ABSTRACT
Prostate cancer (PCa), the most common solid malignant neoplasm in men, is characterized using the Gleason score and diagnosed using prostate-specific antigen (PSA) biomarker. However, Gleason score and PSA-based diagnostics are not universal and have significant limitations. It is supposed that the ornithine decarboxylase activity (AODC) could be a suitable auxiliary biomarker for the PCa diagnosis or monitoring the therapeutic efficacy. AIM: To assess the relation between AODC in PCa tissues and the level of serum PSA with the Gleason score (GS) and the clinical stage. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 29 patients (48 to 79 years old) with prostate adenocarcinoma of different GS (6 to 10) and clinical stage (T1 to T4) were enrolled in the study. The AODC was analyzed in the PCa tissues by the modified spectrophotometric assay. RESULTS: The patients with PCa were distributed into two groups: with low AODC < 0.3 and high AODC > 0.45. In group with AODC < 0.3, the highest value of AODC was recorded in patients with the lowest GS (= 6), while in group with AODC > 0.45, the highest value of AODC was recorded in the patients with the highest GS (= 9-10). Furthermore, in group with AODC > 0.45, the highest value of AODC was registered in the patients with T1 or T4 stage. The highest levels of serum PSA were detected in T3-T4 cases and in cases with the highest GS. CONCLUSION: The patterns of AODC and serum PSA can be used as supplementary indices useful for monitoring PCa course.
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Adenocarcinoma/enzymology , Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism , Ornithine Decarboxylase/metabolism , Prostatic Neoplasms/enzymology , Adenocarcinoma/diagnosis , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Aged , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood , Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Prostatic Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer is one of the most common male cancers in Western countries and takes the third place in morbidity in Ukraine. It is a highly heterogeneous disease. AIM: To analyze relative expression levels of the TGFB1, IL1B, FOS, EFNA5, TAGLN, PLAU, and EPDR1 genes in malignant and non-malignant prostate tissues. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total RNA was isolated from 16 prostate adenomas, 37 prostate adenocarcinomas, and 29 conventionally normal prostate tissues. To analyze relative gene expression levels the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed. RESULTS: The significant alterations in the relative expression levels were found in all analyzed sample groups for 4 genes: FOS, EFNA5, IL1B, and TGFB1. We have found that FOS and EFNA5 were more frequently overexpressed in carcinomas with Gleason score ≤ 7, compared with adenomas. On contrary, PLAU expression levels were decreased more frequently in prostate cancers, compared with conventionally normal tissues. Noteworthy, we found positive correlation between IL1B expression level and PSA (for patients with slight PSA increase, no more than 20.0 ng/ml). CONCLUSION: The EFNA5, FOS, IL1B, PLAU, and TGFB1 genes that showed significant expression alterations in prostate tumors, compared with conventionally normal prostate tissue, may play role in prostate cancer development and should be further investigated.
