Membrane-associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain-containing protein 2 (MAGI-2) is a scaffolding protein that links cell adhesion molecules, receptors and signaling molecules to the cytoskeleton and maintains the architecture of cell junctions.
MAGI-2 gene rearrangements have recently been described in prostate cancer. We studied the immunohistochemical expression of MAGI-2 protein in prostate tissue. Seventy-eight radical prostatectomies were used to construct three tissue microarrays consisting of 512 1-mm cores, including benign tissue, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN), and adenocarcinoma, Gleason patterns 3-5. Immunohistochemistry for phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) and double stain MAGI-2/p63 was performed and analyzed by visual and image analysis, the latter as percent of analyzed area (%AREA), and mean optical density multiplied by %AREA (STAIN). By visual and image analysis MAGI-2 was significantly higher in adenocarcinoma and HGPIN compared to benign (benign vs. HGPIN p<0.001; benign vs. adenocarcinoma, p<0.001). HGPIN and adenocarcinoma did not significantly differ by either modality. Using visual intensity to distinguish benign and adenocarcinoma, a receiver/operator curve yielded an area under the curve of 0.902. A STAIN threshold of 1470 yielded a sensitivity of 0.66 and specificity of 0.96. There was a significant correlation between PTEN and MAGI-2 staining for normal and BPH, but this was lost in HGPIN and cancer. We conclude that MAGI-2 immunoreactivity is elevated in prostate cancer and HGPIN compared to normal, and suggest that MAGI-2 may contribute to prostate carcinogenesis. This is the first report of MAGI-2 staining by immunohistochemistry in prostate cancer.
Human pathology. 2016 Feb 04 [Epub ahead of print]
Jeffery Goldstein, Alexander D Borowsky, Rajen Goyal, Joseph T Roland, Shanna Arnold, Lan L Gellert, Peter E Clark, Omar Hameed, Giovanna A Giannico
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