Project description:Androgens are a prequisite for the development of human prostate and prostate cancer. Androgen action is mediated via androgen receptor. Androgen ablation therapy is used for the treatment of metastasized prostate cancer. The aim of the study was to identify genes differentially expressed in benign human prostate, prostate cancer and in prostate tissue three days after castration. These genes are potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. We used microarrays to examine the gene expression profiles in benign prostate adjacent to prostate cancer and prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens and in prostate tissue samples taken 3 days after surgical castration performed for treatment of prostate cancer. Human prostate tissue was obtained from radical prostatectomy samples and from prostate biopsy samples (castrated samples). Benign and malignant tissues samples were microdissected from prostatectomy samples. Tissues were used for RNA isolation and were further processed as samples for microarray. Three prostatectomy samples were used as replicates (benign and malignant prostate). All prostate cancers were Gleason 3+3 pattern. Castrated tissue samples were taken from patients three days after surgical castration for the treatment of advanced or metastasized prostate cancer. Six biopsies were taken from each subject and individual subject samples were used as three replicates in microarray.
Project description:Androgens are a prequisite for the development of human prostate and prostate cancer. Androgen action is mediated via androgen receptor. Androgen ablation therapy is used for the treatment of metastasized prostate cancer. The aim of the study was to identify genes differentially expressed in benign human prostate, prostate cancer and in prostate tissue three days after castration. These genes are potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. We used microarrays to examine the gene expression profiles in benign prostate adjacent to prostate cancer and prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens and in prostate tissue samples taken 3 days after surgical castration performed for treatment of prostate cancer.
Project description:To identify the genes differently expressed in the epithelium and the stromal of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), we collect the epithelium and the stromal from the patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia by laser micro-dissection. And then, Affymetrix HG-U133_Plus_2 gene-chip was used to detect and compare the expression level of genes. To find which genes are most abundantly expressed in epithelium and stromal and what is the role of these genes in the pathogenesis of BPH. 8 prostate tissues were collected from patients undergone transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) with informed consent. Each tissue was embedded in O.C.T and subsequently used for laser micro-dissection. The total RNA was isolated from each sample and equally mixed for gene-chip assay.
Project description:Although an increased level of the prostate-specific antigen can be an indication for prostate cancer, other reasons often lead to a high rate of false positive results. Therefore, an additional serological screening of autoantibodies in patients’ sera could improve the detection of prostate cancer. We performed protein macroarray screening with sera from 49 prostate cancer patients, 70 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and 28 healthy controls and compared the autoimmune response in those groups. We were able to distinguish prostate cancer patients from normal controls with an accuracy of 83.2%, patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia from normal controls with an accuracy of 86.0% and prostate cancer patients from patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia with an accuracy of 70.3%. Combining seroreactivity pattern with a PSA level of higher than 4.0 ng/ml this classification could be improved to an accuracy of 84.1%. For selected proteins we were able to confirm the differential expression by using Lluminex on 84 samples. We provide a minimally invasive serological method to reduce false positive results in detection of prostate cancer and according to PSA screening to distinguish men with prostate cancer from men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Project description:Identifying biological change from hormone-naive prostate cancer to CRPC is a major clinical challenge for developing therapeutic agents. Although the pathways that lead to CRPC are not fully understood, recent evidence demonstrates that androgen signaling is often maintained through varied mechanisms. Here, we investigated PCa tissues at each stage of progression from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) to CRPC based on quantitative proteomic technology, including tissues after ADT therapy. MS-based quantitative proteomics approach based on 6-plex TMT (126-131) was performed in patient tissues from T2G2 to CRPC, and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patient tissues were used as a control. We analyzed the peptide samples using two types of high resolution and accuracy mass spectrometers as LTQ orbitrap velos and Q-exactive mass spectrometer. In total, 4,768 proteins were identified in this study, among which 4,069 proteins were quantified in the combined prostate cancer tissues. Among the quantified proteins, DEPs were 865 (21.2%), those with a quantitative ratio greater than 2 were considered as upregulated, whereas those with a quantitative ratio of less than 0.5 as downregulated. Based on quantitative protein results, we performed systematic bioinformatics analysis including GO, Interpro, KEGG pathway, functional enrichment-based cluster analysis on DEPs. Finally, we found that 15 proteins including FOXA1 and HMGN1-3 between T3G3, T3GX, and CRPC were increased despite ADT treatment. Among all target, we verified increased level of FOXA1 and HMGN1-3 in CRPC by immunoblotting and indirect ELISA. In summary, we provides intracellular mechanical changes on PCa tissues according to treatment before and after ADT by mean of regulating ADT treatment. In addition, this results were identified through bioinformatics analysis, and those were suggested as potential CRPC-related factors.
Project description:Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most prevalent prostatic condition in older intact dogs; nonetheless, clinical diagnosis and management remain inconsistent. This study employed in-solution digestion coupled with nano-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (nanoLC-MS/MS) to assess serum proteome profiling of dogs with BPH and those dogs after castration.
Project description:miRNA expression of 6 high risk and 8 low risk prostate carcinoma were compared to the expression of 6 benign prostatic hyperplasia. Keywords: expression profile
Project description:Comparison of gene expression profiles in CD133+ Vs alpha2integrin low cell populations from patients with prostate cancer versus patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Project description:In this study we performed transcriptional profiling of transurethral resections of hormone resistant prostate cancer and compared it with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), untreated localized prostate cancer and hormone sensitive prostate cancer. Keywords: time course; disease state analysis