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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is expressed in the prostate, where it appears to be involved in the control of epithelial cell growth and differentiation. NGF production is decreased in prostate tumors. However, the role of this neurotrophin in the control of proliferation and progression of prostate cancers is still a matter of investigation. Prostate adenocarcinomas are telomerase-positive tumors. Chronic exposure of DU145 and PC3 prostate tumor cell lines to NGF resulted in a dramatic down-regulation of telomerase activity. This effect was correlated in terms of concentrations and time with a remarkable down-regulation of cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo but was not secondary to NGF-induced quiescence. No down-regulation of telomerase activity was, in fact, detectable during serum starvation-induced quiescence. LNCaP cells, which do not express NGF receptors, appear to be insensitive to the actions of NGF. DU145 and PC3 cells do not express the KAI1 metastasis suppressor gene, which is present in the prostate and is progressively lost during the progression of prostate cancers. Chronic NGF treatment strongly induced the reexpression of this gene in these cell lines, and this effect was correlated with the suppression of their invasive potential in vitro. The data presented here suggest that NGF reverts two metastatic prostate cancer cell lines to slowly proliferating, noninvasive phenotypes characterized by a very low telomerase activity and by the expression of the KAI1 metastasis suppressor gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD82, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CD82 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cd82 antigen, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Growth Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Telomerase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1078-0432
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1211-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Antigens, CD82, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Telomerase, pubmed-meshheading:10353759-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Suppression of telomerase, reexpression of KAI1, and abrogation of tumorigenicity by nerve growth factor in prostate cancer cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Brescia University Medical School, Italy. sigala@med.unibs.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't