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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Carcinogen-induced Murine Bladder Tumors
Published on: March 29, 2019
Evaluation of molecular signatures in the urinary bladder and upper tract urothelial carcinomas: a prospective
Eman E Dawood1, Amira Awadalla2, Abdelwahab Hashem3
1Biochemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
Background:
Urothelial carcinomas (UC) can be either in the upper or in the lower urinary tract or both. Urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) is more common than upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). This research was designed to study the difference between UBC and UTUC using the molecular pathways including (MAPK/ERK) pathway, cell cycle regulating genes, and oncogenic genes.
Methods:
To study the discrepancy between UBC and UTUC, a prospective trial was carried out for 31 radical cystectomy and 19 nephrouretrectomy fresh-frozen specimens of UBC and UTUC patients, respectively. The expression level of mRNA of eight genes namely EGFR, ELK1, c-fos, survivin, TP53, RB1, FGFR3, and hTERT was assessed in normal adjacent tissues, UTUC, and UBC by RT-PCR.
Results:
Comparison between UTUC and UBC regarding the expression level of mRNA of the EGFR, ELK1, c-fos, survivin, TP53, and FGFR3 had significant difference (p-value < 0.001), while the expression level of RB1 and hTERT level had no significance. Sensitivity/specificity of EGFR, Elk1, c-fos, survivin, TP53, and FGFR3 was 0.78/0.90, 0.84/0.90, 0.84/0.80, 0.84/0.96, 0.94/0.93, and 0.89/0.93, respectively, to differentiate between UTUC and UBC.
Conclusions:
Despite the fact that UTUC and UBC share the same origin, there is a clear evidence that there is a molecular difference between them. This molecular difference could be the reason that UTUC is more aggressive than UBC.
