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Mechanistic investigation and implications of photodynamic therapy induction of vascular endothelial growth factor in prostate cancer.

Abstract：

:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is now an approved therapeutic modality, and induction of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) following subcurative PDT is of concern as VEGF may provide a survival stimulus to tumors. The processes that limit the efficacy of PDT warrant investigation so that mechanism-based interventions may be developed. This study investigates VEGF increase following subcurative PDT using the photosensitizer benzoporphyrin derivative (BPD) both in an in vitro and in an orthotopic model of prostate cancer using the human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP. The two subcurative doses used, 0.25 and 0.5 J/cm(2), mimicked subcurative PDT and elicited a 1.6- and 2.1-fold increase, respectively, in secreted VEGF 24 hours following PDT. Intracellular VEGF protein measurement and VEGF mRNA showed a 1.4- and 1.6-fold increase only at 0.5 J/cm(2). In vivo subcurative PDT showed an increase in VEGF by both immunohistochemistry and ELISA. In vitro analysis showed no activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) or cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) following subcurative PDT; furthermore, small interfering RNA inhibition of HIF-1alpha and COX-2 inhibitor treatment had no effect on PDT induction of VEGF. PDT in the presence of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT inhibitor or mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibitor still induced VEGF. However, subcurative PDT increased phosphorylated p38 and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase. The p38 MAPK inhibitor abolished PDT induction of VEGF. The results establish the importance of VEGF in subcurative BPD-PDT of prostate cancer and suggest possible molecular pathways for its induction. These findings should provide the basis for the development of molecular-based interventions for enhancing PDT and merit further studies.

journal_name

Cancer Res

journal_title

Cancer research

authors

Solban N,Selbo PK,Sinha AK,Chang SK,Hasan T

doi

10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0604

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-06-01 00:00:00

pages

5633-40

issue

eissn

0008-5472

issn

1538-7445

pii

66/11/5633

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Mechanistic investigation and implications of photodynamic therapy induction of vascular endothelial growth factor in prostate cancer.