Document Type
Article
Journal Title
British journal of cancer
Publication Date
3-19-2013
Volume
108
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Overexpression of macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1) frequently occurs during the progression of prostate cancer (PC) to androgen-independent (AI) and metastatic disease states and is associated with a poor outcome of patients.
METHODS: The gain- and loss-of-function analyses of MIC-1 were performed to establish its implications for aggressive and chemoresistant phenotypes of metastatic and AI PC cells and the benefit of its downregulation for reversing docetaxel resistance.
RESULTS: The results have indicated that an enhanced level of secreted MIC-1 protein in PC3 cells is associated with their acquisition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition features and higher invasive capacity and docetaxel resistance. Importantly, the downregulation of MIC-1 in LNCaP-LN3 and PC3M-LN4 cells significantly decreased their invasive capacity and promoted the antiproliferative, anti-invasive and mitochrondrial- and caspase-dependent apoptotic effects induced by docetaxel. The downregulation of MIC-1 in PC3M-LN4 cells was also effective in promoting the cytotoxic effects induced by docetaxel on the side population (SP) endowed with stem cell-like properties and the non-SP cell fraction from PC3M-LN4 cells.
CONCLUSION: These data suggest that the downregulation of MIC-1 may constitute a potential therapeutic strategy for improving the efficacy of current docetaxel-based chemotherapies, eradicating the total mass of PC cells and thereby preventing disease relapse and the death of PC patients.
MeSH Headings
Androgen Antagonists, Androgens, Antineoplastic Agents, Apoptosis, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Down-Regulation, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Growth Differentiation Factor 15, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neoplasm Metastasis, Prostatic Neoplasms, Taxoids
ISSN
1532-1827
DOI Link
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Recommended Citation
Mimeault, M; Johansson, Sonny L.; and Batra, Surinder K., "Marked improvement of cytotoxic effects induced by docetaxel on highly metastatic and androgen-independent prostate cancer cells by downregulating macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1." (2013). Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 78.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/com_bio_articles/78