Preparation of a single prostate needle biopsy specimen for histological diagnosis and RNA analysis.
OBJECTIVE
When a prostate needle biopsy specimen is used for molecular study, a second specimen from the same area as the first one has previously been required for pathological diagnosis. However, we developed a method for obtaining substances such as RNA and we also made pathological diagnosis possible from a single needle biopsy specimen, improving reliability.


METHODS
Prostate needle biopsy specimens from 118 patients were frozen in optimal cutting temperature compound. Tissue from the upper part of the frozen specimen was sectioned longitudinally for histopathological examination. The remainder of the specimen was placed in TRIzol reagent to extract total RNA for molecular biological investigation.


RESULTS
Pathological diagnosis and total RNA extraction (1.6 to 32.7 microg) could be obtained from 1 needle biopsy specimen. When 2 specimens were obtained from the same area of the prostate, pathological diagnoses were discordant in 19% of the cases.


CONCLUSIONS
We established a method for histopathological diagnosis in the prostate needle biopsy specimen used for molecular investigation. This single specimen method may facilitate molecular research in prostate cancer.
Fukabori
Yoshitatsu
Y
Department of Urology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan. fukabori@dokkyomed.ac.jp
Yoshida
Ken-Ichiro
K
Nakano
Katsuya
K
Shibata
Yasuhiro
Y
Yamanaka
Hidetoshi
H
Oyama
Tetsunari
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*
D012334:RNA, Neoplasm