Relationship between phosphoglycerate kinase 1 and clinical features of prostate cancer and its role in prognosis / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

AIM:To study the expression and prognostic functions of phosphoglycerate kinase 1 ( PGK1) in prostate cancer. METHODS:The prostatic samples were collected from the patients with prostate cancer and benign pros-tatic hyperplasia (BPH) in TCM-Integrated Hospital of Southern Medical University from Jan 2013 to Dec 2013. The pro-tein expression of PGK1 in the prostate specimens was detected by immunohistochemical analysis and Western blot. Fur-thermore, the correlations of PGK1 expression with the clinicopathological features and prognosis of prostate cancer were al-so evaluate. RESULTS:The expression of PGK1 in the prostate specimens was significantly up-regulated compared with the BPH individuals. In addition, the expression of PGK1 was significantly correlated with the local infiltration, Gleason score, TNM grade, bone metastasis, and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentration. Finally, bone metastasis, serum PSA level and PGK1 expression were independent risk factors for prostate cancer illustrated by Cox analysis, and high expression of PGK1 was correlated with poor prognosis. CONCLUSION:PGK1 expression is an independent risk factor for prostate cancer, and it might act as a prognostic biomarker for prostate cancer.