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Vol. 35. Issue 1.
Pages 16-21 (January 2011)
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Vol. 35. Issue 1.
Pages 16-21 (January 2011)
Original Article
Prostate specific antigen and NF-kB in prostatic disease: relation with malignancy
Antígeno prostático específico y NF-kB en patología prostática: relación con la malignidad
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J.R. Cansinoa,
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, R. Verab, F. Rodríguez de Bethencourta, Y. Bouraouib,c, G. Rodríguezb, A. Prietob, J. de la Peñaa, R. Paniaguab, M. Royuelab
a Servicio de Urología. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
b Departamento de Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
c Unité d’Immunologie Microbiologie Environnementale et Cancérogenèse à la Faculté des Science de Bizerte, Tunisia
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Abstract
Introduction

NF-kB (p50/p65) is a transcription factor involved in TNF-a-induced cell death resistance by promoting several antiapoptotic genes. We intend to relate the expression of NF-kB (p50 and p65) with serum levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), both in normal males and in those with pathologic conditions of the prostate.

Materials and methods

This study was carried out in 5 normal, 24 benign prostatic hyperplastic (BPH) and 19 patients with prostate cancer (PC). Immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses were performed on tissue and serum PSA was assayed by PSA DPC Immulite assays (Diagnostics Products Corporation, Los Angeles, CA).

Results

In controls, p65 NF-kB was not found and p50 was scantly detected in 60% normal samples in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. Both p50 and p65 were expressed in 62.5% of samples with BPH and in 63.2% of the samples with PC. Both increased its frequency of expression with higher PSA serum levels.

Conclusions

Activation of NF-kB revealed by its nuclear translocation in prostate cancer could be related to cancer progression and elevated serum levels of PSA. A better understanding of the biologic mechanism by which circulating PSA levels increase and its relation with NF-kB expression is needed. Possibly, NF-kB blockage could be used as a therapeutic target to counteract proliferation in prostate cancer.

Keywords:
NF-kB/p50
NF-kB/p65
PSA
Prostate
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Prostate cancer
Resumen
Introducción

NF-kB (p50/p65) es un factor de transcripción implicado en la resistencia a muerte celular provocada por TNF-α que promueve diferentes genes antiapoptóticos. Pretendemos relacionar la expresión de NF-kB con los niveles de antígeno prostático específico (PSA) en suero, tanto en varones sanos como en los que padecen condiciones patológicas de la glándula próstatica.

Métodos

El estudio se realizó en 5 varones sanos (controles), 24 pacientes con hiperplasia benigna de próstata (HBP) y 19 pacientes con cáncer de próstata (CP). Se llevó a cabo Western blot e inmunocitoquímica en tejido y se evaluó el PSA sérico mediante PSA DPC immulite assays (Diagnostics Products Corporation, Los Ángeles, CA).

Resultados

En los controles no se detectó el componente p65 de NF-kB y el p50 se detectó débilmente en el 60% de las muestras en el citoplasma de células epiteliales. Tanto p50 como p65 se expresaron en el 62,5% de las muestras de HPB y en el 63,2% de los pacientes con CP. Ambos aumentaron su frecuencia de expresión a mayor nivel de PSA.

Conclusiones

La activación de NF-kB puesta en evidencia por translocación nuclear en CP parece estar estrechamente relacionada con la progresión de la enfermedad y con los niveles séricos de PSA. Se necesita un mejor conocimiento del mecanismo biológico de la elevación del PSA circulante y de su relación con la expresión de NF-kB. Tal vez el bloqueo de NF-kB podría emplearse como diana terapéutica para frenar la proliferación del cáncer de próstata.

Palabras clave:
NF-kB/p50
NF-kB/p65
PSA
Próstata
Hiperplasia prostática benigna
Cáncer

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