Athina Kladi-Skandali1, Konstantinos Mavridis1,2, Andreas Scorilas1, Diamantis C Sideris3. 1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15701 Panepistimiopolis, Athens, Greece. 2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, 70013, Greece. 3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15701 Panepistimiopolis, Athens, Greece. dsideris@biol.uoa.gr.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Considering the unmet need for novel molecular tumor markers capable of improving prostate cancer (CaP) patients' management along with the fruitful results regarding the future use of ribonucleases (RNases) as molecular diagnostic and prognostic markers in CaP, we aimed to study the expressional profile of RNase κ in CaP and BPH and to investigate its clinical significance in CaP. METHODS: Total RNA was extracted from 212 prostatic tissue samples (101 BPH and 111 CaP) and, following cDNA synthesis, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) was performed for the expressional quantification of RNase κ. Extensive statistical analysis, including bootstrap resampling, was performed to investigate the differential expression of RNase κ in patients with BPH and CaP and its associations with patients' clinicopathological and survival data. RESULTS: RNase κ was significantly downregulated (P = 0.002) in CaP patients compared to BPH ones. RNase κ overexpression was associated with decreased risk of CaP development and can discriminate between CaP and BPH independently of serum PSA levels (crude odds ratio = 0.93, P = 0.001). RNase κ upregulation was also associated with less advanced (P = 0.018) and less aggressive (P = 0.001) tumors as well as with longer progression-free survival (PFS) (P = 0.003). Finally univariate bootstrap Cox regression confirmed that RNase κ was associated with favorable prognosis (HR = 0.85, P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: RNase κ is a biomarker of favorable prognosis in CaP, which is significantly associated with less advanced and aggressive disease, as well as with enhanced PFS.
PURPOSE: Considering the unmet need for novel molecular tumor markers capable of improving prostate cancer (CaP) patients' management along with the fruitful results regarding the future use of ribonucleases (RNases) as molecular diagnostic and prognostic markers in CaP, we aimed to study the expressional profile of RNase κ in CaP and BPH and to investigate its clinical significance in CaP. METHODS: Total RNA was extracted from 212 prostatic tissue samples (101 BPH and 111 CaP) and, following cDNA synthesis, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) was performed for the expressional quantification of RNase κ. Extensive statistical analysis, including bootstrap resampling, was performed to investigate the differential expression of RNase κ in patients with BPH and CaP and its associations with patients' clinicopathological and survival data. RESULTS: RNase κ was significantly downregulated (P = 0.002) in CaP patients compared to BPH ones. RNase κ overexpression was associated with decreased risk of CaP development and can discriminate between CaP and BPH independently of serum PSA levels (crude odds ratio = 0.93, P = 0.001). RNase κ upregulation was also associated with less advanced (P = 0.018) and less aggressive (P = 0.001) tumors as well as with longer progression-free survival (PFS) (P = 0.003). Finally univariate bootstrap Cox regression confirmed that RNase κ was associated with favorable prognosis (HR = 0.85, P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: RNase κ is a biomarker of favorable prognosis in CaP, which is significantly associated with less advanced and aggressive disease, as well as with enhanced PFS.
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Biochemical recurrence; Molecular tumor markers; Prostate cancer biomarkers; Prostate cancer prognosis; Ribonucleases
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