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Steroid sulfatase promotes invasion through epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and predicts the progression of bladder cancer

  • Authors:
    • Yasuomi Shimizu
    • Satoshi Tamada
    • Minoru Kato
    • Yuji Takeyama
    • Masaki Fujioka
    • Anna Kakehashi
    • Tatsuya Nakatani
    • Hideki Wanibuchi
    • Min Gi
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  • Published online on: September 21, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6787
  • Pages: 4463-4470
  • Copyright: © Shimizu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Androgen signal has been recently suggested to be associated with the progression of bladder cancer. Steroid sulfatase (STS) is a steroid sulfate activation enzyme, considered to be one of the key enzymes in the androgen signaling pathway. However, the role of STS in bladder cancer has not been elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to determine the clinical and functional significance of STS in bladder cancer. Immunohistochemical analysis of surgical specimens obtained by radical cystectomy (n=114) demonstrated that overexpression of STS was associated with the invasion of bladder cancer, as evidenced by the incidence of STS‑positive cancers (11.5 and 37.1% in non‑muscle invasive and muscle invasive bladder cancers, respectively; P=0.003). STS‑positive cancer demonstrated shorter recurrence‑free survival and cancer‑specific survival (P=0.0027 and 0.0030, respectively). Furthermore, knockdown of STS significantly reduced cell migration and invasion capacities of bladder cancer cells (P<0.001 and P=0.005, respectively), accompanied by the upregulation of E‑cadherin and downregulation of vimentin. In summary, the present study demonstrated that STS promotes the invasion capability of bladder cancer via regulation of the epithelial‑mesenchymal transition, and may be a useful marker for predicting the progression of bladder cancers.
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Shimizu Y, Tamada S, Kato M, Takeyama Y, Fujioka M, Kakehashi A, Nakatani T, Wanibuchi H and Gi M: Steroid sulfatase promotes invasion through epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and predicts the progression of bladder cancer. Exp Ther Med 16: 4463-4470, 2018.
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Shimizu, Y., Tamada, S., Kato, M., Takeyama, Y., Fujioka, M., Kakehashi, A. ... Gi, M. (2018). Steroid sulfatase promotes invasion through epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and predicts the progression of bladder cancer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 16, 4463-4470. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6787
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Shimizu, Y., Tamada, S., Kato, M., Takeyama, Y., Fujioka, M., Kakehashi, A., Nakatani, T., Wanibuchi, H., Gi, M."Steroid sulfatase promotes invasion through epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and predicts the progression of bladder cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 16.6 (2018): 4463-4470.
Chicago
Shimizu, Y., Tamada, S., Kato, M., Takeyama, Y., Fujioka, M., Kakehashi, A., Nakatani, T., Wanibuchi, H., Gi, M."Steroid sulfatase promotes invasion through epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and predicts the progression of bladder cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 16, no. 6 (2018): 4463-4470. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6787