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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 1397-1406Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-1535
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- NCI NIH HHS [5U54CA119347] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [P50 GM076547, 5P50GM076547] Funding Source: Medline
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Purpose: Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States, following lung and colorectal cancer. We previously identified WDR19 as a prostate-specific, androgen-regulated gene. Here, we evaluate its utility as a prostate cancer tissue marker for diagnosis and prognostic evaluation. Experimental Design: Real-time quantitative PCR was done on a panel of prostate tissue isolated by laser capture microdissection. After generating antibodies against WDR19, tissue microarrays (TMA) were employed to compare WDR19 expression between normal, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostate cancer tissue. Results: Using microarrays and real-time quantitative PCR, we showed that WDR19 mRNA expression was increased in cancer. We further showed that WDR19 protein is localized to cytoplasmic subcellular granules and is expressed exclusively in prostate epithelia. Large-scale immunohistochemical staining using TMAs reveals a significant percentage of increase in intensely staining tissue cores in cancer tissue when compared with normal or benign prostatic hyperplastic tissue. Based on the analysis of a separate TMA for which clinical follow-up information was available, low-intensity WDR19 staining was significantly associated with decreased time to biochemical failure (P = 0.006) and with decreased time to locoregional recurrence (P = 0.050). Conclusions: WDR19 should be added to the list of prostate cancer tissue markers. The continued expansion of a multiple-marker panel will conceivably increase the sensitivity and specificity of prostate cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
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