Comparative study of PSMA expression in the prostate of mouse, dog, monkey, and human
- 15 June 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Prostate
- Vol. 66 (9), 903-910
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pros.20413
Abstract
BACKGROUND Intraprostatic PSMA targeted prodrugs/protoxins are under development in our laboratory. Future toxicologic studies of these therapies require identification of animal models that express PSMA within the prostate. METHOD PSMA enzymatic activity and protein expression was determined. PSMA expression in the prostates of mouse, dog, and monkey were compared to humans by real‐time PCR analysis. RESULTS No substrate hydrolysis was observed in dog or monkey prostate homogenates. Monkey prostate was negative for PSMA protein expression. No significant PSMA mRNA levels were detected by real time PCR in mouse, dog, or monkey prostate tissue compared to PSMA negative tissues. CONCLUSIONS PSMA is not expressed in any significant amount in the prostates of mouse, beagle dog, or macaque monkeys in this study but is expressed in high levels by human prostate. These non‐human species, therefore, are not suitable toxicologic models to assess prostate damage from PSMA‐activated intraprostatic prodrug/protoxin therapies. Prostate 66: 903–910, 2006.Keywords
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