Blanka Jakšić

Blanka Jakšić


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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20 February 2022 in Genes
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SLSven Ljubić
Sven Ljubić
ASAntonio Sermek
Antonio Sermek
ASAngela Prgomet Sečan
Angela Prgomet Sečan
MPMarin Prpic
Marin Prpic
BJBlanka Jakšić
Blanka Jakšić
Isidoro FelicielloIsidoro Feliciello
Isidoro Feliciello
The aberrant overexpression of alpha satellite DNA is characteristic of many human cancers including prostate cancer; however, it is not known whether the change in the alpha satellite RNA amount occurs in the peripheral tissues of cancer patients, such as blood. Here, we analyse the level of intracellular alpha satellite RNA in the whole blood of cancer prostate patients at different stages of disease and compare it with the levels found in healthy controls. Our results reveal a significantly increased level of intracellular alpha satellite RNA in the blood of metastatic cancers patients, particularly those with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer relative to controls. In the blood of patients with localised tumour, no significant change relative to the controls was detected. Our results show a link between prostate cancer pathogenesis and blood intracellular alpha satellite RNA levels. We discuss the possible mechanism which could lead to the increased level of blood intracellular alpha satellite RNA at a specific metastatic stage of prostate cancer. Additionally, we analyse the clinically accepted prostate cancer biomarker PSA in all samples and discuss the possibility that alpha satellite RNA can serve as a novel prostate cancer diagnostic blood biomarker.