title: Development of quantitative detection assays for CYR61 as a new marker for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: Among urological diseases, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) exhibits a high morbidity rate, afflicting approximately 50% of men older than age 50 years. Despite intense research efforts over the past decades, the etiology and mechanisms of BPH progression are only poorly understood. Employing oligonucleotide microarrays, the authors analyzed the gene expression profiles in normal and BPH prostate samples and found that CYR61, an immediate early gene, is markedly overexpressed in BPH. To quantify cellular CYR61 mRNA expression directly, the authors developed an assay using branched-chain DNA (bDNA) technology. A human prostatic epithelial cell line, BRF-55T, derived from a BPH patient, was treated with fetal bovine serum to stimulate gene expression, and then the induction profile of the CYR61 mRNA in these serum-stimulated cells was quantitated using both bDNA and quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). The results obtained with the 2 detection systems were found to be very similar. The bDNA assay was also found to be sensitive and highly reproducible. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first time that identifying CYR61 as a novel marker for BPH and its quantitation has been reported. These detection methods not only may be useful for diagnostic purposes but may also be used to identify suppressors of CYR61 expression for BPH therapy employing high-throughput screening assays.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Frontier Research Laboratories, JT, Inc., Yokohama City, Japan. shinji.sakamoto@ims.jti.co.jp
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Kulkarni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Jun-Ichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsuruha
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masamoto
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Getzenberg
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakehi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D021121:Branched DNA Signal Amplification Assay / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D055515:Cysteine-Rich Protein 61; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D044967:Serum
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C501848:CCN1 protein, human; D055515:Cysteine-Rich Protein 61; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA