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DETECTION OF CIRCULATING PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN EXPRESSING PROSTATIC CELLS IN THE BONE MARROW OF RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY PATIENTS BY SENSITIVE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION. J Urol 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)61592-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sakaguchi M, Virmani AK, Ashfaq R, Rogers TE, Rathi A, Liu Y, Kodagoda D, Cunningham HT, Gazdar AF. Development of a sensitive, specific reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-based assay for epithelial tumour cells in effusions. Br J Cancer 1999; 79:416-22. [PMID: 10027307 PMCID: PMC2362411 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We developed a sensitive and specific method for the detection of epithelial cancer cells in effusions with a two-stage molecular-based assay which combined enrichment for cancer cells by immunomagnetic bead selection and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection of epithelial glycoprotein 2 (EGP-2) RNA. Preliminary experiments indicated that immunobead selection was essential to avoid occasional false-positive RT-PCR results, and this method detected ten breast cancer cells electively added to 10(7) cytologically negative effusion cells. We studied 110 cases of pleural (n = 68) and peritoneal (n = 42) effusions (30 from patients with known carcinoma and 80 from those without known carcinoma), and the results were compared with cytological findings. Of 18 effusions that were cytologically positive or suspicious for malignant cells, 17 (94%) were positive for EGP-2 RNA (the one negative sample was from a patient who recently received combination chemotherapy). Of 92 cytologically negative samples, 11 (12%) were positive for EGP-2, including six patients with a history of previous or current carcinoma. Our method appears to be highly specific and increases the sensitivity of detection of malignant cells; it may be a useful adjunct to routine cytopathological examination.
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- M Sakaguchi
- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8593, USA
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Hoshi S, Kobayashi S, Takahashi T, Suzuki KI, Kawamura S, Satoh M, Chiba Y, Orikasa S. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection of prostate-specific antigen messenger ribonucleic acid in prostate cancer. Urology 1999; 53:228-35. [PMID: 9886618 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(98)00416-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To develop a rapid, sensitive, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) prostate-specific antigen (PSA) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) detection method by applying colorimetric enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). METHODS Total RNA was extracted from 16 urogenital cancer cells (including PSA-producing LNCaP cells) from pelvic and inguinal lymph node aspiration biopsy samples from patients with prostate, bladder, and penile cancer, as well as from blood samples of 500 patients with urogenital cancer. We used rTth polymerase for RT and PCR. The RNA target was amplified by RT-PCR with dinitrophenyl-labeled primer. The PCR product was denatured and hybridized on a PSA-specific probe-coated microwell plate. RESULTS In 1 6 cancer cell lines, only LNCaP cells expressed especially high PSA mRNA values, with an optical density (OD) greater than 3. In other cell lines, two testicular cells had relatively high ODs, 1.909 and 0.987, respectively. A high PSA mRNA value was obtained by fine needle aspiration from pelvic lymph node specimens of cytologically positive lymph nodes from patients with prostate cancer but not from patients with cytologically proved bladder or penile cancer. Sensitivity and specificity of fine needle aspiration samples were 70% and 100%, respectively. Blood tests obtained from patients with prostate cancer demonstrated high PSA mRNA values. CONCLUSIONS The PSA mRNA RT-PCR ELISA method provides a sensitive photometric enzyme immunoassay for the detection of PSA mRNA, using nonradioactive techniques.
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- S Hoshi
- Department of Urology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Makarovskiy AN, Ackerley W, Wojcik L, Halpert GK, Stein BS, Carreiro MP, Hixson DC. Application of immunomagnetic beads in combination with RT-PCR for the detection of circulating prostate cancer cells. J Clin Lab Anal 1998; 11:346-50. [PMID: 9406055 PMCID: PMC6760733 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2825(1997)11:6<346::aid-jcla7>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Recently published protocols using Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain reaction (RT-PCR) for prostate specific antigen (PSA) provide a sensitive means for detecting circulating prostate cancer cells. Attempts to use these assays for staging of prostate cancer have produced conflicting results. As a first step towards rectifying these discrepancies, a modified immunobead-RT-PCR assay capable of detecting as few as 10 prostate cancer cells in 8cc of blood was developed. This 10 fold increase in sensitivity was achieved in part by introducing two target cell enrichment steps. As a model system to assess sensitivity of the modified assay, template RNA was extracted from PSA positive human carcinoma cells suspended in human blood and isolated with immunomagnetic beads following incubation with an epithelium specific antibody. After 45 cycles of PCR, product from as few as 10 target cells could be readily detected when displayed on a 2% agarose gel stained with SYBR Green fluorescent dye. The identity of amplified DNA fragments was confirmed by Southern blot hybridization. When applied to blood samples from patients with proven metastatic disease, the immuno-bead RT-PCR assay was successful in detecting circulating PSA positive epithelial cells, suggesting this assay may be useful for assessment of disease progression or recurrence.
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- A N Makarovskiy
- Department of Urology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence 02903, USA
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Jung K, Henke W, Lein M, Schnorr D, Loening SA. Polymerase chain reaction in the detection of micrometastases and circulating tumor cells. Cancer 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19961201)78:11<2445::aid-cncr25>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Klaus Jung
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Murphy GP, Elgamal AAA, Su SL, Bostwick DG, Holmes EH. Current evaluation of the tissue localization and diagnostic utility of prostate specific membrane antigen. Cancer 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981201)83:11%3c2259::aid-cncr5%3e3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ishikawa T, Kashiwagi H, Iwakami Y, Hirai M, Kawamura T, Aiyoshi Y, Yashiro T, Ami Y, Uchida K, Miwa M. Expression of alpha-fetoprotein and prostate-specific antigen genes in several tissues and detection of mRNAs in normal circulating blood by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1998; 28:723-8. [PMID: 9879288 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.12.723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in serum are widely used as tumor markers in the evaluation of prognosis and management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and prostate cancer, respectively. To establish the molecular diagnosis of cancer, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for AFP and PSA was used to identify circulating cancer cells in the blood of cancer patients. Here, we examined the tissue-specificity of AFP and PSA and tested whether AFP and PSA are suitable targets in the detection of certain cancer cells by RT-PCR using peripheral blood samples. METHODS Tissue specificity of AFP and PSA was analyzed by Northern blotting and RT-PCR. Probes for AFP and PSA were hybridized with poly A+ RNAs from 50 human tissues. RT-PCR for AFP and PSA mRNA was performed using several cancerous tissues and normal tissues and peripheral blood cells from seven healthy volunteers. RESULTS Broad expression of AFP was observed in several tissues and a large amount of AFP mRNA was found in fetal liver. PSA was expressed in prostate, salivary gland, pancreas and uterus. By RT-PCR, AFP and PSA mRNA were detected in several tumors, including salivary pleomorphic adenoma, hilar bile duct carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder and thyroid papillary carcinoma. Furthermore, AFP and PSA mRNAs were frequently detected by RT-PCR, even in peripheral blood cells from healthy volunteers. CONCLUSIONS Neither AFP nor PSA showed tissue-specific expression. AFP and PSA mRNA were detected in several diseased and non-diseased tissues and normal circulating blood by RT-PCR.
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- T Ishikawa
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Oncology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, Ibaraki, Japan
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Murphy GP, Elgamal AAA, Su SL, Bostwick DG, Holmes EH. Current evaluation of the tissue localization and diagnostic utility of prostate specific membrane antigen. Cancer 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981201)83:11<2259::aid-cncr5>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Goldman HB, Israeli RS, Lerner JL, Hollabaugh RS, Steiner MS. Effect of prostate biopsy on the results of the PSA RT-PCR test. Urology 1998; 52:1073-8. [PMID: 9836557 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(98)00358-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of prostate biopsy on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. METHODS Ninety men who were scheduled to undergo prostate biopsy because of an elevated PSA or abnormal digital rectal examination, or both, were recruited to have PSA RT-PCR performed on peripheral blood samples drawn before and at 30 minutes, 1 week, and 1 month after undergoing prostate biopsy. PSA RT-PCR was performed and all PCR products were blotted and hybridized with phosphorus-32 (32-P)-PSA cDNA probe (exon 3 to 5). RESULTS Of 90 patients, 77 had a negative prebiopsy PSA RT-PCR result. Of these 77, 2 (2.6%) had a positive PSA RT-PCR result at some point after the biopsy procedure. Both of these patients had no evidence of malignancy on biopsy. The PSA RT-PCR test was positive at 30 minutes for 1 patient, but was negative at 1 week; the other was positive at 1 week but the patient did not return for the 1-month sample. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that 2.6% of patients with an initially negative PSA RT-PCR will have a positive PSA RT-PCR test after biopsy has been performed. Although this is uncommon, it may have profound implications for those patients in whom it occurs. On the basis of our results, it appears that one should wait longer than 1 week after prostate biopsy before obtaining blood for PSA RT-PCR testing to decrease the likelihood of a spurious PSA RT-PCR result.
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- H B Goldman
- University of Tennessee Urologic Research Laboratories and Department of Urology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA
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Moreno JG, Gomella LG. Circulating Prostate Cancer Cells Detected by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR): What Do They Mean? Cancer Control 1998; 5:507-512. [PMID: 10761099 DOI: 10.1177/107327489800500603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND: Molecular techniques have been developed recently to assess for circulating tumor cells. This "molecular staging" of prostate cancer uses the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect cells that contain PSA or PSMA in the bloodstream. Currently, the clinical application of this concept is controversial. METHODS: The authors discuss the current status of molecular biologic methods to detect circulating prostate cancer cells. They report on the limitations of the technology and the advances that will allow the quantification of these circulating cells. RESULTS: Studies generally indicate an increasing level of PSA RT-PCR positivity as disease advances. However, reports have been significantly diverse, and there is no clear explanation for this disparity. CONCLUSIONS: The determination of the "circulating prostate cancer cell load" by RT-PCR or other techniques may prove to be useful in the management of patients with prostate cancer, but questions remain to be answered before we can develop and assess new therapeutic strategies that will advance the treatment of prostate cancer before metastasis becomes evident. A better understanding of the biology of tumor cells present in the circulatory system is also needed.
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- JG Moreno
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa 19107, USA
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Corey E, Corey MJ. Detection of disseminated prostate cells by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR): technical and clinical aspects. Int J Cancer 1998; 77:655-73. [PMID: 9688296 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980831)77:5<655::aid-ijc1>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- E Corey
- Genitourinary Research Cancer Laboratory of the Urology Department, the School of Medicine of the University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.
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Price DK, Clontz DR, Woodard WL, Kaufman JS, Daniels JM, Stolzenberg SJ, Teigland CM. Detection and clearance of prostate cells subsequent to ultrasound-guided needle biopsy as determined by multiplex nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. Urology 1998; 52:261-6; discussion 266-7. [PMID: 9697792 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(98)00148-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine if circulating prostate cells are detectable subsequent to transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy, and if so, whether cells remain in circulation for up to 4 weeks. METHODS Blood samples were drawn from 90 patients with elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and/or abnormal digital rectal examination. Two samples were drawn from all patients immediately prior to TRUS and 30 minutes postbiopsy. Blood samples were also obtained 1 week postbiopsy from 83 patients, and 1 month postbiopsy from 61 patients. Multiplex nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay (RT-PCR) for PSA and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSM) was performed on total ribonucleic acid (RNA) from each sample. Results were reported as positive if at least one of the targets was detected. RESULTS Of 45 patients with biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma, 22 were RT-PCR positive prebiopsy and all remained positive 30 minutes postbiopsy. Of 23 patients with adenocarcinoma who were RT-PCR negative prebiopsy, 5 (22%) converted to positive 30 minutes postbiopsy (P < 0.001). Four of these 5 patients returned to negative after 1 week or 1 month. Of 45 patients without cancer at biopsy, 32 were RT-PCR negative prebiopsy and 6 (19%) converted to positive 30 minutes postbiopsy (P < 0.001). Although four of six available samples were still positive at 1 week, all four samples available 1 month postbiopsy were negative. CONCLUSIONS Detection of circulating prostate cells subsequent to biopsy occurred in 11 of 55 (20%) previously RT-PCR negative patients, a proportion twice that reported in the literature. We attribute this higher proportion to the simultaneous detection of PSA and PSM mRNA in our multiplex assay. Conversion rates were similar in patients regardless of biopsy result. Testing of serial postbiopsy blood demonstrates clearing of these cells by 4 weeks in most patients.
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- D K Price
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 28232-2861, USA
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Gala JL, Loric S. Sensitivity or specificity of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays: the real challenge for molecular staging of prostatic carcinomas. Int J Cancer 1998; 77:161-3. [PMID: 9639408 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980703)77:1<161::aid-ijc24>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Okegawa T, Yoshioka J, Morita R, Nutahara K, Tsukada Y, Higashihara E. Molecular staging of prostate cancer: comparison of nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay using prostate specific antigen versus prostate specific membrane antigen as primer. Int J Urol 1998; 5:349-56. [PMID: 9712443 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND We examined the utility for prostate cancer staging of nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using either prostate specific antigen (PSA) or prostate specific membrane antigen (PSM) as primer. METHODS LNCaP cells were used for the in vitro quantification of RT-PCR. RT-PCR was performed on the peripheral blood of 105 control subjects and 63 patients with prostate cancer (32 who eventually underwent radical prostatectomy and 31 with clinical stage D2 cancer). RESULTS The nested RT-PCR for the PSA and PSM primers was able to detect 1 LNCaP cell per 10(6) leukemia (K562) cells. None of the control subjects was found positive for the presence of prostate cancer cells by nested RT-PCR. In the 32-patient surgery group, the results of nested RT-PCR were significantly correlated with the pathologic stage of the cancer when using PSM primers (P=2.00 x 10(-3) by Kendall's correlation test) but not when using PSA primers (P=0.06). Extraprostatic extension was significantly more closely correlated with positive PSM nested RT-PCR results (P=0.012 by Fisher's exact probability test) than with positive results of PSA, nested RT-PCR, digital rectal examination, CT imaging, level of serum PSA or Gleason score. In the untreated stage D2 patients, the positive result rate of PSM nested RT-PCR was significantly higher than that of PSA nested RT-PCR (P=0.025 by McNemar test). CONCLUSION Nested RT-PCR using PSM primers appears to predict the prostate cancer stage more accurately than does nested RT-PCR using PSA primers or conventional clinical staging modalities.
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- T Okegawa
- Department of Urology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Verhaegen M, Ioannou PC, Christopoulos TK. Quantification of prostate-specific antigen mRNA by coamplification with a recombinant RNA internal standard and microtiterwell-based hybridization. Clin Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.6.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We report a quantitative analytical methodology for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA, which is based on the coamplification of the target with a recombinant RNA internal standard (IS) using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. PSA mRNA and the RNA IS contain the same primer recognition sites and generate amplification products that have identical sizes but differ in a 24-bp sequence located in the center of the molecule. Amplified sequences are labeled with biotin using a biotinylated upstream primer. The products are captured on streptavidin-coated microtiter wells and hybridized to specific probes labeled with the hapten digoxigenin. The hybrids are determined using alkaline phosphatase-labeled anti-digoxigenin antibody and time-resolved fluorometry. The ratio of the fluorescence values obtained for the PSA mRNA and the RNA IS is a linear function of the amount of PSA mRNA present in the sample. Samples containing total RNA from PSA-expressing cells (LNCaP cells) in addition to 1 μg of RNA from healthy cells give fluorescence ratios related linearly to the number of cells in the range of 4 to 3000 cells.
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- Monique Verhaegen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Athens 15771, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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Keilholz U, Willhauck M, Rimoldi D, Brasseur F, Dummer W, Rass K, de Vries T, Blaheta J, Voit C, Lethé B, Burchill S. Reliability of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based assays for the detection of circulating tumour cells: a quality-assurance initiative of the EORTC Melanoma Cooperative Group. Eur J Cancer 1998; 34:750-3. [PMID: 9713285 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(97)10105-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based assays detecting occult neoplastic cells are increasingly being used for the study of tumour dissemination and minimal residual disease. However, different methods are employed by various research groups and the results are heterogenous. We prospectively assessed the results from nine laboratories performing tyrosinase RT-PCR assays for the detection of melanoma cells on a series of blind samples. After complete analysis, the results were compared for sensitivity and specificity. All laboratories reported correct results for cDNA standards. Five laboratories attained acceptable specificity and a sensitivity detecting 10 cells in 10 ml of whole blood. Four laboratories had unacceptable specificity and/or sensitivity. This blind study highlights the difficulty of RT-PCR data interpretation and the need for quality assurance between laboratories. Measures to increase the reliability of RT-PCR assays are proposed, which have to be prospectively evaluated in future studies.
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- U Keilholz
- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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Vicini FA, Horwitz EM, Kini VR, Stromberg JS, Martinez AA. Radiotherapy options for localized prostate cancer based upon pretreatment serum prostate-specific antigen levels and biochemical control: a comprehensive review of the literature. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1998; 40:1101-10. [PMID: 9539565 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(97)00942-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To review all the available radiotherapy (RT) literature on localized prostate cancer treatment where serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels were used to both stratify patients and evaluate outcome and determine if any conclusions can be reached regarding an optimal radiotherapeutic management for this disease. METHODS AND MATERIALS A MEDLINE search was conducted to obtain all articles in English on prostate cancer treatment employing RT from 1986-1997. Studies were considered eligible for review only if they met all the following criteria: 1) pretreatment PSA values were recorded and grouped for subsequent evaluation, 2) posttreatment PSA values were continuously monitored, 3) definitions of biochemical control were stated, and 4) the median follow-up was given. RESULTS Of the 246 articles identified, only 20 met the inclusion criteria; 4 using conformal external beam RT, 8 using conventional external beam RT, and 8 using interstitial brachytherapy (4 using a permanent implant alone, 3 combining external beam RT with a permanent implant, and 1 combining a conformal temporary interstitial implant boost with external beam RT). No studies using neutrons (with or without external beam RT) or androgen deprivation (combined with external beam RT) were identified where patients were stratified by pretreatment PSA levels. Results for all therapies were extremely variable with the 3-5-year rates of biochemical control for patients with pretreatment PSA levels < or = 4 ng/ml ranging from 48 to 100%, for PSA levels >4 and < or = 10 ng/ml ranging from 44 to 90%, for PSA levels >10 and < or = 20 ng/ml ranging from 27 to 89%, and for PSA levels >20 ranging from 14 to 89%. The median Gleason score, T-stage, definition of biochemical control, and follow-up were substantially different from series to series. No RT option consistently produced superior results. CONCLUSIONS When data are reviewed from studies using serum PSA levels to stratify patients and to evaluate treatment outcome, no consistently superior RT technique was identified. These data suggest that standard definitions of disease stage (combining clinical, pathologic, and biochemical criteria) and a common definition of biochemical cure (as developed by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Consensus Panel) need to be adopted to evaluate treatment efficacy and advise patients on the most appropriate radiotherapeutic option for their disease.
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- F A Vicini
- Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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Su Z, Goldstein NI, Fisher PB. Antisense inhibition of the PTI-1 oncogene reverses cancer phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:1764-9. [PMID: 9465091 PMCID: PMC19182 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.4.1764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/1997] [Accepted: 12/09/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The genetic alterations and molecular events mediating human prostate cancer development and progression remain to be defined. Rapid expression cloning and differential RNA display detect a putative oncogene, prostate tumor-inducing gene 1 (PTI-1), that is differentially expressed in human prostate (as well as breast, colon, and small cell lung) cancer cell lines, patient-derived prostate carcinomas, and blood from patients with metastatic prostate cancer. PTI-1 consists of a unique 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) with significant sequence homology to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae 23S ribosomal RNA juxtaposed to a sequence that encodes a truncated and mutated human elongation factor 1alpha (Trun-EF). Stable expression of a nearly full-length 1.9-kb PTI-1 gene, but not the separate PTI-1 5' UTR or Trun-EF region, in normal rat embryo fibroblast cells, CREF-Trans 6, induces an aggressive tumorigenic phenotype in athymic nude mice. Blocking PTI-1 expression with antisense PTI-1 results in reversion of transformed PTI-1-expressing cells to a more normal cellular morphology with suppression in both anchorage-independent growth and tumorigenic potential in athymic nude mice. These findings document that PTI-1 is indeed an oncogene, and directly blocking PTI-1 expression can nullify cancer phenotypes. In these contexts, PTI-1 not only represents a gene with discriminating diagnostic properties but also may serve as a target for the gene-based therapy of human prostate and other cancers.
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- Z Su
- Departments of Pathology and Urology, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Verkaik NS, Schröder FH, Romijn JC. Clinical usefulness of RT-PCR detection of hematogenous prostate cancer spread. UROLOGICAL RESEARCH 1998; 25:373-84. [PMID: 9443645 DOI: 10.1007/bf01268851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Understaging is commonly associated with therapeutic failure of surgical intervention in apparently localized prostate cancers. Methods that specifically detect prostate cancer cells in the circulation may be able to identify metastatic cancers and thus aid in the selection of the most adequate therapy. The high sensitivity and specificity of the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) encouraged various groups to investigate the mRNA expression of prostate-specific markers in the peripheral blood of patients with prostate cancer. However, probably due to methodological differences, many contradictory results have been obtained with the markers studied so far: prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSM). For this reason, clinical decisions should not be based yet on RT-PCR results. Future research and long-term follow-up on the patients may point out whether RT-PCR assays, following appropriate standardization, will have an additive value in prostate cancer staging and in prediction of tumor progression.
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Ignatoff JM, Oefelein MG, Watkin W, Chmiel JS, Kaul KL. Prostate specific antigen reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay in preoperative staging of prostate cancer. J Urol 1997; 158:1870-4; discussion 1874-5. [PMID: 9334620 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE Extracapsular extension of prostate cancer occurs in a significant number of men believed to have clinically localized disease. We report the ability of the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay to predict preoperatively the pathological stage of cases of clinically localized prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Since October 1994, 82 consecutive men with clinically localized prostate cancer had a venous blood RT-PCR assessment before radical retropubic prostatectomy. The extracted ribonucleic acid was reverse transcribed, amplified and the amplicon identity confirmed by prostate specific antigen (PSA) directed probe hybridization. An additional 31 patients were enrolled to provide appropriate positive (T + Nx/1M2) and negative (human female and benign prostatic hyperplasia) controls. Histological examination of the entire prostatectomy specimen was performed. RESULTS Positive RT-PCR assay results correlated significantly with skeletal metastases and elevated levels of serum PSA but they did not significantly improve our ability to identify prospectively patients with extracapsular extension over traditional predictors (serum PSA, Gleason score). CONCLUSIONS The role of molecular techniques in prostate cancer evaluation and prognosis continues to emerge. However, in our study we demonstrate no significant advantage in preoperative staging of prostate cancer using RT-PCR assay with PSA primers.
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- J M Ignatoff
- Department of Urology, Evanston Hospital, Illinois, USA
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Ferrari AC, Stone NN, Eyler JN, Gao M, Mandeli J, Unger P, Gallagher RE, Stock R. Prospective analysis of prostate-specific markers in pelvic lymph nodes of patients with high-risk prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 1997; 89:1498-504. [PMID: 9337346 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.20.1498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pathologic evidence of pelvic lymph node involvement is obtained in 12%-20% of patients with localized prostate cancer that exhibits high-risk features (defined on the basis of tumor size, serum prostate-specific antigen [PSA] level, or Gleason score). The rate of systemic failure (i.e., relapse) in patients with this type of prostate cancer and no pathologic evidence of regional lymph node involvement is 55%-92% within 5 years of definitive local therapy. Since reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) methods are likely to be more sensitive than routine pathologic examination in detecting metastatic tumor cells, we compared the ability of the two approaches to detect prostate cells in the pelvic lymph nodes of patients with localized, high-risk disease. METHODS Fifty-eight lymph node specimens isolated from 33 patients before definitive local therapy were examined. Expression of PSA and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSM) messenger RNAs in the specimens was assessed by means of nested RT-PCR. RESULTS Pathologic examination identified tumor cells in the lymph nodes of four (12%) of the 33 patients, and PSA and/ or PSM expression was positive in specimens from 27 (82%) of the patients (two-sided P<.0001). The four patients with positive pathologic findings also had positive RT-PCR results. Among the 29 patients with no pathologic evidence of lymph node involvement, 23 (79%) tested positive by means of RT-PCR. In these 23 patients, PSM expression was detected more frequently than PSA expression; however, in two patients, only PSA expression was detected. CONCLUSIONS Expression of prostate-specific markers in the pelvic lymph nodes of patients with localized, high-risk prostate cancer may indicate the presence of metastatic tumor cells. Such cells may be responsible for the high rate of systemic failure seen in these patients. Additional studies are required to determine the prognostic relevance of our findings.
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- A C Ferrari
- Division of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Castaldo G, Cecere G, di Fusco V, Prezioso D, d'Armiento M, Salvatore F. Prostate-specific antigen (protein and mRNA) analysis in the differential diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer. Clin Chim Acta 1997; 265:65-76. [PMID: 9352130 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(97)00105-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We analyzed complexed and free prostate-specific antigen (PSA), the free/total PSA and complexed/free PSA ratios, acid phosphatase, and prostatic phosphatase in serum from 36 patients with prostatic carcinoma and from 48 non-neoplastic control patients (20 with prostatitis and 28 with benign prostatic hyperplasia). Receiver-operating characteristic plots showed that serum PSA was the most efficient variable, singly used, in discriminating neoplastic from non-neoplastic patients. At a cut-off value of 10.0 ng/ml, serum PSA had a diagnostic sensitivity of 87% and a diagnostic specificity of 83%. In particular, three patients with prostatic carcinoma and twenty non-neoplastic controls had serum PSA levels of between 4 and 10 ng/ml. The subsequent analysis of the serum free/total PSA ratio, in this subgroup, using a cut-off level of 15%, allowed us to classify correctly all prostatic cancer cases and 18/20 non-neoplastic diseases. We next analyzed PSA mRNA in circulating cells using an improved reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction dot blot procedure, from six patients with prostatic carcinoma with distant metastases, and in seventeen with localized cancer. The analysis had a high sensitivity (up to dilutions 1:10(6) of total RNA from prostatic cancer cells vs total RNA from normal blood cells). The analysis revealed circulating micrometastatic cells in 3/6 (50%) cases of metastatic cancer and in 4/17 cases of localized cancer. To conclude, serum total PSA combined with the free/total PSA ratio is a very efficient algorithm in discriminating neoplastic from non-neoplastic prostatic diseases, while other mRNA species must be analyzed, in addition to PSA mRNA, in circulating cells to increase the efficiency in detecting metastatic prostatic cancer.
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- G Castaldo
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Thiounn N, Saporta F, Flam TA, Pages F, Zerbib M, Vieillefond A, Martin E, Debré B, Chevillard S. Positive prostate-specific antigen circulating cells detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction does not imply the presence of prostatic micrometastases. Urology 1997; 50:245-50. [PMID: 9255296 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00272-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Detection of circulating tumor cells may improve the preoperative local staging of prostate cancers. The aim of this study was to perform enhanced reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA to define the predictive value of PSA-positive circulating cells in a large series of patients. METHODS The study included 46 patients with Stage T1 to T2 prostate cancer, 94 with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and 51 (including 9 women) with nonprostatic disease. PSA-positive cells from peripheral blood samples were detected by Southern blot analysis of the RT-PCR products. Original oligonucleotide primers were defined to exclusively detect the three PSA mRNA splices. RESULTS Circulating PSA-positive cells were observed in 8 (8.5%) of 94 patients with BPH, 10 (22%) of 46 with Stage T1 to T2 prostate cancer, and 9 (17.6%) of 51 with nonprostatic disease. The detection rate of PSA-positive circulating cells was significantly increased in patients with prostate cancer versus patients with BPH (P = 0.03). Among clinically localized prostate cancers with a Gleason score less than 8, a correlation was observed between PSA-positive circulating cells and Stage pT3 cancer (P = 0.038), capsular penetration (P = 0.04), and a positive margin (P = 0.038). The specificity of the assay for Stage pT3 cancer detection was 84.6%, with a positive predictive value of 60%. CONCLUSIONS Although RT-PCR assay may have a role in preoperative local staging, this study demonstrated the absence of tissue and tumor specificity of PSA-positive circulating cells, accounting for the weak positive predictive value of this technique.
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- N Thiounn
- Clinique Urologique, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris V, France
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Treatment Options for Localized Prostate Cancer Based on Pretreatment Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199708000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gomella LG, Raj GV, Moreno JG. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction for Prostate Specific Antigen in the Management of Prostate Cancer. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64472-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Leonard G. Gomella
- Department of Urology, and Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Urology, and Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Urology, and Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction for Prostate Specific Antigen in the Management of Prostate Cancer. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199708000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Corey E, Arfman EW, Oswin MM, Melchior SW, Tindall DJ, Young CY, Ellis WJ, Vessella RL. Detection of circulating prostate cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of human glandular kallikrein (hK2) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) messages. Urology 1997; 50:184-8. [PMID: 9255285 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00262-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical value of human glandular kallikrein (hK2) reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of prostate cells in circulation and to compare the results with those obtained from prostate-specific antigen (PSA) RT-PCR. METHODS We examined peripheral blood (PB) and bone marrow (BM) samples of 13 patients with advanced-stage prostate cancer and 63 patients with clinically localized disease for the presence of circulating prostate cells. An RT-PCR protocol with a two-step amplification cycle and hot-start conditions was used. RESULTS The limit of detection of the PCR portion is similar for PSA and hK2 (5 to 10 copies of the plasmid containing the cDNA). The RT-PCR limit of detection is one LNCaP cell in 10(8) peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PMBC) for PSA, and one LNCaP cell in 10(7) PMBC for hK2. Of the BM samples obtained prior to radical prostatectomy, 71.4% were positive for PSA mRNA and 41.3% were positive for hK2 mRNA. In PB, the PSA positivity was 19% and hK2 positivity 12.7%. In advanced-stage patients, there were 76.9% PSA-positive samples in BM versus 38.5% hK2-positive samples; 46.2% of patients were positive in PB for PSA versus 30.8% for hK2. CONCLUSIONS We have developed a sensitive RT-PCR protocol for detection of hK2 mRNA and evaluated the suitability of hK2 mRNA in comparison with PSA mRNA as an additional marker for detection of prostate cells in circulation. Combining results of these two tests increased the sensitivity of detection.
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- E Corey
- Urology Department, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Treatment Options for Localized Prostate Cancer Based on Pretreatment Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64471-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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López-Guerrero JA, Bolufer-Gilabert P, Sanz-Alonso M, Barragán-González E, Palau-Pérez J, De la Rubia-Comos J, Sempere-Talens A, Bonanad-Boix S. Minimal illegitimate levels of cytokeratin K19 expression in mononucleated blood cells detected by a reverse transcription PCR method (RT-PCR). Clin Chim Acta 1997; 263:105-16. [PMID: 9247732 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(97)00054-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cytokeratin K19 (CK19) expression was evaluated by a reverse transcription PCR method (RT-PCR) in the RNA obtained from peripheral blood stem cell collections (PBSC) from four patients with breast cancers (BC) and 34 mononucleated blood cell (MBC) negative controls (17 PBMC from normal subjects 12 PBSC from different types of leukaemias--M3, M4Eo, M2, etc.--and two from patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma; and three bone marrow (BM) collections). Two BC tissues were taken as positive controls. The method studied (Datta YH, Paul T, Adams PT, Drobyski WR. Sensitive detection of occult breast cancer by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. J Oncol 1994;12:475-8) is sensitive enough to allow the detection of CK19 transcripts in a 10(-6) dilution of cDNA reverse transcribed from 1 microgram of BC RNA, but CK19 transcripts were also detected in 64% of the RNA obtained from the MBC controls. However, the amplified product detected in the control samples represents the transcript of the CK19 gene as confirmed by the results of Mae III digestion. It should be pointed out that although the CK19 expression was detected, the levels of expression in PBMC were almost negligible for they disappeared at 1:5 cDNA dilution. Moreover, a direct relationship between the number of BC cells added to PBMC and the increasing dilution levels of the cDNA necessary to prevent CK19 expression was observed. This allows us to conclude that the cDNA dilutions make it possible to distinguish the false from the true positive samples and that, in addition, the cDNA dilutions inform about the degree of BC cell contamination.
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Dillioglugil O, Leibman BD, Kattan MW, Seale-Hawkins C, Wheeler TM, Scardino PT. Hazard rates for progression after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer. Urology 1997; 50:93-9. [PMID: 9218025 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We calculated the annual hazard rate (HR) for prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) to elucidate the pattern of treatment failure over time and to assess the efficacy of definitive therapy. METHODS We calculated the progression-free probabilities (PFP) and HRs after RP for a cohort of 611 consecutive men with clinically localized (cT1-2, NX, M0) prostate cancer and no other treatment before documented progression. RESULTS PFP for the entire study population was 78% at 5 and 76% at 10 years. The highest HR (0.09) was observed in the year immediately after surgery and dropped to 0 by year 7 (no patient recurred after year 6). Average annual HRs calculated for 3-year intervals resulted in steadily declining HRs over time for the entire study population and for all subsets, except those with a cancer pathologically confined to the prostate. Overall, the more ominous the prognostic factor, the higher the initial HR. For poorly differentiated cancers (biopsy Gleason sum 8 to 10), the HR was high in years 1 and 2 and dropped rapidly to 0 thereafter. CONCLUSIONS Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression after RP usually occurred early (77% within the first 2 years) and was largely due to understaging. Late recurrences were rare in patients who were regularly evaluated with PSA. However, because the confidence intervals in our study were broad, larger patient populations with longer follow-up are needed for a definitive establishment of the time, course, and pattern of recurrence after surgery.
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- O Dillioglugil
- Matsunaga-Conte Prostate Cancer Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Burczak JD, Wilkinson FE, Robbins DJ. Impact of genomics on diagnostic medicine. Drug Dev Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2299(199707/08)41:3/4<193::aid-ddr9>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Galvan B, Christopoulos TK. Quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for prostate-specific antigen mRNA. Clin Biochem 1997; 30:391-7. [PMID: 9253515 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(97)00010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for monitoring the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA. METHODS PSA mRNA is amplified, in parallel, with the mRNA of beta-actin, a housekeeping gene. The ratio of the amplification products obtained reflects the relative amount of PSA mRNA with respect to actin mRNA. During PCR, digoxigenin-dUTP is incorporated in the amplified sequences. The PCR products are analyzed separately by time-resolved immunofluorometric hybridization assays, using specific probes immobilized in microtiter wells. The hybrids are reacted with alkaline phosphatase-labeled anti-digoxigenin antibody. The phosphate ester of fluorosalicylate is used as a substrate. The fluorosalicylate produced forms a fluorescent complex with Tb(3+)-EDTA which is measured by time-resolved fluorometry. RESULTS The hybridization assays for both PSA and actin amplification products show linearity in the range of 1.4-110 pmol/L. The exponential phase of PCR amplification extends up to 200,000 and 100,000 PSA and actin cDNA molecules, respectively. We prepared mixtures containing various numbers of LNCaP cells in one million cells that do not express PSA and used them as samples in the proposed assay. The ratio of the fluorescence values obtained after analysis of PSA and actin amplification products is linearly related to the number of LNCaP cells in the range of 20 to 3000 cells. Reproducibility studies demonstrate %CVs for the fluorescence ratios of 14.7, 11.8, and 12.2 when samples containing 150, 300 and 1600 LNCaP cells were analyzed (n = 4). CONCLUSIONS A quantitative analytical methodology is provided for monitoring PSA mRNA. The assay is expected to be beneficial in the study of prostate cancer spread.
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- B Galvan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Noguchi M, Miyajima J, Itoh K, Noda S. Detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with prostate cancer using prostate specific membrane-derived primers in the polymerase chain reaction. Int J Urol 1997; 4:374-9. [PMID: 9256327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1997.tb00211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSM) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that has been described as human prostate specific. It is possible that PSM could be used as a biomarker for staging prostate cancer. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 2 groups of patients with prostate cancer were used for the detection of PSM messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) using the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) method. Group 1 consisted of 29 untreated patients (13 stage B cancer, 5 stage C, and 11 stage D cancers). Group 2 consisted of 40 treated patients (23 responded well and 17 had recurrence after treatment). In addition, blood specimens from 30 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia, 5 women, and 5 men undergoing cystoprostatectomy for invasive bladder cancer were used as controls. We then correlated patient and disease characteristics with PCR assay results. RESULTS Samples of all 40 controls were negative for PSM-mRNA. Thirteen of 29 patients of group 1 (45%) were positive for PSM-mRNA. The PCR positive rate did not correlate with clinical stage, pathologic stage, tumor grade, or serum PSA levels. Nine of 40 patients (22%) in group 2 were positive for PSM-mRNA, and the majority (8 of 9) were derived from the group of patients with recurrent disease. CONCLUSIONS A nested RT PCR assay for PSM mRNA can detect circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with prostatic cancer. These results suggest that the detection of circulating tumor cells could be useful for monitoring disease progression of prostatic cancer.
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- M Noguchi
- Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ennis RD, Katz AE, de Vries GM, Heitjan DF, O'Toole KM, Rubin M, Buttyan R, Benson MC, Schiff PB. Detection of circulating prostate carcinoma cells via an enhanced reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay in patients with early stage prostate carcinoma. Independence from other pretreatment characteristics. Cancer 1997. [PMID: 9191530 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970615)79:12%3c2402::aid-cncr16%3e3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Circulating prostate cells can be detected in the venous blood of patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma by applying reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques using primers specific for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) gene. This study evaluates whether the detection of circulating cells correlates with established prognostic factors, treatment, and pathologic stage. METHODS Two hundred and twenty-seven patients with clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate had an RT-PCR assay performed as part of their staging evaluation. No treatment decisions were made on the basis of the RT-PCR results. Of these, 156 patients were treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) and 71 with radical external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Forty-eight patients were treated with hormonal therapy prior to RP (n = 39) or EBRT (n = 9). The prognostic factors analyzed for their relationship to RT-PCR were clinical stage, pretreatment serum PSA levels, Gleason score of the biopsy specimen, and Gleason score of the surgical specimen. An analysis of the relationship between treatment and RT-PCR results was also performed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of predictors of RT-PCR positivity was performed as well. In addition, univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors of pathologic stage, including RT-PCR, were performed. RESULTS Sixty-one patients (26.9%) had a positive RT-PCR assay. There was no relationship between clinical stage, pretreatment PSA, biopsy Gleason score, or surgical Gleason score and RT-PCR positivity. In univariate analysis, patients treated with RP had a higher rate of RT-PCR positivity than patients treated with EBRT (P = 0.054). However, in multivariate logistic regression analysis no factor, including treatment with RP, was a significant predictor of RT-PCR positivity. RT-PCR and pretreatment PSA predicted pathologic stage in univariate and multivariate analyses (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.002, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The detection of circulating prostate cells using RT-PCR occurs in approximately 25% of early stage prostate carcinoma patients and is independent of other established prognostic factors. In addition, a positive RT-PCR assay is a strong predictor of pathologic upstaging in patients with clinically organ-confined disease.
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- R D Ennis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Ennis RD, Katz AE, de Vries GM, Heitjan DF, O'Toole KM, Rubin M, Buttyan R, Benson MC, Schiff PB. Detection of circulating prostate carcinoma cells via an enhanced reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay in patients with early stage prostate carcinoma. Independence from other pretreatment characteristics. Cancer 1997; 79:2402-8. [PMID: 9191530 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970615)79:12<2402::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Circulating prostate cells can be detected in the venous blood of patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma by applying reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques using primers specific for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) gene. This study evaluates whether the detection of circulating cells correlates with established prognostic factors, treatment, and pathologic stage. METHODS Two hundred and twenty-seven patients with clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate had an RT-PCR assay performed as part of their staging evaluation. No treatment decisions were made on the basis of the RT-PCR results. Of these, 156 patients were treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) and 71 with radical external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Forty-eight patients were treated with hormonal therapy prior to RP (n = 39) or EBRT (n = 9). The prognostic factors analyzed for their relationship to RT-PCR were clinical stage, pretreatment serum PSA levels, Gleason score of the biopsy specimen, and Gleason score of the surgical specimen. An analysis of the relationship between treatment and RT-PCR results was also performed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of predictors of RT-PCR positivity was performed as well. In addition, univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors of pathologic stage, including RT-PCR, were performed. RESULTS Sixty-one patients (26.9%) had a positive RT-PCR assay. There was no relationship between clinical stage, pretreatment PSA, biopsy Gleason score, or surgical Gleason score and RT-PCR positivity. In univariate analysis, patients treated with RP had a higher rate of RT-PCR positivity than patients treated with EBRT (P = 0.054). However, in multivariate logistic regression analysis no factor, including treatment with RP, was a significant predictor of RT-PCR positivity. RT-PCR and pretreatment PSA predicted pathologic stage in univariate and multivariate analyses (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.002, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The detection of circulating prostate cells using RT-PCR occurs in approximately 25% of early stage prostate carcinoma patients and is independent of other established prognostic factors. In addition, a positive RT-PCR assay is a strong predictor of pathologic upstaging in patients with clinically organ-confined disease.
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- R D Ennis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Ts'o PO, Pannek J, Wang ZP, Lesko SA, Bova GS, Partin AW. Detection of intact prostate cancer cells in the blood of men with prostate cancer. Urology 1997; 49:881-5. [PMID: 9187695 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00157-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To develop a procedure to be used to find, identify, and characterize the living prostate cancer cells in the blood of patients with prostate cancer. METHODS The procedure is based on a negative selection approach that removes most of the blood cells and collects the remaining prostate cancer cells, which are identified and characterized by fluorescent in situ hybridization with deoxyribonucleic acid probes and by indirect fluorescent immunocytochemical staining. The blood cells are removed via density gradient centrifugation. RESULTS Using the prostate cancer LNCaP cells as a model, the recovery rate of the added prostate cancer cells to 10 mL of blood was about 85%, with a dilution of 1 LNCaP cell to 10,000 white blood cells or more. Blood samples varying from 9 to 27 mL were collected and analyzed from 8 men aged 54 to 79 years who had varying levels of PSA in serum. In one blood sample, prostate cancer cells were not found; in the seven other samples, the number of prostate cancer cells found per milliliter of blood varied from 1 to 20. Prostate cancer cells were not found in 7.5 to 15-mL blood samples from 3 healthy younger men. The prostate cells were found to be aneuploid for chromosomes 7 and 8, highly suggestive that these cells were cancerous. CONCLUSIONS Using a negative selection approach, prostate cells can be found in the blood of patients with prostate cancer, as identified by prostate cell-specific probes and antibodies. These cells were found to be aneuploid.
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- P O Ts'o
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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BACKGROUND The incidence and mortality of prostate cancer are increasing at alarming rates, partially due to an aging population. Early detection of prostate cancer, using clinically sensitive procedures and/or tumor markers (e.g., prostate-specific antigen [PSA]), is of prime importance. However, the choice of therapeutic interventions for prostate cancer at the time of diagnosis is largely dependent on clinical and pathologic staging and prediction of the degree of aggressiveness of the disease. Clinically applicable prognostic markers are urgently needed to assist in the selection of optimal therapy. METHODS Literature review of the potential diagnostic and prognostic markers for human prostate cancer. RESULTS Well-established tissue prognostic indicators, including histologic grade, margin positivity, pathologic stage, intraglandular tumor extent, and DNA ploidy, are not reviewed in this paper. Recently, a number of novel markers have been identified. In this paper, we begin with a discussion of a number of well-established as well as investigational diagnostic markers and then focus on evaluation of prognostic markers. Diagnostic markers that have prognostic value and investigational prognostic markers are also discussed. CONCLUSIONS Currently, only PSA is utilized for early diagnosis and monitoring of prostate cancer. A number of potential prognostic markers warrant further investigation. Multimarker analysis is implicated.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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Taneja SS. Refining the gold standard--can we do better with serum prostate specific antigen in the detection of prostate cancer? J Urol 1997; 157:1752-3. [PMID: 9112520 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64853-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Molecular Staging of Prostate Cancer. III. Effects of Cystoscopy and Needle Biopsy on the Enhanced Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199705000-00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Olsson CA, de Vries GM, Buttyan R, Katz AE. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays for prostate cancer. Urol Clin North Am 1997; 24:367-78. [PMID: 9126234 DOI: 10.1016/s0094-0143(05)70383-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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RT-PCR, if targeted against a prostate-specific marker, can be a highly specific and sensitive assay to detect the presence of occult prostate cancer cells at sites far distant from the primary tumor. The low false-positive rate (0.8%) observed when combining most published studies and the high rate of detection of prostate cells in metastatic patients (88%) found in well-defined clinical studies address the basic requirements of a clinically effective diagnostic modality. Additionally, all reports indicate that RT-PCR positivity for PSA or PSMA increases with increased stage of prostate cancer, suggesting that RT-PCR assays may have value in staging the patient presumed to have clinically localized disease. Indeed, data from two institutions have shown the unique contribution that RT-PCR technology might lend to this most vexing problem. With the suggestive data already published, we remain optimistic that molecular staging will become a reality in the future. After all, the variability in techniques of RT-PCR (as well as differences in targets and samples assayed) used by the various laboratories now investigating this method could themselves be responsible for many of the differences reported. There is no question that standardization among laboratories is essential before clinical utility of molecular staging can be proved. Indeed, this endeavor represents the major aim of the RT-PCR consortium in the United States. Nevertheless, at our own medical center, we are struck by our finding that if a preoperative RT-PCR for PSA is negative, the patient can be assured of a successful operative outcome in 88% of cases. We also are impressed by the data showing that if the serum PSA level is greater than 10 ng/mL and the RT-PCR assay is positive, 90% of patients undergoing radical surgery have adverse pathology reports (and, in fact, have already experience operative failure in nearly half the cases). There is increasing consensus that RT-PCR assays afford prognostic information that is also unique. Three institutions have similar data comparing operative or preoperative RT-PCR strategies (employing all three potential sample sources) with treatment outcome. This may suggest the validity of RT-PCR as a staging modality or, alternatively, suggest that a truly metastatic phenotype is identified in patients with circulating PSA-synthesizing cells, or in patients harboring PSA-synthesizing cells in node or marrow tissues. In either case, RT-PCR appears already to provide information not available before the use of this technology. In fact, in the only series comparing RT-PCR with other, more established predictors (PSA, Gleason score) in a multivariate analysis, RT-PCR status provided the best prognostic information. Prostate manipulation does, in fact, appear to affect the RT-PCR assay. Although digital rectal examination and cystoscopy do not seem sufficiently invasive to release prostate cells into the circulation, a small number of individuals undergoing transrectal ultrasound biopsy will experience this phenomenon. This observation provides a cautionary note relative to timing of sample collection for RT-PCR assays. Furthermore, a significant fraction of patients undergoing prostate manipulation during radical surgery may experience shedding of prostate cells into the operative field and release of some into the peripheral circulation. This has not been universally observed and, even if true, may not share the significance of spontaneous RT-PCR positivity (before prostatic manipulation). In the one instance, a potentially metastatic phenotype is responsible for RT-PCR positivity, whereas in the other instance, PSA or PSMA synthesizing cells may have no metastatic potential at all. Further studies on the biologic half-life of such cells are required before any clinical judgement can be made regarding this phenomenon. In summary, there appears to be consensus that RT-PCR technology can differentiate controls from patients with metas
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- C A Olsson
- Squier Urology Clinic, New York, New York, USA
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Editorial. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199705000-00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Molecular Staging of Prostate Cancer. III. Effects of Cystoscopy and Needle Biopsy on the Enhanced Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64851-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Moreno JG, O'Hara SM, Long JP, Veltri RW, Ning X, Alexander AA, Gomella LG. Transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy causes hematogenous dissemination of prostate cells as determined by RT-PCR. Urology 1997; 49:515-20. [PMID: 9111619 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00016-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine if transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy causes dissemination of prostate cells into the circulation as assessed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) targeted against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA. METHODS RT-PCR PSA analysis was performed before and after prostatic invasive manipulations in 50 men. The cases consisted of 47 patients with TRUS and 3 with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Peripheral venous blood (8 mL) was drawn before and within 60 minutes after the procedure. Total RNA was extracted from fractionated blood, and RNA/cDNA quality was assured and normalized with beta-actin RT-PCR analysis. The PSA primers hybridize exons 3 and 5, yielding a 254-basepair PCR product. The assay detects one LNCaP cell in a background of 100 million lymphoid cells and a single copy of PSA cDNA on an ethidium bromide gel. RESULTS Among the 47 TRUS cases, 43 specimens were evaluable. Forty-two cases were negative before biopsy; among these patients, 4 cases (9.5%) converted to a positive RT-PCR PSA result. Both benign and malignant TRUS biopsies were capable of producing a positive RT-PCR PSA signal implicating iatrogenic dissemination of cells. All three TURP cases converted from a negative to a highly intense positive signal. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that a positive RT-PCR PSA signal may result from release of prostate cells into the peripheral circulation after a TRUS biopsy and TURP. TURP causes greater dissemination than TRUS. Based on these preliminary data, we recommend that future molecular staging studies should be based on blood specimens drawn before performance of TRUS biopsy. This may be an important mechanism of prostate cancer dissemination meriting further investigations.
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- J G Moreno
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Klein KA, Reiter RE, Redula J, Moradi H, Zhu XL, Brothman AR, Lamb DJ, Marcelli M, Belldegrun A, Witte ON, Sawyers CL. Progression of metastatic human prostate cancer to androgen independence in immunodeficient SCID mice. Nat Med 1997; 3:402-8. [PMID: 9095173 DOI: 10.1038/nm0497-402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Prostate cancer mortality results from metastasis to bone and hormone-independent tumor growth. Models to study these progressive changes are lacking. Here we describe the propagation of advanced human prostate cancer by direct transfer of surgical samples from patients into immune-deficient male SCID mice. Explants from six of eight patients formed prostate tumors and two showed unique cytogenetic, biologic and molecular features that were retained through six or more passages. One grew in an androgen-independent fashion, whereas the second formed tumors that regressed following castration then regrew. Micrometastatic disease was detected in the hematopoietic tissues of half of the recipient mice. Thus selected specimens of advanced human prostate cancer can be propagated in SCID mice in a manner that recapitulates the clinical transition from androgen-sensitive to androgen-independent growth, accompanied by micrometastasis.
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- K A Klein
- Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90095-1678, USA
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Corey E, Arfman EW, Liu AY, Vessella RL. Improved reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction protocol with exogenous internal competitive control for prostate-specific antigen mRNA in blood and bone marrow. Clin Chem 1997. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.3.443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The possibility of improving diagnosis of micrometastases from prostate cancer by further enhancing the detection of prostate-specific antigen-producing cells in circulation is being evaluated. We have developed a reverse transcriptase-PCR protocol with the desirable characteristics of low limit of detection, high specificity, reproducibility of response, and ease of performance. Among the procedural alterations that have contributed to these improvements are longer PCR primers, a two-step amplification cycle, and hot-start PCR. We have lowered the limit of detection to one LNCaP prostate-cancer cell in 108 peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and samples of blood and bone marrow from healthy donors have yielded no false positives. Because PCR procedures frequently exhibit tube-to-tube variability, we have incorporated a set of internal and external controls into the protocol—a significant advance in assuring assay reliability.
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Su SL, Heston WD, Perrotti M, Cookson MS, Stroumbakis N, Huyrk R, Edwards E, Brander B, Coke J, Soloway S, Lewis A, Fair WR, Perroti M. Evaluating neoadjuvant therapy effectiveness on systemic disease: use of a prostatic-specific membrane reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Urology 1997; 49:95-101. [PMID: 9123743 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00175-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE An on-going study at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center assessed the effectiveness of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) prior to surgical removal of the prostate. In this report, we evaluate the effectiveness of ADT on systemic disease by monitoring the presence or absence of circulating prostatic epithelial cells using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for prostatic-specific membrane antigen (PSM). METHODS PSM RT-PCR was performed on a total of 38 prostate cancer patients. There were 12 pT2 patients in the ADT group and 10 patients in the control pT2 group and 5 pT3 patients in the ADT group and 11 pT3 patients in the control group. RESULTS For pT2 patients, 2 of the 12 patients (17%) were positive for circulating prostatic cells during androgen deprivation therapy but before radical retroprostatectomy (RRP). Within a 6-month period after RRP, 3 of 12 patients (25%) were positive. For the period between the 7th and 12th month after RRP, 6 of 12 patients (50%) were positive. For the period 12-36 months after RRP, 2 of the 12 patients (17%) remained positive for circulating prostatic cells. In contrast, the pT2 control group had higher positive rates in comparable periods: 4 of 10 patients (40%) were positive prior to surgery; 6 of 10 patients (60%) were positive during the 6 months following surgery. For the period between the 7th and 12th month following surgery, 4 of 7 patients (57%) were positive for PSM. Finally, 3 of 6 patients (50%) were positive for the period longer than 12 months. Regarding patients who have extraprostatic disease (stage pT3), the ADT group had a lower rate of circulating PSM positive cells. Before RRP and during androgen deprivation therapy, 1 out of 5 patients (20%) in the ADT group were positive as compared to 4 out of 11 patients for the control group. Within a 6-month period after RRP, the ADT group had 4 out of 9 (44%) patients positive for PSM as compared to 9 of 11 (82%) for the control group. For the period between the 7th and 12th months postsurgery, 1 of 5 patients (20%) of the ADT group were positive as compared to 4 of 7 (57%) of the control patients. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that patients with pT2 and pT3 lesions who receive neoadjuvant ADT are less likely to have circulating tumor cells detected compared to a control group both prior to and after surgery. In addition, irrespective of ADT or control group, there were increases in the detection of circulating tumor cells in the period after RRP, and this rise gradually decreased, suggesting that surgical manipulation may cause hematogenous dissemination of tumor cells and that ADT reduces such dissemination of tumor cells. Overall, these results indicate that the use of neoadjuvant ADT decreases the number of circulating prostatic cells. These data represent the initial results of an on-going study. As additional patients are added to the studies, attempts to correlate PSM positivity and serum PSA values postoperatively, recurrence, and margin positivity will be made.
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- S L Su
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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OBJECTIVES To summarize improvements in patient selection and the results of focal therapy for the management of localized prostate cancer. METHODS A contemporary series of patients managed with wide surgical excision, radiation therapy (three-dimensional conformal radiation, interstitial radiation, and charged-particle or proton therapy), and cryo-therapy were reviewed. RESULTS We used preoperative cancer grade, transrectal ultrasound, and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in all patients, and cross-sectional imaging and bone scans in selected patients to allow for reasonably accurate cancer staging and selection of patients most likely to be cured by radical prostatectomy or radiation. In patients with extracapsular extension of prostate cancer, wide surgical excision and achievement of a clear surgical margin had therapeutic value. Newer radiation techniques resulted in a higher likelihood of prostate cancer control than previous techniques. Cryotherapy for patients with stages T1 through 3 prostate cancer was associated with a posttreatment undetectable PSA rate of 48% and a positive biopsy rate of 23%. CONCLUSIONS Patients with organ-confined and, therefore, curable prostate cancer can be identified. Well-performed radical prostatectomy, radiation, and cryotherapy are alternative treatments for the management of localized prostate cancer.
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- P R Carroll
- Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA
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D'Amico AV, Whittington R, Malkowicz SB, Schultz D, Schnall M, Tomaszewski JE, Wein A. Combined modality staging of prostate carcinoma and its utility in predicting pathologic stage and postoperative prostate specific antigen failure. Urology 1997; 49:23-30. [PMID: 9123732 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00165-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was performed to predict the factors that can optimize preoperative staging for clinically localized prostate cancer patients. METHODS Logistic and Cox regression multivariable analyses were performed on 480 surgically-managed prostate cancer patients to evaluate the ability of clinical stage, prostate specific antigen (PSA), biopsy Gleason sum, percent positive biopsies, and endorectal coil magnetic resonance imaging (erMRI) results to predict for pathologic established extracapsular extension (ECE), seminal vesicle invasion (SVI), and time to postoperative PSA failure. RESULTS The characteristics of clinically organ-confined prostate cancer patients at high risk (> 67%) for postoperative PSA failure within 3 years include: (A) PSA > 20 ng/mL; (B) Biopsy Gleason sum > or = 8; or (C) erMRI positive for extraprostatic disease and intermediate risk disease. For patients at intermediate risk (ie, either a PSA < 4 and biopsy Gleason sum of 7; PSA > 4 to 10 ng/mL and biopsy Gleason sum 5 to 7; or a PSA > 10 to 20 ng/mL and biopsy Gleason sum 2 to 7), despite 100% positive biopsies, 50% of patients had pathologic organ-confined disease. However, in the subset of intermediate-risk patients with a positive erMRI for either ECE or SVI and at least 50% positive biopsies, all had extraprostatic disease and failed biochemically by 47 months postoperatively. Intermediate-risk patients with < 50% positive biopsies had pathologic organ-confined disease in at least 77% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS Combined modality staging using the PSA, biopsy Gleason sum, percent positive biopsies, and endorectal coil MRI findings in select patients can predict pathologic stage and postoperative PSA failure. Therefore, this combined modality staging may optimize patient selection for phase 3 trials examining the role of neoadjuvant androgen ablative therapy for patients with clinically localized disease.
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- A V D'Amico
- Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts, USA
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Diamandis EP. New diagnostic applications of prostate-specific antigen. BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 1997; 79 Suppl 1:87-91. [PMID: 9088279 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1997.tb00807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- E P Diamandis
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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