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Çakıcı ÖU, Dinçer S. The effect of amino acids on the bladder cycle: a concise review. Amino Acids 2021; 54:13-31. [PMID: 34853916 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-021-03113-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The human bladder maintains a cycle of filling, storing, and micturating throughout an individual's lifespan. The cycle relies on the ability of the bladder to expand without increasing the intravesical pressure, which is only possible with the controlled relaxation of well-complaint muscles and the congruously organized construction of the bladder wall. A competent bladder outlet, which functions in a synchronous fashion with the bladder, is also necessary for this cycle to be completed successfully without deterioration. In this paper, we aimed to review the contemporary physiological findings on bladder physiology and examine the effects of amino acids on clinical conditions affecting the bladder, with special emphasis on the available therapeutic evidence and possible future roles of the amino acids in the treatment of the bladder-related disorders.
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Affiliation(s)
- Özer Ural Çakıcı
- Attending Urologist, Private Practice, Ankara, Turkey.
- PhD Candidate in Physiology, Department of Physiology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Professor in Physiology, Department of Physiology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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Nickerson ML, Dancik GM, Im KM, Edwards MG, Turan S, Brown J, Ruiz-Rodriguez C, Owens C, Costello JC, Guo G, Tsang SX, Li Y, Zhou Q, Cai Z, Moore LE, Lucia MS, Dean M, Theodorescu D. Concurrent alterations in TERT, KDM6A, and the BRCA pathway in bladder cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2015; 20:4935-48. [PMID: 25225064 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-0330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Genetic analysis of bladder cancer has revealed a number of frequently altered genes, including frequent alterations of the telomerase (TERT) gene promoter, although few altered genes have been functionally evaluated. Our objective is to characterize alterations observed by exome sequencing and sequencing of the TERT promoter, and to examine the functional relevance of histone lysine (K)-specific demethylase 6A (KDM6A/UTX), a frequently mutated histone demethylase, in bladder cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We analyzed bladder cancer samples from 54 U.S. patients by exome and targeted sequencing and confirmed somatic variants using normal tissue from the same patient. We examined the biologic function of KDM6A using in vivo and in vitro assays. RESULTS We observed frequent somatic alterations in BRCA1 associated protein-1 (BAP1) in 15% of tumors, including deleterious alterations to the deubiquitinase active site and the nuclear localization signal. BAP1 mutations contribute to a high frequency of tumors with breast cancer (BRCA) DNA repair pathway alterations and were significantly associated with papillary histologic features in tumors. BAP1 and KDM6A mutations significantly co-occurred in tumors. Somatic variants altering the TERT promoter were found in 69% of tumors but were not correlated with alterations in other bladder cancer genes. We examined the function of KDM6A, altered in 24% of tumors, and show depletion in human bladder cancer cells, enhanced in vitro proliferation, in vivo tumor growth, and cell migration. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to identify frequent BAP1 and BRCA pathway alterations in bladder cancer, show TERT promoter alterations are independent of other bladder cancer gene alterations, and show KDM6A loss is a driver of the bladder cancer phenotype.
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- Michael L Nickerson
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado. Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado. University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado.
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O'Brien P, Gozzo JJ, Monaco AP. Urinary proteins as biological markers: bladder cancer diagnosis versus urinary tract infection. J Urol 1980; 124:802-3. [PMID: 6777507 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)55671-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Urine specimens from normal individuals, and from patients with bladder cancer, bladder papillomas and urinary tract infections were assayed for the presence of bladder tumor-related antigens. Ten-fold concentrated urine specimens were reacted in Ouchterlony gel diffusion against various anti-human monospecific antisera. With these antisera urine specimens from normal individuals were distinguished from those from patients with bladder carcinoma as well as bladder papilloma. However, the urine samples from individuals with urinary tract infections showed significant reactivity with many of the monospecific antisera as did specimens from patients with bladder cancer and bladder papilloma. Thus, investigations involved in the assay of bladder cancer biological markers should take the proteinuria associated with urinary tract infection into consideration. The potential importance of detecting tumor-specific components for early diagnosis and treatment of bladder neoplasms is stressed.
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Conte N, Manente P, Valmachino G, Giudice CL, Fioretti D, Gasparoni P. Cancerogenesi Uroteliale. Urologia 1980. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038004736s04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- N. Conte
- (Ospedale Generale Provincale di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Divisione Medica IIa - Primario: prof. N. Conte)
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- (Ospedale Generale Provincale di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Divisione Medica IIa - Primario: prof. N. Conte)
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- (Ospedale Generale Provincale di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Divisione Medica IIa - Primario: prof. N. Conte)
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- (Ospedale Generale Provincale di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Divisione Medica IIa - Primario: prof. N. Conte)
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- (Ospedale Generale Provincale di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Divisione Medica IIa - Primario: prof. N. Conte)
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- (Ospedale Generale Provincale di Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Divisione Medica IIa - Primario: prof. N. Conte)
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