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Sutcliffe S, De Marzo AM, Sfanos KS, Laurence M. MSMB variation and prostate cancer risk: clues towards a possible fungal etiology. Prostate 2014; 74:569-78. [PMID: 24464504 PMCID: PMC4037912 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND. With recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies, many prostate cancer risk loci have been identified, including rs10993994, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located near the MSMB gene. Variant allele (T) carriers of this SNP produce less prostate secretory protein 94 (PSP94), the protein product of MSMB, and have an increased risk of prostate cancer (approximately 25% per T allele), suggesting that PSP94 plays a protective role in prostate carcinogenesis, although the mechanisms for such protection are unclear. METHODS. We reviewed the literature on possible mechanisms for PSP94 protection for prostate cancer. RESULTS. One possible mechanism is tumor suppression, as PSP94 has been observed to inhibit cell or tumor growth in in vitro and in vivo models. Another novel mechanism, which we propose in this review article, is that PSP94 may protect against prostate cancer by preventing or limiting an intracellular fungal infection in the prostate. This mechanism is based on the recent discovery of PSP94's fungicidal activity in low-calcium environments (such as the cytosol of epithelial cells), and accumulating evidence suggesting a role for inflammation in prostate carcinogenesis. We provide further details of our proposed mechanism in this review article. CONCLUSIONS. To explore this mechanism, future studies should consider screening prostate specimens for fungi using the rapidly expanding number of molecular techniques capable of identifying infectious agents from the entire tree of life.
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- Siobhan Sutcliffe
- Division of Public Health Sciences and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
- Brady Urological Institute and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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Frankenberg S, Fenelon J, Dopheide B, Shaw G, Renfree MB. A novel MSMB-related microprotein in the postovulatory egg coats of marsupials. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:373. [PMID: 22208949 PMCID: PMC3268785 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Early marsupial conceptuses differ markedly from those of eutherian mammals, especially during cleavage and early blastocyst stages of development. Additionally, in marsupials the zona pellucida is surrounded by two acellular layers, the mucoid coat and shell, which are formed from secretions from the reproductive tract. RESULTS We report the identification of a novel postovulatory coat component in marsupials, which we call uterinesecreted microprotein (USM). USM belongs to a family of disulfide-rich microproteins of unconfirmed function that is found throughout deuterostomes and in some protostomes, and includes β-microseminoprotein (MSMB) and prostate-associated microseminoprotein (MSMP). We describe the evolution of this family in detail, including USM-related sequences in other vertebrates. The orthologue of USM in the tammar wallaby, USM1, is expressed by the endometrium with a dynamic temporal profile, possibly under the control of progesterone. CONCLUSIONS USM appears to have evolved in a mammalian ancestor specifically as a component of the postovulatory coats. By analogy with the known properties of MSMB, it may have roles in regulating sperm motility/survival or in the immune system. However, its C-terminal domain is greatly truncated compared with MSMB, suggesting a divergent function.
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- Stephen Frankenberg
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics and Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Lilja H. Structure and function of prostatic- and seminal vesicle-secreted proteins involved in the gelation and liquefaction of human semen. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00365518809168290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), prostate-specific antigen (PSA; or gamma-seminoprotein), and beta-microseminoprotein (beta-MSP; PSP94 or beta-inhibin) are the three predominant proteins secreted by the normal human prostate gland. In the epithelium of normal and hyperplastic prostatic acini and ducts PAP, PSA and beta-MSP have an identical immunohistochemical localization. Highly differentiated (grade I) carcinomas contain an almost equal number of PAP-, PSA- and beta-MSP-immunoreactive cells; the incidence of these cells is lower and they display a greater staining variability in the moderately and poorly (grade II-III) differentiated tumours. Especially in poorly differentiated tumours PSA seems to be a more sensitive immunohistochemical marker than PAP or prostatic carcinomas. Moreover, the use of PAP as a marker for prostatic carcinomas is complicated by the reported structural similarities between the prostatic secreted acid phosphatase and lysosomal acid phosphatase occurring in all tissues. The use of beta-MSP as a marker for prostatic carcinomas may be limited by indications of non-prostatic production of this protein.
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- P A Abrahamsson
- Department of Urology, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
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MAHALE S, SHETH A, IYER K. Studies on the carboxyl terminal peptides of human seminal plasma inhibin (HSPI). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1993.tb00489.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Valtonen-André C, Lundwall A. The cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) has five beta-microseminoprotein genes, two of which are pseudogenes. DNA Cell Biol 2008; 27:45-54. [PMID: 18020964 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2007.0641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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beta-Microseminoprotein (MSP) is one of the most abundant proteins in human seminal plasma and is secreted from the prostate gland. Its evolution can be traced from primates down to nonvertebrate species such as amphioxus, despite substantial differences in the primary structure. Most mammals are known to have one single MSP gene, but we have previously shown that the cotton-top tamarin and the common marmoset-two New World monkeys-carry several MSP genes. In this study we continue our characterization of MSP genes in the cotton-top tamarin by presenting the full nucleotide sequence of the three previously identified genes, mspA, mspE, and mspJ. A promoter analysis using the luciferase reporter showed that mspE is as transcriptionally active as the single human MSP gene, whereas mspA and mspJ display no activity with this assay. Two novel MSP genes were also identified, mspB and mspH, both of which are pseudogenes. MspB has a frameshift mutation in the third exon resulting in a new C-terminus and premature stop of translation. MspH has the features of a processed pseudogene, originating from a transcript of mspE. It is integrated into the genome together with another processed pseudogene originating from a transcript of the nucleoporin gene NUP88. The MSP genes described in this study probably arose by phylogenetically rather late duplication or retrotransposition, suggesting that they are confined to a limited number of New World monkeys.
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- Camilla Valtonen-André
- Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, University Hospital MAS, Malmö, Sweden
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Jagtap DD, Narahari A, Swamy MJ, Mahale SD. Disulphide bond reduction and S-carboxamidomethylation of PSP94 affects its conformation but not the ability to bind immunoglobulin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:723-31. [PMID: 17493883 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2007] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 03/30/2007] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Prostate secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94) is a small non-glycosylated, cysteine rich protein with a molecular mass of 10 kDa. It has also been referred to as beta-microseminoprotein (beta-MSP) and proteins homologous to it have been reported in a number of species. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of these proteins suggests that, it is a rapidly evolving protein. However, all the ten cysteine residues are well conserved in these homologues, indicating their possible role in maintaining the structure and function of these proteins. In the present study, PSP94 was purified from human seminal plasma and characterized further and it showed the presence of five disulfide bonds. Reduction of disulphide bonds of PSP94 led to significant changes in the secondary and tertiary structure of PSP94. CD of disulphide bond reduced PSP94 indicates an overall decrease in the beta sheet content from 79.8% to 46.4%. Tertiary structural changes as monitored by fluorescence quenching reveal that reduction of disulphide bonds of PSP94 followed by the modification of the free thiol groups leads to complete exposure of Trp32 and Trp92 and that one or more side chain carboxyl groups move closer to their indole side chains. Antibodies against native and modified PSP94 demonstrated that the changes following reduction of disulphide linkages are within the immunodominant region of the protein. Changes induced in the functional properties of PSP94, if any, by modification were investigated with respect to IgG binding as PSP94 has been reported to be similar to immunoglobulin binding factor purified from seminal plasma. A novel finding from this study is that both native PSP94 as well as modified protein have the ability to bind human IgG, suggesting the involvement of sequential epitopes of PSP94 in IgG binding.
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- Dhanashree D Jagtap
- Division of Structural Biology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Jehangir Merwanji Street, Parel, Mumbai-400012, India
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Karandikar A, Ghaskadbi S. beta-Microseminoprotein-related molecules may participate in formation of the mesoderm in the chick embryo. Dev Growth Differ 2003; 45:309-19. [PMID: 12950272 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.2003.00698.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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It has previously been shown that human beta-microseminoprotein enhances development of mesodermal structures in the chick embryo. The present study was carried out to elucidate the mechanism of action of human beta-microseminoprotein in the chick embryo. beta-Microseminoprotein brought about significant modulation of expression of Brachyury in gastrulating embryos. In approximately 50% of the treated embryos, Brachyury expression was enhanced around the Hensen's node. These cells not only expressed higher levels of Brachyury, but also appeared to switch off Brachyury expression prematurely, postinvagination. The spatial modulation of Brachyury is not clearly reflected in the northern blots, indicating that beta-microseminoprotein treatment results in redistribution of available transcripts or that the upregulation is compensated for by early switching off of Brachyury postinvagination. Because higher levels of Brachyury during gastrulation are believed to result in early exit of cells from the primitive streak, beta-microseminoprotein treatment appeared to have stimulated morphogenetic movements by upregulating Brachyury around the Hensen's node. This deduction was confirmed by scanning electron microscopic analysis that showed that altered morphogenetic movements accompany modulation of Brachyury. The specific responses elicited by beta-microseminoprotein indicate presence of a structurally related molecule in the chick. By western blotting, similar molecules were indeed detected in the chicken seminal plasma and in chick embryos. These data strongly suggest that beta-microseminoprotein-related molecule(s) participates in mesoderm formation in the chick embryo.
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- Aditi Karandikar
- Division of Animal Sciences, Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004, India
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Lazure C, Villemure M, Gauthier D, Naudé RJ, Mbikay M. Characterization of ostrich (Struthio camelus) beta-microseminoprotein (MSP): identification of homologous sequences in EST databases and analysis of their evolution during speciation. Protein Sci 2001; 10:2207-18. [PMID: 11604528 PMCID: PMC2374068 DOI: 10.1110/ps.06501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Beta-microseminoprotein, alternatively called prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids, is a hydrophilic, unglycosylated, small protein rich in conserved half-cystine residues. Originally found in human seminal plasma and prostatic fluids, its presence was later shown in numerous secretions and its homologs were described in many vertebrate species. These studies showed that this protein had rapidly evolved, but they failed to unambiguously identify its biological role. Here, we show that a protein isolated from ostrich pituitary gland is closely related to a similar one isolated from chicken serum and that the two are structurally related to the mammalian beta-microseminoprotein. The complete 90-amino acid sequence of the ostrich molecule was established through a combination of automated Edman degradation and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometric procedures, including postsource decay (PSD) and ladder sequencing analyses. This study documents for the first time that beta-microseminoprotein is present in aves. It is also the first report of a C-terminal amidated form for a member of this protein family and the first in which the disulfide linkages are established. Database searches using the herein-described amino acid sequence allowed identification of related proteins in numerous species such as cow, African clawed frog, zebrafish, and Japanese flounder. These small proteins show a strikingly high rate of amino acid substitutions, especially across phyla boundaries. Noticeably, no beta-microseminoprotein-related gene could be found in the recently completed fruit fly genome, indicating that if such a gene exists in arthropods, it must have extensively diverged from the vertebrate ones.
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- C Lazure
- Laboratory of Structure and Metabolism of Neuropeptides, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (affiliated with the University of Montréal), Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada.
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Kwong J, Xuan JW, Choi HL, Chan PS, Chan FL. PSP94 (or beta-microseminoprotein) is a secretory protein specifically expressed and synthesized in the lateral lobe of the rat prostate . Prostate 2000; 42:219-29. [PMID: 10639193 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0045(20000215)42:3<219::aid-pros8>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94), also called beta-microseminoprotein, is a small, nonglycosylated protein, rich in cysteine residues. It was first isolated as a major protein from human seminal plasma. Subsequently, its homologous proteins were identified, and their cDNAs or genes have been cloned in primates, pigs, and rodents. METHODS The present study investigated the expression pattern of PSP94 in the normal Noble rat prostate gland by nonradioactive in situ hybridization, Northern blotting, RT-PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Its expression in the mouse prostate gland was also examined by in situ hybridization. RESULTS The results of in situ hybridization, and Northern and Western blot analyses, showed that the expression of rat PSP94 was prostate-specific. It was highly expressed in the lateral prostatic lobe, moderate in the dorsal lobe, weak in the coagulating gland, and negative in the ventral lobe and seminal vesicle. Its specific expression in the rat prostate gland was further confirmed by RT-PCR analysis of prostatic and nonprostatic organ tissues. Its mRNA transcripts were not detected in the urinary, digestive, and respiratory tracts, male and female reproductive organs, muscles, brain, and kidney. Its molecular mass was estimated to be 14.5 kDa by Western blotting. Similar prostate-specific expression of PSP94 was also observed by in situ hybridization in the lateral lobe, but not in the dorsal and ventral lobe, of the mouse prostate gland. CONCLUSIONS Rat PSP94 is a major secretory protein highly expressed and synthesized by the lateral lobe of both rat and mouse prostate glands, and moderately expressed in the dorsal lobe of the rat prostate gland.
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- J Kwong
- Department of Anatomy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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Chan PS, Chan LW, Xuan JW, Chin JL, Choi HL, Chan FL. In situ hybridization study of PSP94 (prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids) expression in human prostates. Prostate 1999; 41:99-109. [PMID: 10477906 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0045(19991001)41:2<99::aid-pros4>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94), also named beta-microseminoprotein, is one of the major proteins secreted by the human prostate. However, its value as a prognostic marker for prostate cancers is still under debate. The aim of the present study was to examine the expression pattern of this protein in fetal, pubertal, and aged human prostates. METHODS Nonisotopic in situ hybridization using a digoxigenin-labeled riboprobe for PSP94 and immunohistochemistry were used to demonstrate the expression of PSP94 in different regions or zones of fetal, pubertal, and adult human prostates. Its localization pattern was also compared with those of two other major secretory proteins, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS PSP94 mRNA and its protein were localized to the secretory epithelium of normal pubertal and adult human prostates. No hybridization signal and immunoreactivity of PSP94 were seen in fetal prostates at 6-7 months of gestation, whereas some glandular cells were positive to PSA and PAP immunostainings. In the adult prostates, PSP94 expression was intense in the acini in the peripheral zone, less intense in the transition zone, and variable in the central zone. Such a zonal expression pattern was more apparent in the pubertal prostates. However, no obvious differential expression pattern was observed in the immunohistochemistry of PAP and PSA, which showed a uniform staining of the secretory epithelia of the acini in all anatomic zones. The hybridization signals and immunoreactivity of PSP94 became reduced or lost in premalignant prostatic intraepithelial neoplastic lesions and different grades of prostatic carcinomas. CONCLUSIONS Fetal prostates at 6-7 months of gestation already synthesize PSA and PAP but not PSP94. The delayed expression of PSP94 appears to correlate with the development of the prostate gland. A differential expression pattern of PSP94 is demonstrated in different anatomical zones, showing that this protein is more expressed and synthesized in the acini in the peripheral zone than in the central and transition zones. However, such a zonal pattern is not seen in the immunohistochemistry of PSA and PAP. The present study also shows that PSP94 is downregulated in different grades of prostate cancers.
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- P S Chan
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Kwong J, Chan FL, Jiang S, Guo Y, Imasato Y, Sakai H, Koropatnick J, Chin JL, Xuan JW. Differential expression of PSP94 in rat prostate lobes as demonstrated by an antibody against recombinant GST-PSP94. J Cell Biochem 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19990901)74:3<406::aid-jcb9>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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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Mäkinen M, Valtonen-André C, Lundwall A. New world, but not Old World, monkeys carry several genes encoding beta-microseminoprotein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 264:407-14. [PMID: 10491085 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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It was shown by Southern hybridization that cotton-top tamarin and common marmoset, New World monkeys, carry three or more genes encoding beta-microseminoprotein, also known as PSP94. In contrast, the genomes of Old World monkeys, as represented by rhesus macaque and sacred baboon, contain a single gene. Clones containing three different genes encoding beta-microseminoprotein were isolated from a cotton-top tamarin genomic library. They carry two complete genes of four exons and a third gene lacking the first exon. The structure suggests that the three genes are functionally active and give rise to transcripts that are approximately 86% similar in sequence. By sequencing one gene in full, it was shown that the introns carry an excess of interspersed repeats, on average 29% of the introns consist of Alu repeats. A phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the genes probably arose in New World monkeys after the separation from Old World primates.
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- M Mäkinen
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Lund University, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Xuan JW, Kwong J, Chan FL, Ricci M, Imasato Y, Sakai H, Fong GH, Panchal C, Chin JL. cDNA, genomic cloning, and gene expression analysis of mouse PSP94 (prostate secretory protein of 94 amino acids). DNA Cell Biol 1999; 18:11-26. [PMID: 10025505 DOI: 10.1089/104454999315583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The potential use of prostate secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94) as a diagnostic biomarker or a therapeutic agent for prostate cancer has been reported. In order to establish an animal model to further elucidate on its biological role, we cloned the mouse PSP94 cDNA (approximately 500 bp) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and disclosed its genomic structure. The whole mouse PSP94 gene (approximately 23 kb) was amplified by long and accurate-PCR and also cloned by screening of a mouse embryo stem-cell genomic library. Computational and statistical analyses have demonstrated several highly conserved characteristics of PSP94 among different species. Comparison of PSP94 from human, two primates, pig, and rodents revealed that the most significant feature is that PSP94 is rich in cysteines (10% of the total sequence) and their positions are highly conserved. The three intron-four exon structure of the human PSP94 gene and the consensus sequence (....GT-intron-AG...) for mRNA splicing are also strongly conserved. A high divergence in cDNA sequence in the protein-coding region and also in the genomic sequence of PSP94 was also observed among these species. Comparing with alpha-globin, a typical evolutionally conserved gene, with the PSP94 gene, the rate of nonsynonymous changes per site per year (kN) is 2 to 6 times higher, indicating that PSP94 gene has been under far fewer evolutionary constraints than other genes and has a potential role as a species barrier in reproductive biology. In order to test this hypothesis, we investigated the gene expression of PSP94 and its tissue distribution in various rodent tissues by RT-PCR and in situ hybridization (ISH). Gene expression was found only in the prostate, suggesting that PSP94 is probably more tissue specific in the prostate of rodents than in mammals. The ISH analysis also revealed a prostate lobe-specific expression of the PSP94 gene in both mice and rats. It was strongly expressed in the lateral prostate, but the findings were negative in the dorsal and ventral lobe. Therefore, it is hypothesized that one of the primary functions of rodent PSP94, as a major prostate secretory protein, is related to reproductive biology.
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- J W Xuan
- Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Kamada M, Mori H, Maeda N, Yamamoto S, Kunimi K, Takikawa M, Maegawa M, Aono T, Futaki S, Koide SS. beta-Microseminoprotein/prostatic secretory protein is a member of immunoglobulin binding factor family. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1388:101-10. [PMID: 9774712 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(98)00164-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human seminal plasma contains a factor that binds human IgG, designated as immunoglobulin binding factor (IgBF). Under reducing condition IgBF interacts with anti-Leu-11b, a murine monoclonal antibody raised against human FcgammaRIII/CD16. IgBF shows no binding activity under non-reducing condition. Three components having IgBF activity were separated by HPLC and their amino acid sequences determined. The main IgBF showed structural identity to beta-microseminoprotein (beta-MSP), prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94) and beta-inhibin. The slight variation in the reported sequences of these proteins has been attributed to analytical error. In the present study the molecular masses of main IgBF and beta-MSP/PSP94 were found to be identical by mass spectrometry. In addition, a large component of IgBF and a shorter beta-MSP consisting of 93 amino acids were identified. The binding of beta-MSP for human IgG and anti-Leu-11b antibody is demonstrable only under reducing condition, determined by Western blot analysis. The present data clearly show that IgBF is a family composed of at least three isoforms. One of the members is beta-MSP/PSP94. This family should be designated as IgBF.
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- M Kamada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
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Ueyama H, Ohkubo I. The expression of beta-microseminoprotein gene is regulated by cAMP. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 248:852-7. [PMID: 9704017 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The promoter of the human gene for beta-microseminoprotein (MSP) was analyzed by transient transfection assay using LNCaP cells. The region between -2738 and -207 was not essential for the basal promoter activity, but regions from -206, -108, and -83 were necessary. Forskolin induced promoter activity to 3- to 14-fold when constructions containing the possible cAMP response element (CRE, -60 to -53) were used, but did not do so when it was deleted from them. In a gel-mobility shift assay using a probe corresponding to -68 to -48, the shifted band was competed with a consensus CRE, and supershifted when the anti-CREB-1 antibody was included. Forskolin added to LNCaP cells increased MSP mRNA to 6-fold within 12 h. These results suggest that the expression of MSP gene is regulated by cAMP via the CRE present in the promoter. Hormones such as (-)-epinephrine or vasoactive intestinal polypeptide also increased MSP mRNA to 2- to 3-fold.
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- H Ueyama
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Weiber H, Lindström C, Lilja H, Bjartell A, Fernlund P. Immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization studies of beta-microseminoprotein in the human gastric mucosa. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1997; 29:839-45. [PMID: 9466151 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026437706895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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beta-Microseminoprotein is a 10-kDa disulphide-rich protein with unknown function which is present in the mucus of the airways, gastrointestinal tract and urogenital tract. In this paper, an investigation of the distribution of beta-microseminoprotein in the human stomach is reported. Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization were used. beta-Microseminoprotein was found to be localized mainly in the antrum part of the stomach and in two types of cells. Cells of the most abundant type (designated M-cells) were the neutral mucin-containing cells in the bottom part of the gastric glands and the surface epithelium. Virtually all these cells contained both beta-microseminoprotein mRNA and protein product. Cells of the second type (designated E-cells) were found in a zone one-third up from the bottom of the gastric glands, where gastric endocrine cells are located. The E-cells were fewer than the M-cells and usually solitary. They seemed to have a high concentration of protein compared with their low mRNA level. The majority of the E-cells contained chromogranin A and gastrin. The observations made have implications for the understanding of the differentiation of the mucosal cells in the antrum of the stomach and form a basis for future studies of beta-microseminoprotein in gastric disease.
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- H Weiber
- Department of Surgery, University of Lund, University Hospital of Malmö, Sweden
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Yukawa N, Osawa M, Saito T, Hasegawa T, Matsuda H, Takahama K, Takeichi S. Bispecific rabbit Fab'-bovine serum albumin conjugate used in hemagglutination immunoassay for beta-microseminoprotein. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOASSAY 1997; 18:215-33. [PMID: 9257262 DOI: 10.1080/01971529708005816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A polyclonal bispecific (bifunctional) antibody was prepared to develop a hemagglutination immunoassay for beta-microseminoprotein (beta-MSP), a predominant seminal protein. Three types of F(ab')2 fragments of rabbit IgG, affinity-purified anti-human red blood cell (RBC) F(ab')2 nonaffinity-purified anti-beta-MSP F(ab')2 and nonspecific (nonimmunized) F(ab')2, were mixed to obtain a F(ab')2 mixture containing 10% anti-RBC molecules and 10% anti-beta-MSP molecules. Fab' was obtained from the F(ab')2 mixture, and then reacted with maleimide-activated bovine serum albumin (BSA) at a molar ratio of 10:1. As estimated by the decrease in the maleimide content, approximately 7 Fab' molecules were introduced per one BSA molecule. The bispecific (anti-beta-MSP and anti-RBC) Fab'-BSA conjugate thus prepared was incubated successively with a human RBC suspension and with samples. In the presence of beta-MSP, RBCs become agglutinated, providing a test simple for forensic semen identification.
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- N Yukawa
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Xuan JW, Wu D, Guo Y, Garde S, Baijal-Gupta M, Chin JL. Analysis of epitope structure of PSP94 (prostate secretory protein of 94 amino acids): (I) immuno-dominant and immuno-recessive area. J Cell Biochem 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(199705)65:2<172::aid-jcb4>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Xuan JW, Wu D, Guo Y, Garde S, Shum DT, Mbikay M, Zhong R, Chin JL. Molecular cloning and gene expression analysis of PSP94 (prostate secretory protein of 94 amino acids) in primates. DNA Cell Biol 1997; 16:627-38. [PMID: 9174167 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.627] [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: 02/04/2023] Open
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Prostate secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94) has shown the potential to be a diagnostic biomarker and a therapeutic agent for prostate cancer. Primates have been the main animal models for studying the biology of this molecule. We have cloned and analyzed the cDNA and promoter region of PSP94 from baboon (Papio anubis). Sequence divergence among baboon, monkey, pig, and human, in both the exons and 5'-flanking region indicates rapid evolution of the PSP94 gene. There are conserved steroid hormone response elements (SHRE) in the promoter region of all three primate species. Multiple, alternative transcripts starting near these SHREs and upstream to the TATA box were identified by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid amplification of 5'-cDNA ends (5' RACE) in primate prostatic tissues. This differential transcription initiation may be linked to androgen regulation of PSP94 gene expression. PSP94 transcripts were detected by RT-PCR in a wide variety of mucus-secreting tissues. However, the alternative transcripts were found only in the prostate. The distribution of the PSP94 protein in baboon secretory tissues was also examined by Western blot analysis using a polyclonal antibody against the human homolog. A positive immunoreactive band was detected, but it was weak, due probably to epitope divergence between the two species. In all young, healthy primate animals tested, the level of immunoreactive PSP94 in prostate tissues was lower than expected. In addition, RT-PCR combined with Southern blot analysis on prostate tissues in these animals failed to detect the PSP57 mRNA produced by alternative splicing of PSP94 primary transcript. These observations can be explained by the sexual immaturity and incomplete prostate development in these young primates. This explanation was supported by histological examination of their prostate during PSP94 immunohistochemistry.
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- J W Xuan
- Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Tanaka T, Itahana K, Andoh N, Takeya T, Sato E. Expression of prostatic secretory protein (PSP)-like protein in porcine corpus luteum: isolation and characterization of a new gene encoding PSP94-like protein. Mol Reprod Dev 1995; 42:149-56. [PMID: 8562060 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080420204] [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: 01/31/2023]
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cDNA clones encoding stage-and/or space-specific genes in porcine ovarian follicles have been investigated by differential screening of cDNA libraries of granulosa cells and corpus luteum. A clone corresponding to mRNA preferentially expressed in the functional stage of corpus luteum was found to encode a protein similar to the human prostatic secretory protein, PSP94, which had been originally identified in male genital organs. The expression was detected widely in the functional corpora lutea by in situ hybridization histochemistry, but the signal was most prominent in the luteal cells surrounding blood vessels. In contrast, despite the structural similarity in their products, the expression of this newly identified gene was not detected in porcine prostate, suggesting that these structurally related proteins play different roles in mammalian genital organs.
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- T Tanaka
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Ohkubo I, Tada T, Ochiai Y, Ueyama H, Eimoto T, Sasaki M. Human seminal plasma beta-microseminoprotein: its purification, characterization, and immunohistochemical localization. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1995; 27:603-11. [PMID: 7671139 DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(95)00021-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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beta-Microseminoprotein was very efficiently purified from human seminal plasma with only three steps including DEAE-Sephacel and Zinc-chelate Sepharose CL-6B column chromatography. The purified protein was a non-glycoprotein with a molecular weight (M(r)) of 19,000 and 17,000 on gel filtration and reduced SDS-PAGE, respectively. The protein gave six bands from M(r) 15,600 to 25,500 on non-reduced SDS-PAGE. The characterization including the molecular weight, amino acid sequence of N-terminus and concentrations in various body fluids is discussed. Furthermore, the immunohistochemical localization of the protein among various human tissues is demonstrated.
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- I Ohkubo
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Rutherfurd KJ, Swiderek KM, Green CB, Chen S, Shively JE, Kwok SC. Purification and characterization of PSP-I and PSP-II, two major proteins from porcine seminal plasma. Arch Biochem Biophys 1992; 295:352-9. [PMID: 1586165 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90528-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Two major glycoproteins, designated PSP-I and PSP-II, were purified from porcine seminal plasma by ammonium sulfate fractionation, CM-cellulose chromatography, gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 (superfine), and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography. These two proteins exist in several forms differing mainly in the carbohydrate moiety. The complete amino acid sequence of PSP-I has been determined by automated Edman degradation of peptides generated by proteolytic digestion and cyanogen bromide cleavage. The protein is 109 residues long and has a single glycosylation site at the asparagine residue at position 47. In addition, the N-terminal sequence of PSP-II has also been determined. PSP-I is a unique protein; a sequence homology search using the protein data base did not reveal any significant homology with other proteins. PSP-II shares 50% sequence homology with a family of zona pellucida-binding glycoproteins at the N-terminus.
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- K J Rutherfurd
- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010-0269
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Ulvsbäck M, Spurr NK, Lundwall A. Assignment of the human gene for beta-microseminoprotein (MSMB) to chromosome 10 and demonstration of related genes in other vertebrates. Genomics 1991; 11:920-4. [PMID: 1783399 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The gene for beta-microseminoprotein MSMB has been studied by DNA hybridization and molecular cloning techniques. Comparative analysis of restriction endonuclease digests of the cloned gene and of leukocyte DNA strongly suggested that the gene is present in a single copy in the haploid human genome. By Southern blot analysis of DNA from somatic cell hybrids, the gene was assigned to chromosome 10. The coding nucleotides of the human gene are separated into four exons by relatively large introns. A related gene might be present in other mammals, birds, and amphibians as revealed by DNA hybridization under conditions of low stringency.
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- M Ulvsbäck
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
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Liang ZG, Kamada M, Koide SS. Structural identity of immunoglobulin binding factor and prostatic secretory protein of human seminal plasma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 180:356-9. [PMID: 1930232 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81300-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The amino acid sequence of the N-terminus of the immunoglobulin binding factor of human seminal plasma was determined. The initial 30 amino acids showed complete identity with that of prostatic secretory protein, beta-microseminoprotein and beta-inhibin. In conclusion, these proteins are probably a single entity.
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- Z G Liang
- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY 10021
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Wright GL, Huang CL, Lipford G, Beckett ML, Liang HM, Haley C, Newhall K, Morningstar M. Generation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to prostate secretory protein. Int J Cancer 1990; 46:39-49. [PMID: 2194982 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910460110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced against a highly purified preparation of prostate secretory protein (PSP) isolated from normal seminal plasma. Fifteen antibodies were selected for further evaluation based on their strong reactivity and specificity for PSP. All the MAbs had a specificity for prostate epithelial cells and none reacted to any of a variety of normal tissues as determined by immunoperoxidase staining. Six of the MAbs were selected for further immunohistochemical evaluation based on their ability to recognize different antigenic determinants. Using competitive binding immunoassays, a variety of overlapping specificities were observed with at least 2 distinct epitopes identified. Although some staining variability was noted, the 6 antibodies, in general, gave the same pattern of tissue reactivity. Both the normal prostate and the benign prostate hyperplastic ductal epithelial cells stained intensely, with 78 to 100% and 50-100% of the cells staining, respectively. The number and often the staining intensity of the tumor cells decreased as the tumor became more undifferentiated. Approximately 40 to 100% and 15 to 70% of the tumor cells stained in the moderately-differentiated and well-differentiated carcinoma tissues, respectively, whereas either no staining was observed or less than 20% of the tumor cells stained in the poorly-differentiated and undifferentiated tumors. Most of the metastatic prostate tumors showed either no staining or scattered staining in a few cells (i.e., less than 20%).
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- G L Wright
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23501
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Ulvsbäck M, Lindström C, Weiber H, Abrahamsson PA, Lilja H, Lundwall A. Molecular cloning of a small prostate protein, known as beta-microsemenoprotein, PSP94 or beta-inhibin, and demonstration of transcripts in non-genital tissues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1989; 164:1310-5. [PMID: 2590204 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(89)91812-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to study the gene expression of the seminal plasma protein beta-microseminoprotein, also known as PSP94 and beta-inhibin, clones encoding this protein were isolated from a cDNA library constructed in lambda gt11. Nucleotide sequencing confirmed the structure of a previously cloned cDNA. By northern blot analysis identical sized transcripts were demonstrated in the prostate, the respiratory (tracheal, bronchial and lung) tissues and the antrum part of the gastric mucosa. Thus, the protein is not primarily associated with male reproductive function. Although probably of no physiological significance, a slight structural similarity to the ovarian inhibin beta-chains was identified in the C-terminal half of the molecule.
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- M Ulvsbäck
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
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Aumüller G. Morphologic and regulatory aspects of prostatic function. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1989; 179:519-31. [PMID: 2665570 DOI: 10.1007/bf00315695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Current concepts of the structural and functional organization of the human prostate are presented and are related to endocrine principles which have been studied in experimental animals. Based on embryological and histological studies, the internal structure of the human prostate gland is divided into four subdivisions: 1. the anterior nonglandular fibromuscular stroma. 2. the periurethral portion, 3. the peripheral zone, and 4. the central zone. The central zone which accounts for 25% of the gland, is formed by a wedge-shaped group of ducts, arising close to the orifices of the ejaculatory ducts and is surrounded by the peripheral zone (75% of the gland). The functional interdependence and relationship between the stroma and the epithelium observed during embryological development, postnatal maturation and under certain pathological conditions, has led to the concept of a functional prostatic unit, which is useful for the explanation of prostatic growth and the expression of specific genes. There is growing evidence of a functional heterogeneity within the prostatic secretory duct system, with a concentration of estrogen-sensitive cells close to the urethra, and a relatively long persistence of undifferentiated nonsecretory acini at the peripheral tips of the gland ducts close to the dorsal capsule until late puberty. Secretory and proliferative activities of the gland are strictly androgen-dependent. Of particular importance with respect to glandular and stromal proliferation are the recent reports on the presence of different growth factors in the prostate. Hormonally induced imbalances in the system of growth factor production, androgen- and estrogen-dependence and general ageing of the cells have to be taken into consideration in understanding various prostatic pathologies such as benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer.
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- G Aumüller
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-Universität, Federal Republic of Germany
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McLachlan RI, Robertson DM, De Kretser DM, Burger HG. Advances in the physiology of inhibin and inhibin-related peptides. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1988; 29:77-112. [PMID: 3073881 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1988.tb00251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- R I McLachlan
- Monash Medical Centre, (Prince Henry's Hospital Campus), Department of Anatomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Analyses of the proteins of azoospermic ejaculates from subjects with defective seminal vesicles demonstrated that three prostatic-secreted proteins were predominant. Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), prostate-specific antigen (PSA; or gamma-seminoprotein), and beta-microseminoprotein (beta-MSP; or beta-inhibin), were identified as the three predominant proteins secreted by the normal human prostate gland. Immunohistochemical localization of these proteins, in the epithelium of normal prostatic acini and ducts, with the avidin-biotin complex procedure demonstrated that each PAP-immunoreactive cell was invariably immunoreactive both with PSA-and beta-MSP-monospecific antisera as well.
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- H Lilja
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
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Ling N, Ueno N, Ying SY, Esch F, Shimasaki S, Hotta M, Cuevas P, Guillemin R. Inhibins and activins. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 1988; 44:1-46. [PMID: 3070928 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(08)60692-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dubé JY, Pelletier G, Gagnon P, Tremblay RR. Immunohistochemical localization of a prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids in normal prostatic tissue, in primary prostatic tumors and in their metastases. J Urol 1987; 138:883-7. [PMID: 3309368 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)43408-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Using the immunoperoxidase technique, we have studied in normal, hyperplastic and adenocarcinomatous prostates the tissue localization of an abundant 94 amino acid protein secreted by prostatic epithelial cells. In normal and hyperplastic prostates, strong immunoreactivity was found exclusively in glandular epithelial cells. No reaction was observed over the stroma. In well differentiated adenocarcinoma, the acinar cells were generally stained less intensely than in benign prostatic hyperplasia while in poorly differentiated tissue, strongly positive immunoperoxidase staining was found in some cancer cells scattered in the stroma. All prostatic cancer tissues examined (N = 21), with the exception of one, exhibited at least a few positive immunoreactive areas for the 94 amino acid secretory protein. In addition, immunoperoxidase staining was observed in lung and bone marrow metastases respectively in two patients with prostatic carcinoma. All other normal tissues and non-prostatic cancers studied to date were negative. These results suggest that this new marker could be a useful addition to prostatic acid phosphatase and prostate specific antigen.
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- J Y Dubé
- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation, Laval University Hospital Centre, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
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Dubé JY, Frenette G, Paquin R, Chapdelaine P, Tremblay J, Tremblay RR, Lazure C, Seidah N, Chrétien M. Isolation from human seminal plasma of an abundant 16-kDa protein originating from the prostate, its identification with a 94-residue peptide originally described as beta-inhibin. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY 1987; 8:182-9. [PMID: 3610813 DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.1987.tb02429.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In addition to other known markers of the human prostate, it was shown that the prostatic fraction of the split ejaculate was rich in a 16-kDa protein with properties not described previously. This protein was purified from human seminal plasma using ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B ion exchange chromatography, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The purified protein showed a single prominent spot on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The sequence of the first 40 amino acids that could be positively identified was identical to that of a prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids (PSP94) previously designated as beta-inhibin. Antibodies produced in rabbits against the purified protein were used to develop a radioimmunoassay. These antibodies appeared to recognize only the NH2-terminal portion of the native molecule since they did not react with a synthetic peptide composed of the 28 C-terminal residues. The radioimmunoassay showed that the concentration of the protein was 1320 +/- 183 micrograms/ml in the seminal plasma of adult fertile men and 1134 +/- 136 micrograms/ml in vasectomized patients. In hypertrophic and adenocarcinomatous prostates, the concentrations were 326 +/- 156 and 104 +/- 23 micrograms/ml, respectively, while values were lower than 0.060 micrograms/ml in the testis, epididymis, vas deferens and liver. The blood plasma concentration was 0.019 +/- microgram/ml in 23 asymptomatic men 45 to 65 years old and 0.115 +/- 0.036 microgram/ml in eight patients with prostate cancer.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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McLachlan RI, Robertson DM, de Kretser D, Burger HG. Inhibin--a non-steroidal regulator of pituitary follicle stimulating hormone. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 1987; 1:89-112. [PMID: 3109368 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-351x(87)80054-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Inhibin is a gonadal glycoprotein produced by the granulosa and Sertoli cell under the influence of FSH and acts to specifically suppress pituitary FSH secretion. Recently, ovarian inhibin has been purified from several species and its amino acid sequence deduced using cloning techniques. Inhibin consists of two disulphide-linked heterologous subunits of which the smaller may exist in two different forms accounting for two different forms of inhibin in humans and pigs. Heterogeneity of inhibin also exists as a result of proteolytic processing of the molecule during its passage into the circulation. Significant homology exists between the subunits of inhibin and the dimeric peptides TGF-beta and Mullerian inhibitory substance (MIS), suggesting they are all derived from a common ancestral gene. Furthermore, dimers of the smaller subunit of inhibin (FSH-releasing protein (FRP) or activin) have now been found in follicular fluid (FF) and, along with TGF-beta, shown to be potent and specific stimulators of FSH secretion. These proteins may be involved in controlling FSH by another as yet unknown pathway and may prove to be the FSH-releasing factor, analogous to LHRH, which has been postulated to exist for some years. Inhibin can no longer be simply considered as an isolated FSH-suppressing protein. The physiological significance and relationship between inhibin and its related proteins represent one of the most challenging and interesting areas in reproductive endocrinology. Further studies, particularly with the development and use of sensitive assays for both the FSH releasing hormone and inhibin will clarify their role in reproduction and their usefulness in monitoring or treating fertility.
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Mbikay M, Nolet S, Fournier S, Benjannet S, Chapdelaine P, Paradis G, Dubé JY, Tremblay R, Lazure C, Seidah NG. Molecular cloning and sequence of the cDNA for a 94-amino-acid seminal plasma protein secreted by the human prostate. DNA (MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.) 1987; 6:23-9. [PMID: 3829888 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1987.6.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The precursor to a seminal plasma protein reported to have inhibin-like activity was characterized through cDNA cloning and sequencing. It is a 114-amino-acid polypeptide which differs from its seminal plasma derivative mainly by the presence of a 20-residue amino-terminal extension, a putative signal sequence, carrying a possible N-glycosylation site. The protein is specified by a single gene per haploid genome. Its mRNA is detectable in the prostate but not in the testis, which suggests that it is primarily a prostatic secretory protein.
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