Mir143 expression inversely correlates with nuclear ERK5 immunoreactivity in clinical prostate cancer

Ahmad, I. et al. (2013) Mir143 expression inversely correlates with nuclear ERK5 immunoreactivity in clinical prostate cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 108(1), pp. 149-154. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.510)

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Abstract

<p>Background: Aberrant mitogen/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 (MEK5)–extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 5 (ERK5)-mediated signalling has been implicated in a number of tumour types including prostate cancer (CaP). The mechanism for ERK5 activation in CaP remains to be fully elucidated. Studies have recently implicated the role of microRNA (miRNA) mir143 expression in the regulation of ERK5 expression.</p> <p>Methods: We utilised a tissue microarray (TMA) of 530 CaP cores from 168 individual patients and stained for both mir143 and ERK5. These TMAs were scored by a combination of observer and automated methods.</p> <p>Results: We observed a strong inverse relation between ERK5 and mir143, which manifested itself most strongly in the subgroup of 417 cores with non-zero mir143 and ERK5 immunoreactivity, or with only one of mir143 or ERK5 being zero (cc=0.2558 and P<0.0001). Mir143 neither correlate with Gleason scores or prostate-specific antigen levels, nor was it a predictor of disease-specific survival on univariate analysis.</p> <p>Conclusion: Although the mechanism for ERK5 activation in CaP remains to be fully elucidated, we have further validated the potential role of mir143 in regulating ERK5 levels in the clinical context. In addition, we demonstrate that the automated counting method for nuclear ERK5 is a clinically useful alterative to observer counting method in patient stratification in the context of ERK5 targeting therapy.</p>

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Ahmad, Professor Imran and Leung, Professor Hing and Fleming, Ms Janice and Kalna, Dr Gabriela
Authors: Ahmad, I., Singh, L.B., Yang, Z.H., Kalna, G., Fleming, J., Fisher, G., Cooper, C., Cuzick, J., Berney, D.M., Møller, H., Scardino, P., and Leung, H.Y.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences
Journal Name:British Journal of Cancer
ISSN:0007-0920
Published Online:15 January 2013

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