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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 471-480Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2863
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- Department of Defense [PC073952, PC060857]
- NIH [PO1 CA093900, P50 CA69568, P30 CA46592]
- National Natural funding of China [30973012]
- Shanghai Education Committee Key Discipline and Specialties Foundation [J50208]
- American Cancer Society
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Tumor and stromal interactions in the tumor microenvironment are critical for oncogenesis and cancer progression. Our understanding of the molecular events by which reactive stromal fibroblasts-myofibroblast or cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF)-affect the growth and invasion of prostate cancer remains unclear. Laser capture microdissection and cDNA microarray analysis of CAFs in prostate tumors revealed strong up-regulation of phosphoglycerate kinase-1 (PGK1), an ATP-generating glycolytic enzyme that forms part of the glycolytic pathway and is directly involved in CXCL12-CXCR4 signaling. Normal fibroblasts overexpressing PGK1 resembled myofibroblasts in their expression of smooth muscle a-actin, vimentin, and high levels of CXCL12. These cells also displayed a higher proliferative index and the capability to contribute to prostate tumor cell invasion in vitro, possibly through expression of MMP-2 and MMP-3 and activation of the AKT and ERK pathways. Coimplantation of PGK1-overexpressing fibroblasts with prostate tumor cells promoted tumor cell growth in vivo. Collectively, these observations suggest that PGK1 helps support the interactions between cancer and its microenvironment. Cancer Res; 70(2); 471-80. (C)2010 AACR.
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