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Che X, Zhou Z, Chai Y, Cui Y, Zhang Y. The Efficacy and Safety of Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate Compared With Bipolar Technologies in Treating Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 10 Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Mens Health 2022; 16:15579883221140211. [PMID: 36484312 PMCID: PMC9742932 DOI: 10.1177/15579883221140211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on efficacy and safety of holmium laser enucleation of prostate compared with bipolar technologies in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia. We analyzed several databases such PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science. Two reviewers independently reviewed studies for consistent criteria and extracted relevant data. Reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias and strength of the evidence for the body of the literature. Ten randomized controlled trials including 1,157 participants were included in this meta-analysis. The holmium laser group had favorable perioperative outcomes in this study. The holmium laser group identified shorter catheterization duration and shorter hospital stay duration than the bipolar technologies group. Efficiency outcomes, such as International Prostate Symptom Score, peak urinary flow rate, quality of life, postvoid residual urine volume, and international index of erectile function reported no obvious differences between the holmium laser and bipolar technologies groups at the 6 to 12 months follow-up. Bipolar technologies and holmium laser groups shared equivalent effectiveness and safety in treatments for benign prostate hyperplasia. Holmium lasers identified lower catheter times, shorter hospital stays, and lesser risk of hemorrhage than bipolar technologies.
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- Xuanyan Che
- Department of Urology, Beijing Tiantan
Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Tiantan
Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Tiantan
Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Tiantan
Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Department of Urology, The Affiliated
Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Tiantan
Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Yong Zhang, Department of Urology, Beijing
Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South 4th Ring West Road,
Fengtai District, Beijing 100070, China.
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Masood MA, Khatoon R, Veenstra TD. Quantitative analysis of specific androgens in serum and urine samples from male, pre, and postmenopausal subjects using LC-MRM-MS. Steroids 2022; 185:109060. [PMID: 35690120 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2022.109060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Androgens are endogenous hormones that play a crucial role in the paracrine and intracrine hormone system to perform and maintain vital physiological functions. Altered levels of androgens are implicated in many diseases such as sexual dysregulation, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and heart diseases etc. In this manuscript we describe a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) for quantitatively measuring specific androgens such as dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, androsterone sulphate, androstenedione, and dihydrotestosterone in serum and urine samples. Serum acquired from nine different subjects (three pre-menopausal women, three postmenopausal women, and three healthy males) were used to evaluate the developed methods. In the sample preparation methods for serum either protein precipitation or liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) was used while the analysis of urinary androgens used LLE. The extracted androgens were quantitatively measured using LC-MRM-MS to which known amounts of stable isotope labeled standards were added. This manuscript also presents a LC-MRM-MS method mode for the analysis of oxime derivatized androgens potentially to enhance the sensitivity of the assay if required, from urine and venous-drawn serum samples.
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- M Athar Masood
- Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, Advanced Technology Program, NCI-Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA.
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- Novavax Inc, 21 Firstfield Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
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- Present Address: School of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, 251 N Main St, Cedarville, OH 45314, USA
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Morikawa T, Luo F, Manse Y, Sugita H, Saeki S, Chaipech S, Pongpiriyadacha Y, Muraoka O, Ninomiya K. Geranylated Coumarins From Thai Medicinal Plant Mammea siamensis With Testosterone 5α-Reductase Inhibitory Activity. Front Chem 2020; 8:199. [PMID: 32266216 PMCID: PMC7099204 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Geranylated coumarin constituents, kayeassamin I (1) and mammeasins E (2) and F (3) were newly isolated from the methanol extract of the flowers of Mammea siamensis (Calophyllaceae) originating in Thailand, along with five known isolates, such as mammea E/BC (23), deacetylmammea E/AA cyclo D (31), deacetylmammea E/BB cyclo D (32), mammea A/AA cyclo F (34), and mammea A/AC cyclo F (35). These compounds (1–3) were obtained as an inseparable mixture (ca. 1:1 ratio) of the 3″R and 3″S forms, respectively. Among the isolated coumarins from the extract, mammeasins E (2, 22.6 μM), A (4, 19.0 μM), and B (5, 24.0 μM), kayeassamins E (9, 33.8 μM), F (10, 15.9 μM), and G (11, 17.7 μM), surangin C (13, 5.9 μM), and mammeas A/AA (17, 19.5 μM), E/BB (22, 16.8 μM), and A/AA cyclo F (34, 23.6 μM), were found to inhibit testosterone 5α-reductase.
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- Toshio Morikawa
- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan.,Faculty of Agro-Industry, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan
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Barnard M, Mostaghel EA, Auchus RJ, Storbeck KH. The role of adrenal derived androgens in castration resistant prostate cancer. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 197:105506. [PMID: 31672619 PMCID: PMC7883395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.105506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) remains androgen dependant despite castrate levels of circulating testosterone following androgen deprivation therapy, the first line of treatment for advanced metstatic prostate cancer. CRPC is characterized by alterations in the expression levels of steroidgenic enzymes that enable the tumour to derive potent androgens from circulating adrenal androgen precursors. Intratumoral androgen biosynthesis leads to the localized production of both canonical androgens such as 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) as well as less well characterized 11-oxygenated androgens, which until recently have been overlooked in the context of CRPC. In this review we discuss the contribution of both canonical and 11-oxygenated androgen precursors to the intratumoral androgen pool in CRPC. We present evidence that CRPC remains androgen dependent and discuss the alterations in steroidogenic enzyme expression and how these affect the various pathways to intratumoral androgen biosynthesis. Finally we summarize the current treatment strategies for targeting adrenal derived androgen biosynthesis.
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- Monique Barnard
- Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Prostate cancer is the second most frequent cancer diagnosis made in men and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. Prostate cancer may be asymptomatic at the early stage and often has an indolent course that may require only active surveillance. Based on GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates, 1,276,106 new cases of prostate cancer were reported worldwide in 2018, with higher prevalence in the developed countries. Differences in the incidence rates worldwide reflect differences in the use of diagnostic testing. Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates are strongly related to the age with the highest incidence being seen in elderly men (> 65 years of age). African-American men have the highest incidence rates and more aggressive type of prostate cancer compared to White men. There is no evidence yet on how to prevent prostate cancer; however, it is possible to lower the risk by limiting high-fat foods, increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits and performing more exercise. Screening is highly recommended at age 45 for men with familial history and African-American men. Up-to-date statistics on prostate cancer occurrence and outcomes along with a better understanding of the etiology and causative risk factors are essential for the primary prevention of this disease.
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- Prashanth Rawla
- Hospitalist, Department of Internal Medicine, SOVAH Health, Martinsville, VA 24112, USA.
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Welliver C, Essa A. Sexual Side Effects of Medical and Surgical Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treatments. Urol Clin North Am 2017; 43:393-404. [PMID: 27476132 DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia can be evaluated by multiple metrics. A balance within the confines of patient expectations is key to determining the ideal treatment. A troubling adverse event for some patients is sexual dysfunction. Because the cohort of men who seek treatment of sexual dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms is essentially identical, these disease processes frequently overlap. This article considers potential pathophysiologic causes of dysfunction with treatment and attempts to critically review the available data to assess the true incidence of sexual adverse events with treatment.
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- Charles Welliver
- Division of Urology, Albany Medical College, 23 Hackett Boulevard, Albany, NY 12208, USA; Division of Urology, Albany Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208, USA; Division of Urology, Urological Institute of Northeastern New York, 23 Hackett Boulevard, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
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- Division of Urology, University of Al - Iraqi School of Medicine, Adhamyia, Haibetkhaoon, Street 22, District 308, Box office 7366, Baghdad, Iraq; Department of Urology, Al-Numan Teaching Hospital, Adhamyia, Haibetkhaoon, Street 22, District 308, Box office 7366, Baghdad, Iraq
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Wu Y, Godoy A, Azzouni F, Wilton JH, Ip C, Mohler JL. Prostate cancer cells differ in testosterone accumulation, dihydrotestosterone conversion, and androgen receptor signaling response to steroid 5α-reductase inhibitors. Prostate 2013; 73:1470-82. [PMID: 23813697 PMCID: PMC3999702 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Blocking 5α-reductase-mediated testosterone conversion to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) with finasteride or dutasteride is the driving hypothesis behind two prostate cancer prevention trials. Factors affecting intracellular androgen levels and the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis need to be examined systematically in order to fully understand the outcome of interventions using these drugs. METHODS The expression of three 5α-reductase isozymes, as determined by immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR, was studied in five human prostate cancer cell lines. Intracellular testosterone and DHT were analyzed using mass spectrometry. A luciferase reporter assay and AR-regulated genes were used to evaluate the modulation of AR activity. RESULTS Prostate cancer cells were capable of accumulating testosterone to a level 15-50 times higher than that in the medium. The profile and expression of 5α-reductase isozymes did not predict the capacity to convert testosterone to DHT. Finasteride and dutasteride were able to depress testosterone uptake in addition to lowering intracellular DHT. The inhibition of AR activity following drug treatment often exceeded the expected response due to reduced availability of DHT. The ability to maintain high intracellular testosterone might compensate for the shortage of DHT. CONCLUSIONS The biological effect of finasteride or dutasteride appears to be complex and may depend on the interplay of several factors, which include testosterone turnover, enzymology of DHT production, ability to use testosterone and DHT interchangeably, and propensity of cells for off-target AR inhibitory effect.
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- Yue Wu
- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
- Departmentof Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Departmentof Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
- Departmentof Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católicade Chile, Santiago de Chile
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- Departmentof Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Departmentof Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
- Department of Urology, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biotechnology, Buffalo, New York
- Correspondence to: James L. Mohler, MD, Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263.
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Masoodi KZ, Ramos Garcia R, Pascal LE, Wang Y, Ma HM, O'Malley K, Eisermann K, Shevrin DH, Nguyen HM, Vessella RL, Nelson JB, Parikh RA, Wang Z. 5α-reductase inhibition suppresses testosterone-induced initial regrowth of regressed xenograft prostate tumors in animal models. Endocrinology 2013; 154:2296-307. [PMID: 23671262 PMCID: PMC3689274 DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-2077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the standard treatment for patients with prostate-specific antigen progression after treatment for localized prostate cancer. An alternative to continuous ADT is intermittent ADT (IADT), which allows recovery of testosterone during off-cycles to stimulate regrowth and differentiation of the regressed prostate tumor. IADT offers patients a reduction in side effects associated with ADT, improved quality of life, and reduced cost with no difference in overall survival. Our previous studies showed that IADT coupled with 5α-reductase inhibitor (5ARI), which blocks testosterone conversion to DHT could prolong survival of animals bearing androgen-sensitive prostate tumors when off-cycle duration was fixed. To further investigate this clinically relevant observation, we measured the time course of testosterone-induced regrowth of regressed LuCaP35 and LNCaP xenograft tumors in the presence or absence of a 5ARI. 5α-Reductase inhibitors suppressed the initial regrowth of regressed prostate tumors. However, tumors resumed growth and were no longer responsive to 5α-reductase inhibition several days after testosterone replacement. This finding was substantiated by bromodeoxyuridine and Ki67 staining of LuCaP35 tumors, which showed inhibition of prostate tumor cell proliferation by 5ARI on day 2, but not day 14, after testosterone replacement. 5α-Reductase inhibitors also suppressed testosterone-stimulated proliferation of LNCaP cells precultured in androgen-free media, suggesting that blocking testosterone conversion to DHT can inhibit prostate tumor cell proliferation via an intracrine mechanism. These results suggest that short off-cycle coupled with 5α-reductase inhibition could maximize suppression of prostate tumor growth and, thus, improve potential survival benefit achieved in combination with IADT.
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- Khalid Z Masoodi
- Department of Urology, Hillman Cancer Centre, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
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Montironi R, Bartels PH, DeCensi A, Puntoni M, Hurle R, Decobelli O, Carmignani G, Mazzucchelli R, Bartels HG, Alberts DS, Maffezzini M. A randomized phase IIb presurgical study of finasteride vs. low-dose flutamide vs. placebo in men with prostate cancer. Efficacy monitored by karyometry. Urol Oncol 2013; 31:557-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2011.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Revised: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bell JR, Laborde E. Update on the sexual impact of treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Curr Urol Rep 2013; 13:433-40. [PMID: 23065462 DOI: 10.1007/s11934-012-0278-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is an established link between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and erectile dysfunction (ED). The medical and surgical management of LUTS can affect erectile function (EF), cause ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD) or affect libido. This article will review the effects of these therapies on sexual function.
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- John Roger Bell
- Department of Urology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
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Current evidence supports the use of combination therapy in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. DRUGS & THERAPY PERSPECTIVES 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03262140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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&NA;. Current evidence supports the use of combination therapy in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. DRUGS & THERAPY PERSPECTIVES 2012. [DOI: 10.2165/11470040-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Cohen SA, Parsons JK. Combination Pharmacological Therapies for the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Drugs Aging 2012; 29:275-84. [DOI: 10.2165/11598600-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hamilton RJ, Freedland SJ. 5-α reductase inhibitors and prostate cancer prevention: where do we turn now? BMC Med 2011; 9:105. [PMID: 21920036 PMCID: PMC3180399 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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With the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer so great, an effective chemopreventive agent could have a profound impact on the lives of men. Despite decades of searching for such an agent, physicians still do not have an approved drug to offer their patients. In this article, we outline current strategies for preventing prostate cancer in general, with a focus on the 5-α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) finasteride and dutasteride. We discuss the two landmark randomized, controlled trials of finasteride and dutasteride, highlighting the controversies stemming from the results, and address the issue of 5-ARI use, including reasons why providers may be hesitant to use these agents for chemoprevention. We further discuss the recent US Food and Drug Administration ruling against the proposed new indication for dutasteride and the change to the labeling of finasteride, both of which were intended to permit physicians to use the drugs for chemoprevention. Finally, we discuss future directions for 5-ARI research.
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- Robert J Hamilton
- Division of urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada
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Wu Y, Chhipa RR, Zhang H, Ip C. The antiandrogenic effect of finasteride against a mutant androgen receptor. Cancer Biol Ther 2011; 11:902-9. [PMID: 21386657 DOI: 10.4161/cbt.11.10.15187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Finasteride is known to inhibit Type 2 5α-reductase and thus block the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The structural similarity of finasteride to DHT raises the possibility that finasteride may also interfere with the function of the androgen receptor (AR). Experiments were carried out to evaluate the antiandrogenic effect of finasteride in LNCaP, C4-2 and VCaP human prostate cancer cells. Finasteride decreased DHT binding to AR, and DHT-stimulated AR activity and cell growth in LNCaP and C4-2 cells, but not in VCaP cells. LNCaP and C4-2 (derived from castration-resistant LNCaP) cells express the T877A mutant AR, while VCaP cells express the wild type AR. When PC-3 cells, which are AR-null, were transfected with either the wild type or the T877A mutant AR, only the mutant AR-expressing cells were sensitive to finasteride inhibition of DHT binding. Peroxiredoxin-1 (Prx1) is a novel endogenous facilitator of AR binding to DHT. In Prx1-rich LNCaP cells, the combination of Prx1 knockdown and finasteride was found to produce a greater inhibitory effect on AR activity and cell growth than either treatment alone. The observation suggests that cells with a low expression of Prx1 are likely to be more responsive to the antiandrogenic effect of finasteride. Additional studies showed that the efficacy of finasteride was comparable to that of bicalutamide (a widely used non-steroidal antiandrogen). The implication of the above findings is discussed in the context of developing strategies to improve the outcome of androgen deprivation therapy.
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- Yue Wu
- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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Male lower urinary tract symptoms, benign prostatic hyperplasia, enlargement of the prostate, and bladder outlet obstruction are common among aging men and will increase in socioeconomic and medical importance at a time of increased life expectancy and aging of the baby boomer generation. This article reviews the epidemiology, management, and therapeutic options for these conditions. In patients bothered by moderate to severe symptoms, providers can make educated and differential choices between several classes of drugs, alone or in combination, to treat effectively and improve the symptoms in most men. Despite the efficacy of medical therapy, there will be patients who require referral to a urologist either early, to rule out prostate cancer and other conditions, or later, after initial medical therapy and lifestyle management has failed. Perhaps as many as 30% of patients fail to achieve sufficient symptom improvement with medication, lifestyle adjustment, and fluid management, and may require more invasive or surgical treatment options.
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- Claus G Roehrborn
- Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, J8 142, Dallas, TX 75390-9110, USA.
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Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity. Current world literature. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2010; 17:293-312. [PMID: 20418721 DOI: 10.1097/med.0b013e328339f31e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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