Journal: Molecular oncology
Article Title: Unveiling mutational dynamics in non-small cell lung cancer patients by quantitative EGFR profiling in vesicular RNA.
doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12976
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4. Longitudinal analysis of EGFR mutations in NSCLC patients revealed by vesicular RNA. Longitudinal measurements of EV profiles were taken at baseline, first clinical evaluation (C3D1), and progression, alongside to tumor dimensional changes. (A) Box and whiskers distribution (median, min to max) of tumor size determined by the sum of longest diameters (SLD) and compared between baseline and C3D1 (n = 23; *P > 0.05, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, two-tailed) and between progression and C3D1 (n = 22; n.s., not significant, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, two-tailed). (B) Total EV count, represented as Log10 conversion of 1010 copies per mL of plasma, and EV size quantified by TRPS. (C) Number of mutated EGFR copies on EV-RNA as measured by NBI-ddPCR and represented as Log10 conversion of 1010 copiesmL1 (WT indicates samples negative for any type of mutation tested). (D) Number of mutated EGFR copies on EV-RNA as measured by NBI-ddPCR, represented as Log10 conversion of 105 copiesmL1, and quantified upon immunoprecipitation (IP) against the membrane EGFR protein on isolated EVs. Scatter plots of individual value in (B–D) are represented as mean with SD (*P > 0.05, **P < 0.005, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001; n.s: not significant; Wilcoxon signed-rank test, two-tailed).
Article Snippet: The screen assay was carried out in 384-OptiPlate (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA, USA) in a final volume of 20 lL using 105–106 vesicles as template, 15 lg mL 1 of Nickel Chelate AlphaLISA Acceptor Beads (Perkin Elmer), 10 lg mL 1 of AlphaScreen Streptavidin Donor beads (Perkin Elmer) and 20 ng of biotinylated anti-EGFR antibody (OriGene, Rockville, MD, USA).
Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Clinical Proteomics, Mutagenesis, Immunoprecipitation, Membrane, Isolation