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Konaka, Hiroyuki ; Egawa, Shin ; Saito, Shiro ; Yorozu, Atsunori ; Takahashi, Hiroyuki ; Miyakoda, Keiko ; Fukushima, Masanori ; Dokiya, Takushi ; Yamanaka, Hidetoshi ; Stone, Nelson N. ; Namiki, Mikio ; 小中, 弘之 ; 並木, 幹夫
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金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />Background: Patients with high Gleason score, elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) level, and ad
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vanced clinical stage are at increased risk for both local and systemic relapse. Recent data suggests higher radiation doses decrease local recurrence and may ultimately benefit biochemical, metastasis-free and disease-specific survival. No randomized data is available on the benefits of long-term hormonal therapy (HT) in these patients. A prospective study on the efficacy and safety of trimodality treatment consisting of HT, external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), and brachytherapy (BT) for high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) is strongly required.Methods/Design: This is a phase III, multicenter, randomized controlled trial (RCT) of trimodality with BT, EBRT, and HT for high-risk PCa (TRIP) that will investigate the impact of adjuvant HT following BT using iodine-125 ( 125I-BT) and supplemental EBRT with neoadjuvant and concurrent HT. Prior to the end of September 2012, a total of 340 patients with high-risk PCa will be enrolled and randomized to one of two treatment arms. These patients will be recruited from more than 41 institutions, all of which have broad experience with 125I-BT. Pathological slides will be centrally reviewed to confirm patient eligibility. The patients will commonly undergo 6-month HT with combined androgen blockade (CAB) before and during 125I-BT and supplemental EBRT. Those randomly assigned to the long-term HT group will subsequently undergo 2 years of adjuvant HT with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist. All participants will be assessed at baseline and every 3 months for the first 30 months, then every 6 months until 84 months from the beginning of CAB.The primary endpoint is biochemical progression-free survival. Secondary endpoints are overall survival, clinical progression-free survival, disease-specific survival, salvage therapy non-adaptive interval, and adverse events.Discussion: To our knowledge, there have been no prospective studies documenting the efficacy and safety of trimodality therapy for high-risk PCa. The present RCT is expected to provide additional insight regarding the potency and limitations of the addition of 2 years of adjuvant HT to this trimodality approach, and to establish an appropriate treatment strategy for high-risk PCa.Trial registration: UMIN000003992. © 2012 Konaka et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Namiki, Mikio ; Kitagawa, Yasuhide ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Koh, Eitetsu
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金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系<br />Background: The basic mechanisms and clinical efficacy of primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT
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), especially combined androgen blockade (CAB) for localized or locally advanced prostate cancer (PCa) have been outlined. An important point relates to which patients are suitable candidates for PADT. Methods: A retrospective review of the efficacy of PADT in 628 patients with localized or locally advanced PCa treated with PADT at seven institutions in Japan was carried out. Results: It was found that more than 30% of low- or intermediate-risk localized PCa patients could have their disease controlled over the long-term by PADT alone. Short-term or intermittent PADT could not be recommended because of the possibility of character change in the cancer cells as a result of incomplete androgen ablation. Conclusion: Algorithms are proposed for the treatment of localized PCa not only in low- and intermediate-risk groups, but also in the high-risk group. Future research directions are indicated. © 2008 WPMH GmbH.
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Arakawa, Hiroshi ; Nakanishi, Takeo ; Yanagihara, Chihiro ; Nishimoto, Tomohiro ; Wakayama, Tomohiko ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Kawai, Keiichi ; Tamai, Ikumi
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The biological mechanisms underlying castration resistance of prostate cancer are not fully understood. In the present s
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tudy, we examined the role of organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) as importers of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) into cells to support growth under androgen-depleted conditions. Cell growth and mRNA expression of OATP genes were studied in human prostate cancer LNCaP and 22Rv1 cells under androgen-depleted conditions. The stimulatory effect of DHEAS on cell growth was investigated in LNCaP cells in which OATP1A2 had been silenced. Growth of both cell lines was stimulated by DHEAS and the effect was attenuated by STX64, an inhibitor of steroid sulfatase which can covert DHEAS to DHEA. OATP1A2 mRNA expression was increased most prominently among various genes tested in LNCaP cells grown in androgen-depleted medium. Similar results were obtained with 22Rv1 cells. Furthermore, the characteristics of [ 3H]DHEAS uptake by LNCaP cells were consistent with those of OATP-mediated transport. Knockdown of OATP1A2 in LNCaP cells resulted in loss of the DHEAS sensitivity of cell growth. Our results suggest that enhanced OATP1A2 expression is associated with adaptive cell growth of prostate cancer cells under androgen-depleted conditions. Thus, OATP1A2 may be a pharmacological target for prostate cancer treatment. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
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Izumi, Kouji ; Chang, Chawnshang
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Inflammatory cytokines and chemokines released by macrophages in the prostate cancer microenvironment may signal via the
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androgen receptor (AR ) to influence tumor progression. In particular, macrophages appear to promote tumorigenesis by altering the chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4 (CCL4)/AR signaling axis. This process can be blocked by AS C-J9®, an enhancer of AR degradation. AS C-J9® also inhibits the CCL2-dependent, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)-mediated pro-metastatic signaling cascade that is generally activated by androgen deprivation therapy. Thus, targeting inflammatory cytokines signaling via the AR , with AS C-J9®, represents a promising therapeutic approach against prostate cancer progression. © 2013 Landes Bioscience.
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Izumi, Kouji ; Chang, Chawnshang
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Inflammatory cytokines and chemokines released by macrophages in the prostate cancer microenvironment may signal via the
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androgen receptor (AR ) to influence tumor progression. In particular, macrophages appear to promote tumorigenesis by altering the chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4 (CCL4)/AR signaling axis. This process can be blocked by AS C-J9®, an enhancer of AR degradation. AS C-J9® also inhibits the CCL2-dependent, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)-mediated pro-metastatic signaling cascade that is generally activated by androgen deprivation therapy. Thus, targeting inflammatory cytokines signaling via the AR , with AS C-J9®, represents a promising therapeutic approach against prostate cancer progression. © 2013 Landes Bioscience.
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Izumi, Kouji ; Lin, Wen-Jye ; Miyamoto, Hiroshi ; Huang, Chiung-Kuei ; Maolake, Aerken ; Kitagawa, Yasuhide ; Kadono, Yoshifumi ; Konaka, Hiroyuki ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Namiki, Mikio
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Purpose Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a useful biomarker of prostate cancer (PCa). High-risk localized PCa is defin
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ed using T stage, Gleason score (GS), and PSA. However, PSA level defining high-risk PCa is at most 20 ng/mL. In PCa patients with high PSA, it is unclear whether PSA itself can be a prognostic factor. Methods Of 642 patients who were diagnosed as PCa, 90 patients with PSA > 100 ng/mL were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into three groups according to PSA level: very high (>1,000 ng/mL), moderately high (200-1,000 ng/mL), and slightly high (100-200 ng/mL). Results There were no significant differences in overall survival or PCa-specific survival (PCaSS) among the three groups. Regardless of PSA level, high M stage and GS significantly reduced PCaSS. When the risk classification was made using M stage and GS (high risk = M1 and GS ≥ 9, low risk = M0 and GS < 9, and intermediate risk = others), PCaSS was significantly different among high-, intermediate-, and low-risk groups with 5-year survival rates of 58.2, 80.6, and 100 %, respectively. Although there were no differences in treatment performed during the castration-resistant stage, patients undergoing alternative anti-androgen and zoledronic acid treatment had better PCaSS after being castration-resistant. Conclusions As PSA could not be a prognostic factor in PCa patients with high PSA > 100 ng/mL, the novel risk classification using M stage and GS may help clinicians to predict PCaSS and to plan follow-up schedules after diagnosis. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Takemura, Akihiro ; Togawa, Kumiko ; Yokoi, Tomohiro ; Ueda, Shinichi ; Noto, Kimiya ; Kojima, Hironori ; Isomura, Naoki ; Kumano, Tomoyasu
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In volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for prostate cancer, a positional and rotational error correction is performe
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d according to the position and angle of the prostate. The correction often involves body leaning, and there is concern regarding variation in the dose distribution. Our purpose in this study was to evaluate the impact of body pitch rotation on the dose distribution regarding VMAT. Treatment plans were obtained retrospectively from eight patients with prostate cancer. The body in the computed tomography images for the original VMAT plan was shifted to create VMAT plans with virtual pitch angle errors of ±1.5° and ±3°. Dose distributions for the tilted plans were recalculated with use of the same beam arrangement as that used for the original VMAT plan. The mean value of the maximum dose differences in the dose distributions between the original VMAT plan and the tilted plans was 2.98 ± 0.96 %. The value of the homogeneity index for the planning target volume (PTV) had an increasing trend according to the pitch angle error, and the values of the D95 for the PTV and D2ml, V50, V60, and V70 for the rectum had decreasing trends (p < 0.05). However, there was no correlation between differences in these indexes and the maximum dose difference. The pitch angle error caused by body leaning had little effect on the dose distribution; in contrast, the pitch angle correction reduced the effects of organ displacement and improved these indexes. Thus, the pitch angle setup error in VMAT for prostate cancer should be corrected. © 2016 Japanese Society of Radiological Technology and Japan Society of Medical Physics<br />Embargo Perios 12 months
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Izumi, Kouji ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Lin, Hsiu-Ping ; Ho, Hui-Min ; Iwamoto, Hiroaki ; Maolake, Aerken ; Natsagdorj, Ariunbold ; Kitagawa, Yasuhide ; Kadono, Yoshifumi ; Miyamoto, Hiroshi ; Huang, Chiung-Kuei ; Namiki, Mikio ; Lin, Wen-Jye
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Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is regarded as the most sensitive biomarker for prostate cancer. Although androgen/andro
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gen receptor (AR) signaling promotes prostate cancer progression, suppression of AR signaling induces chemokine (CC motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), which enables prostate cancer cells to gain metastatic potential. AR-controlled PSA alone may be an unreliable biomarker for patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Therefore, we investigated the validity of CCL2 as a complementary biomarker to PSA for prostate cancer. Our in vitro approach of enriching for prostate cancer cells with higher migration potential showed that CCL2 activated cellular migration. Importantly, we found that CCL2 levels were significantly different between men (n = 379) with and without prostate cancer. Patients with CCL2 ≥ 320 pg/mL had worse overall survival and prostate cancer -specific survival than those with CCL2 < 320 pg/mL. A novel risk classification was developed according to the risk factors CCL2 ≥ 320 pg/mL and PSA ≥ 100 ng/mL, and scores of 2, 1, and 0 were defined as poor, intermediate, and good risk, respectively, and clearly distinguished patient outcomes. CCL2 may serve as a novel biomarker for prostate cancer. The novel risk classification based on combining CCL2 and PSA is more reliable than using either alone.
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Maolake, Aerken ; Izumi, Kouji ; Shigehara, Kazuyoshi ; Natsagdorj, Ariunbold ; Iwamoto, Hiroaki ; Kadomoto, Suguru ; Takezawa, Yuta ; Machioka, Kazuaki ; Narimoto, Kazutaka ; Namiki, Mikio ; Lin, Wen-Jye ; Wufuer, Guzailinuer ; Mizokami, Atsushi
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Previous studies have found that tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promote cancer progression. We previously reported that TAMs promote prostate cancer metastasis via activation of the CCL2-CCR2 axis. The CCR4 (receptor of CCL17 and
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CCL22) expression level in breast cancer was reported to be associated with lung metastasis. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of CCR2 and CCR4 in prostate cancer progression. CCR2 and CCR4 were expressed in human prostate cancer cell lines and prostate cancer tissues. In vitro co-culture of prostate cancer cells and macrophages resulted in increased CCL2 and CCR2 levels in prostate cancer cells. The addition of CCL2 induced CCL22 and CCR4 production in prostate cancer cells. The migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells via enhanced phosphorylation of Akt were promoted by CCL17 and CCL22. CCR4 may be a potential candidate for molecular-targeted therapy.
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Shigehara, Kazuyoshi ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Komatsu, Kazuto ; Koshida, Kiyoshi ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学医学部附属病院泌尿器科<br />Background: We evaluated the efficacy and complications of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy using
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iridium-192 (192Ir) combined with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in patients with prostate cancer. Methods: Ninety-seven patients underwent 192Ir HDR brachytherapy combined with EBRT at our institution between February 1999 and December 2003. Of these, 84 patients were analysed in the present study. 192Ir was delivered three times over a period of 2 days, 6 Gy per time, for a total dose of 18 Gy. Interstitial application was followed by EBRT at a dose of 44 Gy. Progression was defined as three consecutive prostate-specific antigen (PSA) rises after a nadir according to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology criteria. The results were classified into those for all patients and for patients who did not undergo adjuvant hormone therapy. Results: The 4-year overall survival of all patients, the nonadjuvant hormone therapy group (NAHT) and the adjuvant hormone therapy group (AHT) was 87.2%, 100%, and 70.1%, respectively. The PSA progression-free survival rate of all patients, NAHT, and AHT was 82.6%, 92.0%, and 66.6%, respectively. Of all patients, the 4-year PSA progression-free survival rates of PSA < 20 and PSA ≥ 20 groups were 100%, and 46.8%, respectively. According to the T stage classification, PSA progression-free survival rates of T1c, T2, T3, and T4 were 100%, 82.8%, 100%, and 12.1%, respectively. Prostate-specific antigen progression-free survival rates of groups with Gleason scores (GS) < 7 and GS ≥ 7 were 92.8% and 60.1%, respectively. Of NAHT, PSA progression-free survival of PSA < 20 was 100% vs 46.8% for PSA ≥ 20, that of T1c was 100% vs 75% for T2, and that of GS < 7 was 100% vs 75% for GS ≥ 7. No significant intraoperative or postoperative complications requiring urgent treatment occurred except cerebellum infarction. Conclusions: 192Ir HDR brachytherapy combined with EBRT was as effective as radical prostatectomy and had few associated complications。
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Takeda, Masashi ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Mamiya, Kiminori ; You, Qiang Li ; Jian, Zhang ; Keller, Evan T. ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学医学部附属病院泌尿器科<br />BACKGROUND. Although paclitaxel is used for hormone-resistant prostate cancer, relapse definitely o
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ccurs later. Details of the molecular mechanism responsible for paclitaxel- resistance remain unclear. METHODS. We established paclitaxel-resistant cells, DU145-TxR and PC-3-TxR from parent DU145 and PC-3. To characterize these cells, we examined cross-resistance to other anticancer drugs. Expression of several potential genes that had been related to drug-resistance was compared with parent cells by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Methylation analysis of multiple drug resistance (MDR1) promoter was carried out using bisulfite-modified DNA from cell lines. Knockdown experiments using small interfering RNA (siRNA) were also performed to confirm responsibility of drug-resistance. Finally, cDNA microarray was performed to quantify gene expression in PC-3 and PC-3-TxR cells. RESULTS. The IC50 for paclitaxel in DU145-TxR and PC-3-TxR was 34.0- and 43.4-fold higher than that in both parent cells, respectively. Both cells showed cross-resistance to some drugs, but not to VP-16 and cisplatin. Methylation analysis revealed that methylated CpG sites of MDR1 promoter in DU145 and PC-3 cells were demethylated in DU145-TxR cells, but not in PC-3-TxR cells. Knockdown of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which was up-regulated in resistant cells, by MDR-1 siRNA restored paclitaxel sensitivity in DU145-TxR but not in PC-3-TxR, indicating that upregulation of P-gp was not always main cause of paclitaxel-resistance. Microarray analysis identified 201 (1.34%) up-regulated genes and 218 (1.45%) out of screened genes in PC-3-TxR. CONCLUSIONS. Our data will provide molecular mechanisms of paclitaxel-resistance and be useful for screening target genes to diagnose paclitaxel sensitivity. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Takeda, Masashi ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Mamiya, Kiminori ; Li, You Qiang ; Zhang, Jian ; Keller, Evan T. ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学医学部附属病院泌尿器科<br />BACKGROUND. Although paclitaxel is used for hormone-resistant prostate cancer, relapse definitely o
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ccurs later. Details of the molecular mechanism responsible for paclitaxel- resistance remain unclear. METHODS. We established paclitaxel-resistant cells, DU145-TxR and PC-3-TxR from parent DU145 and PC-3. To characterize these cells, we examined cross-resistance to other anticancer drugs. Expression of several potential genes that had been related to drug-resistance was compared with parent cells by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Methylation analysis of multiple drug resistance (MDR1) promoter was carried out using bisulfite-modified DNA from cell lines. Knockdown experiments using small interfering RNA (siRNA) were also performed to confirm responsibility of drug-resistance. Finally, cDNA microarray was performed to quantify gene expression in PC-3 and PC-3-TxR cells. RESULTS. The IC50 for paclitaxel in DU145-TxR and PC-3-TxR was 34.0- and 43.4-fold higher than that in both parent cells, respectively. Both cells showed cross-resistance to some drugs, but not to VP-16 and cisplatin. Methylation analysis revealed that methylated CpG sites of MDR1 promoter in DU145 and PC-3 cells were demethylated in DU145-TxR cells, but not in PC-3-TxR cells. Knockdown of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which was up-regulated in resistant cells, by MDR-1 siRNA restored paclitaxel sensitivity in DU145-TxR but not in PC-3-TxR, indicating that upregulation of P-gp was not always main cause of paclitaxel-resistance. Microarray analysis identified 201 (1.34%) up-regulated genes and 218 (1.45%) out of screened genes in PC-3-TxR. CONCLUSIONS. Our data will provide molecular mechanisms of paclitaxel-resistance and be useful for screening target genes to diagnose paclitaxel sensitivity. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Nagasawa, Joji ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Koshida, Kiyoshi ; Yoshida, Sei ; Naito, Kenjiro ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学医学部附属病院泌尿器科<br />Purpose: TAK-165 is a new potent inhibitor of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) tyros
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ine kinase. Several reports suggest HER2 expression in bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and androgen-independent prostate cancer. We therefore investigated the antitumor effect of TAK-165 on these urological cancer cells. Materials and methods: Western blot analysis was performed to confirm HER2 expression in cell lines. To study in vitro efficacy, cells were treated with TAK-165 at various concentrations for 72 h and then counted using a hemocytometer. Then the IC50 value was calculated. In the xenograft model, after the tumor reached 200-300 mm3 in volume, mice were orally administered TAK-165 10 mg/kg per day or 20 mg/kg per day or saline for 14 consecutive days (n = 6-8). Results: HER2 expression was observed in HT1376, UMUC3, T24 (bladder), ACHN (kidney), DU145, LNCaP, LN-REC4 (prostate), although the expression level in these cells was weak compared with BT474 (a breast cancer cell line which expresses HER2 strongly). IC50 was varied from 0.09 to greater than 25 μmol/L in the bladder cancer cell line. ACHN cells were less sensitive in vitro. The prostate cancer cell lines studied were all sensitive (IC50 0.053-4.62 μmol/L). In the xenograft model, treatment with TAK-165 significantly inhibited growth of UMUC-3, ACHN, and LN-REC4. The antitumor effect (T/C [%] = growth of TAK-165 treated tumor/average growth of control tumor × 100) after 14 days treatment were 22.9%, 26.0%, and 26.5% in UMUC3, ACHN and LN-REC4, respectively. Conclusions: TAK-165 may be a hopeful new agent for bladder, kidney and androgen-independent prostate cancer.
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Asahi, Hideki ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Miwa, Sotaro ; Keller, Evan T. ; Koshida, Kiyoshi ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学医学部附属病院泌尿器科<br />Aim: Bisphosphonates are well established for the management of cancer-induced skeletal complicatio
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ns. Recent studies suggest that bisphosphonates promote apoptosis of cancer cells as well as osteoclasts in bone metastatic sites. To determine the direct effects of bisphosphonate on prostate cancer, we examined the effects of minodronate on prostatic cancer cell growth and the expression of apoptosis-related proteins and osteoclastogenic factors. Methods: PC-3, DU145 and LNCaP cells were treated with amino-bisphosphonate minodronate. Then proliferation, apoptosis and expression of bcl-2, bax, poly (ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP), caspase-3, receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG), matrix metalloproteinases-2 (MMP-2), and parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP) were assessed. Results: The proliferation of prostatic cancer cells was inhibited by minodronate. DNA fragmentation and TUNEL-positive nuclei were observed in minodronate-treated PC-3 cells. Minodronate decreased bcl-2 expression and induced bax expression, caspase-3 activity and degradation of PARP in DU145 and PC-3 cells. Minodronate decreased expression of RANKL, PTHrP and MMP-2 in PC-3 cells. Conclusions: Our results suggest that bisphosphonate not only promotes apoptosis directly but also decreases pro-osteoclastic gene expression in prostate cancer cells.
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Izumi, Kouji ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Itai, Shingo ; Shima, Takashi ; Shigehara, Kazuyoshi ; Miwa, Sotaro ; Maeda, Yuji ; Konaka, Hiroyuki ; Koh, Eitetsu ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学附属病院泌尿器科<br />Study Type - Prognosis (case series) Level of Evidence4 What's known on the subject? and What does the
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study add? Bone turnover markers such as BAP and 1CTP in patients with SRE or metastatic bone progression were significantly higher at later phase after starting treatment with zoledronic acid compared with those without SRE or progression. However, there are no evident biomarkers predicting SRE or survival at an early phase after starting zoledronic acid treatment. The increase in serum 1CTP and BAP levels at an early phase after starting zoledronic acid treatment predicts short SRE-free survival and overall survival. The measurement of bone turnover markers may be useful for physicians to inform patients of their prognosis and to determine the subsequent treatment plan. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether bone turnover markers could be predictive markers of the probability of newly arising skeletal-related events (SRE) after the start of zoledronic acid treatment in patients with prostate cancer with bone metastasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In all, 30 patients with prostate cancer with bone metastasis were treated with zoledronic acid infusion every 4 weeks. Serum C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type 1 collagen (1CTP), bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels were measured at the start of zoledronic acid treatment to establish baseline values, and every 4 weeks thereafter. To judge in the early phase whether zoledronic acid is effective in these patients, we retrospectively compared 1CTP, BAP, and PSA levels at 1, 3, and 6 months after starting zoledronic acid treatment with those at baseline. RESULTS: SRE-free survival of patients with increases of 1CTP levels at 1 and 3 months and BAP levels at 3 months were significantly poorer than those of patients with decreases in 1CTP or BAP levels (P = 0.001, P = 0.042, and P = 0.004, respectively). Overall survival of patients with increases of 1CTP levels at 1 and 3 months and of BAP levels at 6 months were significantly poorer than those of patients with decreases of 1CTP or BAP levels (P = 0.013, P = 0.027, and P = 0.035, respectively). CONCLUSION: The measurement of 1CTP and BAP levels at an early phase after starting zoledronic acid treatment may be useful for physicians to inform patients of their prognosis and to determine the subsequent treatment plan. © 2011 THE AUTHORS. BJU INTERNATIONAL © 2011 BJU INTERNATIONAL.<br />発行後1年より最終稿.
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Kadono, Yoshifumi ; Nohara, Takahiro ; Ueno, Satoru ; Izumi, Kouji ; Kitagawa, Yasuhide ; Konaka, Hiroyuki ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Onozawa, Mizuki ; Hinotsu, Shiro ; Akaza, Hideyuki ; Namiki, Mikio
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Purpose: The current tumor–node–metastasis (TNM) classification system has been used for many years. The prognosis of pa
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tients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) treated using primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT) was analyzed according to the TNM classification. Methods: A total of 5618 cases with lymph node metastases only (N1M0), non-regional lymph node metastasis (M1a), bone metastasis (M1b), and distant metastasis (M1c) were selected from the Japanese Study Group of Prostate Cancer database. Overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and progression-free survival (PFS) rates were calculated using Kaplan–Meier analysis. The influence of clinical variables on patient prognosis was evaluated using the Cox proportional hazard regression model. Results: The 5-year OS, CSS, and PFS were 76.0, 83.2, and 38.8 % in N1M0, 57.5, 69.0, and 23.0 % in M1a, 54.0, 63.1, and 23.0 % in M1b, and 40.0, 51.5, and 16.6 % in M1c, respectively. OS, CSS, and PFS worsened as the stages progressed. OS, CSS, and PFS were all significantly worse in N1M1b compared with N0M1b. Multivariate analysis revealed that OS and CSS were worse in patients with a Gleason score ≥8 and that combined androgen blockade (CAB) treatment provided better OS than non-CAB treatments at any tumor stage. However, OS and CSS were worse in individuals with a prostate-specific antigen >100 ng/ml only in M1b. Conclusions: Patient prognosis worsened with stage progression; therefore, current TNM classification system of mPC for PADT was shown to be trustworthy. Each PC cell that develops bone or lymphoid metastasis may exhibit different characteristics. © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Li, You Qiang ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Izumi, Kouji ; Narimoto, Kazutaka ; Shima, Takashi ; Zhang, Jian ; Dai, Jinlu ; Keller, Evan T. ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学附属病院泌尿器科<br />BACKGROUND. Recently, we established paclitaxel-resistant prostate cancer cell lines (PC-3-TxR and DU1
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45-TxR). To determine the mechanisms of paclitaxel resistance in PC-3-TxR cells, we compared the gene expression profiles between PC-3 and PC-3-TxR cells. Our results indicated that expression of the C-terminal tensin like protein (CTEN, tensin 4) gene was down-regulated by 10-fold in PC-3-TxR cells. We investigated the possibility that CTEN overexpression restores paclitaxel sensitivity. METHODS. We investigated how knockdown and overexpression of CTEN in androgen-independent cell lines affect paclitaxel sensitivity by colony formation assay and growth inhibition assay. To determine the mechanisms by which CTEN affects paclitaxel sensitivity, we investigated the relationships between CTEN and F-actin or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in PC-3 cells. We also examined the association between expression of CTEN and grade of prostate cancer by immunohistochemistry using tissue microarray analysis. RESULTS. Down-regulation of CTEN, which is located in the cytoskeleton, played an important role in paclitaxel resistance in PC-3-TxR cells. Knockdown of CTEN expression in PC-3 cells induced paclitaxel resistance. Overexpression of CTEN in PC-3-TxR and DU145-TxR cells restored paclitaxel sensitivity. CTEN expression was inversely correlated with F-actin and EGFR expression. Then knockdown of actin and EGFR in PC-3-TxR cells recovered paclitaxel sensitivity, indicating that CTEN down-regulation mediates paclitaxel resistance through elevation of EGFR and actin expression. Moreover, CTEN expression was inversely correlated with Gleason score. CONCLUSIONS. These results strongly suggested that CTEN plays an important role in paclitaxel sensitivity and that CTEN expression level may be a prognostic predictive factor for PCa patients. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Izumi, Kouji ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Narimoto, Kazutaka ; Sugimoto, Kazuhiro ; Koh, Eitetsu ; Kumano, Tomoyasu ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学附属病院泌尿器科<br />We report 3 Japanese patients with cranial nerve deficit caused by skull metastasis of prostate cancer
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(PCa). Case 1 was a 75-year-old patient with a chief complaint of diplopia. The cause of diplopia was right oculomotor nerve palsy from the skull metastasis. External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) to the whole brain, 40 Gy in 20 fractions, was performed and the diplopia improved. Case 2 was a 72-year-old patient with a chief complaint of facioplegia. Bone scintigraphy and computed tomography (CT) of the head revealed right occipital bone metastasis of PCa resulting in right facial nerve palsy. EBRT to the right occipital bone, 50 Gy in 25 fractions, with daily oral dexamethasone (DEX) was performed and facioplegia showed complete recovery. At 12 months after onset, the patient was followed-up with no symptoms. Case 3 was a 74-year-old patient with a chief complaint of diplopia. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) showed right petrous bone metastasis resulting in right abducent nerve palsy. EBRT to the right petrous bone, 44 Gy in 22 fractions, with oral DEX was performed and diplopia showed complete recovery. At 13 months after onset, the patient was followed-up with no symptoms. MRI and PET may detect PCa metastasis in the skull base more clearly than other imaging modalities. EBRT with 40-50 Gy in 20-25 fractions in association with corticosteroid administration may be reasonable treatment of patients with metastatic PCa who develop cranial nerve dysfunction. © 2010 Japan Society of Clinical Oncology.
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Narimoto, Kazutaka ; Mizokami, Atsushi ; Izumi, Kouji ; Mihara, Shinya ; Sawada, Kiyoshi ; Sugata, Toshiaki ; Shimamura, Masayoshi ; Miyazaki, Kimiomi ; Nishino, Akio ; Namiki, Mikio
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金沢大学附属病院泌尿器科<br />Objectives: To analyze the clinical effects of flutamide as a second-line anti-androgen for combined a
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ndrogen blockade in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) initially treated with bicalutamide as a first-line anti-androgen. Methods: Our study population consisted of 16 patients with CRPC who were treated with flutamide (375 mg daily) as second-line hormonal therapy. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, androstenediol, testosterone and dihydrotestosterone were measured to investigate the relationship between plasma androgens and outcome following treatment. Furthermore, adrenal androgen levels in a medium of adrenal cancer cell line were also measured. Results: Second-line hormonal therapy using flutamide resulted in a reduction of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level in 14 (87.5%) of 16 patients. A PSA decline greater than 50% was observed in 8 (50%) of the 16 patients. The duration of median responsiveness was 6.25 months. PSA elevation of baseline androstenediol level was a predictive factor of PSA responsiveness. The lower DHEA group improved the duration of responsiveness to flutamide. In vitro, 3 μmol/L flutamide suppressed DHEA, androstenedione and androstenediol synthesis compared with bicalutamide in a medium of adrenal cancer cell line. Conclusions: Our data show that flutamide suppresses the adrenal androgens in comparison with bicalutamide. The responsiveness and response duration of flutamide can be predicted in patients with a higher baseline androstenediol level and a lower DHEA level. Metabolites from adrenal androgens contribute to the progression of prostate cancer. © 2010 The Japanese Urological Association.
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