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Boldrini L, Bardi M. WSB1 Involvement in Prostate Cancer Progression. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1558. [PMID: 37628609 PMCID: PMC10454498 DOI: 10.3390/genes14081558] [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: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PC) is polygenic disease involving many genes, and more importantly a host of gene-gene interactions, including transcriptional factors. The WSB1 gene is a transcriptional target of numerous oncoproteins, and its dysregulation can contribute to tumor progression by abnormal activation of targeted oncogenes. Using data from the Cancer Genome Atlas, we tested the possible involvement of WSB1 in PC progression. A multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) model was applied to clarify the association of WSB1 expression with other key genes, such as c-myc, ERG, Enhancer of Zeste 1 and 2 (EHZ1 and EZH2), WNT10a, and WNT 10b. An increased WSB1 expression was associated with higher PC grades and with a worse prognosis. It was also positively related to EZH1, EZH2, WNT10a, and WNT10b. Moreover, MDS showed the central role of WSB1 in influencing the other target genes by its central location on the map. Our study is the first to show a link between WSB1 expression and other genes involved in PC progression, suggesting a novel role for WSB1 in PC progression. This network between WSB1 and EZH2 through WNT/β-catenin may have an important role in PC progression, as suggested by the association between high WSB1 expression and unfavorable prognosis in our analysis.
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- Laura Boldrini
- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Psychology & Behavioral Neuroscience, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005, USA
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Kobelyatskaya AA, Pudova EA, Katunina IV, Snezhkina AV, Fedorova MS, Pavlov VS, Kotelnikova AO, Nyushko KM, Alekseev BY, Krasnov GS, Kudryavtseva AV. Transcriptome Profiling of Prostate Cancer, Considering Risk Groups and the TMPRSS2-ERG Molecular Subtype. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119282. [PMID: 37298233 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Molecular heterogeneity in prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the key reasons underlying the differing likelihoods of recurrence after surgical treatment in individual patients of the same clinical category. In this study, we performed RNA-Seq profiling of 58 localized PCa and 43 locally advanced PCa tissue samples obtained as a result of radical prostatectomy on a cohort of Russian patients. Based on bioinformatics analysis, we examined features of the transcriptome profiles within the high-risk group, including within the most commonly represented molecular subtype, TMPRSS2-ERG. The most significantly affected biological processes in the samples were also identified, so that they may be further studied in the search for new potential therapeutic targets for the categories of PCa under consideration. The highest predictive potential was found with the EEF1A1P5, RPLP0P6, ZNF483, CIBAR1, HECTD2, OGN, and CLIC4 genes. We also reviewed the main transcriptome changes in the groups at intermediate risk of PCa-Gleason Score 7 (groups 2 and 3 according to the ISUP classification)-on the basis of which the LPL, MYC, and TWIST1 genes were identified as promising additional prognostic markers, the statistical significance of which was confirmed using qPCR validation.
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Kim SH, Joung JY, Park WS, Park J, Lee JS, Park B, Hong D. OGT and FLAD1 Genes Had Significant Prognostic Roles in Progressive Pathogenesis in Prostate Cancer. World J Mens Health 2023:41.e30. [PMID: 36792093 DOI: 10.5534/wjmh.220231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to identify metabolic genes associated with non-metastatic prostate cancer progression using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) datasets and validate their prognostic role by assessing patients' immunohistochemical prostatectomy specimens. MATERIALS AND METHODS Several metabolic candidate genes analyzed were highly correlated with cancer progression to biochemical recurrence (BCR) and deaths in 335 patients' genetic information from TCGA datasets. Those candidate genes and their expressions in tissue specimens were validated retrospectively by immunohistochemical analysis of radical prostatectomy specimens collected from 514 consecutive patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer between 2000 and 2015. The Cox proportional-hazards model was used to predict the prognostic role of each candidate gene expression in BCR and survival prognoses with a statistical significance of p-value <0.05. Twenty metabolic genes were identified by own developed software (Targa; https://github.com/cgab-ncc/TarGA), whose median expression levels consistently increased with cancer progression to the BCR and deaths. RESULTS Five metabolic genes (MAT2A, FLAD1, UGDH, OGT, and RRM2) were found to be significantly involved in the overall survival in the TCGA dataset. The immunohistochemical validation and clinicopathological data showed that OGT (hazard ratio [HR], 1.002; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.001-1.003) and FLAD1 (HR, 1.010; 95% CI, 1.003-1.017) remained significant factors for BCR and cancer-specific survival, respectively, in the multivariate analysis even after adjusting for confounding clinicopathological parameters (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS OGT and FLAD1 showed significant prognostic factors of disease progression, even after adjustment for confounding clinicopathological parameters in non-metastatic prostate cancer.
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- Sung Han Kim
- Department of Urology, Center for Urological Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Urological Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Medical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.,Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Medical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.,Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.,Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.,Biomedical Statistics Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Medical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.,Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.,Precision Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.,Cancer Evolution Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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Acosta-Vega NL, Varela R, Mesa JA, Garai J, Baddoo MC, Gómez-Gutiérrez A, Serrano-Gómez SJ, Lemus MN, Serrano ML, Zabaleta J, Combita AL, Sanabria-Salas MC. Metabolic pathways enriched according to ERG status are associated with biochemical recurrence in Hispanic/Latino patients with prostate cancer. Cancer Med 2023; 12:4306-4320. [PMID: 36329628 PMCID: PMC9972164 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of ERG-status molecular subtyping in prognosis of prostate cancer (PCa) is still under debate. In this study, we identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) according to ERG-status to explore their enriched pathways and implications in prognosis in Hispanic/Latino PCa patients. METHODS RNA from 78 Hispanic PCa tissues from radical prostatectomies (RP) were used for RNA-sequencing. ERGhigh /ERGlow tumor groups were determined based on the 1.5-fold change median expression in non-tumor samples. DEGs with a False Discovery Rate (FDR) < 0.01 and a fold change >2 were identified between ERGhigh and ERGlow tumors and submitted to enrichment analysis in MetaCore. Survival and association analyses were performed to evaluate biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival. RESULTS The identification of 150 DEGs between ERGhigh and ERGlow tumors revealed clustering of most of the non-BCR cases (60%) into de ERGhigh group and most of the BCR cases (60.8%) in ERGlow group. Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed a worst BCR-free survival for ERGlow patients, and a significant reduced risk of BCR was observed for ERGhigh cases (OR = 0.29 (95%CI, 0.10-0.8)). Enrichment pathway analysis identified metabolic-related pathways, such as the renin-angiotensin system and angiotensin maturation system, the linoleic acid metabolism, and polyamines metabolism in these ERG groups. CONCLUSIONS ERGlow tumor cases were associated with poor BCR-free survival in our Hispanic/Latino patients, with metabolism-related pathways altered in the BCR progression. IMPACT Our findings suggest the need to dissect the role of diet, metabolism, and lifestyle as risk factors for more aggressive PCa subtypes.
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- Natalia L Acosta-Vega
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.,Programa de doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Departamento de Urología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Departamento de Patología Oncológica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Grupo de Apoyo y Seguimiento para la Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.,Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.,Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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Characterization of exposure–response relationships of ipatasertib in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in the IPATential150 study. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2022; 90:511-521. [PMID: 36305957 PMCID: PMC9637074 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-022-04488-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Purpose The exposure–response relationships for efficacy and safety of ipatasertib, a selective AKT kinase inhibitor, were characterized using data collected from 1101 patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in the IPATential150 study (NCT03072238). Methods External validation of a previously developed population pharmacokinetic model was performed using the observed pharmacokinetic data from the IPATential150 study. Exposure metrics of ipatasertib for subjects who received ipatasertib 400 mg once-daily orally in this study were generated as model-predicted area under the concentration–time curve at steady state (AUCSS). The exposure–response relationship with radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) was evaluated using Cox regression and relationships with safety endpoints were assessed using logistic regression. Results A statistically significant correlation between ipatasertib AUCSS and improved survival was found in patients with PTEN-loss tumors (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.92 per 1000 ng h/mL AUCSS, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.87–0.98, p = 0.011). In contrast, an improvement in rPFS was seen in subjects receiving ipatasertib treatment (HR: 0.84, 95% CI 0.71–0.99, p = 0.038) but this effect was not associated with ipatasertib AUCSS in the intention-to-treat population. Incidences of some adverse events (AEs) had statistically significant association with ipatasertib AUCSS (serious AEs, AEs leading to discontinuation, and Grade ≥ 2 hyperglycemia), while others were associated with only ipatasertib treatment (AEs leading to dose reduction, Grade ≥ 3 diarrhea, and Grade ≥ 2 rash). Conclusions The exposure–efficacy results indicated that patients receiving ipatasertib may continue benefiting from this treatment at the administered dose, despite some variability in exposures, while the exposure–safety results suggested increased risks of AEs with ipatasertib treatment and/or increased ipatasertib exposures. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00280-022-04488-2.
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Stephen N, Badhe BA. Diagnostic utility of immunohistochemical markers alpha methyl acyl coA racemase (AMACR) and Ets related gene (ERG) in prostate cancer. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2022; 15:364-372. [PMID: 36237639 PMCID: PMC9547992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To study the sensitivity and specificity of IHC markers AMACR and ERG in prostatic adenocarcinoma. METHODS The study was a prospective one and samples were collected from August 2014 to June 2016. A total of 186 samples were obtained from the Department of Urology, in which 112 of these were benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and 71 were prostatic adenocarcinoma. The adenocarcinoma cases were evaluated by two histopathologists, and appropriate Gleason score was given according to the modified ISUP Gleason grading system (2016). IHC markers AMACR & ERG were performed on the adenocarcinoma cases and their sensitivity and specificity were calculated. RESULTS AMACR was a highly sensitive and specific marker for detecting prostatic carcinoma with a sensitivity and specificity of 95.8% and 96.5% respectively. ERG was a very specific marker with poor sensitivity in detecting prostate cancer. The sensitivity and specificity of ERG were 35.2% and 100% respectively. ERG expression decreased with increasing Gleason grade, PSA level, and tumour volume, which was statistically significant while the association of AMACR with Gleason grade or with tumor volume was not significant. CONCLUSION ERG is a marker of early prostatic carcinogenesis and tumors may be positive or negative subtypes. Special histomorphologic features like perineural invasion, glomerulations, and intraluminal blue mucin were also studied. AMACR was a highly sensitive marker for detecting prostatic adenocarcinoma, while ERG was highly specific.
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- Norton Stephen
- Department of Pathology, Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Puducherry 605 006, JIPMER India
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- Department of Pathology, Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Puducherry 605 006, JIPMER India
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Hurník P, Chyra Z, Ševčíková T, Štembírek J, Trtková KS, Gaykalova DA, Buchtová M, Hrubá E. Epigenetic Regulations of Perineural Invasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Front Genet 2022; 13:848557. [PMID: 35571032 PMCID: PMC9091179 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.848557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Carcinomas of the oral cavity and oropharynx belong among the ten most common malignancies in the human population. The prognosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is determined by the degree of invasiveness of the primary tumor and by the extent of metastatic spread into regional and distant lymph nodes. Moreover, the level of the perineural invasion itself associates with tumor localization, invasion's extent, and the presence of nodal metastases. Here, we summarize the current knowledge about different aspects of epigenetic changes, which can be associated with HNSCC while focusing on perineural invasion (PNI). We review epigenetic modifications of the genes involved in the PNI process in HNSCC from the omics perspective and specific epigenetic modifications in OSCC or other neurotropic cancers associated with perineural invasion. Moreover, we summarize DNA methylation status of tumor-suppressor genes, methylation and demethylation enzymes and histone post-translational modifications associated with PNI. The influence of other epigenetic factors on the HNSCC incidence and perineural invasion such as tobacco, alcohol and oral microbiome is overviewed and HPV infection is discussed as an epigenetic factor associated with OSCC and related perineural invasion. Understanding epigenetic regulations of axon growth that lead to tumorous spread or uncovering the molecular control of axon interaction with cancer tissue can help to discover new therapeutic targets for these tumors.
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- Pavel Hurník
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
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- Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
- Laboratory of Molecular Morphogenesis, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Morphogenesis, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Morphogenesis, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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Kobelyatskaya AA, Pudova EA, Snezhkina AV, Fedorova MS, Pavlov VS, Guvatova ZG, Savvateeva MV, Melnikova NV, Dmitriev AA, Trofimov DY, Sukhikh GT, Nyushko KM, Alekseev BY, Razin SV, Krasnov GS, Kudryavtseva AV. Impact TMPRSS2-ERG Molecular Subtype on Prostate Cancer Recurrence. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:588. [PMID: 34205581 PMCID: PMC8234735 DOI: 10.3390/life11060588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Currently, seven molecular subtypes of prostate cancer (PCa) are known, the most common of which being the subtype characterized by the presence of the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion transcript. While there is a considerable amount of work devoted to the influence of this transcript on the prognosis of the disease, data on its role in the progression and prognosis of PCa remain controversial. The present study is devoted to the analysis of the association between the TMPRSS2-ERG transcript and the biochemical recurrence of PCa. The study included two cohorts: the RNA-Seq sample of Russian patients with PCa (n = 72) and the TCGA-PRAD data (n = 203). The results of the analysis of the association between the TMPRSS2-ERG transcript and biochemical recurrence were contradictory. The differential expression analysis (biochemical recurrence cases versus biochemical recurrence-free) and the gene set enrichment analysis revealed a list of genes involved in major cellular pathways. The GNL3, QSOX2, SSPO, and SYS1 genes were selected as predictors of the potential prognostic model (AUC = 1.000 for a cohort of Russian patients with PCa and AUC = 0.779 for a TCGA-PRAD cohort).
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- Anastasiya A. Kobelyatskaya
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia;
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (D.Y.T.); (G.T.S.)
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- Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (D.Y.T.); (G.T.S.)
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia; (K.M.N.); (B.Y.A.)
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia; (K.M.N.); (B.Y.A.)
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- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia;
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.P.); (A.V.S.); (M.S.F.); (V.S.P.); (Z.G.G.); (M.V.S.); (N.V.M.); (A.A.D.); (G.S.K.)
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Lv D, Wu X, Chen X, Yang S, Chen W, Wang M, Liu Y, Gu D, Zeng G. A novel immune-related gene-based prognostic signature to predict biochemical recurrence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2021; 70:3587-3602. [PMID: 33934205 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-021-02923-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Accumulating evidences indicates that the immune landscape signature dramatically correlates with tumorigenesis and prognosis of prostate cancer (PCa). Here, we identified a novel immune-related gene-based prognostic signature (IRGPS) to predict biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy. We also explored the correlation between IRGPS and tumor microenvironment. We identified an IRGPS consisting of seven immune-related genes (PPARGC1A, AKR1C2, COMP, EEF1A2, IRF5, NTM, and TPX2) that were related to the BCR-free survival of PCa patients. The high-risk patients exhibited a higher fraction of regulatory T cells and M2 macrophages than the low-risk BCR patients (P < 0.05) as well as a lower fraction of resting memory CD4 T cells and resting mast cells. These high-risk patients also had higher expression levels of CTLA4, TIGIT, PDCD1, LAG3, and TIM3. Finally, a strong correlation was detected between IRGPS and specific clinicopathological features, including Gleason scores and tumor stage. In conclusion, our study reveals the clinical significance and potential functions of the IRGPS, provides more data for predicting outcomes, and suggests more effective immunotherapeutic target strategies for PCa.
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- Daojun Lv
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangzhou 12th People's Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. .,Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Kangda Road 1#, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510230, Guangdong, China.
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Kong DP, Chen R, Zhang CL, Zhang W, Xiao GA, Wang FB, Ta N, Gao X, Sun YH. Prevalence and clinical application of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion in Asian prostate cancer patients: a large-sample study in Chinese people and a systematic review. Asian J Androl 2021; 22:200-207. [PMID: 31210145 PMCID: PMC7155806 DOI: 10.4103/aja.aja_45_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Fusion between the transmembrane protease serine 2 and v-ets erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog (TMPRSS2-ERG fusion) is a common genetic alteration in prostate cancer among Western populations and has been suggested as playing a role in tumorigenesis and progression of prostate cancer. However, the prevalence of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion differs among different ethnic groups, and contradictory results have been reported in Asian patients. We aim to evaluate the prevalence and significance of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion as a molecular subtyping and prognosis indicator of prostate cancer in Asians. We identified the fusion status in 669 samples from prostate biopsy and radical prostatectomy by fluorescence in situ hybridization and/or immunohistochemistry in China. We examined the association of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion with clinicopathological characteristics and biochemical recurrence by Chi-square test and Kaplan–Meier analysis. Finally, a systematic review was performed to investigate the positive rate of the fusion in Asian prostate cancer patients. McNemar's test was employed to compare the positive rates of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion detected using different methods. The positive rates of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion were 16% in our samples and 27% in Asian patients. In our samples, 9.4% and 19.3% of cases were recognized as fusion positive by fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, respectively. No significant association between the fusion and clinical parameters was observed. TMPRSS2-ERG fusion is not a frequent genomic alteration among Asian prostate cancer patients and has limited significance in clinical practices in China. Besides ethnic difference, detection methods potentially influence the results showing a positive rate of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion.
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- De-Pei Kong
- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Lee HH, Lee AJ, Park WS, Lee J, Park J, Park B, Joung JY, Lee KH, Hong D, Kim SH. Epithelial Splicing Regulatory Protein (ESPR1) Expression in an Unfavorable Prognostic Factor in Prostate Cancer Patients. Front Oncol 2020; 10:556650. [PMID: 33194621 PMCID: PMC7649424 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.556650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background To evaluate the role of epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1 (ESRP1) expression in survival prognoses and disease progression for prostate cancer (PC) using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset and to validate it using patients’ prostatectomy specimens. Methods A preliminary investigation into the clinical significance of ESRP1 in PC was conducted using TCGA PC PRAD dataset and then using immunohistochemistry in 514 PC patients’ tissue microarrays of radical prostatectomy specimens. The interpretation of immunohistochemistry was done using its intensity (high vs. low) or the semi-quantitative expression value (H-score, 0–300). The prognostic significance of ESRP1 expression was analyzed for biochemical recurrence (BCR), recurrence-free survival (RFS), overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) using the Cox proportional-hazards model (p < 0.05). Results In the publicly available prostate adenocarcinoma dataset, ESRP1 expression was significantly higher in the tumor samples compared to the normal samples (p < 0.001). Survival analysis showed that the tumor samples in the ESRP1-high group had significantly worse BCR-free survival and RFS compared to the ESRP1-low group (p < 0.05), whereas OS was not (p=0.08). These results were largely consistent with the 514 patients’ clinical data during a median 91.2 months of follow-up. After adjusting for significant prognostic clinicopathological factors, the multivariable models showed that the ESRP1 was a significantly risk factor for CSS (Hazard ratio 3.37, p = 0.034) and for BCR (HR 1.34, p=0.049) without any significance for OS (p=0.464). Conclusions The higher ESRP1 expression appeared increased risk of disease progression and cancer-specific death in PC.
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- Hyung Ho Lee
- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Bioinformatics Analysis Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Bioinformatics Analysis Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- Biometrics Research Branch and Biostatics Collaboration Unit, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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- Bioinformatics Analysis Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea.,Department of Biomedicine & Health, Catholic University Graduate School, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyangsi, South Korea
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Tan SH, Young D, Chen Y, Kuo HC, Srinivasan A, Dobi A, Petrovics G, Cullen J, Mcleod DG, Rosner IL, Srivastava S, Sesterhenn IA. Prognostic features of Annexin A2 expression in prostate cancer. Pathology 2020; 53:205-213. [PMID: 32967771 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2020.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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ANXA2 (Annexin A2 or Annexin II) is a calcium dependent phospholipid binding protein with diverse cellular functions. While ANXA2 is either absent or expressed focally in the prostate epithelium of well and moderately differentiated tumours, it is highly expressed in a subset of poorly differentiated tumours. Here we examined the association between ANXA2 expression and tumour progression, with consideration of ERG expression status and patient race (Caucasian American and African American). We evaluated ANXA2 and ERG expression in index tumours by immunohistochemistry of whole mounted prostate sections and tissue microarrays derived from radical prostatectomies of 176 patients, matched for long term post-radical prostatectomy follow-up of up to 22 years (median 12.6 years), race and pathological stage. Expression of ERG and ANXA2 was analysed for correlation with grade group (GG), and pathological T (pT) stage. Kaplan-Meier estimation curves were used to examine associations between ANXA2 or ERG expression and biochemical recurrence (BCR) free survival, and distant metastasis free survival. Significant associations were found between ANXA2(+) index tumours and poorest grade groups (GG 4-5, p=0.0037), and worse pathological stage (pT 3-4, p=0.0142). Patients with ANXA2(+) prostate tumours showed trends towards earlier BCR and metastatic progression. ANXA2(+)/ERG(-) tumours were found to be associated with GG 4-5; ANXA2(-)/ERG(+) tumours, with GG 1-2 (p=0.0036). ANXA2 expression was not associated with patient race. The association between high ANXA2 expression and prostate tumours of higher grade (GG 4-5) and stage (pT 3-4) suggests a potential use for ANXA2 as a prognostic biomarker of aggressive prostate cancer.
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- Shyh-Han Tan
- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA; Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Erickson AM, Lokman U, Lahdensuo K, Tornberg S, Visapaa H, Bergroth R, Santti H, Petas A, Rannikko AS, Mirtti T. PTEN and ERG expression in MRI-ultrasound guided fusion biopsy correlated with radical prostatectomy findings in men with prostate cancer. Prostate 2020; 80:1118-1127. [PMID: 32634262 DOI: 10.1002/pros.24040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Conventional systematic prostate biopsies (SBx) have multiple limitations, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-ultrasound fusion targeting is increasingly applied (fusion biopsies [FBx]). In our previous studies, we have shown that loss of the tumor suppressor gene phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) in radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens predicts poor disease-specific survival, and in active surveillance (AS), PTEN loss in SBx predicts an adverse AS outcome, although SBx PTEN status does not correlate well with the corresponding RP status. Here, we have hypothesized that PTEN and erythroblast transformation-specific related gene (ERG) status in FBx correlate better with RP than they would in SBx. METHODS A total of 106 men, who had undergone FBx and subsequent RP in a single center between June 2015 and May 2017 were included. Fifty-three of the men had concomitant or previous SBx's. All biopsy and RP specimens were collected, and tissue microarrays (TMA) were constructed from RP specimens. Immunohistochemical stainings for PTEN and ERG expression were conducted on biopsies and RP TMAs and results were compared by using Fisher's exact test. RESULTS The immunohistochemical predictive power of FBx, determined by the concordance of biopsy PTEN and ERG status with RP, is superior to SBx (77.6% vs 66.7% in PTEN, 92.4% vs 66.6% in ERG). FBx was superior to SBx in correlation with RP Gleason Grade Groups and MRI prostate imaging reporting and data system scores. CONCLUSION FBx grading correlates with RP histology and MRI findings and predicts the biomarker status in the RP specimens more accurately than SBx. A longer follow-up is needed to evaluate if this translates to better prediction of disease outcomes, especially in AS and radiation therapy where prostatectomy specimens are not available for prognostication.
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- Andrew M Erickson
- Department of Pathology (HUS Diagnostic Center) and Medicum, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Urology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology (HUS Diagnostic Center) and Medicum, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Shin SH, Kim I, Lee JE, Lee M, Park JW. Loss of EGR3 is an independent risk factor for metastatic progression in prostate cancer. Oncogene 2020; 39:5839-5854. [PMID: 32796959 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-01418-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Identification of pro-metastatic genomic alterations is urgently needed to help understand and prevent the fatal course of prostate cancer. Here, we found that the transcription factor EGR3, located at chromosome 8p21.3, is a critical metastasis suppressor. Aberrant deletion of EGR3 was found in up to 59.76% (deep deletions, 16.87%; shallow deletions, 42.89%) of prostate cancer patients. In informatics analysis, EGR3 loss was associated with prostate cancer progression and low survival rates. EGR3 expression inversely correlated with the expressions of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and metastasis-related gene sets in prostate cancer tissues. In prostate cancer cells, EGR3 blocked the EMT process and suppressed cell migration and invasion. In a mouse model for cancer metastasis, EGR3 overexpression significantly suppressed bone metastases of PC3 and 22Rv1 prostate cancer cells. Mechanistically, EGR3 transcriptionally activated ZFP36, GADD45B, and SOCS3 genes by directly binding to their promoter regions. The EMT-inhibitory and tumor-suppressive roles of the EGR3 downstream genes were identified through in vitro and in silico analyses. Together, our results showed that EGR3 may be a biomarker to predict clinical outcomes and that it plays an important role in the metastatic progression of prostate cancer.
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- Seung-Hyun Shin
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Obstructive Upper airway Research (OUaR) Laboratory, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. .,Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. .,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. .,Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Kim SH, Park WS, Park EY, Joo J, Chung J. Analysis of the concordance of 20 immunohistochemical tissue markers in metastasectomy lesions in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: A retrospective study using tissue microarray. Investig Clin Urol 2020; 61:372-381. [PMID: 32665993 PMCID: PMC7329639 DOI: 10.4111/icu.2020.61.4.372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose This study aimed to characterize the different expressions of 20 tissue markers in multiple metastatic lesions and organs in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Materials and Methods Sixty-six patients with mRCC, harboring 162 metastasectomy tissue lesions (MTLs), were enrolled. Immunohistochemical analysis for the following tissue markers was performed: BAP1; CD31; CD 34; HIF1α and 2α; Ki67; pS6; PBRM1; PDGFRα and β; PDL1; PSMA; PTEN; α-SMA; TGase2; VEGFR1, 2, and 3; VHL loss; and CA9. Cases were identified pathologically using the semi-quantitative H-score (0–300), including the intensity score (0, 1, 2, 3). The concordance rate was calculated as the number of patients with concordant binary score out of the total number of patients in that comparison. Results The specimens from 66 patients were divided into those from the same organs and those from different organs. Forty-two patients (44 cases) with 96 MTLs and 39 with 83 MTLs were examined. Among the 20 tissue markers, only BAP1, PSMA, VEGFR3, PDGFRα, and pS6 tissue showed high concordance ratio (>0.7) regardless of different metastatic tissues and different metastatic lesions within the tumor. Conclusions The study demonstrated the intratumoral heterogeneity of mRCC with a low-concordance index of most tissue markers. However, some had high concordance with a similar expression regardless of the metastatic organs, metastatic sites, or presence of recurrence.
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- Sung Han Kim
- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biostatistics Collaboration Team, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biostatistics Collaboration Team, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Pulido R, Mingo J, Gaafar A, Nunes-Xavier CE, Luna S, Torices L, Angulo JC, López JI. Precise Immunodetection of PTEN Protein in Human Neoplasia. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2019; 9:cshperspect.a036293. [PMID: 31501265 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a036293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PTEN is a major tumor-suppressor protein whose expression and biological activity are frequently diminished in sporadic or inherited cancers. PTEN gene deletion or loss-of-function mutations favor tumor cell growth and are commonly found in clinical practice. In addition, diminished PTEN protein expression is also frequently observed in tumor samples from cancer patients in the absence of PTEN gene alterations. This makes PTEN protein levels a potential biomarker parameter in clinical oncology, which can guide therapeutic decisions. The specific detection of PTEN protein can be achieved by using highly defined anti-PTEN monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), characterized with precision in terms of sensitivity for the detection technique, specificity for PTEN binding, and constraints of epitope recognition. This is especially relevant taking into consideration that PTEN is highly targeted by mutations and posttranslational modifications, and different PTEN protein isoforms exist. The precise characterization of anti-PTEN mAb reactivity is an important step in the validation of these reagents as diagnostic and prognostic tools in clinical oncology, including their routine use in analytical immunohistochemistry (IHC). Here, we review the current status on the use of well-defined anti-PTEN mAbs for PTEN immunodetection in the clinical context and discuss their potential usefulness and limitations for a more precise cancer diagnosis and patient benefit.
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- Rafael Pulido
- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo 48903, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48011, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo 48903, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo 48903, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo 48903, Spain.,Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet, Oslo N-0310, Norway
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo 48903, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo 48903, Spain
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Getafe, Getafe, Madrid 28904, Spain.,Clinical Department, European University of Madrid, Laureate Universities, Madrid 28904, Spain
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- Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo 48903, Spain.,Department of Pathology, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo 48903, Spain.,University of the Basque Country, Leioa 48940, Spain
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Yan W, Jamal M, Tan SH, Song Y, Young D, Chen Y, Katta S, Ying K, Ravindranath L, Woodle T, Kohaar I, Cullen J, Kagan J, Srivastava S, Dobi A, McLeod DG, Rosner IL, Sesterhenn IA, Srinivasan A, Srivastava S, Petrovics G. Molecular profiling of radical prostatectomy tissue from patients with no sign of progression identifies ERG as the strongest independent predictor of recurrence. Oncotarget 2019; 10:6466-6483. [PMID: 31741711 PMCID: PMC6849651 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.27294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND As a major cause of morbidity and mortality among men, prostate cancer is a heterogenous disease, with a vast heterogeneity in the biology of the disease and in clinical outcome. While it often runs an indolent course, local progression or metastasis may eventually develop, even among patients considered "low risk" at diagnosis. Therefore, biomarkers that can discriminate aggressive from indolent disease at an early stage would greatly benefit patients. We hypothesized that tissue specimens from early stage prostate cancers may harbor predictive signatures for disease progression. METHODS We used a cohort of radical prostatectomy patients with longitudinal follow-up, who had tumors with low grade and stage that revealed no signs of future disease progression at surgery. During the follow-up period, some patients either remained indolent (non-BCR) or progressed to biochemical recurrence (BCR). Total RNA was extracted from tumor, and adjacent normal epithelium of formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens. Differential gene expression in tumors, and in tumor versus normal tissues between BCR and non-BCR patients were analyzed by NanoString using a customized CodeSet of 151 probes. RESULTS After controlling for false discovery rates, we identified a panel of eight genes (ERG, GGT1, HDAC1, KLK2, MYO6, PLA2G7, BICD1 and CACNAID) that distinguished BCR from non-BCR patients. We found a clear association of ERG expression with non-BCR, which was further corroborated by quantitative RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry assays. CONCLUSIONS Our results identified ERG as the strongest predictor for BCR and showed that potential prognostic prostate cancer biomarkers can be identified from FFPE tumor specimens.
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- Wusheng Yan
- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- John P. Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- John P. Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- John P. Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- John P. Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- John P. Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- John P. Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Liu R, Zhou J, Xia S, Li T. The impact of PTEN deletion and ERG rearrangement on recurrence after treatment for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Transl Oncol 2019; 22:694-702. [DOI: 10.1007/s12094-019-02170-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yang Y, Sun P, Xu W, Xia W. High BIRC7 Expression Might Be an Independent Prognostic Indicator of Poor Recurrence-Free Survival in Patients With Prostate Cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2019; 17:1533033818809694. [PMID: 30376767 PMCID: PMC6210628 DOI: 10.1177/1533033818809694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background: BIRC7, which encodes Baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) repeat-containing protein 7, is an oncogene in multiple types of cancer. In this study, we examined the association between BIRC7 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of prostate cancer, the independent prognostic value of BIRC7 in terms of recurrence-free survival, and the molecular mechanisms of its dysregulation. Methods: Data mining was performed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas. The patients were divided into high and low BIRC7 expression groups according to the Youden index determined by receiver operating characteristic curves for recurrence. Subgroup analysis was performed according to T stages and Gleason score. Results: BIRC7 was significantly upregulated in prostate cancer tissues (N = 497) than in normal prostate tissues (N = 52). High BIRC7 expression group had lower ratios of overall response rate and medium-grade (Gleason score 6-7) tumors and higher proportions of nodal invasion and recurrence after surgery. Although Kaplan-Meier curves showed that high BIRC7 expression was generally associated with poor recurrence-free survival, the following subgroup analysis only confirmed the association in T3/T4 and medium-grade tumors. Multivariate analysis showed that BIRC7 expression was not an independent indicator of recurrence-free survival in T2 or high-grade tumors, but was independently associated with poor recurrence-free survival in T3/T4 tumors (hazard ratio: 4.249, 95% confidence interval: 1.563-11.546, P = .005) and in medium-grade tumors (hazard ratio: 6.041, 95% confidence interval: 1.763-20.703, P = .004). DNA amplification was associated with significantly upregulated BIRC7 expression. There was also a weak negative correlation between BIRC7 expression and its DNA methylation (Pearson r = −0.23). Conclusion: Based on these findings, we infer that BIRC7 upregulation might serve as a valuable biomarker of increased recurrence risk in advanced T stages and medium-grade prostate cancer. Its expression is at least regulated by both copy number alteration and DNA methylation.
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- Yi Yang
- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- 2 Department of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, China
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- 2 Department of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Gümrükcü G, Celik BO, Çalişkan S, Ökzara S, Koca O, Tosun C, Önenerk AM, Aker F. The positive immunostaining of TMPRSS2-ERG is not associated with unfavourable outcomes and biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy in Turkish patients. Cent European J Urol 2018; 71:276-279. [PMID: 30386647 PMCID: PMC6202621 DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2018.1708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Introduction Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer and a major significant health problem amongst men in the world. Radical prostatectomy with open, laparoscopic and robotic techniques is the gold standard treatment for localized and local advanced disease. There are some risk factors including gleason score, T stage and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level to predict the biochemical recurrence. We investigated the association with biochemical recurrence and TMPRSS2:ERG fusion in patients who were treated with open radical prostatectomy. Material and methods The expression of TMPRSS2:ERG was defined as positive (Group 1) and negative (Group 2). The positive staining of the patients is classified into three groups; weak positive, moderate positive and strong positive. In the statistical analyses; chi squared test and Mann Whitney U were used and p <0.05 was defined as statistical significance. Results The present study includes 87 patients, 32 and 55 patients were in group 1 and 2 respectively. The mean age of the patients was 62.81 +5.55 and 64.45 +5.18 in the groups without significant difference. Extraprostatic extension was reported in 27 patients; 11 of these patients were in group 1 and 16 patients were in group 2 (p = 0.60). Biochemical recurrence was detected in 15 patients. Of these patients, 5 were in group 1 and 10 were in group 2 (p = 0.76). Conclusions The current study found no association between TMPRSS2:ERG fusion and biochemical recurrence and unfavourable pathological results in Turkish patients. Further research including a large number of patients from different regions of Turkey is needed to investigate the ERG status and biochemical recurrence for patients.
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- Gülistan Gümrükcü
- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Carneiro A, Barbosa ÁRG, Takemura LS, Kayano PP, Moran NKS, Chen CK, Wroclawski ML, Lemos GC, da Cunha IW, Obara MT, Tobias-Machado M, Sowalsky AG, Bianco B. The Role of Immunohistochemical Analysis as a Tool for the Diagnosis, Prognostic Evaluation and Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Front Oncol 2018; 8:377. [PMID: 30280090 PMCID: PMC6153326 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is a heterogeneous disease that lends itself toward numerous therapeutic options depending on its risk stratification. One of the greatest challenges in PCa urologic practice is to select patients who should be referred for biopsy and, for those patients who are diagnosed with cancer, to differentiate between patients with indolent disease from those with an unfavorable prognosis and, to determine ideal patient management and avoid unnecessary interventions. Accordingly, there is a growing body of literature reporting immunohistochemical studies with the objective of determining a prostate cancer prognosis. Among the most frequent biomarkers studied are Ki-67, p53, PTEN, MYC, and ERG. Based on these findings, we systematically reviewed articles that assessed the role of these main prognostic markers in prostate cancer. Methods: Consistent with PRISMA guidelines, we performed a systematic literature search throughout the Web of Science and PubMed Medline databases. We considered all types of studies evaluating the role of Ki-67, p53, PTEN, MYC, and ERG immunohistochemical analysis in prostate cancer until July 2017. Results: We identified 361 articles, 44 of which were summarized in this review. Diagnostically, no single immunohistochemical marker was able to define a tumor as benign or malignant. Prognostically, Ki-67, p53, and MYC were related to the tumor grade given by Gleason score and to the tumor stage (higher levels related to higher tumor grade). Furthermore, Ki-67 was also related to higher PSA levels, shorter disease-free intervals and shorter tumor-specific survival; the latter was also related to p53. The loss of PTEN protein expression showed a higher association with biochemical recurrence and with a worse prognosis, beyond that predicted by the Gleason score and tumor stage. ERG staining also showed a strong association with biochemical recurrence. Conclusion: There are several studies relating immunohistochemical markers with clinical-laboratorial outcomes in prostate cancer, the most frequent being Ki-67, p53, ERG, PTEN, and MYC. However, none of these markers have been validated by literary consensus to be routinely applied in medical practice.
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- Arie Carneiro
- Department of Urology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genitourinary Cancer Pathogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Human Reproduction and Genetics Center, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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de Bono JS, De Giorgi U, Rodrigues DN, Massard C, Bracarda S, Font A, Arranz Arija JA, Shih KC, Radavoi GD, Xu N, Chan WY, Ma H, Gendreau S, Riisnaes R, Patel PH, Maslyar DJ, Jinga V. Randomized Phase II Study Evaluating Akt Blockade with Ipatasertib, in Combination with Abiraterone, in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer with and without PTEN Loss. Clin Cancer Res 2018; 25:928-936. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-0981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang L, Wu B, Zha Z, Zhao H, Yuan J, Jiang Y, Yang W. Surgical margin status and its impact on prostate cancer prognosis after radical prostatectomy: a meta-analysis. World J Urol 2018; 36:1803-1815. [PMID: 29766319 PMCID: PMC6208659 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-2333-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background and purpose Positive surgical margins (PSMs) correlate with adverse outcomes in numerous solid tumours. However, the prognostic value of PSMs in prostate cancer (PCa) patients who underwent radical prostatectomy remains unclear. Herein, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the association between PSMs and the prognostic value for biochemical recurrence-free survival (BRFS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), overall survival (OS), cancer-specific mortality (CSM) and overall mortality (OM) in PCa patients. Materials and methods According to the PRISMA statement, online databases PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched to identify relevant studies published prior to February 2018. The hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated to evaluate the relationship between PSMs and PCa. Results Ultimately, 32 cohort studies that met the eligibility criteria and involved 141,222 patients (51–65,633 per study) were included in this meta-analysis. The results showed that PSMs were significantly predictive of poorer BRFS (HR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.28–1.48, p < 0.001), CSS (HR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.16–1.90, p = 0.001) and OS (HR = 1.11, 95% CI 1.02–1.20, p = 0.014). In addition, PSMs were significantly associated with higher risk of CSM (HR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.16–1.30, p < 0.001) and OM (HR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.02–1.16, p = 0.009) in patients with PCa. Conclusions Our study suggests that the presence of a histopathologic PSM is associated with the clinical outcomes BRFS, CSS, OS, CSM and OM in patients with PCa, and PSMs could serve as a poor prognostic factor for patients with PCa. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00345-018-2333-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Lijin Zhang
- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Jiang-yin Hospital of the Southeast University Medical College, 163 Shou-shan Road, Jiangyin, 214400, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Nevedomskaya E, Baumgart SJ, Haendler B. Recent Advances in Prostate Cancer Treatment and Drug Discovery. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19051359. [PMID: 29734647 PMCID: PMC5983695 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19051359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Novel drugs, drug sequences and combinations have improved the outcome of prostate cancer in recent years. The latest approvals include abiraterone acetate, enzalutamide and apalutamide which target androgen receptor (AR) signaling, radium-223 dichloride for reduction of bone metastases, sipuleucel-T immunotherapy and taxane-based chemotherapy. Adding abiraterone acetate to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in order to achieve complete androgen blockade has proven highly beneficial for treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer and metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Also, ADT together with docetaxel treatment showed significant benefit in mHSPC. Ongoing clinical trials for different subgroups of prostate cancer patients include the evaluation of the second-generation AR antagonists enzalutamide, apalutamide and darolutamide, of inhibitors of the phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, of inhibitors of DNA damage response, of targeted alpha therapy and of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting approaches. Advanced clinical studies with immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown limited benefits in prostate cancer and more trials are needed to demonstrate efficacy. The identification of improved, personalized treatments will be much supported by the major progress recently made in the molecular characterization of early- and late-stage prostate cancer using “omics” technologies. This has already led to novel classifications of prostate tumors based on gene expression profiles and mutation status, and should greatly help in the choice of novel targeted therapies best tailored to the needs of patients.
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- Ekaterina Nevedomskaya
- Therapeutic Research Groups, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Müllerstr. 178, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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- Therapeutic Research Groups, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Müllerstr. 178, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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- Therapeutic Research Groups, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Müllerstr. 178, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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Comparison of cell cycle progression score with two immunohistochemical markers (PTEN and Ki-67) for predicting outcome in prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. World J Urol 2018; 36:1495-1500. [PMID: 29679140 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-2290-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Previous studies of the cell cycle progression (CCP) score in surgical specimens of prostate cancer (PCa) in patients treated by radical prostatectomy (RP) demonstrated significant association with time to biochemical recurrence (BCR). In this study, we compared the ability of the CCP score and the expression of PTEN or Ki-67 to predict BCR in a cohort of patients treated by RP. Finally, we constructed the best predictive model for BCR, incorporating biomarkers and relevant clinical variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 652 PCa patients enrolled in a retrospective cohort and who had RP surgery in French urological centers from 2000 to 2007. RESULTS Among the 652 patients with CCP scores and complete clinical data, BCR events occurred in 41%, and the median time from surgery to the last follow-up among BCR-free patients was 72 months. In univariate Cox analysis, the continuous CCP score and positive Ki-67 predicted recurrence with a HR of 1.44 (95% CI 1.17-1.75; p = 5.3 × 10-4) and 1.89 (95% CI 1.38-2.57; p = 1.6 × 10-4), respectively. In contrast, PTEN expression was not associated with BCR risk. Of the three biomarkers, only the CCP score remained significantly associated in a multivariable Cox model (p = 0.026). The best model incorporated CAPRA-S and CCP scores as predictors, with HRs of 1.32 and 1.24, respectively. CONCLUSION The CCP score was superior to the two IHC markers (PTEN and Ki-67) for predicting outcome in PCa after RP.
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Smits M, Mehra N, Sedelaar M, Gerritsen W, Schalken JA. Molecular biomarkers to guide precision medicine in localized prostate cancer. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2018. [PMID: 28635333 DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2017.1345627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Major advances through tumor profiling technologies, that include next-generation sequencing, epigenetic, proteomic and transcriptomic methods, have been made in primary prostate cancer, providing novel biomarkers that may guide precision medicine in the near future. Areas covered: The authors provided an overview of novel molecular biomarkers in tissue, blood and urine that may be used as clinical tools to assess prognosis, improve selection criteria for active surveillance programs, and detect disease relapse early in localized prostate cancer. Expert commentary: Active surveillance (AS) in localized prostate cancer is an accepted strategy in patients with very low-risk prostate cancer. Many more patients may benefit from watchful waiting, and include patients of higher clinical stage and grade, however selection criteria have to be optimized and early recognition of transformation from localized to lethal disease has to be improved by addition of molecular biomarkers. The role of non-invasive biomarkers is challenging the need for repeat biopsies, commonly performed at 1 and 4 years in men under AS programs.
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- Minke Smits
- a Department of Urology and Oncology , Radboud Universiteit , Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Urology and Oncology , Radboud Universiteit , Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Urology and Oncology , Radboud Universiteit , Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Urology and Oncology , Radboud Universiteit , Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Urology and Oncology , Radboud Universiteit , Nijmegen , The Netherlands
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Zhou CK, Young D, Yeboah ED, Coburn SB, Tettey Y, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Tay E, Niwa S, Truelove A, Welsh J, Mensah JE, Hoover RN, Sesterhenn IA, Hsing AW, Srivastava S, Cook MB. TMPRSS2:ERG Gene Fusions in Prostate Cancer of West African Men and a Meta-Analysis of Racial Differences. Am J Epidemiol 2017; 186:1352-1361. [PMID: 28633309 PMCID: PMC5860576 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The prevalence of fusions of the transmembrane protease, serine 2, gene (TMPRSS2) with the erythroblast transformation-specific-related gene (ERG), or TMPRSS2:ERG, in prostate cancer varies by race. However, such somatic aberration and its association with prognostic factors have neither been studied in a West African population nor been systematically reviewed in the context of racial differences. We used immunohistochemistry to assess oncoprotein encoded by the ERG gene as the established surrogate of ERG fusion genes among 262 prostate cancer biopsies from the Ghana Prostate Study (2004-2006). Poisson regression with robust variance estimation provided prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals of ERG expression in relation to patient characteristics. We found that 47 of 262 (18%) prostate cancers were ERG-positive, and being negative for ERG staining was associated with higher Gleason score. We further conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of TMPRSS2:ERG fusions in relation to race, Gleason score, and tumor stage, combining results from Ghana with 40 additional studies. Meta-analysis showed the prevalence of TMPRSS2:ERG fusions in prostate cancer to be highest in men of European descent (49%), followed by men of Asian (27%) and then African (25%) descent. The lower prevalence of TMPRSS2:ERG fusions in men of African descent implies that alternative genomic mechanisms might explain the disproportionately high prostate cancer burden in such populations.
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- Cindy Ke Zhou
- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Rockville, Maryland
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- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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- University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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- NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genitourinary Pathology, Joint Pathology Center, Department of Defense, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Stanford Prevention Research Center and Cancer Institute, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Rockville, Maryland
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- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Xie H, Xie B, Liu C, Wang J, Xu Y. Association of PTEN expression with biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer: results based on previous reports. Onco Targets Ther 2017; 10:5089-5097. [PMID: 29123407 PMCID: PMC5661465 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s132653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Purpose Among men, prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Phosphatase and tension homolog (PTEN) acts as a negative regulator of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PIK3)/Akt pathway and suppresses tumor progression. Meanwhile, PTEN is frequently deleted in PCa. Identifying the specific molecular markers of biochemical recurrence (BCR) in PCa patients is critical in clinical practice. Our systematic review summarizes the evidence about the PTEN expression and BCR rate in PCa patients. Methods To clarify the impact of PTEN expression on the PCa BCR rate, a systematic review and meta-analysis was performed by searching the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases, to identify the relevant literature. The analysis of pooled data was performed with Stata 12. The combined odds ratios (ORs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were evaluated by the fixed-effects or random-effects models. The combined sensitivity and publication bias were also estimated. Results In total, nine articles containing ten independent cohort studies, including 2,154 cases with positive expression of PTEN and 1,006 PTEN deletion cases, were deemed eligible for the meta-analysis. Overall, the positive expression of PTEN was associated with a significantly lower BCR rate (OR =0.521, 95% CI: 0.431–0.630). Subgroup analysis stratified by race revealed that in multiple races (OR =0.215, 95% CI: 0.072–0.648) and Caucasian (OR =0.469, 95% CI: 0.373–0.591) races, positive expression of PTEN showed a significant association with lower BCR rate. Subgroup analysis also showed the significant result in different sample sizes. Conclusion PTEN deletion has a relationship with a higher BCR rate in PCa compared with positive expression of PTEN.
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- Haijie Xie
- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Geybels MS, Fang M, Wright JL, Qu X, Bibikova M, Klotzle B, Fan JB, Feng Z, Ostrander EA, Nelson PS, Stanford JL. PTEN loss is associated with prostate cancer recurrence and alterations in tumor DNA methylation profiles. Oncotarget 2017; 8:84338-84348. [PMID: 29137428 PMCID: PMC5663600 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) with loss of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN has an unfavorable prognosis. DNA methylation profiles associated with PTEN loss may provide further insights into the mechanisms underlying these more aggressive, clinically relevant tumors. METHODS The cohort included patients with clinically localized PCa. Samples taken from the primary tumor were used to determine PTEN genomic deletions using FISH, and to analyze epigenome-wide DNA methylation profiles. Patients were followed for PCa recurrence on average for 8 years after diagnosis. RESULTS The study included 471 patients with data on PTEN loss, and the frequency of hemi- and homozygous PTEN loss was 10.0% and 4.5%, respectively. Loss of PTEN was associated with a significantly higher risk of recurrence (any vs. no PTEN loss; HR = 1.74; 95% CI: 1.03-2.93). Hazard ratios for hemi- and homozygous loss were 1.39 (95% CI: 0.73-2.64) and 2.84 (95% CI: 1.30-6.19), respectively. Epigenome-wide methylation profiling identified 4,208 differentially methylated CpGs (FDR Q-value < 0.01) in tumors with any versus no PTEN loss. There were no genome-wide significant differentially methylated CpGs in homo- versus hemizygous deleted tumors. Tumor methylation data were used to build a methylation signature of PTEN loss in our cohort, which was confirmed in TCGA, and included CpGs in ATP11A, GDNF, JAK1, JAM3, and VAPA. CONCLUSION Loss of PTEN was positively associated with PCa recurrence. Prostate tumors with PTEN loss harbor a distinct methylation signature, and these aberrantly methylated CpG sites may mediate tumor progression when PTEN is deleted.
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- Milan S. Geybels
- Department of Epidemiology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Cytogenetics, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
- Current address: AnchorDx Corp., Guangzhou 510300, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Sedarsky J, Degon M, Srivastava S, Dobi A. Ethnicity and ERG frequency in prostate cancer. Nat Rev Urol 2017; 15:125-131. [PMID: 28872154 DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2017.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Emerging observations emphasize a distinct biology of prostate cancer among men of different ethnicities and races, as demonstrated by remarkable differences in the frequency of ERG oncogenic activation, one of the most common and widely studied prostate cancer driver genes. Worldwide assessment of ERG alterations frequencies show consistent trends, with men of European ancestry having the highest rates of alteration and men of African or Asian ancestries having considerably lower alteration rates. However, data must be interpreted cautiously, owing to variations in assay platforms and specimen types, as well as ethnic and geographical classifications. Many opportunities and challenges remain in assessing cancer-associated molecular alterations at a global level, and these need to be addressed in order to realize the true potential of precision medicine for all cancer patients.
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- Jason Sedarsky
- Urology Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
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- Urology Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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Kim SH, Park WS, Park EY, Park B, Joo J, Joung JY, Seo HK, Lee KH, Chung J. The prognostic value of BAP1, PBRM1, pS6, PTEN, TGase2, PD-L1, CA9, PSMA, and Ki-67 tissue markers in localized renal cell carcinoma: A retrospective study of tissue microarrays using immunohistochemistry. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179610. [PMID: 28654655 PMCID: PMC5487017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the prognostic roles of BAP1, PBRM1, pS6, PTEN, TGase2, PD-L1, CA9, PSMA, and Ki-67 tissue biomarkers in localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC). METHODS Patients who underwent a nephrectomy during 1992-2015 and had a primary specimen of their kidney tumor were included. The nine tissue biomarkers were immunohistochemically stained on tissue microarrays of RCC, and the semi-quantitative H-score, including intensity score, was used to grade the sample. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to evaluate tissue markers significant for overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and recurrence-free survival (RFS) after adjusting for significant clinicopathological parameters. RESULTS Samples from 351 RCC patients were included. The mean age of the patients was 53.9 years; the rates of pathologic T1-2/≥T3 stage, Fuhrman 1+2/3+4 grade, recurrence, and death were 269/65(80.5/19.5%), 222/107 (67.5/32.5%), 6.6%, and 10.5%, respectively. Median OS, CSS, and RFS were 220.6, 220.6, and 147.1 months, respectively. The multivariable analysis showed that pathologic T stage and Fuhrman nuclear grade were significantly associated with OS and CSS. Pathologic T stage and tumor size were associated with RFS. After adjusting for these significant prognostic clinicopathological factors, Ki-67 was significantly associated with OS (hazard ratio [HR], 2.7), CSS (HR, 3.82), and RFS (HR, 4.85) and pS6 was associated with CSS (HR, 8.63) and RFS (HR, 8.51) in the multivariable model (p<0.05). CONCLUSION pS6 and Ki-67 are significant prognostic factors of RCC; however, BAP1, PBRM1, TGase 2, PD-L1, CA9, PTEN loss, and PSMA markers did not show this association.
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- Sung Han Kim
- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- Department of Pathology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biometrics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biometrics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biometrics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Hernández-Llodrà S, Juanpere N, de Muga S, Lorenzo M, Gil J, Font-Tello A, Agell L, Albero-González R, Segalés L, Merino J, Serrano L, Fumadó L, Cecchini L, Lloreta-Trull J. ERG overexpression plus SLC45A3 (prostein) and PTEN expression loss: Strong association of the triple hit phenotype with an aggressive pathway of prostate cancer progression. Oncotarget 2017; 8:74106-74118. [PMID: 29088771 PMCID: PMC5650326 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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TMPRSS2 and SLC45A3 rearrangements may coexist in the same tumor. ERG rearrangements and PTEN loss are concomitant events in prostate cancer (PrCa), and can cooperate in progression. We have reported that mRNA expression of TMPRSS2-ERG and SLC45A3-ERG rearrangements plus PTEN loss define an aggressive tumor subset. The aim of this study has been to validate these results by immunohistochemistry in a large cohort of tumors. ERG, SLC45A3 and PTEN immunostaining and their association with pathological features and PSA progression-free survival were analyzed in 220 PrCa (PSMAR-Biobank, Barcelona, Spain). ERG protein expression was found in 46.8% and SLC45A3 and PTEN loss in 30% and 34% tumors, respectively. Single ERG positive immunostaining was associated with GS = 6 tumors (p = 0.016), double ERG+/PTEN loss with GS = 7 (p = 0.008) and Grade Group 2 (GG) or GG3 cases (p = 0.042), ERG+/SLC45A3 loss/PTEN loss ("triple hit") with GS ≥ 8 (p < 0.0001) and GG4 or GG5 tumors (p = 0.0003). None of GS = 6 nor = GG1 cases showed this combination. In the GS ≥ 8 group, ERG+ (p = 0.002), PTEN loss (p = 0.009) and "triple hit" (p = 0.003) were associated with Gleason pattern 3 component, and single SLC45A3 loss (p = 0.036) with GS ≥ 8 without pattern 3. The number of aberrant events and the triple hit were strongly associated with shorter PSA progression-free survival. In GS = 6 PrCa, single ERG+ was also associated with progression. ERG+ identifies a distinct pathway of PrCa. Additional assessment of PTEN and SLC45A3 adds relevant prognostic information. The triple hit phenotype (ERG+/SLC45A3 loss/PTEN loss) is associated with progression and could be used for patient stratification, treatment and follow-up.
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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Chen Z, Gerke T, Bird V, Prosperi M. Trends in Gene Expression Profiling for Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment: A Systematic Review. Biomed Hub 2017; 2:1-15. [PMID: 31988908 PMCID: PMC6945900 DOI: 10.1159/000472146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study is to review biotechnology advances in gene expression profiling on prostate cancer (PCa), focusing on experimental platform development and gene discovery, in relation to different study designs and outcomes in order to understand how they can be exploited to improve PCa diagnosis and clinical management. METHODS We conducted a systematic literature review on gene expression profiling studies through PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science between 2000 and 2016. Tissue biopsy and clinical gene profiling studies with different outcomes (e.g., recurrence, survival) were included. RESULTS Over 3,000 papers were screened and 137 full-text articles were selected. In terms of technology used, microarray is still the most popular technique, increasing from 50 to 70% between 2010 and 2015, but there has been a rise in the number of studies using RNA sequencing (13% in 2015). Sample sizes have increased, as well as the number of genes that can be screened all at once, but we have also observed more focused targeting in more recent studies. Qualitative analysis on the specific genes found associated with PCa risk or clinical outcomes revealed a large variety of gene candidates, with a few consistent cross-studies. CONCLUSIONS The last 15 years of research in gene expression in PCa have brought a large volume of data and information that has been decoded only in part, but advancements in high-throughput sequencing technology are increasing the amount of data that can be generated. The variety of findings warrants the execution of both validation studies and meta-analyses. Genetic biomarkers have tremendous potential for early diagnosis of PCa and, if coupled with other diagnostics (e.g., imaging), can effectively be used to concretize less-invasive, personalized prediction of PCa risk and progression.
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- Zhaoyi Chen
- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Dvorak P, Pesta M, Soucek P. ABC gene expression profiles have clinical importance and possibly form a new hallmark of cancer. Tumour Biol 2017; 39:1010428317699800. [PMID: 28468577 DOI: 10.1177/1010428317699800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette proteins constitute a large family of active transporters through extracellular and intracellular membranes. Increased drug efflux based on adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette protein activity is related to the development of cancer cell chemoresistance. Several articles have focused on adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette gene expression profiles (signatures), based on the expression of all 49 human adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette genes, in individual tumor types and reported connections to established clinicopathological features. The aim of this study was to test our theory about the existence of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette gene expression profiles common to multiple types of tumors, which may modify tumor progression and provide clinically relevant information. Such general adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette profiles could constitute a new attribute of carcinogenesis. Our combined cohort consisted of tissues from 151 cancer patients-breast, colorectal, and pancreatic carcinomas. Standard protocols for RNA isolation and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction were followed. Gene expression data from individual tumor types as well as a merged tumor dataset were analyzed by bioinformatics tools. Several general adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette profiles, with differences in gene functions, were established and shown to have significant relations to clinicopathological features such as tumor size, histological grade, or clinical stage. Genes ABCC7, A3, A8, A12, and C8 prevailed among the most upregulated or downregulated ones. In conclusion, the results supported our theory about general adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette gene expression profiles and their importance for cancer on clinical as well as research levels. The presence of ABCC7 (official symbol CFTR) among the genes with key roles in the profiles supports the emerging evidence about its crucial role in various cancers. Graphical abstract.
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- Pavel Dvorak
- 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- 2 Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Cullen J, Young D, Chen Y, Degon M, Farrell J, Sedarsky J, Baptiste W, Rosen P, Tolstikov V, Kiebish M, Kagan J, Srivastava S, Kuo HC, Moncur JT, Rosner IL, Narain N, Akmaev V, Petrovics G, Dobi A, McLeod DG, Srivastava S, Sesterhenn IA. Predicting Prostate Cancer Progression as a Function of ETS-related Gene Status, Race, and Obesity in a Longitudinal Patient Cohort. Eur Urol Focus 2017; 4:818-824. [PMID: 28753864 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2017.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND ETS-related gene (ERG) oncogenic activation is the most common genomic alteration in prostate cancer (CaP) although it occurs less frequently in African American (AA) versus Caucasian (CA) patients, and the potential role of ERG as a prognostic marker has not been confirmed. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to confirm strong racial variation in the prevalence of ERG oncoprotein expression and to examine ERG oncoprotein expression, race, and body mass index as independent and joint predictors of CaP biochemical recurrence (BCR) following radical prostatectomy (RP). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective cohort study of CA and AA CaP patients enrolled at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, who donated clinically annotated, whole-mounted, prostatectomy specimens between 1994 and 2014 following RP, was conducted. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimation curves and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine time to BCR as a function of ERG status, patient race, and obesity. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Among 930 eligible patients (36.1% AA and 63.9% CA), with 155 (16.7%) BCR events and a median follow-up time of 5.1 yr, ERG oncoprotein expression was significantly less prevalent in index tumors of AA versus CA patients (23.2% vs 49.3%; p<0.0001). KM curves showed significantly poorer BCR-free survival for CA patients with ERG-negative index tumors but not for AA patients. Race-stratified multivariable analyses revealed a significant association between ERG-negative index tumors and poorer BCR-free survival among CA patients (hazards ratio=1.67, confidence interval=1.07, 2.61; p=0.024). Less heterogeneity in ERG expression among AA patients may reduce the ability to show its association with BCR. CONCLUSIONS Striking racial variation in ERG oncoprotein expression was confirmed. A novel observation was the importance of index tumor ERG-negative status in predicting CaP progression for CA patients. PATIENT SUMMARY ETS-related gene (ERG) typing of tumors may be useful in prognosticating prostate cancer aggressiveness.
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- Jennifer Cullen
- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Silva MP, Barros-Silva JD, Ersvær E, Kildal W, Hveem TS, Pradhan M, Vieira J, Teixeira MR, Danielsen HE. Cancer Prognosis Defined by the Combined Analysis of 8q, PTEN and ERG. Transl Oncol 2016; 9:575-582. [PMID: 27916292 PMCID: PMC5143339 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2016.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Overtreatment is a major concern in men diagnosed with prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the combined prognostic role of three frequent molecular alterations in prostate cancer, namely relative 8q gain, ERG overexpression, and loss of PTEN expression, in a series of 136 patients with prostate cancer treated with prostatectomy and with a long follow-up. Fluorescent in situ hybridization was used to detect the relative copy number of 8q and immunohistochemistry was used for quantitative assessment of ERG and PTEN expression. During a median follow-up period of 117.8 months, 66 (49%) patients had disease recurrence. Relative 8q gain, ERG overexpression, and loss of PTEN expression were observed in 18%, 56%, and 33% of the cases, respectively. No association with patient recurrence-free survival was found for relative 8q gain or ERG overexpression on their own, whereas loss of PTEN expression was associated with worse recurrence-free survival (P=.006). Interestingly, in the subgroup of patients with normal PTEN expression, we found that the combined relative 8q gain/ERG overexpression is associated with high risk of recurrence (P=.008), suggesting that alternative mechanisms exist for progression into clinically aggressive disease. Additionally, in intermediate-risk patients with normal PTEN expression in their tumors, the combination of 8q gain/ERG overexpression was associated with a poor recurrence-free survival (P<.001), thus indicating independent prognostic value. This study shows that the combined analysis of 8q, ERG and PTEN contributes to an improved clinical outcome stratification of prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy.
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- Maria P Silva
- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal; Cancer Genetics Group, IPO Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal; Cancer Genetics Group, IPO Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal; Cancer Genetics Group, IPO Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0310 Oslo, Norway; Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Although most prostate cancer (PCa) cases are not life-threatening, approximately 293 000 men worldwide die annually due to PCa. These lethal cases are thought to be caused by coordinated genomic alterations that accumulate over time. Recent genome-wide analyses of DNA from subjects with PCa have revealed most, if not all, genetic changes in both germline and PCa tumor genomes. In this article, I first review the major, somatically acquired genomic characteristics of various subtypes of PCa. I then recap key findings on the relationships between genomic alterations and clinical parameters, such as biochemical recurrence or clinical relapse, metastasis and cancer-specific mortality. Finally, I outline the need for, and challenges with, validation of recent findings in prospective studies for clinical utility. It is clearer now than ever before that the landscape of somatically acquired aberrations in PCa is highlighted by DNA copy number alterations (CNAs) and TMPRSS2-ERG fusion derived from complex rearrangements, numerous single nucleotide variations or mutations, tremendous heterogeneity, and continuously punctuated evolution. Genome-wide CNAs, PTEN loss, MYC gain in primary tumors, and TP53 loss/mutation and AR amplification/mutation in advanced metastatic PCa have consistently been associated with worse cancer prognosis. With this recently gained knowledge, it is now an opportune time to develop DNA-based tests that provide more accurate patient stratification for prediction of clinical outcome, which will ultimately lead to more personalized cancer care than is possible at present.
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- Wennuan Liu
- Program for Personalized Cancer Care, Research Institute, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA
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TMPRSS2:ERG fusion gene occurs less frequently in Chinese patients with prostate cancer. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:12397-12402. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-5116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Hernández S, Font-Tello A, Juanpere N, de Muga S, Lorenzo M, Salido M, Fumadó L, Serrano L, Cecchini L, Serrano S, Lloreta J. Concurrent TMPRSS2-ERG and SLC45A3-ERG rearrangements plus PTEN loss are not found in low grade prostate cancer and define an aggressive tumor subset. Prostate 2016; 76:854-65. [PMID: 26959281 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND SLC45A3 is the second most common ERG partner in prostate cancer (PrCa). Coexisting TMPRSS2 and SLC45A3 rearrangements are found in a subset of cases, but the meaning is still unknown. METHODS SLC45A3-ERG and TMPRSS2-ERG rearrangements and their association with ERG and PTEN expression and with clinical and pathological features have been analyzed in 80 PrCa (PSMAR-Biobank, Barcelona, Spain). ERG and PTEN mRNA were assessed by qRT-PCR; TMPRSS2-ERG and SLC45A3-ERG by RT-PCR, FISH, and direct sequencing; and ERG expression by IHC. The endpoints were Gleason score (GS), stage, and PSA progression-free survival. RESULTS Single TMPRSS2-ERG was found in 51.6% GS ≤ 7 and 22.2% GS ≥ 8 tumors (P = 0.027). SLC45A3-ERG was found in 25 cases, 20 of them with concurrent TMPRSS2-ERG rearrangement: 11.5% GS = 6, 22.2% GS = 7, and 50% GS ≥ 8 tumors (P = 0.013). Double rearrangements were associated with higher levels of ERG mRNA (P = 0.04). Double rearrangement plus PTEN loss was detected in 0% GS = 6; 14.7% GS = 7, and 29.4% GS ≥ 8 tumors (P = 0.032). Furthermore, this triple change was present in 19.2% stage T3-4 but not in any of stage T2 tumors (P = 0.05). No relationship was found with PSA progression-free survival. CONCLUSIONS Single TMPRSS2-ERG translocation is associated with low grade PrCa. Subsequent development of SLC45A3-ERG results in higher ERG expression. The combination of double rearrangement plus PTEN loss, according to our series, is never found in low grade, low stage tumors. These findings could be potentially useful in therapeutic decision making in PrCa. Tumors with combined TMPRSS2-ERG/SLC45A3-ERG fusions plus PTEN loss should be excluded from watchful waiting and are candidates for intensive therapy. Prostate 76:854-865, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Silvia Hernández
- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
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Pan X, Zhang X, Gong J, Tan J, Yin X, Tang Q, Shu K, Shen P, Zeng H, Chen N. The expression profile and prognostic value of SPINK1 in initially diagnosed bone metastatic prostate cancer. Prostate 2016; 76:823-33. [PMID: 27159572 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND SPINK1 has been described to be mutually exclusively expressed in prostate cancer (PCa), but its expression profiles and the probable roles in bone metastatic PCa have not been thoroughly explored. METHODS Total of 155 biopsy specimens from initially diagnosed bone metastatic PCa were obtained between 2009.1 and 2012.12. SPINK1 and ERG were detected by using immunohistochemical staining. Factors included age, ECOG score, clinical T stage, Gleason scores (GS), expression of SPINK1 and ERG, baseline PSA, baseline ALP, baseline HGB and PSA normalization, and the association of SPINK1 and ERG with clinical outcomes (CRPC-free survival and overall survival) were analyzed. RESULTS Totally, SPINK1 and ERG were mutually independently expressed in the primary tissues of those patients, and their positivity were only 13.5% (21/155) and 10.9% (17/155), respectively. Positive expression of SPINK1 was completely detected in cases with primary Gleason score 4 or 5; on the contrary, the frequency of ERG was much lower. Correlative analysis only found that SPINK1 was linked with PSA response to androgen deprivation therapy (χ(2) = 11.101, P = 0.001). Survival analysis showed that, ERG was not associated with clinical outcomes in all cases, especially in cases with higher GS (8-10) (n = 90); but SPINK1 was an independent prognostic factor which was associated with adverse CFS of patients with GS 8-10 (CFS: HR = 5.141, 95%CI: 1.108-25.552, P = 0.017). CONCLUSIONS It is the first time to simultaneously detect SPINK1 and ERG expression in initially diagnosed bone metastatic PCa. The over-expression of SPINK1 was not only related to poor PSA response, but also significantly associated with the occurrence of CRPC, especially in those with much more aggressive phenotype (GS 8-10). So, SPINK1 could be considered as a useful prognostic predictor for bone metastatic PCa at the time of diagnosis, and further prospective studies are needed to verify the conclusions. Prostate 76:823-833, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Xiuyi Pan
- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Kim SH, Park WS, Kim SH, Park B, Joo J, Lee GK, Joung JY, Seo HK, Chung J, Lee KH. Prostate Stem Cell Antigen Expression in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens Predicts Early Biochemical Recurrence in Patients with High Risk Prostate Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151646. [PMID: 26982980 PMCID: PMC4794240 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We aimed to identify tissue biomarkers that predict early biochemical recurrence (BCR) in patients with high-risk prostate cancer (PC), toward the goal of increasing the benefits of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (NHT). In 2005–2012, prostatectomy specimens were collected from 134 PC patients who had received NHT and radical prostatectomy. The expression of 13 tissue biomarkers was assessed in the specimens via immunohistochemistry. Time to BCR and factors predictive of BCR were determined by using the Cox proportional hazards model. During the follow-up period (median, 57.5 months), 67 (50.0%) patients experienced BCR. Four (3.0%) patients were tumor-free in the final pathology assessment, and 101 (75.4%) had negative resection margins. Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) was the only significant prognostic tissue biomarker of BCR [hazard ratio (HR), 2.58; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06–6.27; p = 0.037] in a multivariable analysis adjusted by the clinicopathological variables that also significantly predicted BCR; these were seminal vesicle invasion (HR, 2.39; 95% CI, 1.32–4.34), initial prostate serum antigen level (HR 1.01; 95% CI, 1.001–1.020), prostate size (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.90–0.97), and the Gleason score of preoperative biopsies (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.01–1.79). We suggest that PSCA is a useful tissue marker for predicting BCR in patients with high risk PC receiving NHT and radical prostatectomy.
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- Sung Han Kim
- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- Department of Pathology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biometric Research Branch, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Biometric Research Branch, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Kim SH, Park WS, Yun SI, Joo J, Joung JY, Seo HK, Chung J, Lee GK, Lee KH. Overexpression of BRCA1 or BRCA2 in prostatectomy specimens is predictive of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Histopathology 2015; 68:673-9. [DOI: 10.1111/his.12809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Sung Han Kim
- Department of Urology; Center for Prostate Cancer; Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyang South Korea
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- Department of Pathology; Clinical Research Coordination Center; Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyangsi South Korea
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- Biometric Research Branch; Clinical Research Coordination Center; Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyangsi South Korea
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- Biometric Research Branch; Clinical Research Coordination Center; Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyangsi South Korea
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- Department of Urology; Center for Prostate Cancer; Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyang South Korea
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- Department of Urology; Center for Prostate Cancer; Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyang South Korea
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- Department of Urology; Center for Prostate Cancer; Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyang South Korea
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- Department of Pathology; Clinical Research Coordination Center; Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyangsi South Korea
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- Department of Urology; Center for Prostate Cancer; Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center; Goyang South Korea
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