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Increased levels of nm23 H1/nucleoside diphosphate kinase A mRNA associated with adenocarcinoma of the prostate

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Overexpression of the nm23H1 gene has been associated with the suppression of metastasis in several solid tumors. However, in colorectal carcinoma and neuroblastoma, increased levels of nm23 H1 nucleoside diphosphate kinase A (NDPKA) mRNA are associated with tumorigenesis. To determine the role of nm23 H1/NDPKA in the prostate, normal and/or malignant tissue samples from 29 consecutive patients were studied. Levels of nm23 H1/NDPKA mRNA and nm23 H1/NDPKA mRNA protein were determined in tissue from 18 and 27 patients, respectively. In all, 16 of the 18 tumor samples expressed increased levels of nm23 H1/NDPKA mRNA as compared with those measured in normal tissue. The level of nm23 H1/NDPKA mRNA was >10-fold higher in a metastatic lymph node than in normal prostate tissue. All cancer specimens and areas of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia showed immunoreactivity with the nm23 H1/NDPKA antibody; however, normal prostatic tissue was unreactive. These findings suggest that overexpression of the nm23 H1/NDPKA gene occurs frequently in adenocarcinomas of the prostate and may be an early event in prostate cancer tumorigenesis.

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  1. Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 40536-0084, Lexington, KY, USA

    S. L. Jensen, D. P. Wood Jr., J. W. McRoberts & V. M. Rangnekar

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    E. R. Banks

  3. Veterans Administration Medial Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    D. P. Wood Jr. & E. R. Banks

  4. Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Institut Pasteur, France

    M. Veron

  5. Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

    I. Lascu

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Jensen, S.L., Wood, D.P., Banks, E.R. et al. Increased levels of nm23 H1/nucleoside diphosphate kinase A mRNA associated with adenocarcinoma of the prostate. World J Urol 14, S21–S25 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182060

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