Jordan E Vellky1,2,3, Tyler M Bauman1,4, Emily A Ricke1,5, Wei Huang5,6, William A Ricke1,3,5. 1. Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. 2. Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. 3. Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. 4. Division of Urology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. 5. George M. O'Brien Research Center of Excellence, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. 6. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PRCA) is an androgen-driven disease, where androgens act through the androgen receptor (AR) to induce proliferation and survival of tumor cells. Recently, AR splice variant 7 (ARv7) has been implicated in advanced stages of PRCA and clinical recurrence. With the widespread use of AR-targeted therapies, there has been a rising interest in the expression of full-length AR and ARv7 in PRCA progression and how these receptors, both independently and together, contribute to adverse clinicopathologic outcomes. METHODS: Despite a multitude of studies measuring the expression levels of AR and ARv7 in PRCA progression, the results have been inconsistent and sometimes contradictory due to technical and analytical discrepancies. To circumvent these inconsistencies, we used an automated multiplexed immunostaining platform for full-length AR and ARv7 in human PRCA samples and objectively quantified expression changes with machine learning-based software. With this technology, we can assess receptor prevalence both independently, and coexpressed, within specific tissue and cellular compartments. RESULTS: Full-length AR and ARv7 expression increased in epithelial nuclei of metastatic samples compared to benign. Interestingly, a population of cells with undetectable AR persisted through all stages of PRCA progression. Coexpression analyses showed an increase of the double-positive (AR+ /ARv7+ ) population in metastases compared to benign, and an increase of the double-negative population in PRCA samples compared to benign. Importantly, analysis of clinicopathologic outcomes associated with AR/ARv7 coexpression showed a significant decrease in the double-positive population with higher Gleason score (GS), as well as in samples with recurrence in under 5 years. Conversely, the double-negative population was significantly increased in samples with higher GS and in samples with recurrence in under 5 years. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in AR and ARv7 coexpression may have prognostic value in PRCA progression and recurrence. A better understanding of the prevalence and clinicopathologic outcomes associated with changes in these receptors' coexpression may provide a foundation for improved diagnosis and therapy for men with PRCA.
BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer (PRCA) is an androgen-driven disease, where androgens act through the androgen receptor (AR) to induce proliferation and survival of tumor cells. Recently, AR splice variant 7 (ARv7) has been implicated in advanced stages of PRCA and clinical recurrence. With the widespread use of AR-targeted therapies, there has been a rising interest in the expression of full-length AR and ARv7 in PRCA progression and how these receptors, both independently and together, contribute to adverse clinicopathologic outcomes. METHODS: Despite a multitude of studies measuring the expression levels of AR and ARv7 in PRCA progression, the results have been inconsistent and sometimes contradictory due to technical and analytical discrepancies. To circumvent these inconsistencies, we used an automated multiplexed immunostaining platform for full-length AR and ARv7 in human PRCA samples and objectively quantified expression changes with machine learning-based software. With this technology, we can assess receptor prevalence both independently, and coexpressed, within specific tissue and cellular compartments. RESULTS: Full-length AR and ARv7 expression increased in epithelial nuclei of metastatic samples compared to benign. Interestingly, a population of cells with undetectable AR persisted through all stages of PRCA progression. Coexpression analyses showed an increase of the double-positive (AR+ /ARv7+ ) population in metastases compared to benign, and an increase of the double-negative population in PRCA samples compared to benign. Importantly, analysis of clinicopathologic outcomes associated with AR/ARv7 coexpression showed a significant decrease in the double-positive population with higher Gleason score (GS), as well as in samples with recurrence in under 5 years. Conversely, the double-negative population was significantly increased in samples with higher GS and in samples with recurrence in under 5 years. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in AR and ARv7 coexpression may have prognostic value in PRCA progression and recurrence. A better understanding of the prevalence and clinicopathologic outcomes associated with changes in these receptors' coexpression may provide a foundation for improved diagnosis and therapy for men with PRCA.
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