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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is used as a marker for the diagnosis and monitoring of prostate cancer, is a kallikrein protease which could potentially play a role in human prostate cancer cell invasion. Zinc ions are effective inhibitors of a number of proteases. The enzymatic activity of purified PSA was strongly inhibited by Zn(2+). The ability of LNCaP cells which express and secrete PSA to invade Matrigel was strongly suppressed by Zn(2+) at a concentration similar to that inhibiting the activity of purified PSA. Zn(2+) effectively inhibited the degradation of Matrigel by purified PSA. These results suggest that Zn(2+) in human prostate may suppress the invasion and metastasis of prostate cancer cells through the regulation of the proteolytic activity of PSA. Loss of inhibition of the proteolytic activity of PSA by Zn(2+) in prostate tumors could contribute to invasion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0304-3835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
207
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Cations, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Ions, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Laminin, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Plasma Kallikrein, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Prostate-Specific Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:15050736-Zinc
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA)/Zn2+ axis may play a role in human prostate cancer cell invasion.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-higashi, Gifu 502-8585, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't