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The Expression of Ubiquitous Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Is Downregulated as Prostate Cancer Progression
1. Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
2. Department of Anatomic Pathology
3. Department of Urology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
4. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Seinan Jo Gakuin University, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Amamoto R, Uchiumi T, Yagi M, Monji K, Song Y, Oda Y, Shiota M, Yokomizo A, Naito S, Kang D. The Expression of Ubiquitous Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Is Downregulated as Prostate Cancer Progression. J Cancer 2016; 7(1):50-59. doi:10.7150/jca.13207. https://www.jcancer.org/v07p0050.htm
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Background: Mitochondria play crucial roles in cell signaling events, interorganellar communication, aging, cell proliferation and apoptosis, and mitochondrial impairment has been shown to accelerate or modulate cancer progression. Ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase (uMtCK) is predominantly localized in the intermembrane space of mitochondria and catalyzes the reversible exchange of high-energy phosphate between adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) and phosphocreatine. However, little is known about its expression and function in human prostate cancer progression.
Method: We investigated the expression of uMtCK in 148 prostate carcinoma tissues and matched normal tissue by immunohistochemistry. The expression and localization of uMtCK and hexokinase II, a marker of glycolysis, were examined in prostate carcinoma cell lines using western blot and immunofluorescence.
Results: MtCK expression was significantly lower in high Gleason grade carcinoma compared with normal prostate or low grade carcinoma. Western blot further revealed that uMtCK was highly expressed in LNCaP and 22Rv1 cell lines, as well as in the normal prostate cell line RWPE-1. However, uMtCK expression was almost absent in PC3 and DU145 cell lines, in correlation with absent or mutant p53 expression, respectively. In contrast, hexokinase II was overexpressed in PC3 cells. Moreover, in the low uMtCK expressing cell lines, glycolytic ATP production was increased, whereas mitochondrial ATP production was decreased.
Conclusions: These data suggest that uMtCK is downregulated as prostate cancer progresses in correlation with a metabolic switch in ATP usage.
Keywords: mtCK, ATP, mitochondria
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APA
Amamoto, R., Uchiumi, T., Yagi, M., Monji, K., Song, Y., Oda, Y., Shiota, M., Yokomizo, A., Naito, S., Kang, D. (2016). The Expression of Ubiquitous Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Is Downregulated as Prostate Cancer Progression. Journal of Cancer, 7(1), 50-59. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.13207.
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Amamoto, R.; Uchiumi, T.; Yagi, M.; Monji, K.; Song, Y.; Oda, Y.; Shiota, M.; Yokomizo, A.; Naito, S.; Kang, D. The Expression of Ubiquitous Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Is Downregulated as Prostate Cancer Progression. J. Cancer 2016, 7 (1), 50-59. DOI: 10.7150/jca.13207.
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Amamoto R, Uchiumi T, Yagi M, Monji K, Song Y, Oda Y, Shiota M, Yokomizo A, Naito S, Kang D. The Expression of Ubiquitous Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Is Downregulated as Prostate Cancer Progression. J Cancer 2016; 7(1):50-59. doi:10.7150/jca.13207. https://www.jcancer.org/v07p0050.htm
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Amamoto R, Uchiumi T, Yagi M, Monji K, Song Y, Oda Y, Shiota M, Yokomizo A, Naito S, Kang D. 2016. The Expression of Ubiquitous Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Is Downregulated as Prostate Cancer Progression. J Cancer. 7(1):50-59.
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