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ONCOGENE
卷 29, 期 6, 页码 811-821出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.389
关键词
Runx2; bone metastasis; prostate cancer tissue arrays
资金
- NIH [PO1CA082834, RO1CA89720, RO1CA090917, P01CA093900, SPORE P50CA69568, R01CA069158]
- Our Danny Cancer Fund post-doctoral fellowship [ODCF 114357]
Runx2, a bone-specific transcriptional regulator, is abnormally expressed in highly metastatic prostate cancer cells. Here, we identified the functional activities of Runx2 in facilitating tumor growth and osteolysis. Our studies show that negligible Runx2 is found in normal prostate epithelial and non-metastatic LNCaP prostate cancer cells. In the intra-tibial metastasis model, high Runx2 levels are associated with development of large tumors, increased expression of metastasis-related genes (MMP9, MMP13, VEGF, Osteopontin) and secreted bone-resorbing factors (PTHrP, IL8) promoting osteolytic disease. Runx2 siRNA treatment of PC3 cells decreased cell migration and invasion through Matrigel in vitro, and in vivo shRunx2 expression in PC3 cells blocked their ability to survive in the bone microenvironment. Mechanisms of Runx2 function were identified in co-culture studies showing that PC3 cells promote osteoclastogenesis and inhibit osteoblast activity. The clinical significance of these findings is supported by human tissue microarray studies of prostate tumors at stages of cancer progression, in which Runx2 is expressed in both adenocarcinomas and metastatic tumors. Together these findings indicate that Runx2 is a key regulator of events associated with prostate cancer metastatic bone disease. Oncogene (2010) 29, 811-821; doi:10.1038/onc.2009.389; published online 16 November 2009
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