Abstract:
:Many theories mention hypersensitive, promiscuous, outlaw or bypass signalling pathways to explain the acquisition of hormone independence in prostate cancer. Hormonal escape of prostate tumours is marked by many biological changes, including mucinous and neuroendocrine differentiation. Since expression of several mucins has been linked to carcinoma tumour progression, we have characterised the expression of mucins at both RNA and protein levels in an in vivo model of prostate cancer in hormonal escape. Using PAC120, a xenograft of a human hormone-dependent prostate tumour, and its hormone-independent variants, we analysed the expression of mucins (MUC1, MUC2, MUC4, MUC5AC, MUC5B, MUC6) by immunohistochemistry or reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. While the parental PAC120 tumour was a compact poorly-differentiated tumour of Gleason score 9 (5+4), hormone-independent variants displayed mucinous, neuroendocrine-like or mixed histological changes; these changes were stable through serial transplantations or after testosterone supply. MUC1 mRNA was expressed in both PAC120 and the hormone-independent variants, although at variable levels. All tumours displayed a high and constant expression of MUC2 and no expression of MUC4 mRNA. While MUC1 was expressed in all xenografts whatever their hormone dependence status, MUC2, MUC5B and MUC6 were preferentially expressed in hormone-independent variants. The loss of hormone dependence in this prostate cancer xenograft model is therefore marked by irreversible histological alterations, mucinous or neuro-endocrine, associated with an expression of secretory MUC2, MUC5B and MUC6, independent of the histological differentiation subtype. These data point to mucinous differentiation as an important step in the acquisition of hormone independence in this cancer, and suggest that secretory mucins might participate in an unknown pathway of hormonal escape in prostate cancer.
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Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Legrier ME,de Pinieux G,Boyé K,Arvelo F,Judde JG,Fontaine JJ,Bara J,Poupon MFdoi
10.1038/sj.bjc.6601570subject
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2004-02-09 00:00:00pages
720-7issue
3eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827pii
6601570journal_volume
90pub_type
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