Effects of finasteride therapy on the mRNA expressions of HSP 70, HSP 22 and levels of TNF-α, IL-1β in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia / 中华老年医学杂志

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Objective To explore the effects of finasteride therapy on the expressions of heat shock protein 70(HSP70)mRNA,heat shock protein 22 (HSP22)mRNA,tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a),interleukins-1β (IL-1β) in elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Methods Totally 68 elderly men patients with BPH were divided into two groupsregular treatment group (n=34) and finasteride treatment group(n=34),30 elderly men patients without BPH were as control group.The blood samples of patients after treatment were collected for the detections of HSP70mRNA and HSP22mRNA with RT-PCR,meanwhile,the levels of TNF-α,IL-1β were measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA).Effect of treatment was evaluated in accordance with International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS).Results The expressions of HSP70 mRNA and HSP22 mRNA,TNF-α,IL-1β in BPH patients were higher in finasteride group than in control group (P＜0.01).After 12 weeks therapy,the levels of HSP70mRNA,HSP22mRNA,TNF-α and IL-1β were decreased in finasteride group (P＜0.01 or P＜0.05) but no significantly difference in regular treatment group.Compared with regular treatment group,the expressions of HSP70 mRNA,HSP22mRNA and TNF-α were reduced in the finasteride group after treatment (P＜0.01 or P＜0.05),IPSS was more improved (P＜0.05),but IL-1β was not distingished between two groups (P＞0.05).IPSS was positively related to the levels of HSP70 mRNA,HSP22 mRNA,TNF-α and IL1β (r=0.4251,0.4976,0.4562,0.3627,P＜0.01 or P＜0.05).Conclusions The occurrence and development of BPH are closely related with immunoinflammatory factors.Finasteride not only affects the levels of dihydrotestosterone but also can inhibit the expression of immunoinflammatory factors to improve symptom by reducing the volume of benign prostatic hyperplasia.