Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.s1.08
Expression of Lmo2 in Prostate Carcinoma and Adjacent Prostatic Parenchyma
Božo Krušlin
; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Majda Vučić
; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Silvija Mašić
; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Kruljac
; Mladen Sekso Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Cvjetko Lež
; Department of Pathology and Cytology, Zabok General Hospital, Bračak, Croatia; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia
Boris Ružić
; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Urology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Borislav Spajić
; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Urology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Monika Ulamec
; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
LMO2 (LIM domain only) is a member of transcription factor family of proteins characterized by their cysteine-rich, zinc-binding LIM domains. Its expression in prostate cancer cells, as well as in adjacent stroma, is described in a study in a cohort of 83 patients treated with radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate adenocarcinoma. Authors found that LMO2 overexpression in prostate cancer was strongly associated with features indicative of worse prognosis (higher preoperative PSA, higher Gleason score, positive surgical margins, and extraprostatic extension of disease). Expression of LMO2 was also associated with biochemical disease progression. We analysed immunohistochemical expression of LMO2 in prostate cancer epithelial and stromal cells, as well as in adjacent parenchyma. Significant negative correlation between glandular expression of LMO2 in carcinoma and stromal expression in BPH (ρ = -0.238, P = 0.033) was found, but also between stromal expression in carcinomas and glandular expression in BPH (ρ = -0.255, P = 0.021). Positive correlation was found between stromal expression in BPH and stromal expression in carcinomas (ρ = 0.306, P = 0.005). Study results support the potential role of LMO2 in prostatic carcinogenesis and cancer progression.
Keywords
LMO2; Prostate cancer; Stromal reaction
Hrčak ID:
207894
URI
Publication date:
1.10.2018.
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