Decoding NADPH oxidase 4 expression in human tumors

Publication date: October 2017 Source:Redox Biology, Volume 13 Author(s): Jennifer L. Meitzler, Hala R. Makhlouf, Smitha Antony, Yongzhong Wu, Donna Butcher, Guojian Jiang, Agnes Juhasz, Jiamo Lu, Iris Dahan, Pidder Jansen-Dürr, Haymo Pircher, Ajay M. Shah, Krishnendu Roy, James H. Doroshow NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) is a redox active, membrane-associated protein that contributes to genomic instability, redox signaling, and radiation sensitivity in human cancers based on its capacity to generate H2O2 constitutively. Most studies of NOX4 in malignancy have focused on the evaluation of a small number of tumor cell lines and not on human tumor specimens themselves; furthermore, these studies have often employed immunological tools that have not been well characterized. To determine the prevalence of NOX4 expression across a broad range of solid tumors, we developed a novel monoclonal antibody that recognizes a specific extracellular region of the human NOX4 protein, and that does not cross-react with any of the other six members of the NOX gene family. Evaluation of 20 sets of epithelial tumors revealed, for the first time, high levels of NOX4 expression in carcinomas of the head and neck (15/19 patients), esophagus (12/18 patients), bladder (10/19 patients), ovary (6/17 patients), and prostate (7/19 patients), as well as malignant melanoma (7/15 patients) when these tumors were compared to histologically-uninvolved specimens from the same organs. Detection of NOX4 ...
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