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miRNA Expression Analyses in Prostate Cancer Clinical Tissues
Published on: September 8, 2015
Claudin expression is dysregulated in prostate adenocarcinomas but does not correlate with main clinicopathological
Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho-Camillo1, Silvia Vanessa Lourenço, Francisco Paulo da Fonseca
1Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital A. C. Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil. claumcc@terra.com.br
Aims:
Claudins, a large family of essential tight junction (TJ) proteins, are abnormally regulated in human carcinomas. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of claudins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 11 in prostate samples from Brazilian patients and correlate it with the clinicopathological features of prostate cancer.
Methods:
Using a tissue microarray (TMA) of specimens of prostate adenocarcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) we analysed the expression of claudins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 11 by immunohistochemistry.
Results:
Claudin 4 was down-regulated and claudins 2, 3, and 5 were overexpressed in prostate adenocarcinomas compared with BPH samples. Expression of claudins 1 and 7 was similar in tumours and BPH samples. Claudin 11 was absent from all prostate samples. Overexpression of claudin 3 was associated with perineural invasion (p = 0.014) and tended to occur in advanced stages of the disease (p = 0.064). Increased expression of claudin 5 was marginally associated with perineural invasion (p = 0.060).
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that alterations in claudin expression occur in prostate cancer cells, although we have not found an association with the main clinicopathological parameters.
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