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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
Most PCs show NE differentiation. Several studies have tried to correlate NE expression with disease status, but the reported findings have been contradictory. Prostatic NE cells synthesize peptides with a wide spectrum of potential functions. Some of these active peptides, such as PAMP, are amidated. PAM is the only carboxy-terminal peptide-amidating enzyme identified. We studied expression of PAMP and PAM in normal prostate and prostatic tumors (clinical specimens and human xenograft models) with or without prior androgen-deprivation therapy and found a wide distribution of both molecules in NE subpopulations of all kinds. Although the correlation of either marker to tumor grade, clinical progression or disease prognosis did not reach statistical significance, PAMP- or PAM-immunoreactive cells were induced after androgen-blockade therapy. In the PC-310 and PC-295 androgen-dependent models, PAMP or PAM NE differentiation was induced after castration in different ways, being higher in PC-310, which might explain its long-term survival after androgen deprivation. We show induction of expression of 2 new NE markers in clinical specimens and xenografted PC after endocrine therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Adrenomedullin, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Androgen Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Mixed Function Oxygenases, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Multienzyme Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Neurosecretory Systems, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Prostate, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11668475-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase- and proadrenomedullin-derived peptide-associated neuroendocrine differentiation are induced by androgen deprivation in the neoplastic prostate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Histology and Pathology, University of Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, Spain. njimenez@unav.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't