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ArticleGland surgery2021

ROBO1 protein expression is independently associated with biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients who underwent radical prostatectomy in Asian patients.

Sang Hoon Kim, Tae-Jung Kim, Dongho Shin, Kyung Jae Hur, Sung-Hoo Hong, Ji Youl Lee, U-Syn Ha

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Sang Hoon KimDepartment of Urology, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Tae-Jung KimDepartment of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Dongho ShinDepartment of Urology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kyung Jae HurDepartment of Urology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Hoo HongDepartment of Urology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ji Youl LeeDepartment of Urology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
U-Syn HaDepartment of Urology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Seoul St. Mary's Hospital · KRCatholic University of Korea · KR

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backgroundThe purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between ROBO1 expression and prostate cancer aggressiveness.

methodsROBO1 expression was evaluated in normal prostate epithelial cells (PrEC) and different prostate cancer cell lines by Western blot analysis. The migration and invasion of native and ROBO1 knockdown cells were evaluated using migration chambers and a Matrigel-coated membrane, respectively. Samples from 145 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy between June 2000 and June 2008, were retrieved from the paraffin files for tissue microarray (TMA) with immunohistochemical analysis. Biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival curves were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods in two groups of patients classified according to the degree of ROBO1 expression (low or high expression).

resultsROBO1 is highly expressed in the prostate cancer cell lines. All ROBO1 knockdown cells (PC3, 22Rv1 and DU 145) showed markedly decreased migration and invasiveness compared to native cells. In 145 patients with radical prostatectomy, the Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test for BCR-free survival stratified by ROBO1 expression in organ-confined (pT2) or not (pT3), showed significant differences in 10-year survival between the ROBO1 high and low expression groups (87.2% versus 52.6% in pT2; P=0.047, 51.0% versus 36.9% in pT3; P=0.033). The multivariable-adjusted model showed a markedly increased hazard ratio (HR) in patients with high ROBO1 expression compared to the patients with low ROBO1expression in every model.

conclusionsROBO1 may play an important role in the migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells, and was independently associated with BCR.

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biochemical recurrence (BCR)Prostate cancerradical prostatectomyROBO1

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