Increased expression of early growth response-1 messenger ribonucleic acid in prostatic adenocarcinoma.
J Urol 1996;
155:975-81. [PMID:
8583621]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
We isolated genes whose expression differs between normal and malignant prostate.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Differential display polymerase chain reactions revealed a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) with higher expression in prostatic adenocarcinoma versus age matched normal tissue. Deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing identified this mRNA as the product of the early growth response-1 gene.
RESULTS
Early growth response-1 mRNA levels were elevated in 12 of 12 intraprostatic adenocarcinomas but not in breast or ovarian cancers, or in rapidly dividing rat ventral prostate cells. Early growth response-1 mRNA was detected in epithelial and stromal cells at tumor margins but not in lymph node metastases.
CONCLUSIONS
Early growth response-1, a nuclear transcription factor, is implicated in the growth and invasion of intraprostatic cancers.
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