CAJ | 학술논문

Objecive To check and compare the expression le vels of human androgen receptor (AR) mRNA in both normal adult prostate (NAP) an d benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) tissues, and to try to find if BPH results f rom the abnormal transcription of ARmRNA in prostate. Methods Expression of the human ARmRNA in 14 paraffin-embedded prosta te tissues (4 cases of NAP and 10 cases of BPH) was studied with the direct in situ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PC R). Quantitative analysis of the ARmRNA products was performed using the image a nalysis system. Results ①Specific ARmRNA was detected in bo th NAP and BPH speci mens and in both epithelia and interstitial cells. The positive products were re latively densely localized in the cytoplasm of perinuclear zone. ② The intensit y of ARmRNA signals in epithelial cells was significantly stronger than that in interstitial cells (P＜0.001). However, there was no statistically significa nt difference in ARmRNA level between NAP and BPH; ③ The heterogeneity of ARmRN A signal and the androgen-independent cells were observed in prostatic epitheli a. Stronger positive signals of ARmRNA were shown in a few basal-cell layer (BC L) cells of BPH tissue, but were not found in that of NAP tissue. Conclusion Results of this study show that there is no signifi cant difference in the ARmRNA expression between NAP and BPH groups in both epit helium and interstitial cells. It may indicate that BPH does not result from the ARmRNA transcription in the prostate.