期刊
JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH
卷 29, 期 3, 页码 172-183出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2000.d01-64.x
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5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone; estrogen; 2-iodomelatonin; melatonin receptor; prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia; prostate-specific antigen
Melatonin, a pineal secretory product, has been shown to exert a direct anti-proliferative action on the androgen-sensitive LNCaP prostate cancer cell line through hitherto undefined mechanisms. In this communication, expression of mt(1) melatonin receptor protein in human prostate cancer tissues and LNCaP cells was demonstrated by immunohisto(cyto)chemistry and western blotting, hence supporting the use of LNCaP cell line as a model for the study of melatonin signaling in prostate cancer cell growth. Using H-3-thymidine incorporation assay, LNCaP cell proliferation was inhibited by 2-iodomelatonin, a high-affinity melatonin receptor agonist. Furthermore, melatonin inhibited H-3-thymidine incorporation into LNCaP cells and attenuated 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or 17 beta-estradiol (E-2)-induced stimulation of LNCaP cell proliferation at physiological and pharmacological concentrations. Similar concentration-dependent inhibition of sex steroid-induced stimulation of thymidine incorporation into LNCaP cells by 2-iodomelatonin was also observed. Interestingly, attenuation of sex steroid-stimulated calcium influx into LNCaP cells by pharmacological concentrations of melatonin was recorded, whereas 2-iodomelatonin had no effect on cytosolic calcium changes induced by sex steroids. In addition, proliferative and cytosolic calcium changes were associated with inhibition of total prostate-specific antigen (PSA) production by LNCaP cells at high physiological and pharmacological concentrations of melatonin. Our data suggest that activated mt(1) receptor and attenuated sex steroid-induced calcium influx are two important mechanisms mediating the direct anti-proliferative action of melatonin on androgen-responsive human prostate cancer cells.
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