Journal
ONCOTARGET
Volume 4, Issue 11, Pages 2108-2123Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1482
Keywords
bone marrow adipocytes; bone metastasis; prostate cancer; breast cancer; interleukin 1 beta; heme oxygenase 1
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- DOD [PC074031]
- Wayne State University
- [MICR: P30 CA 22453]
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Incidence of skeletal metastases and death from prostate cancer greatly increases with age and obesity, conditions which increase marrow adiposity. Bone marrow adipocytes are metabolically active components of bone metastatic niche that modulate the function of neighboring cells; yet the mechanisms of their involvement in tumor behavior in bone have not been explored. In this study, using experimental models of intraosseous tumor growth and diet-induced obesity, we demonstrate the promoting effects of marrow fat on growth and progression of skeletal prostate tumors. We reveal that exposure to lipids supplied by marrow adipocytes induces expression of lipid chaperone FABP4, pro-inflammatory interleukin IL-1 beta, and oxidative stress protein HMOX-1 in metastatic tumor cells and stimulates their growth and invasiveness. We show that FABP4 is highly overexpressed in prostate skeletal tumors from obese mice and in bone metastasis samples from prostate cancer patients. In addition, we provide results suggestive of bi-directional interaction between FABP4 and PPAR. pathways that may be driving aggressive tumor cell behavior in bone. Together, our data provide evidence for functional relationship between bone marrow adiposity and metastatic prostate cancers and unravel the FABP4/IL-1 beta axis as a potential therapeutic target for this presently incurable disease.
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