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CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 559-571Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10555-006-9033-z
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parathyroid hormone related protein; PTHrP; skeletal metastasis
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- NCI NIH HHS [P01 CA093900] Funding Source: Medline
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Parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP) is a well characterized tumor derived product that also has integral functions in normal development and homeostasis. PTHrP is produced by virtually all tumor types that metastasize to bone and numerous studies have demonstrated a correlation between PTHrP expression and skeletal localization of tumors. PTHrP has prominent effects in bone via its interaction with the PTH-1 receptor on osteoblastic cells. Through indirect means, PTHrP supports osteoclastogenesis by upregulating the receptor activator of NF kappa B ligand (RANKL) in osteoblasts. PTHrP also regulates osteoblast proliferation and differentiation in manners that are temporal and dose dependent. Bone turnover has been implicated in the localization of tumors to bone and PTHrP increases bone turnover. Bone turnover results in the release of growth factors such as TGF beta and minerals such as calcium, both of which impact tumor cell growth and contribute to continued PTHrP production. PTHrP also has anabolic properties and could be in part responsible for osteoblastic type reactions in prostate cancer. Finally, emerging roles of PTH and PTHrP in the support of hematopoietic stem cell development in the bone marrow microenvironment suggest that an interaction between hematopoietic cells and tumor cells warrants further investigation.
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