Abstract
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an emerging class of oncogenic molecules implicated in a diverse range of human malignancies. We recently identified SChLAP1 as a novel lncRNA that demonstrates outlier expression in a subset of prostate cancers, promotes tumor cell invasion and metastasis, and associates with lethal disease. Based on these findings, we sought to develop an RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) assay for SChLAP1 to 1) investigate the spectrum of SChLAP1 expression from benign prostatic tissue to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and 2) to determine whether SChLAP1 expression by ISH is associated with outcome after radical prostatectomy in patients with clinically localized disease. The results from our current study demonstrate that SChLAP1 expression increases with prostate cancer progression, and high SChLAP1 expression by ISH is associated with poor outcome after radical prostatectomy in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer by both univariate (hazard ratio = 2.343, P =.005) and multivariate (hazard ratio = 1.99, P =.032) Cox regression analyses. This study highlights a potential clinical utility for SChLAP1 ISH as a novel tissue-based biomarker assay for outcome prognostication after radical prostatectomy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1121-1127 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Neoplasia (United States) |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2014 |
Funding
Funding: This work was supported in part by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (R.M., F.Y.F, J.R.P. and A.M.C.), the National Institutes of Health Prostate Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence P50CA69568 to A.M.C., and the Early Detection Research Network (UO1 CA113913 to A.M.C. and U01CA113913 to J.W.). A.M.C. is also supported by the American Cancer Society,Alfred A. Taubman Medical Institute, and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute. F.Y.F. is supported by the Evans Foundation.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research