title: Repetitive and site-specific molecular staging of prostate cancer using nested reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for prostate specific antigen and prostate specific membrane antigen.
abstract: We performed repetitive molecular staging using, nested rt-PCR for PSA and PSM at the peripheral blood (PB) and bone marrow (BM) of patients with prostate cancer (Pr.Ca) and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) after transrectal ultrasonography-guided biopsy (TRUS-B; 6-9 biopsies/patient), Pr.Ca patients after radical prostatectomy (RP), and Pr.Ca patients with diffuse bony metastases. All BPH patients (N = 20) tested negative at BM. Of the 2 who tested positive at PB 2 weeks after TRUS-B tested negative 8 weeks after TRUS-B. Of the 17 Pr.Ca, 7 (41.2%) tested positive at PB for PSA and PSM 2 weeks after TRUS-B while only 4 (23.5%) of them tested positive at repetitive analysis 8 weeks after TRUS-B. Two (11.8%) of the 17 Pr.Ca patients had positive analysis at BM for PSA and PSM 2 and 8 weeks after TRUS-B. Of 12 Pr.Ca patients with negative pre-operative molecular staging, 7 (58.3%) tested positive at PB for PSA and PSM 2 months post-RP but only 3 (25%) of them re-tested positive 12 months post-RP. Of these 12 Pr.Ca, 4 (33.3%) tested positive at BM for PSA and PSM 2 months post-RP while none re-tested positive 12 months post-RP. All Pr.Ca (N = 20) with diffuse bony lesions tested positive at BM. At PB, 6 of them (30%) tested negative for both PSA and PSM. Our data suggest that nested rt-PCR for PSA and PSM at PB is affected by TRUS-B and RP, while such analysis at BM concerted diffuse bony disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece. mkouts@medscape.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutsilieris
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lembessis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Luu-The
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sourla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D043425:Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; C473848:FOLH1 protein, human; D043425:Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen