期刊
PROSTATE
卷 70, 期 4, 页码 390-400出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pros.21072
关键词
prostate cancer; androgens; cholesterol metabolism; cholesterol synthesis; cholesterol cellular influx and efflux; castration-resistance
资金
- Terry Fox Foundation/National Cancer Institute of Canada
- Michael Smith Foundation for Cancer Research
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
BACKGROUND. Emerging evidence suggests that androgens and the androgen receptor (AR) are important mediators of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) progression. Increased expression of several enzymes responsible for cholesterol synthesis and conversion into downstream androgens has been documented in human CRPC tumors in comparison to primary tumors. Based on these observations it is hypothesized that cholesterol and its overall regulation within the cell are altered, thus modifying precursor levels for de novo androgen synthesis within the castrate tumoral environment. METHODS. Tumoral steroid levels were assessed by LC-MS. Free and esterified cholesterol was quantified by LC-MS and a fluorescent assay. Gene and protein expression were assessed by RT-PCR and immunoblotting. RESULTS. Herein, using a prostate cancer xenograft mouse model it is demonstrated by Western blot analysis that proteins responsible for cholesterol regulation (LDL-r, SR-B1, HMG-CoA reductase, ACAT1,2, ABCA1) are altered during disease progression to increase influx and synthesis of cholesterol as well as free cholesterol formation from cholesteryl ester stores. In turn this can provide increased amounts of precursor for intratumoral steroidogenesis after castration. Androgens-testosterone and dihydrotestosterone-coincidently increase at CRPC to physiologically relevant levels leading to the induction of AR expression and PSA production. Furthermore, cellular cholesterol homeostasis is maintained by increased cholesterol efflux at CRPC so that excess free cholesterol does not cause toxicity to the tumor cells. CONCLUSIONS. Cellular cholesterol regulation processes are altered during progression to CRPC. Free cholesterol from increased biosynthesis or uptake is likely a precursor for intratumoral de novo androgen synthesis. Prostate 70:390-400,2010. (C) 2009Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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