ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2024
Impact of Circulating Tumor Cell-Expressed Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen and Prostate-Specific Antigen Transcripts in Different Stages of Prostate Cancer.
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- Circulating Tumor Cells Are Detectable and Independent of PSA and PSMA-PET Metrics in Localized High-Risk and Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of circulating tumor cells in prostatic plexus and peripheral blood of patients undergoing prostatectomy.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeProstate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-based images, which visually quantify PSMA expression, are used to determine prostate cancer micrometastases. This study evaluated whether a circulating tumor cell (CTC)-based transcript platform, including PSMA mRNA, could help identify potential prognostic markers in prostate cancer. EXPERIMENTAL
designWe prospectively enrolled 21 healthy individuals and 247 patients with prostate cancer [localized prostate cancer (LPCa), n = 94; metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), n = 44; and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), n = 109]. The mRNA expression of six transcripts [PSMA, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), AR, AR-V7, EpCAM, and KRT 19] from CTCs was measured, and their relationship with biochemical recurrence (BCR) in LPCa and mCRPC progression-free survival (PFS) rate in mHSPC was assessed. PSA-PFS and radiological-PFS were also calculated to identify potential biomarkers for predicting androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (ARSI) and taxane-based chemotherapy resistance in mCRPC.
resultsCTC detection rates were 75.5%, 95.3%, and 98.0% for LPCa, mHSPC, and mCRPC, respectively. In LPCa, PSMA [hazard ratio (HR), 3.35; P = 0.028) and PSA mRNA (HR, 1.42; P = 0.047] expressions were associated with BCR. Patients with mHSPC with high PSMA (HR, 4.26; P = 0.020) and PSA mRNA (HR, 3.52; P = 0.042) expressions showed significantly worse mCRPC-PFS rates than those with low expression. Increased PSA and PSMA mRNA expressions were significantly associated with shorter PSA-PFS and radiological PFS in mCPRC, indicating an association with drug resistance.
conclusionsPSMA and PSA mRNA expressions are associated with BCR in LPCa. In advanced prostate cancer, PSMA and PSA mRNA can also predict rapid progression from mHSPC to mCRPC and ARSI or taxane-based chemotherapy resistance.
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