Clinical Cancer Research, Vol 3, Issue 12 2269-2274, Copyright © 1997 by American Association for Cancer Research

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Loss of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) protein in human prostate cancer correlates with tumor grade

Y Guo, GN Sklar, A Borkowski and N Kyprianou
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.

Loss of expression or mutational deletion of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) has recently been implicated in malignant development. In this study, we investigated the relationship between p27(Kip1) protein expression and tumor grade in human prostate cancer by conducting an immunohistochemical analysis in a series of normal prostate, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and malignant prostate cancer specimens. The proliferative activity of prostatic tumors was determined on the basis of the Ki-67 nuclear antigen staining. A uniformly intense immunoreactivity for p27(Kip1) was localized to the nuclei of glandular epithelial cells of normal prostates. The benign glandular epithelia exhibited moderate immunostaining. In the malignant prostate tissue, however, a heterogeneous pattern of substantially reduced p27(Kip1) immunoreactivity was found among the glandular epithelial cells. The majority of primary prostate cancer specimens (68%) were totally negative for p27(Kip1) immunoreactivity, whereas the rest exhibited a significantly decreased p27(Kip1) expression, compared with the normal prostate (P < 0.01). Moreover, there was progressively diminished p27(Kip1) immunostaining with increased tumor grade. This loss of p27(Kip1) was associated with an increase in the proliferative index of prostatic tumors (r = 0.88). There was no significant relationship between p27(Kip) loss and the transforming growth factor beta receptor status of prostatic adenocarcinomas. These results indicate that frequent loss of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) in human prostate cancer cells correlates with advancing histological aggressiveness, implicating deregulation of p27(Kip1) in prostate tumor progression.

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