Diagnostic and prognostic value of tissue and circulating levels of Ephrin-A2 in prostate cancer

Ephrin-A2, a member of the Eph/ephrin family, is associated with tumorigenesis and tumor progression. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of both serum and tissue levels of Ephrin-A2 in prostate cancer (PCa) management.

One hundred and forty-five frozen prostate tissues, 55 paraffin-embedded prostate tissues, 88 serum samples, and seven prostate cell lines (RWPE-1, LNCaP, LNCaP-LN3, PC-3, PC-3M, PC-3M-LN4, and DU145) were examined via quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR), immunohistochemistry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and western blotting. Induced Ephrin-A2 messenger RNA (mRNA) or protein expression was detected in 8. 6 % (5/58) benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), 59. 8 % (52/87) PCa, and five prostate cancer cell lines. Ephrin-A2 immunostaining was present in 6. 7 % (1/15) patients with BPHs and 62. 5 % (25/40) clinically localized PCa. Accordingly, serum Ephrin-A2 was significantly higher in PCa patients compared to those in the BPH patients and controls (Pā€‰<ā€‰0. 001). The expression of Ephrin-A2 was higher in tumor patients with an elevated Gleason score or T3-T4 staging. Ephrin-A2 expression was correlated with Ki-67 expression in PCa patients, both at the gene scale and protein level. Our data indicate that Ephrin-A2 is a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker and a promising molecular therapeutic target to attenuate prostate cancer progression.

Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine. 2015 Nov 11 [Epub ahead of print]

Shibao Li, Zhiyuan Wu, Yuming Chen, Zhihua Kang, Hua Wang, Ping He, Xinju Zhang, Tingting Hu, Qunfeng Zhang, Yanqun Cai, Xiao Xu, Ming Guan

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