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- Title
Discovery of PTN as a serum-based biomarker of pro-metastatic prostate cancer.
- Authors
Liu, Shiqin; Shen, Michelle; Hsu, En-Chi; Zhang, Chiyuan Amy; Garcia-Marques, Fernando; Nolley, Rosalie; Koul, Kashyap; Rice, Meghan A.; Aslan, Merve; Pitteri, Sharon J.; Massie, Charlie; George, Anne; Brooks, James D.; Gnanapragasam, Vincent J.; Stoyanova, Tanya
- Abstract
Distinguishing clinically significant from indolent prostate cancer (PC) is a major clinical challenge. We utilised targeted protein biomarker discovery approach to identify biomarkers specific for pro-metastatic PC. Serum samples from the cancer-free group; Cambridge Prognostic Group 1 (CPG1, low risk); CPG5 (high risk) and metastatic disease were analysed using Olink Proteomics panels. Tissue validation was performed by immunohistochemistry in a radical prostatectomy cohort (n = 234). We discovered that nine proteins (pleiotrophin (PTN), MK, PVRL4, EPHA2, TFPI-2, hK11, SYND1, ANGPT2, and hK14) were elevated in metastatic PC patients when compared to other groups. PTN levels were increased in serum from men with CPG5 compared to benign and CPG1. High tissue PTN level was an independent predictor of biochemical recurrence and metastatic progression in low- and intermediate-grade disease. These findings suggest that PTN may represent a novel biomarker for the presence of poor prognosis local disease with the potential to metastasise warranting further investigation.
- Subjects
CYTOKINES; SURVIVAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; CARRIER proteins; PROSTATE tumors; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
British Journal of Cancer, 2021, Vol 124, Issue 5, p896
- ISSN
0007-0920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1038/s41416-020-01200-0