Circulating microRNAs and kallikreins before and after radical prostatectomy: are they really prostate cancer markers?

Biomed Res Int. 2013:2013:241780. doi: 10.1155/2013/241780. Epub 2013 Oct 9.

Abstract

The aim of our study was to monitor serum levels of two miRNAs (miR-21 and miR-141) and three KLKs (hK3/PSA, hK11, and hK13) before and 1, 5, and 30 days after radical prostatectomy, in order to characterize their fluctuations after surgery. 38 patients with prostate cancer were included. miR-21 and miR-141 were quantified through real-time PCR, while ELISA assays were used to quantify hK3 (PSA), hK11, and hK13. Both miR-21 and miR-141 showed a significant increase at the 5th postoperative day, after which a gradual return to the preoperative levels was recorded. These findings suggest that miR-21 and miR-141 could be involved in postsurgical inflammatory processes and that radical prostatectomy does not seem to alter their circulating levels. Postoperative serum kallikreins showed a significant decrease, highlighting the potential usefulness of kallikreins apart from PSA as potential prostate cancer markers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Demography
  • Humans
  • Kallikreins / blood*
  • Male
  • MicroRNAs / blood*
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
  • Prostatectomy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / blood*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • ROC Curve
  • Serine Endopeptidases / blood

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • MIRN141 microRNA, human
  • MIRN21 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • trypsin-like serine protease
  • KLK13 protein, human
  • Kallikreins
  • Serine Endopeptidases
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen