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Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2021 Apr 01;29(4):e29-e38. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000901.

Overexpression of the TRIM24 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase is Linked to Genetic Instability and Predicts Unfavorable Prognosis in Prostate Cancer.

Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM

Doris Höflmayer, Christoph Fraune, Claudia Hube-Magg, Ronald Simon, Cornelia Schroeder, Franziska Büscheck, Katharina Möller, David Dum, Sören Weidemann, Corinna Wittmer, Thorsten Schlomm, Hartwig Huland, Hans Heinzer, Markus Graefen, Alexander Haese, Guido Sauter, Eike Burandt, Till S Clauditz, Stefan Steurer, Sarah Minner, Waldemar Wilczak, Adam Polonski

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Pathology.
  2. General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery Department and Clinic.
  3. Department of Urology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
  4. Martini-Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg, Eppendorf.

PMID: 33491944 DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000901

Abstract

Tripartite motif containing 24 (TRIM24) is a multifunctional protein involved in p53 degradation, chromatin binding, and transcriptional modulation of nuclear receptors. Emerging research has revealed that upregulation of TRIM24 in numerous tumor types is linked to poor prognosis, attributing an important role to TRIM24 in tumor biology. In order to better understand the role of TRIM24 in prostate cancer, we analyzed its immunohistochemical expression on a tissue microarray containing >17,000 prostate cancer specimens. TRIM24 immunostaining was detectable in 61% of 15,321 interpretable cancers, including low expression in 46% and high expression in 15% of cases. TRIM24 upregulation was associated with high Gleason grade, advanced pathologic tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, higher preoperative prostate-specific antigen level, increased cell proliferation as well as increased genomic instability, and predicted prognosis independent of clinicopathologic parameters available at the time of the initial biopsy (all P<0.0001). TRIM24 upregulation provides additional prognostic information in prostate cancer, particularly in patients with low Gleason grade tumors who may be eligible for active surveillance strategies, suggesting promising potential for TRIM24 in the routine diagnostic work-up of these patients.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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