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Molecular profiling of ETS and non‐ ETS aberrations in prostate cancer patients from northern India
Author(s) -
Ateeq Bushra,
Kunju Lakshmi P.,
Carskadon Shan L.,
Pandey Swaroop K.,
Singh Geetika,
Pradeep Immanuel,
Tandon Vini,
Singhai Atin,
Goel Apul,
Amit Sonal,
Agarwal Asha,
Dinda Amit K.,
Seth Amlesh,
Tsodikov Alexander,
Chinnaiyan Arul M.,
Palanisamy Nallasivam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.22989
Subject(s) - pten , prostate cancer , fluorescence in situ hybridization , immunohistochemistry , tmprss2 , in situ hybridization , biology , population , gene expression profiling , pathology , cancer , gene expression , cancer research , erg , gene , medicine , genetics , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , chromosome , apoptosis , disease , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , retina , neuroscience , covid-19
BACKGROUND Molecular stratification of prostate cancer (PCa) based on genetic aberrations including ETS or RAF gene‐rearrangements, PTEN deletion, and SPINK1 over‐expression show clear prognostic and diagnostic utility. Gene rearrangements involving ETS transcription factors are frequent pathogenetic somatic events observed in PCa. Incidence of ETS rearrangements in Caucasian PCa patients has been reported, however, occurrence in Indian population is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the ETS and RAF kinase gene rearrangements, SPINK1 over‐expression, and PTEN deletion in this cohort. METHODS In this multi‐center study, formalin‐fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) PCa specimens (n = 121) were procured from four major medical institutions in India. The tissues were sectioned and molecular profiling was done using immunohistochemistry (IHC), RNA in situ hybridization (RNA‐ISH) and/or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). RESULTS ERG over ‐ expression was detected in 48.9% (46/94) PCa specimens by IHC, which was confirmed in a subset of cases by FISH. Among other ETS family members, while ETV1 transcript was detected in one case by RNA‐ISH, no alteration in ETV4 was observed. SPINK1 over‐expression was observed in 12.5% (12/96) and PTEN deletion in 21.52% (17/79) of the total PCa cases. Interestingly, PTEN deletion was found in 30% of the ERG‐positive cases ( P  = 0.017) but in only one case with SPINK1 over‐expression ( P  = 0.67). BRAF and RAF1 gene rearrangements were detected in ∼1% and ∼4.5% of the PCa cases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report on comprehensive molecular profiling of the major spectrum of the causal aberrations in Indian men with PCa. Our findings suggest that ETS gene rearrangement and SPINK1 over‐expression patterns in North Indian population largely resembled those observed in Caucasian population but differed from Japanese and Chinese PCa patients. The molecular profiling data presented in this study could help in clinical decision‐making for the pursuit of surgery, diagnosis, and in selection of therapeutic intervention. Prostate 75:1051–1062, 2015 . © 2015 The Authors. The Prostate , published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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