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Macke AJ, Pachikov AN, Divita TE, Morris ME, LaGrange CA, Holzapfel MS, Kubyshkin AV, Zyablitskaya EY, Makalish TP, Eremenko SN, Qiu H, Riethoven JJM, Hemstreet GP, Petrosyan AA. Targeting the ATF6-Mediated ER Stress Response and Autophagy Blocks Integrin-Driven Prostate Cancer Progression. Mol Cancer Res 2023; 21:958-974. [PMID: 37314749 PMCID: PMC10527559 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-23-0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Prostate cancer progression to the lethal metastatic castration-resistant phenotype (mCRPC) is driven by αv integrins and is associated with Golgi disorganization and activation of the ATF6 branch of unfolded protein response (UPR). Overexpression of integrins requires N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-V (MGAT5)-mediated glycosylation and subsequent cluster formation with Galectin-3 (Gal-3). However, the mechanism underlying this altered glycosylation is missing. For the first time, using HALO analysis of IHC, we found a strong association of integrin αv and Gal-3 at the plasma membrane (PM) in primary prostate cancer and mCRPC samples. We discovered that MGAT5 activation is caused by Golgi fragmentation and mislocalization of its competitor, N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-III, MGAT3, from Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). This was validated in an ethanol-induced model of ER stress, where alcohol treatment in androgen-refractory PC-3 and DU145 cells or alcohol consumption in patient with prostate cancer samples aggravates Golgi scattering, activates MGAT5, and enhances integrin expression at PM. This explains known link between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer mortality. ATF6 depletion significantly blocks UPR and reduces the number of Golgi fragments in both PC-3 and DU145 cells. Inhibition of autophagy by hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) restores compact Golgi, rescues MGAT3 intra-Golgi localization, blocks glycan modification via MGAT5, and abrogates delivery of Gal-3 to the cell surface. Importantly, the loss of Gal-3 leads to reduced integrins at PM and their accelerated internalization. ATF6 depletion and HCQ treatment synergistically decrease integrin αv and Gal-3 expression and temper orthotopic tumor growth and metastasis. IMPLICATIONS Combined ablation of ATF6 and autophagy can serve as new mCRPC therapeutic.
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- Amanda J. Macke
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
- The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
- The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
- The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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- Department of Pathological Physiology, Medical Academy named after S. I. Georgievsky, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia, 295051
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Academy named after S. I. Georgievsky, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia, 295051
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Academy named after S. I. Georgievsky, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia, 295051
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- Saint Luc’s Clinique, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia, 295051
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA, 68588
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA, 68588
- Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA, 68588
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
- Omaha Western Iowa Health Care System Urology, VA Service, Department of Research Service, Omaha, NE, USA, 68105
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
- The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 68198
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Yu P, Duan Z, Liu S, Pachon I, Ma J, Hemstreet GP, Zhang Y. Drug-Induced Nephrotoxicity Assessment in 3D Cellular Models. Micromachines (Basel) 2021; 13:mi13010003. [PMID: 35056167 PMCID: PMC8780064 DOI: 10.3390/mi13010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The kidneys are often involved in adverse effects and toxicity caused by exposure to foreign compounds, chemicals, and drugs. Early predictions of these influences are essential to facilitate new, safe drugs to enter the market. However, in current drug treatments, drug-induced nephrotoxicity accounts for 1/4 of reported serious adverse reactions, and 1/3 of them are attributable to antibiotics. Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is driven by multiple mechanisms, including altered glomerular hemodynamics, renal tubular cytotoxicity, inflammation, crystal nephropathy, and thrombotic microangiopathy. Although the functional proteins expressed by renal tubules that mediate drug sensitivity are well known, current in vitro 2D cell models do not faithfully replicate the morphology and intact renal tubule function, and therefore, they do not replicate in vivo nephrotoxicity. The kidney is delicate and complex, consisting of a filter unit and a tubular part, which together contain more than 20 different cell types. The tubular epithelium is highly polarized, and maintaining cellular polarity is essential for the optimal function and response to environmental signals. Cell polarity depends on the communication between cells, including paracrine and autocrine signals, as well as biomechanical and chemotaxis processes. These processes affect kidney cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation. For drug disposal research, the microenvironment is essential for predicting toxic reactions. This article reviews the mechanism of drug-induced kidney injury, the types of nephrotoxicity models (in vivo and in vitro models), and the research progress related to drug-induced nephrotoxicity in three-dimensional (3D) cellular culture models.
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- Pengfei Yu
- Difficult & Complicated Liver Diseases and Artificial Liver Center, Fourth Department of Liver Disease, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (P.Y.); (Z.D.); (S.L.)
- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Liver Failure and Artificial Liver Treatment Research, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Difficult & Complicated Liver Diseases and Artificial Liver Center, Fourth Department of Liver Disease, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (P.Y.); (Z.D.); (S.L.)
- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Liver Failure and Artificial Liver Treatment Research, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Difficult & Complicated Liver Diseases and Artificial Liver Center, Fourth Department of Liver Disease, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (P.Y.); (Z.D.); (S.L.)
- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Liver Failure and Artificial Liver Treatment Research, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-336-713-1189
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Zhou CK, Stanczyk FZ, Hafi M, Veneroso CC, Lynch B, Falk RT, Niwa S, Emanuel E, Gao YT, Hemstreet GP, Zolfghari L, Carroll PR, Manyak MJ, Sesterhenn IA, Levine PH, Hsing AW, Cook MB. Circulating and intraprostatic sex steroid hormonal profiles in relation to male pattern baldness and chest hair density among men diagnosed with localized prostate cancers. Prostate 2017; 77:1573-1582. [PMID: 28971497 PMCID: PMC5683095 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prospective cohort studies of circulating sex steroid hormones and prostate cancer risk have not provided a consistent association, despite evidence from animal and clinical studies. However, studies using male pattern baldness as a proxy of early-life or cumulative androgen exposure have reported significant associations with aggressive and fatal prostate cancer risk. Given that androgens underlie the development of patterned hair loss and chest hair, we assessed whether these two dermatological characteristics were associated with circulating and intraprostatic concentrations of sex steroid hormones among men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer. METHODS We included 248 prostate cancer patients from the NCI Prostate Tissue Study, who answered surveys and provided a pre-treatment blood sample as well as fresh frozen adjacent normal prostate tissue. Male pattern baldness and chest hair density were assessed by trained nurses before surgery. General linear models estimated geometric means and 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) of each hormone variable by dermatological phenotype with adjustment for potential confounding variables. Subgroup analyses were performed by Gleason score (<7 vs ≥7) and race (European American vs. African American). RESULTS We found strong positive associations of balding status with serum testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), estradiol, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and a weak association with elevated intraprostatic testosterone. Conversely, neither circulating nor intraprostatic sex hormones were statistically significantly associated with chest hair density. Age-adjusted correlation between binary balding status and three-level chest hair density was weak (r = 0.05). There was little evidence to suggest that Gleason score or race modified these associations. CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that balding status assessed at a mean age of 60 years may serve as a clinical marker for circulating sex hormone concentrations. The weak-to-null associations between balding status and intraprostatic sex hormones reaffirm differences in organ-specific sex hormone metabolism, implying that other sex steroid hormone-related factors (eg, androgen receptor) play important roles in organ-specific androgenic actions, and that other overlapping pathways may be involved in associations between the two complex conditions.
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- Cindy Ke Zhou
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, MD, USA
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- Reproductive Endocrine Research Laboratory, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute/Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- George Washington University, Washington D.D., USA
- GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Omaha, NE, USA
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- Stanford Prevention Research Center/Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, and Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, CA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, MD, USA
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Cook MB, Stanczyk FZ, Wood SN, Pfeiffer RM, Hafi M, Veneroso CC, Lynch B, Falk RT, Zhou CK, Niwa S, Emanuel E, Gao YT, Hemstreet GP, Zolfghari L, Carroll PR, Manyak MJ, Sesterhann IA, Levine PH, Hsing AW. Relationships between Circulating and Intraprostatic Sex Steroid Hormone Concentrations. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017; 26:1660-1666. [PMID: 28830872 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Sex hormones have been implicated in prostate carcinogenesis, yet epidemiologic studies have not provided substantiating evidence. We tested the hypothesis that circulating concentrations of sex steroid hormones reflect intraprostatic concentrations using serum and adjacent microscopically verified benign prostate tissue from prostate cancer cases.Methods: Incident localized prostate cancer cases scheduled for surgery were invited to participate. Consented participants completed surveys, and provided resected tissues and blood. Histologic assessment of the ends of fresh frozen tissue confirmed adjacent microscopically verified benign pathology. Sex steroid hormones in sera and tissues were extracted, chromatographically separated, and then quantitated by radioimmunoassays. Linear regression was used to account for variations in intraprostatic hormone concentrations by age, body mass index, race, and study site, and subsequently to assess relationships with serum hormone concentrations. Gleason score (from adjacent tumor tissue), race, and age were assessed as potential effect modifiers.Results: Circulating sex steroid hormone concentrations had low-to-moderate correlations with, and explained small proportions of variations in, intraprostatic sex steroid hormone concentrations. Androstane-3α,17β-diol glucuronide (3α-diol G) explained the highest variance of tissue concentrations of 3α-diol G (linear regression r2 = 0.21), followed by serum testosterone and tissue dihydrotestosterone (r2 = 0.10), and then serum estrone and tissue estrone (r2 = 0.09). There was no effect modification by Gleason score, race, or age.Conclusions: Circulating concentrations of sex steroid hormones are poor surrogate measures of the intraprostatic hormonal milieu.Impact: The high exposure misclassification provided by circulating sex steroid hormone concentrations for intraprostatic levels may partly explain the lack of any consistent association of circulating hormones with prostate cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(11); 1660-6. ©2017 AACR.
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- Michael B Cook
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Carroll PR, Parsons JK, Andriole G, Bahnson RR, Barocas DA, Castle EP, Catalona WJ, Dahl DM, Davis JW, Epstein JI, Etzioni RB, Farrington T, Hemstreet GP, Kawachi MH, Lange PH, Loughlin KR, Lowrance W, Maroni P, Mohler J, Morgan TM, Nadler RB, Poch M, Scales C, Shaneyfelt TM, Smaldone MC, Sonn G, Sprenke P, Vickers AJ, Wake R, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass D. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines Prostate Cancer Early Detection, Version 2.2015. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016; 13:1534-61. [PMID: 26656522 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2015.0181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Prostate cancer represents a spectrum of disease that ranges from nonaggressive, slow-growing disease that may not require treatment to aggressive, fast-growing disease that does. The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Early Detection provide a set of sequential recommendations detailing a screening and evaluation strategy for maximizing the detection of prostate cancer that is potentially curable and that, if left undetected, represents a risk to the patient. The guidelines were developed for healthy men who have elected to participate in the early detection of prostate cancer, and they focus on minimizing unnecessary procedures and limiting the detection of indolent disease.
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Carroll PR, Parsons JK, Andriole G, Bahnson RR, Castle EP, Catalona WJ, Dahl DM, Davis JW, Epstein JI, Etzioni RB, Farrington T, Hemstreet GP, Kawachi MH, Kim S, Lange PH, Loughlin KR, Lowrance W, Maroni P, Mohler J, Morgan TM, Moses KA, Nadler RB, Poch M, Scales C, Shaneyfelt TM, Smaldone MC, Sonn G, Sprenkle P, Vickers AJ, Wake R, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass DA. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer Early Detection, Version 2.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016; 14:509-19. [PMID: 27160230 PMCID: PMC10184498 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2016.0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Prostate Cancer Early Detection provide recommendations for prostate cancer screening in healthy men who have elected to participate in an early detection program. The NCCN Guidelines focus on minimizing unnecessary procedures and limiting the detection of indolent disease. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the NCCN Prostate Cancer Early Detection Panel's most significant discussions for the 2016 guideline update, which included issues surrounding screening in high-risk populations (ie, African Americans, BRCA1/2 mutation carriers), approaches to refine patient selection for initial and repeat biopsies, and approaches to improve biopsy specificity.
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- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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- University of Washington Medical Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Carroll PR, Parsons JK, Andriole G, Bahnson RR, Barocas DA, Catalona WJ, Dahl DM, Davis JW, Epstein JI, Etzioni RB, Giri VN, Hemstreet GP, Kawachi MH, Lange PH, Loughlin KR, Lowrance W, Maroni P, Mohler J, Morgan TM, Nadler RB, Poch M, Scales C, Shanefelt TM, Vickers AJ, Wake R, Shead DA, Ho M. Prostate cancer early detection, version 1.2014. Featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2015; 12:1211-9; quiz 1219. [PMID: 25190691 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Early Detection provide recommendations for men choosing to participate in an early detection program for prostate cancer. These NCCN Guidelines Insights highlight notable recent updates. Overall, the 2014 update represents a more streamlined and concise set of recommendations. The panel stratified the age ranges at which initiating testing for prostate cancer should be considered. Indications for biopsy include both a cutpoint and the use of multiple risk variables in combination. In addition to other biomarkers of specificity, the Prostate Health Index has been included to aid biopsy decisions in certain men, given recent FDA approvals.
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- Peter R Carroll
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
| | - Jonathan I Epstein
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
| | - Ruth B Etzioni
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
| | - Veda N Giri
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
| | - Mark H Kawachi
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
| | - Kevin R Loughlin
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
| | - Dorothy A Shead
- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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- From UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah; University of Colorado Cancer Center; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Moffitt Cancer Center; Duke Cancer Institute; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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Schmitz-Dräger BJ, Droller M, Lokeshwar VB, Lotan Y, Hudson MA, van Rhijn BW, Marberger MJ, Fradet Y, Hemstreet GP, Malmstrom PU, Ogawa O, Karakiewicz PI, Shariat SF. Molecular markers for bladder cancer screening, early diagnosis, and surveillance: the WHO/ICUD consensus. Urol Int 2014; 94:1-24. [PMID: 25501325 DOI: 10.1159/000369357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Due to the lack of disease-specific symptoms, diagnosis and follow-up of bladder cancer has remained a challenge to the urologic community. Cystoscopy, commonly accepted as a gold standard for the detection of bladder cancer, is invasive and relatively expensive, while urine cytology is of limited value specifically in low-grade disease. Over the last decades, numerous molecular assays for the diagnosis of urothelial cancer have been developed and investigated with regard to their clinical use. However, although all of these assays have been shown to have superior sensitivity as compared to urine cytology, none of them has been included in clinical guidelines. The key reason for this situation is that none of the assays has been included into clinical decision-making so far. We reviewed the current status and performance of modern molecular urine tests following systematic analysis of the value and limitations of commercially available assays. Despite considerable advances in recent years, the authors feel that at this stage the added value of molecular markers for the diagnosis of urothelial tumors has not yet been identified. Current data suggest that some of these markers may have the potential to play a role in screening and surveillance of bladder cancer. Well-designed protocols and prospective, controlled trials will be needed to provide the basis to determine whether integration of molecular markers into clinical decision-making will be of value in the future.
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Tandra P, Wang J, Loberiza FR, Hemstreet GP, Krishnamurthy J, Bhatt VR. Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (SRCC): University of Nebraska Medical Center experience. J Clin Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.31.6_suppl.472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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472 Background: Sarcomatoid differentiation is not a distinct histological entity and it can present in any of the subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Although many studies were published in the literature about its aggressive clinical course, limited clinical data was available about its management and especially about the role of newer targeted therapies. At our institution, we looked at the prognostic factors in SRCC and the role of systemic therapy in its management. Methods: During the years of 1997 to 2012, we studied the records of over 400 patients diagnosed with RCC. Out of them, 43 were identified as having SRCC. Cox proportional hazards risk analysis was used to analyze the factors associated with the risk of mortality. Survival probability was estimated using Kaplan Meier method. Results: Median age at diagnosis was 58. Median tumor size was 9.75 cm. High Furhmans grades (III & IV) were seen in 67.44%. 68.29% patients presented with stage IV disease. 74.42 % patients had upfront nephrectomy. Of the systemic therapies given, 20.9% received cytokines, 16.2% received chemotherapy and 34.8% received target therapy. Probability of survival at 1 year was 50% (95% CI 33-65) and at 5 years was 24% (95% CI 10-41). Median time to progression was 13 months (95% CI 7 -23). Factors associated with risk of mortality were mainly the stage at diagnosis [HR 2.174, p = 0.0123, CI (1.184-3.992)], Nephrectomy [HR0.243, p = 0.0012, CI (0.104- 0.571)] and the use of target therapy [HR 0.313, p = 0.0070, CI (0.134-0.728)]. Conclusions: Our study confirmed that the SRCC is more aggressive than conventional RCC in its presentation and in its median time to progression. It responds poorly and unpredictably to systemic therapies. In our study, upfront nephrectomy and target therapy appeared to be independent predictors of survival. SRCC needs to be considered as a different disease entity and new treatment options need to be explored for this unfortunate subset of patients with kidney cancer.
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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Waliszewski P, Waliszewska MK, Hemstreet GP, Hurst RE. Expression of sex steroid receptor genes and comodulation with retinoid signaling in normal human uroepithelial cells and bladder cancer cell lines. Urol Oncol 2012; 3:141-7. [PMID: 21227137 DOI: 10.1016/s1078-1439(98)00011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The expression of sex steroid receptor genes in human uroepithelial cells (UEC) and their role in bladder carcinogenesis is unknown. Expression of androgen receptor (hAR), estrogen receptor (hER), and vitamin d3 receptor (hVDR3) genes in normal human stromal cells (SC) and UEC, six bladder cancer cell lines, and two SV-40-immortalized cell lines (SVC) was determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Functionality was assessed indirectly by relative RT-PCR, which identified comodulation of mRNA expression between retinoic acid and sex steroid receptor genes. UEC and SC expressed hAR and hER mRNA constitutively at low levels, but only positive controls expressed hVDR3. Every cancer cell line and the SVC showed aberrant expression. Treatment of cells with all-trans-retinoic acid up-regulated hAR and hER expression, whereas treatment with sex steroids up-regulated retinoic acid receptor expression. Cell proliferation was not affected by sex steroids or by their inhibitors. Sex steroid signaling pathways are functional in UEC and appear to be altered during bladder tumorigenesis. The sex steroid receptors may play a role in normal differentiation.
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- P Waliszewski
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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Berglund RK, Tangen CM, Powell IJ, Lowe BA, Haas GP, Carroll PR, Canby-Hagino ED, deVere White R, Hemstreet GP, Crawford ED, Thompson IM, Klein EA. Ten-year follow-up of neoadjuvant therapy with goserelin acetate and flutamide before radical prostatectomy for clinical T3 and T4 prostate cancer: update on Southwest Oncology Group Study 9109. Urology 2012; 79:633-7. [PMID: 22386416 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Revised: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To update the results with 10-year data of a phase II prospective trial of neoadjuvant hormonal therapy with goserelin acetate and flutamide followed by radical prostatectomy for locally advanced prostate cancer (SWOG 9109). The optimal management for clinical stage T3 and T4 N0,M0 prostate cancer is uncertain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-two patients with clinical stage T3 and T4 N0,M0 prostate cancer were enrolled. Cases were classified by stage T3 vs T4 and by volume of disease (bulky >4 cm and nonbulky ≤ 4 cm). RESULTS Fifty-five of 61 eligible patients completed the trial with radical prostatectomy after neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The median preoperative prostate-specific antigen value was 19.8 ng/mL, and 67% of patients had a Gleason score of ≥ 7. Among 41 patients last known to be alive, median follow-up is 10.6 years (range 5.1-12.6). In all, 38 patients have had disease progression (30/55, 55%) or died without progression (8/55, 15%) for a 10-year progression-free survival (PFS) estimate of 40% (95% CI 27-53). Median PFS was 7.5 years, and median survival has not been reached. The 10-year overall survival (OS) estimate is 68% (95% CI 56-80). CONCLUSIONS In this small, prospective phase II study, neoadjuvant hormonal therapy with goserelin acetate and flutamide followed by radical prostatectomy achieves long-term PFS and OS comparable with alternative treatments. This approach is feasible and may be an alternative to a strategy of combined radiation and ADT.
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- Ryan K Berglund
- Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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Villanueva C, Hemstreet GP. The approach to the difficult urethral catheterization among urology residents in the United States. Int Braz J Urol 2011; 36:710-5; discussion 715-7. [PMID: 21176277 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382010000600009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of different approaches to the difficult urethral catheterization (DUC) among urology residents (UR) in the United States (US). MATERIALS AND METHODS An email invitation to participate in an online survey regarding DUC was sent to 267 UR and to 22 urology program coordinators for them to forward to their residents. 142 UR completed the survey. RESULTS After the initial unsuccessful attempt by a nurse, 92% of UR attempted a catheter prior to resorting to other modalities. The most common choice of the first catheter was a Coude (76%) size 18F (51%). For situations where multiple sizes and types of catheters (12-20F) were used without success, 3 scenarios were proposed: 1) Catheter passed the bulbomembranous urethra (BMU) and patient had previous history of transurethral resection of the prostate or radical retropubic prostatectomy, 2) Catheter passed the BMU and no urologic history, 3) Catheter did not pass the BMU and no urologic history. Flexible cystoscopy was used in 74%, 62% and 63%; blind passage of a glidewire was second with 15%, 23% and 20%; and blind use of filiforms and followers was chosen in 7%, 9% and 9% of the scenarios respectively. CONCLUSIONS The most common approach to the DUC among UR in the US involves using an 18F Coude catheter first. After trying one or more urethral catheters, UR most commonly resort to flexible cystoscopy as opposed to the blind placement of glide wires or filiforms/followers.
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- Carlos Villanueva
- Section of Urology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68114, USA.
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Park ES, Boedeker BH, Hemstreet JL, Hemstreet GP. The initiation of a preoperative and postoperative telemedicine urology clinic. Stud Health Technol Inform 2011; 163:425-427. [PMID: 21335833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This work describes the establishment of a Telemedicine Urology Clinic at the VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska to serve an underserved veteran population in rural Nebraska. Results from patient satisfaction surveys show that both the patient and the healthcare provider benefit from the telemedicine encounter for both the preoperative and the postoperative setting.
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- Eugene S Park
- Department of Urology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2360, USA.
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Wang J, Wang FW, Lagrange CA, Hemstreet GP. Clinical features and outcomes of 25 patients with primary adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the prostate. Rare Tumors 2010; 2:e47. [PMID: 21139962 PMCID: PMC2994527 DOI: 10.4081/rt.2010.e47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to examine the epidemiology, natural history, treatment and long-term survival of patients with adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the prostate. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program database was used to identify ASCC of prostate cases between January 1973 and December 2006. Survival probabilities were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier methods and compared using the log-rank test. A total of 25 patients with adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the prostate were identified during the study period. The median age was 74 years (range 53–98). Twenty percent of study subjects presented with metastatic disease. Among those patients with known grade (n=16), 75% had poorly or undifferentiated histology. A total of 40% of study subjects received radical prostatectomy, while 24% of the patients had primary radiation therapy. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year cancer specific survival rates for the entire cohort were 55.2%, 37.8%, and 30.3%, respectively. For patients who underwent prostatectomy, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 78%, 78%, and 63%, respectively. For the patients who did not receive prostatectomy, the 1-year survival rates were 38.7% and none survived to three years. Adenosquamous cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive subtype of prostate cancer with poor cancer specific survival. The development of new therapeutic approaches for this aggressive tumor is urgently needed.
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- Jue Wang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Oncology-Hematology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Kawachi MH, Bahnson RR, Barry M, Busby JE, Carroll PR, Carter HB, Catalona WJ, Cookson MS, Epstein JI, Etzioni RB, Giri VN, Hemstreet GP, Howe RJ, Lange PH, Lilja H, Loughlin KR, Mohler J, Moul J, Nadler RB, Patterson SG, Presti JC, Stroup AM, Wake R, Wei JT. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: prostate cancer early detection. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2010; 8:240-62. [PMID: 20141680 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Huang D, Casale GP, Tian J, Lele SM, Pisarev VM, Simpson MA, Hemstreet GP. Udp-glucose dehydrogenase as a novel field-specific candidate biomarker of prostate cancer. Int J Cancer 2010; 126:315-27. [PMID: 19676054 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) catalyzes the oxidation of UDP-glucose to yield UDP-glucuronic acid, a precursor for synthesis of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans that promote aggressive prostate cancer (PC) progression. The purpose of our study was to determine if the UGDH expression in normal appearing acini (NAA) from cancerous glands is a candidate biomarker for PC field disease/effect assayed by quantitative fluorescence imaging analysis (QFIA). A polyclonal antibody to UGDH was titrated to saturation binding and fluorescent microscopic images acquired from fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue slices were quantitatively analyzed. Specificity of the assay was confirmed by Western blot analysis and competitive inhibition of tissue labeling with the recombinant UGDH. Reproducibility of the UGDH measurements was high within and across analytical runs. Quantification of UGDH by QFIA and Reverse-Phase Protein Array analysis were strongly correlated (r = 0.97), validating the QFIA measurements. Analysis of cancerous acini (CA) and NAA from PC patients vs. normal acini (NA) from noncancerous controls (32 matched pairs) revealed significant (p < 0.01) differences, with CA (increased) vs. NA, NAA (decreased) vs. NA and CA (increased) vs. NAA. Areas under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curves were 0.68 (95% CI: 0.59-0.83) for NAA and 0.71 (95% CI: 0.59-0.83) for CA (both vs. NA). These results support the UGDH content in prostatic acini as a novel candidate biomarker that may complement the development of a multi-biomarker panel for detecting PC within the tumor adjacent field on a histologically normal biopsy specimen.
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- Dali Huang
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
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Richardson T, McCanse W, Casale GP, Huang D, Tian J, Elkahwaji JE, Lele S, Hemstreet GP. Tissue-based Quantification of 8-Hydroxy-2′-Deoxyguanosine in Human Prostate Biopsies Using Quantitative Fluorescence Imaging Analysis. Urology 2009; 74:1174-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Villanueva C, Hemstreet GP. Difficult male urethral catheterization: a review of different approaches. Int Braz J Urol 2009; 34:401-11; discussion 412. [PMID: 18778491 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382008000400002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To review and compare the different methods for difficult male urethral catheterization described in selected literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS A PubMed search was done with the terms "difficult", "failed", or "complications" and "urethral catheterization", "transurethral catheterization", "Foley catheter", "urethral catheter" or "filiforms and followers". All articles addressing the issue of difficult adult male urethral catheterization were included. RESULTS Six main approaches were identified on the 14 articles included for review: 1) Passage of either a Glidewire, guide wire or filiform under direct vision; 2) Blind passage of a filiform, guide wire, Glidewire or hydrophilic catheter; 3) "The Peel-away sheath placed on a cystoscope/resectoscope technique"; 4) "The rigid ureteroscope placed inside the 22F Foley technique"; 5) Suprapubic catheterization; and 6) "The instillation of 60 cc of saline through the catheter as it is advanced technique". CONCLUSION There is a paucity of prospective data comparing the benefits, risks, success rates and complications of the different approaches for difficult Foley catheter placement. Our suggested approach starts with the initial attempt at urethral catheterization with an 18F coude and a 12F silicone catheter. If these fail, using a flexible cystoscope or the blind Glidewire technique are reasonable alternatives. If dilatation of a stricture is necessary, ureteric dilatators or a urethral balloon dilatator are recommended.
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- Carlos Villanueva
- Section of Urology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68114, USA.
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Pisarev VM, Pickering L, Vahanian N, Rossi G, Ramsey J, Hauke R, Tennant L, Enke C, Hemstreet GP, Link CJ. VACCINATION OF PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED ALLOGENEIC TUMOR CELL VACCINE INDUCES IgG RESPONSES TOWARD MULTIPLE PEPTIDE EPITOPES PREDICTED FROM COMMON PROSTATE TUMOR- ASSOCIATED AUTOANTIGENS. J Urol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(08)60662-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sabichi AL, Lerner SP, Atkinson EN, Grossman HB, Caraway NP, Dinney CP, Penson DF, Matin S, Kamat A, Pisters LL, Lin DW, Katz RL, Brenner DE, Hemstreet GP, Wargo M, Bleyer A, Sanders WH, Clifford JL, Parnes HL, Lippman SM. Phase III prevention trial of fenretinide in patients with resected non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:224-9. [PMID: 18172274 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-0733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of fenretinide in preventing tumor recurrence in patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We conducted a multicenter phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of fenretinide (200 mg/day orally for 12 months) in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder TCC (stages Ta, Tis, or T1) after transurethral resection with or without adjuvant intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). Patients received cystoscopic evaluation and bladder cytology every 3 months during the 1-year on study drug and a final evaluation at 15 months. The primary endpoint was time to recurrence. RESULTS A total of 149 patients were enrolled; 137 were evaluable for recurrence. The risk of recurrence was considered to be "low" in 72% (no prior BCG) and intermediate or high in 32% (prior BCG) of the evaluable patients. Of the lower-risk group, 68% had solitary tumors and 32% had multifocal, low-grade papillary (Ta, grade 1 or grade 2) tumors. The 1-year recurrence rates by Kaplan-Meier estimate were 32.3% (placebo) versus 31.5% (fenretinide; P = 0.88 log-rank test). Fenretinide was well tolerated and had no unexpected toxic effects; only elevated serum triglyceride levels were significantly more frequent on fenretinide (versus placebo). The Data Safety and Monitoring Board recommended study closure at 149 patients (before reaching the accrual goal of 160 patients) because an interim review of the data showed a low likelihood of detecting a difference between the two arms, even if the original accrual goal was met. CONCLUSIONS Although well tolerated, fenretinide did not reduce the time-to-recurrence in patients with Ta, T1, or Tis TCC of the bladder.
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- Anita L Sabichi
- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230-1439, USA.
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Carreón T, Kadlubar FF, Ruder AM, Schulte PA, Hayes RB, Waters M, Grant DJ, Boissy R, Bell DA, Hemstreet GP, Yin S, Lemasters GK, Rothman N. Reply to the letter to the Editor: “N-Acetyltransferases and the susceptibility to benzidine-induced bladder carcinogenesis”. Int J Cancer 2007; 121:1637-9; author reply 1640-1. [PMID: 17583575 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kawachi MH, Bahnson RR, Barry M, Carroll PR, Carter HB, Catalona WJ, Epstein JI, Etzioni RB, Hemstreet GP, Howe RJ, Kopin JD, Lange PH, Lilja H, Mohler J, Moul J, Nadler RB, Patterson S, Pollack A, Presti JC, Stroup AM, Urban DA, Wake R, Wei JT. Prostate cancer early detection. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2007; 5:714-36. [PMID: 17692177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Huang D, Casale GP, Tian J, Wehbi NK, Abrahams NA, Kaleem Z, Smith LM, Johansson SL, Elkahwaji JE, Hemstreet GP. Quantitative fluorescence imaging analysis for cancer biomarker discovery: application to beta-catenin in archived prostate specimens. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:1371-81. [PMID: 17623804 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-06-0718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The surprising disparity between the number of protein-encoding genes ( approximately 30,000) in the human genome and the number of proteins ( approximately 300,000) in the human proteome has inspired the development of translational proteomics aimed at protein expression profiling of disease states. Translational proteomics, which offers the promise of early disease detection and individualized therapy, requires new methods for the analysis of clinical specimens. We have developed quantitative fluorescence imaging analysis (QFIA) for accurate, reproducible quantification of proteins in slide-mounted tissues. The method has been validated for the analysis of beta-catenin in archived prostate specimens fixed in formalin. QFIA takes advantage of the linearity of fluorescence antibody signaling for tissue epitope content, a feature validated for beta-catenin in methacarn-fixed prostate specimens analyzed by reverse-phase protein array analysis and QFIA (r = 0.97). QFIA of beta-catenin in formaldehyde-fixed tissues correlated directly with beta-catenin content (r = 0.86). Application of QFIA in a cross-sectional study of biopsies from 42 prostate cancer (PC) cases and 42 matched controls identified beta-catenin as a potential field marker for PC. Receiver operating characteristic plots revealed that beta-catenin expression in the normal-appearing acini of cancerous glands identified 42% (95% confidence intervals, 26-57%) of cancer cases, with 88% (95% confidence intervals, 80-96%) specificity. The marker may contribute to a PC biomarker panel. In conclusion, we report the development and validation of a new method for fluorescence quantification of proteins in archived tissues and its application to archived specimens for an evaluation of beta-catenin expression as a biomarker for PC.
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- Dali Huang
- Department of Surgery, Urologic Surgery Section, 982360 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2360, USA
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- Section of Urologic Surgery, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Lewis TE, Milam TD, Klingler DW, Rao PS, Jaggi M, Smith DJ, Hemstreet GP, Balaji KC. Tissue transglutaminase interacts with protein kinase A anchor protein 13 in prostate cancer. Urol Oncol 2006; 23:407-12. [PMID: 16301118 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2004] [Revised: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We have previously described that tissue transglutaminase (tTG) is a high level phenotypic biomarker in prostate cancer, which is down regulated in prostate cancer and surrounding premalignant field compared to benign prostate glands. To understand the function of tTG in prostate cancer, we sought to identify proteins that interact with the transglutaminase moiety of tTG using a human prostate cancer complementary deoxyribonucleic acid library in a Yeast 2-Hybrid system. The Yeast 2-Hybrid experiments identified a strong and novel interaction between the transglutaminase moiety and protein kinase A anchor protein 13 (AKAP13), which was quantified by beta-galactosidase assay, confirmed in vitro by immunoprecipitation experiments using PC3 prostate cancer cell lysates, and in vivo colocalization was confirmed by immunofluorescence studies in PC3 cells. Because AKAP plays a major role in protein kinase A and Rho protein mediated signaling, functional studies are underway to elucidate the significance of tTG-AKAP13 interaction in prostate cancer.
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- Tamra E Lewis
- Division of Urological Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2360, USA
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Lokeshwar VB, Habuchi T, Grossman HB, Murphy WM, Hautmann SH, Hemstreet GP, Bono AV, Getzenberg RH, Goebell P, Schmitz-Dräger BJ, Schalken JA, Fradet Y, Marberger M, Messing E, Droller MJ. Bladder tumor markers beyond cytology: International Consensus Panel on bladder tumor markers. Urology 2006; 66:35-63. [PMID: 16399415 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.08.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2005] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This is the first of 2 articles that summarize the findings of the International Consensus Panel on cytology and bladder tumor markers. The objectives of our panel were to reach a consensus on the areas where markers are needed, to define the attributes of an ideal tumor marker, and to identify which marker(s) would be suitable for diagnosis and/or surveillance of bladder cancer. Our panel consisted of urologists and researchers from Europe, Asia, and the United States who reviewed original articles, reviews, and book chapters on individual bladder tumor markers published in the English language mainly using the PubMed search engine. Panel members also met during 3 international meetings to write recommendations regarding bladder tumor markers. The panel found that the most practical use of noninvasive tests is to monitor bladder cancer recurrence, thereby reducing the number of surveillance cystoscopies performed each year. Markers also may be useful in the screening of high-risk individuals for early detection of bladder cancer. However, more prospective studies are needed to strengthen this argument. Case-control and cohort studies show that several markers have a higher sensitivity to detect bladder cancer. However, cytology is the superior marker in terms of specificity, although some markers in limited numbers of studies have shown specificity equivalent to that of cytology. Our panel believes that several bladder tumor markers are more accurate in detecting bladder cancer than prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is in detecting prostate cancer. However, bladder tumor markers are held to a higher standard than PSA. Therefore, use of bladder tumor markers in the management of patients with bladder cancer will require the willingness of both urologists and clinicians to accept them.
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Carreón T, Ruder AM, Schulte PA, Hayes RB, Rothman N, Waters M, Grant DJ, Boissy R, Bell DA, Kadlubar FF, Hemstreet GP, Yin S, LeMasters GK. NAT2 slow acetylation and bladder cancer in workers exposed to benzidine. Int J Cancer 2005; 118:161-8. [PMID: 16003747 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This study expands a previous study of NAT2 polymorphisms and bladder cancer in male subjects occupationally exposed only to benzidine. The combined analysis of 68 cases and 107 controls from a cohort of production workers in China exposed to benzidine included 30 new cases and 67 controls not previously studied. NAT2 enzymatic activity phenotype was characterized by measuring urinary caffeine metabolite ratios. PCR-based methods identified genotypes for NAT2, NAT1 and GSTM1. NAT2 phenotype and genotype data were consistent. A protective association was observed for the slow NAT2 genotype (bladder cancer OR = 0.3; 95% CI = 0.1 = 1.0) after adjustment for cumulative benzidine exposure and lifetime smoking. Individuals carrying NAT1wt/*10 and NAT1*10/*10 showed higher relative risks of bladder cancer (OR = 2.8, 95% CI = 0.8-10.1 and OR = 2.2, 95% CI = 0.6-8.3, respectively). No association was found between GSTM1 null and bladder cancer. A metaanalysis risk estimate of case-control studies of NAT2 acetylation and bladder cancer in Asian populations without occupational arylamine exposures showed an increased risk for slow acetylators. The lower limit of the confidence interval (OR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.0-2.0) approximated the upper confidence interval for the estimate obtained in our analysis. These results support the earlier finding of a protective association between slow acetylation and bladder cancer in benzidine-exposed workers, in contrast to its established link as a risk factor for bladder cancer in people exposed to 2-naphthylamine and 4-aminobiphenyl. Study findings suggest the existence of key differences in the metabolism of mono- and diarylamines.
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- Tania Carreón
- Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA.
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Habuchi T, Marberger M, Droller MJ, Hemstreet GP, Grossman HB, Schalken JA, Schmitz-Dräger BJ, Murphy WM, Bono AV, Goebell P, Getzenberg RH, Hautmann SH, Messing E, Fradet Y, Lokeshwar VB. Prognostic markers for bladder cancer: International Consensus Panel on bladder tumor markers. Urology 2005; 66:64-74. [PMID: 16399416 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.08.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The International Consensus Panel on cytology and bladder tumor markers evaluated markers that have the ability to predict tumor recurrence, progression, development of metastases, or response to therapy or patient survival. This article summarizes those findings. The panel mainly reviewed articles listed in PubMed on various prognostic indicators for bladder cancer. Based on these studies, most of which were case-control retrospective studies, various prognostic indicators were classified into 6 groups: (1) microsatellite-associated markers, (2) proto-oncogenes/oncogenes, (3) tumor suppressor genes, (4) cell cycle regulators, (5) angiogenesis-related factors, and (6) extracellular matrix adhesion molecules. The panel concluded that although certain markers, such as Ki-67 and p53, appear to be promising in predicting recurrence and progression of bladder cancer, the data are still heterogeneous. The panel recommends that identifying definitive criteria for test positivity, a clearly defined patient population, standardization of techniques used to evaluate markers, and clearly specified endpoints and statistical methods will help to bring accurate independent prognostic indicators into the clinical management of patients with bladder cancer.
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Klingler DW, Hemstreet GP, Balaji KC. Feasibility of robotic radical nephrectomy—initial results of single-institution pilot study. Urology 2005; 65:1086-9. [PMID: 15913733 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2004] [Revised: 11/04/2004] [Accepted: 12/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To report our initial experience and the utility of the da Vinci surgical robotic system (DSRS) for performing robotic radical nephrectomy (RRN). The DSRS has been increasingly evaluated to determine its feasibility for assisting surgeons in major urologic procedures. METHODS The perioperative outcomes of the first five RRNs performed at our institution were analyzed to establish the safety and utility of the DSRS in performing RRN. RESULTS Five male patients with a median age of 72 years (range 45 to 78) underwent RRN. The median body mass index, operative time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative decrease in hemoglobin, postoperative rise in serum creatinine, postoperative morphine use, hospital stay, kidney size, and tumor size was 28 (range 20.9 to 32.9), 321 minutes (range 246 to 437), 150 mL (range 25 to 1500), 1.4 g/dL (range 0.2 to 3.5), 0.6 mg/dL (range 0.5 to 0.7), 28 mg (range 10 to 212), 3 days (range 1 to 5), 430 cm3 (range 158 to 1387), and 66 cm3 (range 29 to 120), respectively. One RRN was converted to hand-assisted laparoscopy because of bleeding from the left renal vein. No perioperative morbidities or mortalities occurred. The final pathologic examination revealed conventional clear cell carcinoma in 4 patients (1 with pT1a, 2 with pT1b, and 1 with T3a) and a benign cyst in 1 patient. CONCLUSIONS The results of our study have confirmed that RRN is a feasible and viable alternative for performing radical nephrectomy. A larger randomized study incorporating cost and outcome comparisons with laparoscopic and open radical nephrectomy is needed before wider application of RRN.
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- Douglas W Klingler
- Division of Urological Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-2360, USA
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Jaggi M, Rao PS, Smith DJ, Wheelock MJ, Johnson KR, Hemstreet GP, Balaji K. E-Cadherin Phosphorylation by Protein Kinase D1/Protein Kinase Cμ is Associated with Altered Cellular Aggregation and Motility in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.483.65.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The cadherin family of transmembrane glycoproteins plays a critical role in cell-to-cell adhesion and cadherin dysregulation is strongly associated with cancer metastasis and progression. In this study, we report a novel interaction between protein kinase D1 [PKD1; formerly known as protein kinase C μ (PKCμ)] and E-cadherin. PKD1 is a serine/threonine-specific kinase known to play a role in multiple cellular processes including apoptosis, cytoskeleton remodeling, and invasion. Our study shows that PKD1 colocalizes with E-cadherin at cell junctions in LNCaP prostate cancer cells and coimmunoprecipitates with E-cadherin from lysates of LNCaP cells. In vitro kinase assays have shown that PKD1 phosphorylates E-cadherin. Inhibition of PKD1 activity by the selective inhibitor Gö6976 in LNCaP cells resulted in decreased cellular aggregation and overexpression of PKD1 in C4-2 prostate cancer cells increased cellular aggregation and decreased cellular motility. We also validated the PKD1 and E-cadherin colocalization in human prostate cancer tissue by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Our study has identified E-cadherin as a novel substrate of PKD1, and phosphorylation of E-cadherin by PKD1 is associated with increased cellular aggregation and decreased cellular motility in prostate cancer. Because both E-cadherin and PKD1 are known to be dysregulated in prostate cancer, our study identified an important protein-protein interaction influencing the signal transduction system associated with cell adhesion in prostate cancer.
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- Meena Jaggi
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Jaggi M, Rao PS, Smith DJ, Wheelock MJ, Johnson KR, Hemstreet GP, Balaji KC. E-cadherin phosphorylation by protein kinase D1/protein kinase C{mu} is associated with altered cellular aggregation and motility in prostate cancer. Cancer Res 2005; 65:483-92. [PMID: 15695390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The cadherin family of transmembrane glycoproteins plays a critical role in cell-to-cell adhesion and cadherin dysregulation is strongly associated with cancer metastasis and progression. In this study, we report a novel interaction between protein kinase D1 [PKD1; formerly known as protein kinase C mu (PKCmu)] and E-cadherin. PKD1 is a serine/threonine-specific kinase known to play a role in multiple cellular processes including apoptosis, cytoskeleton remodeling, and invasion. Our study shows that PKD1 colocalizes with E-cadherin at cell junctions in LNCaP prostate cancer cells and coimmunoprecipitates with E-cadherin from lysates of LNCaP cells. In vitro kinase assays have shown that PKD1 phosphorylates E-cadherin. Inhibition of PKD1 activity by the selective inhibitor Gö6976 in LNCaP cells resulted in decreased cellular aggregation and overexpression of PKD1 in C4-2 prostate cancer cells increased cellular aggregation and decreased cellular motility. We also validated the PKD1 and E-cadherin colocalization in human prostate cancer tissue by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Our study has identified E-cadherin as a novel substrate of PKD1, and phosphorylation of E-cadherin by PKD1 is associated with increased cellular aggregation and decreased cellular motility in prostate cancer. Because both E-cadherin and PKD1 are known to be dysregulated in prostate cancer, our study identified an important protein-protein interaction influencing the signal transduction system associated with cell adhesion in prostate cancer.
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- Meena Jaggi
- Urological Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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Hemstreet GP, Wang W. Genotypic and phenotypic biomarker profiles for individual risk assessment and cancer detection (lessons from bladder cancer risk assessment in symptomatic patients and workers exposed to benzidine). FRONT BIOSCI-LANDMRK 2004; 9:2671-9. [PMID: 15358590 DOI: 10.2741/1426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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There is a need for improved methods for detecting individuals at risk for cancer to target subsets of patients for more intensive individual screening and targeted cancer therapy and chemoprevention. One approach for accomplishing this objective is to detect premalignant molecular fingerprints in an organ at risk for cancer or to define biomarkers reflective of treatment selection and response. Bladder cancer is an excellent model for testing this approach; however, comprehending the strategy for biomarker selection and analysis is more complicated than is generally appreciated. The objective of this article is to provide a succinct overview of our experience with the selection of biomarkers for bladder cancer detection, first in symptomatic patients and then in high-risk cohorts of workers at risk for bladder cancer. Biomarker selection depends on multiple parameters, each of which must be optimized to enhance the utility of a biomarker for clinical application. Many markers that initially show promise fail in the clinical arena for a variety of reasons. Important parameters include when a biomarker is expressed in carcinogenesis (i.e., early vs. late), the sample type, and the method of analysis. These all contribute to the sensitivity, specificity, and ultimate clinical utility of a biomarker. New technologies/ support the notion that all diseases start in the cell, and Seymore West indicated the cell, under appropriate conditions, can function as a microcuvette for biophysical cytochemical analysis. Spectroscopy provides an accurate and sensitive method for quantitative single-cell proteomics. Improved and more stable fluorescence probes will enhance the utility of cellular chemistry, as will a rationale approach for biomarker selection based on the concepts of field cancerization, complemented by improved quantitative analysis of protein markers at the single-cell level. Our laboratory has developed a platform for single-cell proteomic analysis that can be applied to multiple basic science and clinical problems. Single-cell proteomics also facilitates the study of genetic instability and epigenetic signaling (stromal-epithelial interactions) in relation to cancer therapy and diagnosis. Because most cancers arise through multiple signaling pathways and are heterogeneous, the identification of appropriate biomarker profiles provides a number of strategic advantages over a single biomarker. Complex networks of signaling pathways lead to increased cell proliferation, decreased cell adhesion, cellular differentiation, genetic instability, and other functions associated with the malignant phenotype. The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate the fundamental concepts for selection and profile analysis of high-level phenotypic biomarkers developed for bladder cancer risk assessment, screening, and early bladder cancer detection.
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- George P Hemstreet
- Department of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2360, USA.
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Balaji KC, Yohannes P, McBride CL, Oleynikov D, Hemstreet GP. Feasibility of robot-assisted totally intracorporeal laparoscopic ileal conduit urinary diversion: initial results of a single institutional pilot study. Urology 2004; 63:51-5. [PMID: 14751347 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To explore the use of the da Vinci Surgical Robotic System (DSRS) to assist in the completion of totally intracorporeal laparoscopic ileal conduit urinary diversion (TLIC). METHODS Two patients with radiation cystitis underwent TLIC procedures and another patient with bladder cancer underwent TLIC along with laparoscopic radical cystoprostatectomy at our institution. The ileal conduit urinary diversion was done totally intracorporeally using conventional laparoscopic techniques, and the DSRS was used to assist in the Bricker-type ureteroileal anastomosis. RESULTS The 3 patients in the study included 2 men and 1 woman (mean age 73 years, range 64 to 84). The TLIC was completed intracorporeally in all 3 patients without the need for open conversion. The operative time, estimated blood loss, intraoperative decrease in hemoglobin, and time to hospital discharge for the 2 patients undergoing TLIC and the patient undergoing TLIC along with radical cystoprostatectomy was 628, 616, and 828 minutes, 50, 200, and 500 mL, 1.7, 2.8, and 5.3 g, and 5, 7, and 10 days, respectively. The median follow-up was 4.5 months (range 3.5 to 5.5). Postoperative satisfactory drainage of both kidneys was confirmed in all 3 patients at 8 weeks or later by intravenous urography or renal nuclear imaging. The serum creatinine remained stable in all 3 patients after surgery at hospital discharge. The only complication noted was postoperative ileus in the patient undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy that resolved with conservative management. CONCLUSIONS TLIC is technically feasible and safe and can be done intracorporeally without complications. The DSRS can be successfully used to assist in the completion of TLIC. However, that each case lasted for more than 600 minutes highlights the need for further refinement in the technique. The practical application of TLIC requires improved long-term outcomes compared with open surgery, as well as a reduction in the operative time to justify the costs of robotic surgery.
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- K C Balaji
- Division of Urologic, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-2360, USA
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Prostate cancer (PC) patients die from progression to androgen independence (AI) and chemoresistance (CR). Protein kinase Cmu (PKCmu) a novel member of the PKC family of signal transduction proteins is downregulated in AI PC. Studying PKCmu interactors in the yeast two-hybrid system identified metallothionein 2A (MT 2A) as an interactor of PKCmu kinase domain (KD) in PC, which was quantified by beta-gal assay, confirmed in PC cells by immunoprecipitation, and PKCmu-MT 2A co-localization in vivo by immunofluorescence studies. PKCmu domain interaction studies revealed that MT 2A interacted strongly with KD, relatively weakly with C1, and failed to interact with C2, PH or kinase mutant domains. Peptide library and in silico analysis strongly suggest that MT 2A is a novel substrate of PKCmu and our data indicate that the PKCmu-MT 2A interaction depends on PKCmu kinase activity. Because metallothioneins are associated with cell proliferation and CR, the PKCmu-MT 2A interaction may contribute to CR and/or AI in PC.
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- Prema S Rao
- Division of Urological Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2360, USA
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Progression to androgen independence (AI) is the main cause of death in prostate cancer. Our prior differential gene expression studies by microarray analysis in progressive prostate cancer cell line model identified dysregulation of protein kinase C mu (PKCmu) expression in prostate cancer. In this study, quantitative ribonuclease protection assay and immunoblot analysis demonstrate down regulation of PKCmu at transcription and translational level, respectively, in AI C4-2 cells compared to its parental androgen dependent (AD) LNCaP prostate cancer cells. Significantly lower PKCmu kinase activity was confirmed in C4-2 cells by in vitro kinase assay. Immunohistochemical studies of prostate cancer tissue from patient progressing to AI prostate cancer demonstrated that PKCmu expression is decreased in 100% of AI human prostate cancers. The consistent down regulation of PKCmu in cell line models and human prostate cancer tissues suggests a possible functionally significant role for PKCmu in progression to AI in prostate cancer.
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- Meena Jaggi
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982360 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2360, USA
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Hurst RE, Kyker KD, Bonner RB, Bowditch RD, Hemstreet GP. Matrix-dependent plasticity of the malignant phenotype of bladder cancer cells. Anticancer Res 2003; 23:3119-28. [PMID: 12926044 PMCID: PMC2561328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cancer- and normal basement membrane-derived extracellular matrix to modulate the phenotype of bladder cancer cell lines. Five lines, varying in malignancy from papilloma to highly undifferentiated and invasive and immortalized human urothelial cells, were grown on two extracellular matrix preparations, Matrigel and SISgel. Matrigel represents matrix remodeled by malignancy while SISgel, obtained from small intestine submucosa (SIS), represents the normal matrix supporting differentiated cell growth. On Matrigel, regardless of the content of growth factors, the invasive lines displayed an invasive phenotype, while the low grade lines grew as papillary structures. In contrast, when the same cells were grown on SISgel, they grew as a layer of cells one to 5 cells thick, failed to invade, and expressed cell-surface E-cadherin. Unlike breast cancer cells, neutralization of beta 1, beta 4 and alpha 6 integrins altered cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesiveness but did not alter the phenotype. When invasive cells were grown on mixtures of SISgel and Matrigel, the phenotype changed gradually, not abruptly, indicating that factors within the gel reversibly alter the phenotypic expression of invasion. In summary, the phenotype of bladder cancer cells growing in tissue-like 3-dimensional culture is highly plastic, and malignant properties such as invasion and papillary growth can be suppressed by the matrix.
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- Robert E Hurst
- Departments of Urology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physiology (REH), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 140 BMSB, 940 S.L. Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Wehbi NK, Dugger AL, Bonner RB, Pitha JV, Hurst RE, Hemstreet GP. Pan-cadherin as a high level phenotypic biomarker for prostate cancer. J Urol 2002; 167:2215-21. [PMID: 11956481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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PURPOSE High level phenotypic biomarkers such as cadherins are needed to identify individuals at risk for biologically active prostate cancer and determine which individuals with elevated prostate specific antigen or a prostate nodule are candidates for re-biopsy. Cadherins are a high level phenotypic biomarker associated with decreased cell adhesion, which is a cardinal event in carcinogenesis. Recently we reported that G-actin and tissue transglutaminase type II are potential biomarkers for prostate cancer. In this study we present cadherins as a potential third component of the biomarker profile. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prostate tissues from 38 patients with cancer and 33 controls with a 10-year prostate cancer-free followup were labeled for pan-cadherin by immunohistochemical testing. Immunoreactivity was quantified using a Pathology Workstation (Autocyte Inc., Elon College, North Carolina). RESULTS Visually benign glands from controls generally expressed cadherins, whereas regions of adenocarcinoma were generally negative. On quantitative immunohistochemistry 36 of 38 prostate cancer cases expressed a lower mean percent area positive for cadherin than the 19 benign prostatic hyperplasia and 14 prostatitis cases (odds ratio 978, 95% confidence interval 45 to 21,140, relative risk 18, 95% confidence interval 5 to 67, p <0.0001). Receiver operating characteristics analysis of immunohistochemical testing data showed that an optimal threshold of 7 produced 95% sensitivity and 100% specificity. CONCLUSIONS Quantitative down-regulation of cadherin expression in prostate cancer tissue sections is a strong biomarker for prostate cancer. Analysis of cadherin and other high level phenotypic biomarker expression in the premalignant field may provide additional diagnostic information to decide which patients need re-biopsy, more intensive monitoring or chemoprevention.
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- Nizar K Wehbi
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Nizar K. Wehbi
- From the Departments of Urology, Pathology, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Departments of Pathology and Laboratory of Medical Service and Social Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- From the Departments of Urology, Pathology, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Departments of Pathology and Laboratory of Medical Service and Social Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- From the Departments of Urology, Pathology, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Departments of Pathology and Laboratory of Medical Service and Social Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- From the Departments of Urology, Pathology, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Departments of Pathology and Laboratory of Medical Service and Social Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- From the Departments of Urology, Pathology, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Departments of Pathology and Laboratory of Medical Service and Social Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- From the Departments of Urology, Pathology, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Departments of Pathology and Laboratory of Medical Service and Social Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Rao J, Seligson D, Hemstreet GP. Protein expression analysis using quantitative fluorescence image analysis on tissue microarray slides. Biotechniques 2002; 32:924-6, 928-30, 932. [PMID: 11962614 DOI: 10.2144/02324pt04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We have developed a tissue microarray (TMA)-based quantitative fluorescence image analysis (QFIA) method in which protein markers on TMA sections were labeled by immunofluorescence using tyramide signal amplification and a quantitative fluorescence detection system. Using this method, BRCA1 protein expression patterns were studied in the TMA sections of cell lines with known levels of BRCA1 expression and in a small group of human tissue samples obtained from sporadic epithelial ovarian cancers, their corresponding adjacent dysplastic fields, and distant non-tumor areas. We detected distinctive BRCA1 expression patterns in high-grade and low-grade sporadic epithelial ovarian cancers and their associated adjacent dysplastic fields. However, such patterns of expression could not be adequately detected by traditional immunohistochemical staining methods. TMA-QFIA provides a sensitive, automated, and quantitative measurement of protein expression on archived tissue and cell samples and will be a useful tool for protein-level molecular profiling analyses.
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- JianYu Rao
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Hemstreet GP, Rao J, Hurst RE, Bonner RB, Waliszewski P, Grossman HB, Liebert M, Bane BL. G-actin as a risk factor and modulatable endpoint for cancer chemoprevention trials. J Cell Biochem Suppl 2001; 25:197-204. [PMID: 9027619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Because tumorigenesis is an ongoing process, biomarkers can be used to identify individuals at risk for bladder cancer, and treatment of those at risk to prevent or slow further progression could be an effective means of cancer control given accurate individual risk assessment. Tumorigenesis proceeds through a series of defined phenotypic changes, including those in genetically altered cells destined to become cancer as well as in surrounding normal cells responding to the altered cytokine environment. A panel of biomarkers for the changes can provide a useful system for individual risk assessment in cancer patients and in individuals exposed to carcinogens. The use of such markers can increase the specificity of chemoprevention trials by targeting therapy to patients likely to respond, and thereby markedly reduce the costs of the trials. Previous studies in our laboratories showed the cytoskeletal proteins G- and F-actin reflect differentiation-related changes in cells undergoing tumorigenesis and in adjacent "field" cells, and a pattern of low F-actin and high G-actin is indicative of increased risk. Actin changes may be a common feature in genetic and epigenetic carcinogenic mechanisms. In a group of over 1600 workers exposed to benzidine, G-actin correlated with exposure, establishing it as an early marker of effect. In another study, a profile of biomarkers was monitored in patients who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and received Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) and/or DMSO. The primary objective was to determine how the defined biomarkers expressed in the tumor and the field correlate with clinical response and recurrence. DMSO, known to modulate G-actin in vitro, was used as an agent. Results strongly support the hypothesis that cytosolic G-actin levels measured by quantitative fluorescence image analysis (QFIA) can be an important intermediate endpoint marker for chemoprevention and that the p300 (M344) and DNA ploidy markers identify a high-risk group that requires more aggressive therapy and recurrence monitoring. Further research with other markers has shown that DD23 and nuclear actin, both of which identify late, specific changes, may increase the battery of useful markers. Taken together these studies show how biomarkers are employed to study individuals at risk, aid in the selection of chemopreventive compounds and assist in the understanding of the pathogenesis of malignancy.
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- G P Hemstreet
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Hemstreet GP, Rao J, Hurst RE, Bonner RB, Mellott JE, Rooker GM. Biomarkers in monitoring for efficacy of immunotherapy and chemoprevention of bladder cancer with dimethylsulfoxide. Cancer Detect Prev 2001; 23:163-71. [PMID: 10101598 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1500.1999.09917.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study correlated biomarkers expressed in tumor and epithelial field with clinical response and recurrence. Of 25 bladder cancer patients, 11 received 6 weeks of intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and 14 were treated weekly with intravesical dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) for 4 weeks to further modulate biomarker expression. G-actin, DNA aneuploidy, and p300 tumor antigen were evaluated by quantitative fluorescence image analysis on uroepithelial cells from bladder wash samples prior to and immediately following treatment. Excluding patients who did not respond to BCG (and who had persistently abnormal p300 and DNA markers), recurrence correlated with persistent abnormal G-actin findings. Of patients who were G-actin negative following therapy, only 25% recurred during follow-up in contrast to 67% in patients who were positive (p < 0.03 by Fisher's exact test). The odds ratio for recurrence was 6.00 (95% confidence interval: 1.3-28.6). Cytosolic G-actin levels can be an important intermediate end point marker for chemoprevention.
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- G P Hemstreet
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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Hemstreet GP, Yin S, Ma Z, Bonner RB, Bi W, Rao JY, Zang M, Zheng Q, Bane B, Asal N, Li G, Feng P, Hurst RE, Wang W. Biomarker risk assessment and bladder cancer detection in a cohort exposed to benzidine. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93:427-36. [PMID: 11259468 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/93.6.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer screening with highly sensitive, specific biomarkers that reflect molecular phenotypic alterations is an attractive strategy for cancer control. We examined whether biomarker profiles could be used for risk assessment and cancer detection in a cohort of Chinese workers occupationally exposed to benzidine and at risk for bladder cancer. METHODS The cohort consisted of 1788 exposed and 373 nonexposed workers, followed from 1991 through 1997. We assayed urothelial cells from voided urine samples for DNA ploidy (expressed as the 5C-exceeding rate [DNA 5CER]), the bladder tumor-associated antigen p300, and a cytoskeletal protein (G-actin). Workers were stratified into different risk groups (high, moderate, and low risk) at each examination based on a predefined biomarker profile. For workers who developed bladder cancer, tumor risk assessment was analyzed from samples collected 6-12 months before the cancer diagnosis. The associations between risk group and subsequent development of bladder cancer were analyzed by Cox proportional hazards regression analysis and logistic analysis, after adjustment. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS Twenty-eight bladder cancers were diagnosed in exposed workers and two in nonexposed workers. For risk assessment, DNA 5CER had 87.5% sensitivity, 86.5% specificity, an odds ratio (OR) of 46.2 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 8.1 to 867.0), and a risk ratio (RR) of 16.2 (95% CI = 7.1 to 37.0); p300 had 50.0% sensitivity, 97.9% specificity, an OR of 40.0 (95% CI = 9.0 to 177.8), and an RR of 37.9 (95% CI = 16.8 to 85.3). The risk of developing bladder cancer was 19.6 (95% CI = 8.0 to 47.9) times higher in workers positive for either the DNA 5CER or p300 biomarkers than in workers negative for both biomarkers and 81.4 (95% CI = 33.3 to 199.3) times higher in workers positive for both biomarkers. G-actin was a poor marker of individual risk. CONCLUSIONS Occupationally exposed workers at risk for bladder cancer can be individually stratified, screened, monitored, and diagnosed based on predefined molecular biomarker profiles.
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- G P Hemstreet
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104, USA.
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Hemstreet GP, Bonner RB, Hurst RE, Bell D, Bane BL. Abnormal G-actin content in single prostate cells as a biomarker of prostate cancer. Cancer Detect Prev 2001; 24:464-72. [PMID: 11129989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The distribution of altered G-actin was investigated in prostatic cells obtained by fine needle aspiration (FNA) from 27 excised prostate glands obtained during radical prostatectomy. FNA, which was used to obtain single cells for image analysis, sampled in the region of any nodules and in grossly normal areas of the contralateral lobes. Quantitative fluorescence-image analysis was used to assay the amount of G-actin in individual cells. Abnormal G-actin, a precursor cytoskeletal protein representing cytoskeletal rearrangements accompanying cellular transformation, was associated with the presence of adenocarcinoma in 22 of 27 specimens from the dominant nodule, but only 3 of 20 in the grossly normal specimens (P<.0001). The mean G-actin content of all samples from the dominant nodule was 113.2+/-6.87 and 69.57+/-4.47 from the grossly normal area, the difference being significant at P<.0001. Altered G-actin was not associated with Gleason score (P = .95), grade (P = .26), stage (P = .058), or tumor volume (P = .32), thereby indicating it is a general marker for prostate adenocarcinoma.
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- G P Hemstreet
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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BACKGROUND Additional molecular tissue biomarkers for prostate carcinoma are needed to stratify patients with clinically suspicious findings, such as an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) with a negative biopsy, according to risk. METHODS Prostate tissues from 43 cancer cases and 47 controls with no evidence of cancer were labeled for transglutaminase by immunohistochemistry. Immunoreactivity was quantified using the Autocyte Pathology Workstation. In addition, quantitative fluorescence image analysis was used to compare transglutaminase concentrations in cells obtained by fine-needle aspiration from excised prostates. Loss of gene expression was evaluated by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and growth with 5-azacytidine. RESULTS Visually, benign glands from controls generally expressed tissue transglutaminase, whereas regions with adenocarcinoma generally were negative. With quantitative immunohistochemistry, 41 of 43 adenocarcinoma of the prostate (CaP) cases expressed lower mean percentage areas positive for transglutaminase than did 30 of 30 benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and 17 of 17 prostatitis cases (P < 0.0001; odds ratio [OR], 1577; 95% confidence interval (CI), 74-33, 820; relative risk [RR], 25; 95% CI, 6-95). Quantitative immunofluorescence of 3277 cells collected by FNA from 19 CaP cases and 645 cells from 5 cases of BPH showed that the mean content of transglutaminase was 93 femtograms (fg) for the CaP-derived cells and 138 fg for the BPH cells (P < 0.0001). Receiver operating curve analysis of the immunohistochemistry data showed an optimized threshold produced 95% sensitivity with 100% specificity. Growth of LNCaP cells with 5-azacytidine failed to stimulate transglutaminase expression, suggesting that loss of expression was likely not attributable to promoter methylation. CONCLUSIONS Measurements of transglutaminase on tissue sections provides additional diagnostic information that is potentially useful for risk assessment of patients with suspicious clinical findings, such as nodules or positive PSA and negative biopsies, without overdetecting disease.
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- P J Birckbichler
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA
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Rao JY, Jin YS, Zheng Q, Cheng J, Tai J, Hemstreet GP. Alterations of the actin polymerization status as an apoptotic morphological effector in HL-60 cells. J Cell Biochem 1999; 75:686-97. [PMID: 10572251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The alterations of the cytoskeletal actin network have been implicated as a morphological effector in apoptosis. However, studies directly linking actin change to the morphological events in apoptosis are lacking. This study quantitatively examined the effect of actin alteration on the camptothecin (CPT)-induced apoptotic process in HL-60 cells. Actin alteration was induced by two distinctive types of agent: the polymerization-stimulating agent, Jasplakinolide (Jas), and the polymerization-blocking agent, cytochalasin B (CB). The actin polymerization status was measured by two complementary methods: the cell pellet-based DNase I inhibition method, and the individual cell-based quantitative fluorescence image analysis (QFIA) assay. Actin polymerization induced by Jas caused apoptosis directly. By contrast, CB, an actin polymerization-blocking agent, partially inhibited CPT-induced apoptosis. A similar inhibition of the CPT-induced apoptosis response was observed with a more specific actin depolymerization agent, cytochalasin E. The alterations of the actin polymerization status occurred in three sequential steps during the apoptotic process: first polymerization, followed by depolymerization, and finally degradation. However, compared with CPT-induced apoptosis, Jas-induced apoptosis was characterized by pronounced actin polymerization that corresponded morphologically with prominent membrane blebbing, but less apoptotic body formation. Furthermore, DNase I activity, which is normally inhibited by G-actin, was specifically detected in Jas-treated cells. These results show that the regulation of actin polymerization is an important apoptotic morphological effector, whereas the alterations of the actin polymerization status by chemicals have profound effects not only on altering the morphology of apoptotic cells, but on apoptosis induction in HL-60 cells as well.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
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Waliszewski P, Waliszewska M, Gordon N, Hurst RE, Benbrook DM, Dhar A, Hemstreet GP. Retinoid signaling in immortalized and carcinoma-derived human uroepithelial cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1999; 148:55-65. [PMID: 10221771 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(98)00235-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This paper investigates the presence and functionality of retinoid signaling pathways in human urinary bladder carcinoma and SV40-immortalized uroepithelial cell lines. Only two of eight cell lines were proliferation-inhibited by 10 microM of either all-trans or 13-cis-retinoic acid. Transactivation of the CAT gene under control of a retinoid-responsive element demonstrated functionality of the signaling pathway in both sensitive cell lines and four of six resistant cell lines. Relative RT-PCR analysis of a panel of retinoid-responsive and inducible genes demonstrated changes in expression levels of all the genes in response to-retinoic acid treatment together with numerous aberrations dysregulations. We conclude that retinoid signaling may be a target for inactivation during tumorigenesis by uncoupling gene expression, proliferation and differentiation. Therefore retinoids are more likely to be effective for chemoprevention than for treatment of bladder carcinomas.
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- P Waliszewski
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Hurst RE, Waliszewski P, Waliszewska M, Bonner RB, Benbrook DM, Dar A, Hemstreet GP. Complexity, Retinoid-Responsive Gene Networks, and Bladder Carcinogenesis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1999; 462:449-67. [PMID: 10599447 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4737-2_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Carcinogenesis involves inactivation or subversion of the normal controls of proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. However, these controls are robust, redundant, and interlinked at the gene expression levels, regulation of mRNA lifetimes, transcription, and recycling of proteins. One of the central systems of control of proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis is retinoid signaling. The hRAR alpha nuclear receptor occupies a central position with respect to induction of gene transcription in that when bound to appropriate retinoid ligands, its homodimers and heterodimers with hRXR alpha regulate the transcription of a number of retinoid-responsive genes. These include genes in other signaling pathways, so that the whole forms a complex network. In this study we showed that simple, cause-effect interpretations in terms of hRAR alpha gene transcription being the central regulatory event would not describe the retinoid-responsive gene network. A set of cultured bladder-derived cells representing different stages of bladder tumorigenesis formed a model system. It consisted of 2 immortalized bladder cell lines (HUC-BC and HUC-PC), one squamous cell carcinoma cell line (SCaBER), one papilloma line (RT4), and 4 transitional cell carcinomas (TCC-Sup, 5637, T24, J82) of varying stages and grades. This set of cells were used to model the range of behaviors of bladder cancers. Relative gene expression before (constitutive) and after treatment with 10 microM all-trans-retinoic acid (aTRA) was measured for androgen and estrogen receptor; a set of genes involved with retinoid metabolism and action, hRAR alpha nd beta, hRXR alpha and beta CRBP, CRABP I and II; and for signaling genes that are known to be sensitive to retinoic acid, EGFR, cytokine MK, ICAM I and transglutaminase. The phenotype for inhibition of proliferation and for apoptotic response to both aTRA and the synthetic retinoid 4-HPR was determined. Transfection with a CAT-containing plasmid containing an aTRA-sensitive promoter was used to determine if the common retinoic acid responsive element (RARE)-dependent pathway for retinoid regulation of gene expression was active. Each of the genes selected is known from previous studies to react to aTRA in a certain way, either by up- or down-regulation of the message and protein. A complex data set not readily interpretable by simple cause and effect was observed. While all cell lines expressed high levels of the mRNAs for hRXR alpha and beta that were not altered by treatment with exogenous aTRA, constitutive and stimulated responses of the other genes varied widely among the cell lines. For example, CRABP I was not expressed by J82, T24, 5637 and RT4, but was expressed at low levels that did not change in SCaBER and at moderate levels that decreased, increased, or decreased sharply in HUC-BC, TCC-Sup and HUC-PC, respectively. The expression of hRAR alpha, which governs the expression of many retinoid-sensitive genes, was expressed at moderate to high levels in all cell lines, but in some it was sharply upregulated (TCC-Sup, HUC-PC and J82), remained constant (5637 and HUC-BC), or was down-regulated (SCaBER, T24 and RT4). The phenotypes for inhibition of proliferation showed no obvious relationship to the expression of any single gene, but cell lines that were inhibited by aTRA (HUC-BC and TCC-Sup) were not sensitive to 4-HPR, and vice versa. One line (RT4) was insensitive to either retinoid. Transfection showed very little retinoid-stimulated transfection of the CAT reporter gene with RT4 or HUC-PC. About 2-fold enhancement transactivation was observed with SCaBER, HUC-BC, J82 and T24 cells and 3-8 fold with 5637, TCC-Sup cells. In HUC-BC, a G to T point mutation was found at position 606 of the hRAR alpha gene. This mutation would substitute tyrosine for asparagine in a highly conserved domain. These data indicate that retinoid signaling is probably a frequent target of inactivation in bladder carcinogenesis. (ABSTRAC
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- R E Hurst
- Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Rao JY, Apple SK, Hemstreet GP, Jin Y, Nieberg RK. Single cell multiple biomarker analysis in archival breast fine-needle aspiration specimens: quantitative fluorescence image analysis of DNA content, p53, and G-actin as breast cancer biomarkers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1998; 7:1027-33. [PMID: 9829712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a sensitive and cost-effective method for evaluating breast lesions. However, the diagnosis of early premalignant lesions is less reliable by FNA because of a lack of distinctive cytological features. Accurately defining the risk of such lesions at the individual level may have significant impact in breast cancer prevention and management. The main objective of this preliminary study was to develop a method to study multiple biomarkers on archival FNA slides using quantitative fluorescence image analysis (QFIA). Biomarkers p53, G-actin, and DNA content were labeled with an immunofluorescence technique and measured by QFIA simultaneously on a single cell basis. QFIA allows the labeling and measurement procedures to be carried out in situ, without the need to remove cells from the slide while preserving the morphology of the cells. FNA slides from 72 incident patients were obtained for this study. Fifty-six cases had an adequate number of cells for the actual analysis (25 benign breast lesions, 14 proliferative breast diseases with nuclear atypia, and 17 malignant lesions). The DNA content (> or = 5c) and G-actin (average gray mean, > 90) were positive in 81% and 88% of malignant lesions, respectively. These were significantly higher than the corresponding positive rates in benign lesions (7% and 15%, respectively; P <0.01 for both). None of the benign cases were positive for G-actin and DNA simultaneously, and none of the malignant cases were negative for G-actin and DNA together. p53 was positive in 33% of malignant lesions and 8% of benign lesions (P >0.05). Our study demonstrates the feasibility of evaluating multiple biomarkers by QFIA on archival FNA-fixed specimens. The G-actin and DNA content assayed by QFIA may be potential intermediate end point markers for breast cancer individual risk assessment.
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- J Y Rao
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center of Health Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, 90024, USA
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Lianes P, Charytonowicz E, Cordon-Cardo C, Fradet Y, Grossman HB, Hemstreet GP, Waldman FM, Chew K, Wheeless LL, Faraggi D. Biomarker study of primary nonmetastatic versus metastatic invasive bladder cancer. National Cancer Institute Bladder Tumor Marker Network. Clin Cancer Res 1998; 4:1267-71. [PMID: 9607586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A cohort of 109 patients with primary transitional cell carcinomas, stages T2-T3, grade 2 or higher, was identified and further divided into two groups based on lymphatic metastasis at the time of cystectomy (n = 57 cases) or absence of detectable metastatic disease over a minimum of 5 years of follow-up after cystectomy (n = 52). Blocks corresponding to the primary tumor lesions were sectioned and distributed to different laboratories to be analyzed. Immunohistochemistry on deparaffinized tissue sections was conducted for evaluation of p53 nuclear overexpression (monoclonal antibody PAb1801), assessment of proliferative index (Ki-67 antigen-monoclonal antibody MIB1), and microvascular counts (factor VIII-related antigen). DNA content/ploidy studies were performed on material obtained from thick sections. A double-blinded strategy was used for the evaluation of laboratory data versus clinical parameters. The cutoff value for p53 nuclear overexpression was > or =20% of tumor cells displaying nuclear staining. The median values for MIB1 (> or =18% of tumor nuclear cell staining) and microvascular counts (> or =40 microvessels/area screened) were used as cutoff points for these two variables. The assessment of DNA content was conducted by classifying cases as diploid, tetraploid, or aneuploid. Statistical analyses were performed using the Fisher's Exact Test (2-tailed). Results revealed that none of the markers studied had a statistically significant correlation with the end point of the study, i.e., the presence of lymph node metastatic disease, in the cohort of patients studied, although an obvious trend for p53 was noted. It is concluded that alterations of p53, Ki-67 proliferative index, microvascular counts, and ploidy are not strongly associated with lymph node status in patients affected with high-stage, high-grade bladder cancer.
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- P Lianes
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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