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PROSTATE CANCER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 47-51Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2009.28
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TMPRSS2; quantitative expression; TMPRSS2-ERG fusion
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- National Institutes of Health [5R01 DK065977]
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TMPRSS2-ERG fusion is the most common oncogenic rearrangement in prostate cancer (CaP). Owing to this chromosomal rearrangement one TMPRSS2 allele loses its promoter, and one of the ETS-related gene (ERG) alleles gains that promoter leading to its overexpression in these tumor cells. Some studies suggest that TMPRSS2, an androgen-regulated type II transmembrane serine protease, may have an effect on CaP progression. We hypothesized that a difference in TMPRSS2 expression may be present in vivo between CaP cells with and without TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, or a compensatory mechanism for the allelic loss of TMPRSS2 may balance that expression difference. Therefore, TMPRSS2 mRNA expression was evaluated in microdissected CaP cells with and without TMPRSS2-ERG fusion in 132 CaP patients and analyzed for its correlation with other androgen receptor (AR)-regulated genes and clinicopathological features. In vivo TMPRSS2 expression correlated with that of other AR-regulated genes, including PSA/KLK3 and PMEPA1, offering potential as AR surrogates. A significantly reduced expression of TMPRSS2 was evident in malignant cells harboring TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, but not in CaP cells without TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, further defining these two genetically distinct types of CaP. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2010) 13, 47-51; doi:10.1038/pcan.2009.28; published online 14 July 2009
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