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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 1849-1855Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9620-5
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Prostate cancer; Toll-like receptor 9; Cyclooxygenase-2; NF-kappa B; CpG-oligonucleotides
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CpG-oligonucleotides (CpG-ODNs), mimicking bacterial DNA, have recently been shown to stimulate prostate cancer invasion in vitro via Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9). Since cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), frequently overexpressed in multiple tumor types including prostate cancer, is a causal factor for tumor development, invasion and metastasis, an interesting question is raised whether TLR9 regulates COX-2 expression in prostate cancer cells. To address this question, herein we examined COX-2 expression in PC-3 cells stimulated with different doses and time courses of CpG-ODNs. The regulatory role of NF-kappa B in TLR9-mediated COX-2 expression was also investigated. CpG-ODN was found to up-regulate the expression of COX-2 in PC-3 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner, but have little impact on COX-1 expression. Moreover, CpG-ODN also promoted nuclear translocation and activation of NF-kappa B, which appeared to be required for COX-2 induction by CpG-ODN. Overall, TLR9 up-regulates COX-2 expression in prostate cancer cells, at least partially through the activation of NF-kappa B, which may be implicated in tumor invasion and metastasis.
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