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A study aimed at identifying the cancer lesion within multiple prostate cancer lesions that determines an individual's prognosis.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K09177
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 56030:Urology-related
Research InstitutionKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Principal Investigator

Iwata Tsuyoshi  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 客員教授 (00552209)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 上田 崇  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (50601598)
浮村 理  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70275220)
白石 匠  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (70405314)
上田 紗弥 (伊藤紗弥)  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 研究員 (90534511)
藤原 敦子  京都府立医科大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 講師 (20457980)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords前立腺癌 / DNAメチル化 / メチル化 / 前立腺全摘 / Index cancer / 前立腺生検 / 泌尿器科 / 予後規定病巣 / 針生検
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study was to perform comprehensive DNA methylation analysis using cells from multiple cancer lesions in radical prostatectomy specimens with metastasis and cancer cells from the metastatic site. The aim was to identify whether these lesions could be classified into prognostically significant lesions (aggressive cancer) and lesions that do not require immediate treatment (non-aggressive cancer). By performing DNA methylation analysis through DNA microdissection on multiple cancer lesions using radical prostatectomy specimens and comparing them to samples obtained from lymph node metastasis during radical prostatectomy, it was revealed that there were lesions within the multiple cancer lesions that exhibited methylation patterns similar to those of lymph node metastasis. These findings suggest that these lesions are the ones determining the prognosis among the multiple prostate cancer lesions that occur within the prostate.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では転移を有する前立腺全摘除術標本の多発性癌病巣の細胞と転移部位の癌細胞とを用いて網羅的にDNAのメチル化解析を行った結果、多発癌病巣は一様ではなく、転移の源となる予後規定病巣(aggressive cancer)と即時治療を要さない病巣(Non aggressive cancer)とに分類できる可能性があることが示唆された。転移能を有する予後規定病巣を標的化して治療できれば前立腺全体を治療する必要がないと考えられ、前立腺部分治療の今後の発展の基盤となる意義深い成果であると考えられる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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