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Supplemental Table 1 and 2 from Prediagnostic Obesity and Physical Inactivity Are Associated with Shorter Telomere Length in Prostate Stromal Cells

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posted on 2023-04-03, 19:48 authored by Corinne E. Joshu, Sarah B. Peskoe, Christopher M. Heaphy, Stacey A. Kenfield, Erin L. Van Blarigan, Lorelei A. Mucci, Edward L. Giovannucci, Meir J. Stampfer, GhilSuk Yoon, Thomas K. Lee, Jessica L. Hicks, Angelo M. De Marzo, Alan K. Meeker, Elizabeth A. Platz

Supplemental Table 1 and 2. Association of pre-diagnostic BMI, waist circumference, weight change from age 21, total physical activity and vigorous physical activity with telomere length (Supplemental Table 1) and telomere variability (Supplemental Table 2) in cancer cells, stromal cells, basal cells, and luminal epithelial cells in men surgically treated for clinically localized prostate cancer, HPFS.

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Obesity and inactivity have been associated with advanced-stage prostate cancer, and poor prostate cancer outcomes, though the underlying mechanism(s) is unknown. To determine whether telomere shortening, which has been associated with lethal prostate cancer, may be a potential underlying mechanism, we prospectively evaluated the association between measures of adiposity, physical activity, and telomere length in 596 participants in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, who were surgically treated for prostate cancer. Using tissue microarrays, we measured telomere length in cancer and benign cells using a telomere-specific FISH assay. Adiposity and activity were assessed via questionnaire within 2 years of diagnosis. Adjusting for age, pathologic stage, and grade, the median and SD of the per cell telomere signals were determined for each man for stromal cells and cancer cells by adiposity and activity categories. Overweight/obese men (54%) were similar to normal weight men on most factors, but had higher Gleason sum and lower activity levels. Overweight/obese men had 7.4% shorter telomeres in stromal cells than normal weight men (P = 0.06). The least active men had shorter telomeres in stromal cells than more active men (Ptrend = 0.002). Men who were overweight/obese and the least active had the shortest telomeres in stromal cells (20.7% shorter; P = 0.0005) compared with normal weight men who were the most active. Cancer cell telomere length and telomere length variability did not differ by measures of adiposity or activity. Telomere shortening in prostate cells may be one mechanism through which lifestyle influences prostate cancer risk and outcomes. Cancer Prev Res; 8(8); 737–42. ©2015 AACR.

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