Diagnostic value of glucose transporter 1 and 3 (GLUT1 and GLUT3) mRNA level
in postmenopausal women with urinary bladder cancer

Anna Krześlak; Paweł Jóźwiak; Ewa Forma; Magdalena Bryś; Paweł Woźniak; Jacek Wikosz; Marek Lipiński; Waldemar Różański

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Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny

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Original paper

Diagnostic value of glucose transporter 1 and 3 (GLUT1 and GLUT3) mRNA level in postmenopausal women with urinary bladder cancer

Anna Krześlak

,

Paweł Jóźwiak

,

Ewa Forma

,

Magdalena Bryś

,

Paweł Woźniak

,

Jacek Wikosz

,

Marek Lipiński

,

Waldemar Różański

Przegląd Menopauzalny 2012; 3: 178–182

Online publish date: 2012/07/04

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Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of glucose transporters (GLUT1 and GLUT3) mRNA level for bladder cancer diagnosis in postmenopausal women.

Material and methods: Glucose transporters expression was measured by a real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) assay in urine obtained from 46 postmenopausal women with bladder cancer and 37 healthy women.

Results: GLUT1 expression was found in urine of both healthy women (74%) and bladder cancer patients (82%). GLUT3 expression was not detected in urine of healthy persons but it was found in 62% of bladder cancer samples. A positive expression of poorly differentiated bladder cancers (G2, G3) showed a significantly higher GLUT1 expression than G1 tumors. Similarly, GLUT 3 transcript level was significantly higher in G2 and G3 in comparison to G1 bladder cancers. Analogous results were obtained for both genes in relation to the clinical stage (ta-T1 vs. T2-T4). There was no relationship between the expression of studied genes and recurrence.

Conclusions: Analysis of the glucose transporters expression in the urine of postmenopausal women with bladder cancer appears to be a useful diagnostic indicator of the disease.

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Diagnostic value of glucose transporter 1 and 3 (GLUT1 and GLUT3) mRNA level in postmenopausal women with urinary bladder cancer

Anna Krześlak , Paweł Jóźwiak , Ewa Forma , Magdalena Bryś , Paweł Woźniak , Jacek Wikosz , Marek Lipiński , Waldemar Różański

glucose transporters, GLUT1, GLUT3, bladder cancer

Anna Krześlak

,

Paweł Jóźwiak

,

Ewa Forma

,

Magdalena Bryś

,

Paweł Woźniak

,

Jacek Wikosz

,

Marek Lipiński

,

Waldemar Różański