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卷 50, 期 2, 页码 112-118出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pros.10039
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human kallikrein 2; immunofluorometric assay; seminal plasma; trypsin
BACKGROUND. Proteolysis of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) may increase IGF-mediated growth stimulation and development of cancer in the organs producing large amounts of proteases, such as the prostate. METHODS. We studied proteolysis of IGFBP-3 by three prostate-derived proteases, namely prostate specific antigen (PSA) human kallikrein 2 (hK2), and trypsin, and also by native seminal plasma. Cleavage of I-125-IGFBP-3 was studied by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography. We also used two different sandwich-type IGFBP-3 immunoassays, called intact and total IGFBP-3 assays. These assays differ in their capacity to recognize proteolytically degraded IGFBP-3. RESULTS. HK2, PSA, and trypsin all cleaved IGFBP-3 at the concentrations normally present in seminal plasma. The IGFBP-3 cleavage by seminal plasma was inhibited by ZnCl2, which strongly inhibits hK2 and PSA, but not by a specific trypsin inhibitor. The IGFBP-3 fragments resulting from proteolytic cleavage by PSA, hK2, or trypsin were undetectable in the intact IGFBP-3 assay, whereas the total IGFBP-3 assay also detected the proteolytic fragments. No increased fragmentation of IGFBP-3 was found in serum of 659 men with elevated PSA concentrations, of whom 178 had a proven prostate cancer. Furthermore, the IGFBP-3 levels were not associated with the PSA concentrations. CONCLUSIONS. These results show that, while seminal plasma and prostate-derived proteases can cleave IGFBP-3, in patients with prostate cancer the circulating IGFBP-3 is not significantly proteolyzed by either PSA, hK2, or trypsin. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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