[Characterization of stromal cell cultures from the prostatic peripheral zone of men at different ages].
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue
; 17(3): 219-23, 2011 Mar.
Article
en Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21485542
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To characterize age-related cellular phenotype alterations and growth rates of human prostatic stromal cell cultures from the normal prostatic peripheral zone of young donors (PZ-young) and old donors (PZ-old).METHODS:
We isolated stromal cells from 10 donors of different ages, assessed the cellular phenotypes by immunocytostaining for prolyl-4-hydroxylase, alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) and desmin, and analysed the ultrastructure by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The proliferation and apoptosis of the cells were determined by Cell Counting Kit-8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively.RESULTS:
All the stromal cells were positive for prolyl-4-hydroxylase regardless of the donors' age, while alpha-SMA and desmin positive cells increased with their age. The positive expressions of alpha-SMA and desmin were (2.56 +/- 1.81)% and (0.89 +/- 0.93)% in PZ-young, and (38.89 +/- 11.22)% and (14.89 +/- 5.97)% in PZ-old (P < 0.01). The alpha-SMA- and/or desmin-positive stromal cells were morphologically large, flat and polygonal. Ultrastructural analysis showed that the cell cultures from PZ-old were richer in rough endoplasmic reticulum and golgi complexes. The stromal cells of PZ-old had a lower growth rate than that of PZ-young (P < 0.01), but there was no significant difference in the apoptosis rate between the two groups.CONCLUSION:
Cellular phenotypes of human prostate stromal cell cultures change with the increase of age from predominantly typical fibroblasts to a mixture of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, which might responsible for the high incidence of prostate cancer in elderly men.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Próstata
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Células del Estroma
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China