IMR Press / FBL / Volume 23 / Issue 11 / DOI: 10.2741/4684

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Review

Hsp70 and gama-Semino protein as possible prognostic marker of prostate cance

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1 Cancer Biology Research and Training, Department of Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA
2 University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India
3 Department of Pathology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
4 Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
5 Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2018, 23(11), 1987–2000; https://doi.org/10.2741/4684
Published: 1 June 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent progress in reproductive biology)
Abstract

In the United States, Prostate Cancer (PCa) is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men. PCa resulted in abnormal growth and function of prostate gland such as secretion of high level of gamma-seminoprotein (gama-SM)/Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) which could be detected in the blood. Beside gama-SM protein, the levels of heat shock proteins (Hsp70) were also observed significantly high. Therefore, gama-SM and Hsp70 are unique proteins with high potential for PCa therapeutics and diagnostics. High level of Hsp70 suppresses apoptosis, thus allowing PCa cells to exist; however, depletion of Hsp70 induces apoptosis in PCa cells. Gama-SM is the most prominent biomarker for PCa screening; however, its accuracy is still questionable. Thus, a more suitable streamline biomarker for PCa screening is urgently needed. Hsp70 and gama-SM proteins could be used as a revolutionary biomarker for PCa, and could help to identify possible therapeutic target(s). In this review article we will discuss the relationship between the Hsp70 and gama-SM proteins with PCa, their potential as a dual biomarker, and the possibility for both proteins being used as therapeutic targets.

Keywords
Hsp70
Gama-Seminoprotein
PCa
Biomarker
Review
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