前列腺癌组织中前列腺癌抗原-1的表达及临床意义

目的：探讨PCa组织中前列腺癌抗原-1（PCA-1）的表达及其临床意义。方法：采用逆转录-聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）技术,检测45例PCa组织、30例前列腺高分级上皮样内瘤样病变组织（HG-PIN）、43例BPH组织和39例其他肿瘤组织标本中PCA-1 mRNA的表达。免疫组织化学检测不同前列腺组织中PCA-1蛋白的表达。结果：PCa与HG-PIN组织标本中PCA-1 mRNA的阳性表达率分别为80.0%（36/45）和60.0%（18/30）,BPH组织及其他肿瘤组织中均未见PCA-1 mRNA的表达。PCA-1 mRNA表达与PCa的临床病理参数之间无明显相关性,差异均无统计学意义（P〉0.05）。PCa与HG-PIN组织标本中PCA-1蛋白的阳性表达率分别为75.6%（34/45）和50.0%（15/30）,BPH组织及其他肿瘤组织中未见PCA-1蛋白阳性表达。结论：PCA-1仅在PCa组织中表达,且与PCa的临床病理参数无关,有可能作为特异性的肿瘤标志物对PCa进行早期诊断。     

前列腺癌组织中前列腺癌抗原-1的表达及临床意义

目的:探讨PCa组织中前列腺癌抗原-1(PCA-1)的表达及其临床意义。方法:采用逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)技术,检测45例PCa组织、30例前列腺高分级上皮样内瘤样病变组织(HG-PIN)、43例BPH组织和39例其他肿瘤组织标本中PCA-1 mRNA的表达。免疫组织化学检测不同前列腺组织中PCA-1蛋白的表达。结果:PCa与HG-PIN组织标本中PCA-1 mRNA的阳性表达率分别为80.0%(36/45)和60.0%(18/30),BPH组织及其他肿瘤组织中均未见PCA-1 mRNA的表达。PCA-1 mRNA表达与PCa的临床病理参数之间无明显相关性,差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05)。PCa与HG-PIN组织标本中PCA-1蛋白的阳性表达率分别为75.6%(34/45)和50.0%(15/30),BPH组织及其他肿瘤组织中未见PCA-1蛋白阳性表达。结论:PCA-1仅在PCa组织中表达,且与PCa的临床病理参数无关,有可能作为特异性的肿瘤标志物对PCa进行早期诊断。     

Prostate antigen: A new potential marker for prostatic cancer

A prostate-specific antigen, distinct from acid phosphatase, was identified by immunologic procedures in prostate tissues (normal, benign hypertrophic, and cancerous) and seminal plasma, as well as in sera of patients with prostatic cancer and of nude mice bearing human prostatic tumor. This antigen was shown by immunoperoxidase staining to be confined to epithelial cells comprising the prostatic ductal elements. Prostate antigen was purified from prostatic tissue and seminal plasma, and it was shown to have a molecular weight of 33,000-34,000 with no subunit component. The isolectric point of purified antigen was around 6.9, though several unpurified isomers with different isoelec-tric points also were observed. Serum-borne prostate antigen showed a molecular weight of 90,000-100,000, but it exhibited a molecular weight of 36,000 in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. A sandwich-type, peroxidase-linked immunosorbent assay capable of detecting 0.1ng of the antigen per milliliter of blood was developed. With this technique, serum level of the antigen was found to increase in patients with prostatic cancer as compared with normal males. The prostate-specific antigen can be a useful marker for detection of prostatic cancer.     

Cyr61 is a potential prognostic marker for prostate cancer

Cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61 (Cyr61) is an extracellular matrix protein involved in the transduction of growth factor and hormone signaling that is frequently altered in expression in several types of cancers. In prostate cancer (PCa), Cyr61 is highly expressed in organ-confined disease. Further, Cyr61 expression levels are associated with a lower risk of disease recurrence, and can be quantitatively measured in the serum. Considered together, these results indicate that Cyr61 is a potential and clinically useful tissue, as well as serum-based biomarker for differentiating lethal and non-lethal PCa.     

前列腺雄激素调节基因:一个新的雄激素非依赖性前列腺癌治疗的潜在靶点(英文)

目的:初步研究前列腺雄激素调节基因(PAR)与雄激素—雄激素受体信号转导通路的关系及其在前列腺癌细胞恶性转化过程中的作用,探讨通过抑制 PAR 基因治疗雄激素非依赖性前列腺癌的可能性。方法:用 RT-PCR 检测 LNCaP、PC3细胞中 PAR 基因 mRNA 表达水平的差异。分别用 RT-PCR 检测双氢睾酮对LNCaP、PC3及稳定转染了 pcDNA3-AR 的 PC3细胞株 PC3-AR 的 PAR 基因 mRNA 表达的调节作用,并观察这一调节作用是否可被雄激素受体拮抗剂氟他胺阻断。进一步用 RNA 干扰技术下调 PC3细胞 PAR 的表达,用细胞计数、软琼脂克隆形成实验、流式细胞术研究 PAR 基囚表达下调对 PC3细胞生长的抑制作用。结果:PC3细胞 PAR 基因 mRNA 的表达是 LNCaP 细胞的3倍;双氢睾酮可调节 LNCaP 和 PC3-AR 细胞株PAR 基因 mRNA 表达水平,此种对 PAR 表达的调节作用可被氟他胺阻断:双氢睾酮对 PC3细胞 PAR 基因mRNA 表达无明显影响。RNA 干扰可抑制 PC3细胞 PAR 基因表达,使细胞增殖受抑制,细胞周期阻滞于G_2-M 期,凋亡增加。结论:PAR 可能是雄激素—雄激素受体信号转导通路下游的与雄激素非依赖性前列腺癌恶性表型密切相关的癌基因,有望成为其基冈和药物治疗的靶点。     

Caveolin-1:一种前列腺癌的标志物

前列腺癌严重威胁男性健康,早期诊断缺乏特异性生物标志物。caveolin-1(Cav-1)是一种功能基因,也是胞膜窖的重要外壳结构蛋白,与分子运输,细胞粘附和信号转导等多种细胞功能密切相关,在前列腺癌的发生发展中发挥重要作用。Cav-1可作为生物活性分子在前列腺癌微环境中促进肿瘤增殖和肿瘤血管生成。此外,Cav-1在前列腺癌原发灶及转移灶中均过度表达,尤其是转移灶。目前,Cav-1可在外周血被检测到,其表达水平对提高前列腺癌的诊断有提示意义,与预后相关。本文就Cav-1的结构、生物学特性以及与前列腺癌的相关性进行综述。     

Screening of differentially expressed genes and identification of AMACR as a prognostic marker in prostate cancer

Prostate cancer, the second most common cancer found in male over the world, was estimated to have 191,930 new cases and 33,330 deaths in 2020 in the United States. Prostate cancer is very common in male, about 12.1% of men will acquire this cancer in their lifetime, and a higher risk was reported in older men and African American men. Gene deregulations have been found to be extensively associated with cancer development. To gain further insight into how gene deregulation affects prostate cancer, we analysed three gene profiling datasets of prostate cancer from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) applying bioinformatic tools in our study. Firstly, we identified common differently expressed genes (DEGs) shared by the three gene profiling datasets, constructed protein–protein interaction network and determined top 10 hub genes. Further DEGs validation in TCGA and Human Protein Atlas Database identified AMACR as the core gene. We then analysed the role of AMACR in prostate cancer cell lines and found that AMACR-knockdown resulted in the decreased cell proliferation and increased apoptosis. These results suggest an oncogenic role of AMACR in prostate cancer, and it could be a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.     

GREB1 is a novel androgen-regulated gene required for prostate cancer growth

BACKGROUND: Gene regulated in breast cancer 1 (GREB1) is a novel estrogen-regulated gene shown to play a pivotal role in hormone-stimulated breast cancer growth. GREB1 is expressed in the prostate and its putative promoter contains potential androgen receptor (AR) response elements. METHODS: We investigated the effects of androgens on GREB1 expression and its role in androgen-dependent prostate cancer growth. RESULTS: Real-time PCR demonstrated high level GREB1 expression in benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), localized prostate cancer (L-PCa), and hormone refractory prostate cancer (HR-PCa). Androgen treatment of AR-positive prostate cancer cells induced dose-dependent GREB1 expression, which was blocked by anti-androgens. AR binding to the GREB1 promoter was confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. Suppression of GREB1 by RNA interference blocked androgen-stimulated LNCaP cell proliferation. CONCLUSIONS: GREB1 is expressed in proliferating prostatic tissue and prostate cancer, is regulated by androgens, and suppression of GREB1 blocks androgen-induced growth suggesting GREB1 may be critically involved in prostate cancer proliferation.     

Metastasis suppressor gene Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) is a novel prognostic marker in prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: Diminished expression of Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP), an inhibitor of the Raf signaling cascade, promotes prostate cancer (PCa) metastasis in a murine model, suggesting that it is a metastasis suppressor gene. However, the prognostic significance of RKIP expression and its association with metastasis in PCa patients is unknown. METHODS: To investigate RKIP protein expression is a prognostic marker in PCa we performed immunohistochemical staining for RKIP expression in tissue microarrays consisting of 758 non-neoplastic prostate tissues, primary tumors and metastases from 134 PCa patients. The Cox proportional-hazards model was used to adjust for covariates including Gleason score, tumor volume, tumor weight, clinical stage, digital rectal exam findings, serum PSA level and surgical margins. RESULTS: RKIP expression was low in approximately 5%, 48%, and 89% of non-neoplastic prostate, primary tumors and metastases, respectively. Low RKIP expression in primary tumors was a strong positive predictive factor for PCa recurrence based on PSA levels. In patients whose primary tumors expressed high RKIP levels, the 7-year PSA recurrence rate was <10%; whereas in patients with tumors with low RKIP expression the recurrence rate was 50% (P<0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed RKIP was an independent prognostic factor (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: In contrast to increased expression of pro-tumorigenic genes, these results demonstrate decreased protein expression of a gene, for example, RKIP, can serve as a prognostic marker in PCa patients.     

The potential role of purine-rich element binding protein (PUR) alpha as a novel treatment target for hormone-refractory prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: Hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer is typically effective at first, but almost all men suffer refractory disease which often is life threatening. The nuclear matrix comprises not only of the structural elements of the nucleus, but is associated with many components of the molecular machinery. Our aim is to find novel targets for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) by focusing on the composition of the nuclear matrix proteins (NMPs). METHODS: LN96 cells were established at our Institution after long-term culturing of LNCaP cells under androgen deprived conditions. The composition of NMPs of LNCaP cells and LN96 cells were analyzed by two-dimensional (2D) electrophoresis and spots differentially expressed were investigated by mass spectrometry for identification. Among the spots identified, we analyzed the potential functional role of the identified proteins in prostate cancer cells by establishing stable overexpressed cells. RESULTS: We found that purine-rich element binding protein (PUR)alpha was significantly repressed not only in NMPs but also in total protein and mRNA levels of LN96 cells in comparison to LNCaP cells under the same steroid deprived conditions. Moreover, PURalpha was decreased in its expression both at the protein and mRNA levels in the androgen-independent prostate cancer cell lines, PC3 and DU145 in comparison to LNCaP cells. Stably overexpressing PURalpha in PC3 and DU145 cells negatively regulates cell proliferation, resulting in decreases in PCNA expression. CONCLUSION: Further dissection of the role of PURalpha in cell growth regulation may reveal a novel target for HRPC.