Susceptibility of p27 kip1 knockout mice to urinary bladder carcinogenesis induced by N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine may not simply be due to enhanced proliferation.

Deregulated proliferation is one of the fundamental characteristics of carcinogenesis. p27 is one of the most well characterized negative cell cycle regulator. In our previous study, expression of p27 protein was found to be dramatically suppressed on stimulation of cell proliferation by calculi in the rodent urinary bladder, withdrawal of the insult resulting in re-expression of p27 and regression of urothelial hyperplastic lesions.

Proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma of the perineum: calling attention of urologists.

A subcutaneous mass in the perineum of a middle-aged man was excised and pathologically diagnosed at first as 'undifferentiated carcinoma' of unknown origin, which recurred 2 years later without any metastasis. Further histological evaluation ultimately established a correct diagnosis of 'proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma', a variant of rare epithelioid sarcoma. This type of tumor may confuse pathologists because its histological characteristics resemble undifferentiated carcinoma or malignant rhabdoid tumor.

Expression of prothymosin alpha is correlated with development and progression in human prostate cancers.

Background: Our previous study clearly demonstrated that decreased expression of prothymosin alpha (PTMA) was associated with inhibition of rat prostate carcinogenesis by isoflavones. The purpose of the present investigation was to provide a better understanding of the role of PTMA in human prostate cancers.

Methods And Results: PTMA expression in 68 prostate cancer cases and in prostate cancer cell lines was examined by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting, and its levels were increased with progression from normal epithelium, through prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) to carcinomas, correlating with the Gleason's pattern.

Lack of prophylactic effect of incadronate on skeletal lesions associated with implants of prostate cancer.

Objectives: To evaluate prophylactic effects of bisphosphonate (BP) on skeletal lesions induced by prostate cancer (CaP).

Methods: Incadronate, a third-generation BP, was administered weekly for 4 weeks, with or without 4-week pre-administration, to rats whose calvaria had been inoculated with syngeneic CaP tissue.

Results: The transplanted CaP grew up and caused bone resorption with osteoblastic changes regardless of incadronate treatment.

MMP-7 promotes prostate cancer-induced osteolysis via the solubilization of RANKL.

We developed a rodent model that mimics the osteoblastic and osteolytic changes associated with human metastatic prostate cancer. Microarray analysis identified MMP-7, cathepsin-K, and apolipoprotein D as being upregulated at the tumor-bone interface. MMP-7, which was produced by osteoclasts at the tumor-bone interface, was capable of processing RANKL to a soluble form that promoted osteoclast activation.

Inhibitory effects of soy isoflavones on rat prostate carcinogenesis induced by 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP).

Intake of isoflavones derived from soybean products may impact on prostate cancer risk. Here we evaluated the effects of Fujiflavone, a commercial isoflavone supplement, on rat prostate carcinogenesis induced by 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), the most abundant heterocyclic amine in cooked meat. F344 male rats were given intragastric administrations of PhIP at the dose of 200 mg/kg twice weekly for 10 weeks.