Colorectal Adenocarcinoma and Glycosylation

Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most prevalent vicious tumors in the world. However, CRC patients often are found at advanced stages and cause the costliest health problems. Patients in advanced stages especially with metastatic lesions could have a poor prognosis, and the 5-year survival rate of CRC patients is only 13%. Therefore, it is important to find and distinguish new diagnostic indicators for the early detection and treatment of CRC. Tumor cell growth and proliferation are promoted by the changing of energy metabolism, which has been heralded as an emerging cancer hallmark. Therefore, glycolysis-related genes have been a potential target for cancer therapy, and many associated molecules participate in the regulation of glucose metabolism in CRC cells.

Fig.1 Important PTM types and related pathways in colorectal cancer. (Zhu, et al., 2022)

Glycogene Discovery Service in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma at CD BioGlyco

We analyze glycolysis-related genes by bioinformatics analysis to confirm a new biomarker for CRC patients, which is helpful for the early screening of patients clinically.

• Discovery methods
  • Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA)
  • The cancer genome atlas (TCGA)
  • Immunohistochemistry and real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
  • Metabolomics analysis: Chromatography techniques, liquid/gas chromatography (LC/GC), mass spectrometry (MS), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
  • Proteomics analysis: Chromatography and western blotting techniques, laser capture microdissection (LCM), protein microarrays, MS.
• Summary of glycogenes involved in colorectal adenocarcinoma

Fig.2 Glycogene discovery methods in colorectal adenocarcinoma. (CD BioGlyco)

Applications

• Clinical outcome indicators for CRC may use the glycolysis-related risk model.
• Integrated analysis of multi-omics data contributes to the discovery of useful diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
• These dysregulated genes could serve as potential targets that help scientists develop novel targeted drugs for the treatment of CRC.

Advantages

• There is a huge potential for searching for new early screening biomarkers and targets by integrated analysis of multi-omics data.
• Customize different types of services according to different projects and different clients to help clients complete their projects efficiently.

As a world-leading provider of Glycogenomics services, CD BioGlyco provides our clients with professional Cancer Glycogene Discovery Services and the expertise needed to solve a wide range of problems. We hope to be your right-hand man in your research. If you need the services, please feel free to contact us for more details.