MicroRNAs in stool and platelets biology from gastroenterology cancer patient samples that correlate with ACP1 protein tyrosine phosphatase: colorectal cancer screening

• Grant number: 18/00736-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: February 25, 2018
• End date: February 24, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Enzymology
• Principal Investigator: Carmen Veríssima Ferreira
• Grantee: Alessandra Valéria de Sousa Faria
• Supervisor: Maikel Peppelenbosch
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Netherlands
• Associated to the scholarship: 17/08119-8 - Hematogenous tumor metastasis in colon rectal cancer cells: influence of LMWPTP and 3-bromopyruvate, BP.DR

Abstract

The success of cancer prevention and treatment involves efficiency diagnosis and therapy. Over the past years, the Prof. Ferreira-Halder and Prof. Peppelenbosch research groups have investigated cancer cells metabolism to clarify resistance and aggressiveness processes. It was found a correlation between resistance/aggressiveness in leukemia, prostate and colorectal cancer (CRC) and high expression of Low Weight Molecular Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (LMWPTP). This proposal will address two important points in cancer field: validation of a newbiomarker (LMWPTP and/or molecules related to LMWPTP) and biological characterization of a small molecule (3-bromopyruvate) that has a potential to re-educate platelets and consequently, inhibits the first step ofhematogenous dissemination of CRC cells. Therefore, the aims will cover: 1) for diagnosis: identify LMWPTP ormiRNAs modulated by this enzyme in fecal samples from patients and used it as a biomarker. Since, the mostused diagnostic testing for colorectal cancer has low sensitivity (fecal occult blood testing), or it is expensive andinvasiveness (colonoscopy), new biomarker that overcomes these problems is urgently needed; and 2) fordecreasing metastasis efficiency: 3-bromopyruvate is able to decrease the interaction between CRC cellsplatelets.This finding indicates that this small molecule has a greater potential to block the metastasis. At this stage, we will scrutinize the molecular mechanism by which it occurs. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. S.; ANDRADE, SHEILA S.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.; FERREIRA-HALDER, CARMEN V.; FUHLER, GWENNY M.. Platelets in aging and cancer-{''}double-edged sword{''}. CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS, v. 39, n. 4, SI, SEP 2020. (17/08119-8, 17/26317-1, 16/14459-3, 15/20412-7, 18/00736-0)

FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. DE S.; AKYALA, ADAMU ISHAKU; PARIKH, KAUSHAL; BRUEGGEMANN, LOIS W.; SPEK, C. ARNOLD; CAO, WANLU; BRUNO, MARCO J.; BIJLSMA, MAARTEN F.; FUHLER, GWENNY M.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.. Smoothened-dependent and -independent pathways in mammalian noncanonical Hedgehog signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 294, n. 25, p. 9787-9798, JUN 21 2019. (18/00736-0)

FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. S.; ANDRADE, SHEILA S.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.; FERREIRA-HALDER, V, CARMEN; FUHLER, GWENNY M.. The role of phospho-tyrosine signaling in platelet biology and hemostasis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, v. 1868, n. 3, MAR 2021. (15/20412-7, 17/26317-1, 17/08119-8, 16/14459-3, 18/00736-0)

LIESHOUT, RUBY; FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. S.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.; VAN DER LAAN, LUC J. W.; VERSTEGEN, MONIQUE M. A.; FUHLER, GWENNY M.. Kinome profiling of cholangiocarcinoma organoids reveals potential druggable targets that hold promise for treatment stratification. Molecular Medicine, v. 28, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2022-12-01. (18/00736-0, 17/08119-8)

FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. S.; YU, BINGTING; MOMMERSTEEG, MICHIEL; DE SOUZA-OLIVEIRA, PATRICIA F.; ANDRADE, SHEILA S.; SPAANDER, MANON C. W.; DE MAAT, MONIEK P. M.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.; FERREIRA-HALDER, V, CARMEN; FUHLER, GWENNY M.. Platelet-dependent signaling and Low Molecular Weight Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase expression promote aggressive phenotypic changes in gastrointestinal cancer cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE, v. 1868, n. 1, JAN 1 2022. (17/26317-1, 18/00736-0, 16/14459-3, 17/08119-8, 15/20412-7)

FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. S.; ANDRADE, SHEILA S.; REIJM, AGNES N.; SPAANDER, MANON C. W.; DE MAAT, MONIEK P. M.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.; FERREIRA-HALDER, V, CARMEN; FUHLER, GWENNY M.. Targeting Tyrosine Phosphatases by 3-Bromopyruvate Overcomes Hyperactivation of Platelets from Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, v. 8, n. 7, JUL 2019. (17/08119-8, 18/00736-0, 15/20412-7)

FARIA, ALESSANDRA V. S.; ANDRADE, SHEILA S.; PEPPELENBOSCH, MAIKEL P.; FERREIRA-HALDER, CARMEN V.; FUHLER, GWENNY M.. Platelets in aging and cancer-"double-edged sword". CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS, v. 39, n. 4, p. 17-pg., 2020-09-01. (16/14459-3, 17/08119-8, 18/00736-0, 17/26317-1, 15/20412-7)