RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Protein Phosphatase and TRAIL Receptor Genes as New Candidate Tumor Genes on Chromosome 8p in Prostate Cancer JF Cancer Genomics - Proteomics JO Cancer Genomics Proteomics FD International Institute of Anticancer Research SP 123 OP 136 VO 5 IS 2 A1 MAX HORNSTEIN A1 MICHÈLE J. HOFFMANN A1 ADRIAN ALEXA A1 MASANORI YAMANAKA A1 MIRKO MÜLLER A1 VOLKER JUNG A1 JÖRG RAHNENFÜHRER A1 WOLFGANG A. SCHULZ YR 2008 UL http://cgp.iiarjournals.org/content/5/2/123.abstract AB Background: Allelic losses on chromosome 8p are common in prostate carcinoma, but it is not known exactly how they contribute to cancer development and progression. Materials and Methods: Expression of 12 genes located across chromosome 8p, including established tumor suppressor candidates (CSMD1, DLC1, NKX3.1), and others from a new microarray-based comparison was studied by quantitative RT-PCR in 45 M0 prostate carcinomas and 13 benign prostate tissues. Results: Significantly reduced expression was observed for two protein phosphatase subunit genes (PPP2CB, PPP3CC) and two TRAIL decoy receptors (TNFRSF10C/DcR1, TNFRSF10D/DcR2), but not for the three established candidates nor for TRAIL death receptor genes. Low expression of PPP3CC and TNFRSF10C located at 8p21.3 was highly significantly associated with tumor recurrence. In addition to allele loss, down-regulation of TNFRSF10C and TNFRSF10D was found to be associated with hypermethylation, although bisulfite sequencing usually revealed it to be partial. Conclusion: Our data strongly support a recent proposal that a segment at 8p21.3 contains crucial prostate cancer tumor suppressors. In addition, they raise the paradoxical issue of why TRAIL decoy receptors rather than death receptors are down-regulated in aggressive prostate cancer.