Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 65-71.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2019.01.012

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Detection of MAP1A expression in prostate cancer and its clinical characteristics

Wang Wei1,2, Su Jiaming3, Yuan Dongbo2, Zhang Wei2, Chen Weihong2, Sun Zhaolin2, Zhu Jianguo1,2   

  1. 1. Graduate School of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, China;
    2. Department of Urology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang 550000, China;
    3. Graduate School of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, Guizhou Province, China
  • Received:2018-10-24 Online:2019-01-21 Published:2019-01-23
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81660426, 81873608), Guizhou Science and Technology International Cooperation Project ([2017] 5803).

Abstract: Objective To investigate the expression of MAP1A in prostate cancer and its relationship with clinical features. Methods The expression of MAP1A at the protein level in human prostate cancer and non-cancerous prostate tissue was detected with immunohistochemistry, and it was further validated with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) at the mRNA level. Subsequently, the association of MAP1A expression with the clinical characteristics of the patients with prostate cancer was statistically analyzed with the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Results Immunohistochemistry stains showed that the protein expression of MAP1A was significantly decreased in prostate cancer tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues[immunoreactive score (IRS):Prostate cancer tissue=4.08±1.58,Tumor-adjacent normal tissue=4.91±1.46,P<0.001]. The positive expression rates of MAP1A in PCa tissue samples and adjacent normal tissue samples were 58.6% and 82.7%, respectively, indicating a statistically significant difference (χ2=12.225,P=0.001). MAP1A mRNA expression was detected with quantitative real-time PCR and it was significantly lower in prostate cancer than in normal prostate tissue (P=0.019). Analysis of TCGA data suggested, that the expression of MAP1A is significantly different in the tumor tissues with different clinical characteristics, such as Gleason score (P<0.001), clinical pathological stage (P=0.009), metastasis (P=0.008), and overall survival rate (P=0.049). Conclusion MAP1A is down-regulated in prostate cancer and is associated with the staging of tumor tissue. The later stage of tumor tissue, the lower the expression of MAP1A, suggesting that MAP1A is related to the development and progression of prostate cancer.

Key words: prostate cancer(PCa), microtubule associated protein 1A(MAP1A), clinical characteristics

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