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Studies of somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations have become an important aspect of cancer research because these mutations might have functional significance and/or serve as a biosensor for tumor detection. Here we report somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations from three specific tissue types (tumor, adjacent benign, and distant benign) recovered from 24 prostatectomy samples. Needle biopsy tissue from 12 individuals referred for prostate biopsy, yet histologically benign (symptomatic benign), were used as among individual control samples. We also sampled blood (germplasm tissue) from each patient to serve as within individual controls relative to the somatic tissues sampled (malignant, adjacent, and distant benign). Complete mitochondrial genome sequencing was attempted on each sample. In contrast to both control groups [within patient (blood) and among patient (symptomatic benign)], all of the tissue types recovered from the malignant group harbored significantly different mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. We conclude that mitochondrial genome mutations are an early indicator of malignant transformation in prostate tissue. These mutations occur well before changes in tissue histopathology, indicative of prostate cancer, are evident to the pathologist. Copyright © American Society for Investigative Pathology and the Association for Molecular Pathology.
Author(s): Parr RL, Dakubo GD, Crandall KA, Maki J, Reguly B, Aguirre A, Wittock R, Robinson K, Alexander JS, Birch-Machin MA, Abdel-Malak M, Froberg MK, Diamandis EP, Thayer RE
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
Year: 2006
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Pages: 312-319
ISSN (print): 1525-1578
ISSN (electronic): 1943-7811
Publisher: American Society for Investigative Pathology
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2353/jmoldx.2006.050112
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.050112
PubMed id: 16825503
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