased CPN1 activity, results in the accumulation of KNG1K438-R457 in BRCA1-associated BC. Our work outlined a useful strategy for determining the peptide-petidase relationship and thus establishing a biological mechanism for changes in the peptidome in BRCA1-associated BC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston, Texas 77030, United States.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Senology, Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090, Austria.
authors.forename: Muy-Kheng M
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Tea
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston, Texas 77030, United States.
authors.forename: Chuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qing H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston, Texas 77030, United States.
authors.forename: Tony Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Senology, Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090, Austria.
authors.forename: Christian F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston, Texas 77030, United States.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D019313:BRCA1 Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019313:BRCA1 Protein; C492913:BRCA1 protein, human; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D010455:Peptides; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins
keywords: BRCA1 mutation; Kininogen-1; breast cancer; circulating peptides biomarker; kallikrein-2