Dynamic thiol/disulphide homeostasis before and after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer

Thiol groups are important anti-oxidants and essential molecules protecting organism against the harmful effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The aim of our study is to evaluate thiol–disulphide homeostasis with a novel recent automated method in patients with localized prostate cancer (PC) before and six months after radical prostatectomy (RP). 18 patients with PC and 17 healthy control subjects were enrolled into the study. Blood samples were collected from the controls subjects and patients before and six months after RP. Thiol–disulphide homeostasis was determined using a recently developed novel method. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), albumin, total protein, total thiol, native thiol, disulphide and total antioxidant status (TAS) were measured and compared between the groups. Native thiol, total thiol and TAS levels were significantly higher in the control group than the patients before RP (p <.001). There was a non-significant increase in the native thiol, total thiol and TAS levels in the patients six months after RP in comparison to the levels before RP (p values.3,.3 and.09, respectively). We found a significant negative correlation between PSA and thiol levels. Our study demonstrated that the decreased thiol and TAS levels weakened anti-oxidant defence mechanism in the patients with PC as indicated. Increased oxidative stress in prostate cancer patients may cause metabolic disturbance and have a role in the aetiopathogenesis of prostate cancer

TGF-beta-SMAD-miR-520e axis regulates NSCLC metastasis through a

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) pathway plays crucial roles during the carcinogenesis and metastasis. TGF-beta receptor 2 (TGFBR2) is a key molecule for the regulation of TGF-beta pathway and frequently downregulated or lost in several cancer types including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and TGF-beta pathway is often regulated by negative-feedback mechanisms, but little is known about the mechanism of TGFBR2 downregulation in NSCLC. Here, we found that the expression of miR-520e is upregulated in metastatic tumor tissues compared with non-metastatic ones, and its expression is inversely correlated with that of TGFBR2 in clinical samples. We also discovered that TGF-beta dramatically increased the expression of miR-520e, which targeted and downregulated TGFBR2, and the suppression of miR-520e significantly impaired TGF-beta-induced TGFBR2 downregulation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation-PCR experiments further showed that miR-520e is transcriptionally induced by SMAD2/3 in response to TGF-beta. Our findings reveal a novel negative-feedback mechanism in TGF-beta signaling and the expression level of miR-520e could be a predictive biomarker for NSCLC metastasis.We demonstrate that low TGFBR2 and high miR-520e expression correlated with increased metastatic capacity of non-small cell lung cancer cells. Furthermore, our findings provide a novel mechanism by which miR-520e-mediated the self-limiting of transforming growth factor-beta in metastasis of lung cancer cells.C1 [Kucuksayan, Hakan; Akgun, Sakir; Akca, Hakan] Pamukkale Univ, Sch Med, Med Biol Dept, Denizli, Turkey.[Ozes, Osman Nidai] ALTAY Biopharma, San Bruno, CA USA.[Alikanoglu, Arsenal Sezgin] Antalya Training & Res Hosp, Pathol Dept, Antalya, Turkey.[Yildiz, Mustafa] Antalya Training & Res Hosp, Med Oncol, Antalya, Turkey.[Dal, Egemen] Pamukkale Univ, Fac Med, Denizli, Turkey

Dynamic thiol/disulphide homeostasis before and after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer

AbstractThiol groups are important anti-oxidants and essential molecules protecting organism against the harmful effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The aim of our study is to evaluate thiol–disulphide homeostasis with a novel recent automated method in patients with localized prostate cancer (PC) before and six months after radical prostatectomy (RP). 18 patients with PC and 17 healthy control subjects were enrolled into the study. Blood samples were collected from the controls subjects and patients before and six months after RP. Thiol–disulphide homeostasis was determined using a recently developed novel method. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), albumin, total protein, total thiol, native thiol, disulphide and total antioxidant status (TAS) were measured and compared between the groups. Native thiol, total thiol and TAS levels were significantly higher in the control group than the patients before RP (p < .001). There was a non-significant increase in the native thiol, total thiol and TAS levels i..