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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(1)2022 Dec 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36613987

ABSTRACT

The management and screening of prostate cancer (PC) is still the main problem in clinical practice. In this study, we investigated the role of aggressiveness genetic markers for PC stratification. We analyzed 201 plasma samples from PC patients and controls by digital PCR. For selection and validation, 26 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues, 12 fresh tissues, and 24 plasma samples were characterized by RNA-Seq, immunochemistry, immunofluorescence, Western blot, and extracellular-vesicles analyses. We identified three novel non-invasive biomarkers; all with an increased expression pattern in patients (PCA3: p = 0.002, S100A4: p ≤ 0.0001 and MRC2: p = 0.005). S100A4 presents the most informative AUC (area under the curve) (0.735). Combination of S100A4, MRC2, and PCA3 increases the discriminatory power between patients and controls and between different more and less aggressive stages (AUC = 0.761, p ≤ 0.0001). However, although a sensitivity of 97.47% in PCA3 and a specificity of 90.32% in S100A4 was reached, the detection signal level could be variable in some analyses owing to tumor heterogeneity. This is the first time that the role of S100A4 and MRC2 has been described in PC aggressiveness. Moreover, the combination of S100A4, MRC2, and PCA3 has never been described as a non-invasive biomarker for PC screening and aggressiveness.


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Prostate-Specific Antigen , Prostatic Neoplasms , Male , Humans , Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics , Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics , Follow-Up Studies , ROC Curve , Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics , Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology , S100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4/genetics
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Respir Res ; 13: 27, 2012 Mar 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22452949

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is associated with proximal pulmonary artery obstruction and vascular remodeling. We hypothesized that pulmonary arterial smooth muscle (PASMC) and endothelial cells (PAEC) may actively contribute to remodeling of the proximal pulmonary vascular wall in CTEPH. Our present objective was to characterize PASMC and PAEC from large arteries of CTEPH patients and investigate their potential involvement in vascular remodeling. METHODS: Primary cultures of proximal PAEC and PASMC from patients with CTEPH, with non-thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PH) and lung donors have been established. PAEC and PASMC have been characterized by immunofluorescence using specific markers. Expression of smooth muscle specific markers within the pulmonary vascular wall has been studied by immunofluorescence and Western blotting. Mitogenic activity and migratory capacity of PASMC and PAEC have been investigated in vitro. RESULTS: PAEC express CD31 on their surface, von Willebrand factor in Weibel-Palade bodies and take up acetylated LDL. PASMC express various differentiation markers including α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), desmin and smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMMHC). In vascular tissue from CTEPH and non-thromboembolic PH patients, expression of α-SMA and desmin is down-regulated compared to lung donors; desmin expression is also down-regulated in vascular tissue from CTEPH compared to non-thromboembolic PH patients. A low proportion of α-SMA positive cells express desmin and SMMHC in the neointima of proximal pulmonary arteries from CTEPH patients. Serum-induced mitogenic activity of PAEC and PASMC, as well as migratory capacity of PASMC, were increased in CTEPH only. CONCLUSIONS: Modified proliferative and/or migratory responses of PASMC and PAEC in vitro, associated to a proliferative phenotype of PASMC suggest that PASMC and PAEC could contribute to proximal vascular remodeling in CTEPH.


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Cell Movement , Cell Proliferation , Endothelium, Vascular/pathology , Hypertension, Pulmonary/pathology , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology , Pulmonary Artery/pathology , Pulmonary Embolism/pathology , Actins/metabolism , Adult , Aged , Cells, Cultured , Chronic Disease , Desmin/metabolism , Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism , Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism , Pulmonary Artery/cytology , Smooth Muscle Myosins/metabolism , von Willebrand Factor/metabolism
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1798(8): 1512-21, 2010 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20363212

ABSTRACT

Lipid rafts are often considered as microdomains enriched in sphingomyelin and cholesterol, predominantly residing in the plasma membrane but which originate in earlier compartments of the cellular secretory pathway. Within this pathway, the membranes of the Golgi complex represent a transition stage between the cholesterol-poor membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the cholesterol-rich plasma membrane. The rafts are related to detergent-resistant membranes, which because of their ordered structure are poorly penetrated by cold non-ionic detergents and float in density gradient centrifugation. In this study the microdomain niche of the Golgi-resident SPCA Ca(2+)/Mn(2+) pumps was investigated in HT29 cells by Triton X-100 detergent extraction and density-gradient centrifugation. Similarly to cholesterol and the raft-resident flotillin-2, SPCA1 was found mainly in detergent-resistant fractions, while SERCA3 was detergent-soluble. Furthermore, cholesterol depletion of cells resulted in redistribution of flotillin-2 and SPCA1 to the detergent-soluble fractions of the density gradient. Additionally, the time course of solubilization by Triton X-100 was investigated in live COS-1 and HT29 cells expressing fluorescent SERCA2b, SPCA1d or SPCA2. In both cell types, the ER-resident SERCA2b protein was gradually solubilized, while SPCA1d resisted to detergent solubilization. SPCA2 was more sensitive to detergent extraction than SPCA1d. To investigate the functional impact of cholesterol on SPCA1, ATPase activity was monitored. Depletion of cholesterol inhibited the activity of SPCA1d, while SERCA2b function was not altered. From these results we conclude that SPCA1 is associated with cholesterol-rich domains of HT29 cells and that the cholesterol-rich environment is essential for the functioning of the pump.


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Adenocarcinoma/metabolism , Calcium-Transporting ATPases/chemistry , Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism , Cholesterol/chemistry , Cholesterol/metabolism , Colonic Neoplasms/metabolism , Membrane Microdomains/chemistry , Membrane Microdomains/metabolism , Animals , Base Sequence , COS Cells , Calcium-Transporting ATPases/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Chlorocebus aethiops , DNA Primers/genetics , Golgi Apparatus/metabolism , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism , Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/genetics , Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
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