Publication: Bcl-xL is overexpressed in hormone-resistant prostate cancer and promotes survival of LNCaP cells via interaction with proapoptotic Bak.
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2006-10-10
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Castilla, Carolina
Congregado, Belén
Chinchón, David
Torrubia, Francisco J
Japón, Miguel A
Sáez, Carmen
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Endocrine Society
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Androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells turn androgen resistant through complex mechanisms that involve dysregulation of apoptosis. We investigated the role of antiapoptotic Bcl-xL in the progression of prostate cancer as well as the interactions of Bcl-xL with proapoptotic Bax and Bak in androgen-dependent and -independent prostate cancer cells. Immunohistochemical analysis was used to study the expression of Bcl-xL in a series of 139 prostate carcinomas and its association with Gleason grade and time to hormone resistance. Expression of Bcl-xL was more abundant in prostate carcinomas of higher Gleason grades and significantly associated with the onset of hormone-refractory disease. In vivo interactions of Bcl-xL with Bax or Bak in untreated and camptothecin-treated LNCaP and PC3 cells were investigated by means of coimmunoprecipitation. In the absence of any stimuli, Bcl-xL interacts with Bax and Bak in androgen-independent PC3 cells but only with Bak in androgen-dependent LNCaP cells. Interactions of Bcl-xL with Bax and Bak were also evidenced in lysates from high-grade prostate cancer tissues. In LNCaP cells treated with camptothecin, an inhibitor of topoisomerase I, the interaction between Bcl-xL and Bak was absent after 36 h, Bcl-xL decreased gradually and Bak increased coincidentally with the progress of apoptosis. These results support a model in which Bcl-xL would exert an inhibitory effect over Bak via heterodimerization. We propose that these interactions may provide mechanisms for suppressing the activity of proapoptotic Bax and Bak in prostate cancer cells and that Bcl-xL expression contributes to androgen resistance and progression of prostate cancer.
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Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Antineoplastic Agents::Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Cell Physiological Phenomena::Cell Physiological Processes::Cell Death::Apoptosis
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Heterocyclic Compounds::Alkaloids::Camptothecin
Medical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Cells::Cells, Cultured::Cell Line::Cell Line, Tumor
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Physiological Phenomena::Pharmacological Phenomena::Drug Resistance::Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Genetic Processes::Gene Expression Regulation::Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Cytological Techniques::Histocytochemistry::Immunohistochemistry
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Phenotype
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Urogenital Neoplasms::Genital Neoplasms, Male::Prostatic Neoplasms
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Peptides::Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins::Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins::Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2::bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Peptides::Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins::Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins::Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2::bcl-2-Associated X Protein
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Peptides::Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins::Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins::Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2::bcl-X Protein
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Antineoplastic Agents::Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Chemistry Techniques, Analytical::Electrophoresis::Blotting, Western
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Chemistry Techniques, Analytical::Chemical Precipitation::Immunoprecipitation
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Cell Physiological Phenomena::Cell Physiological Processes::Cell Death::Apoptosis
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Heterocyclic Compounds::Alkaloids::Camptothecin
Medical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Cells::Cells, Cultured::Cell Line::Cell Line, Tumor
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Physiological Phenomena::Pharmacological Phenomena::Drug Resistance::Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Genetic Processes::Gene Expression Regulation::Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Cytological Techniques::Histocytochemistry::Immunohistochemistry
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Phenotype
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Urogenital Neoplasms::Genital Neoplasms, Male::Prostatic Neoplasms
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Peptides::Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins::Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins::Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2::bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Peptides::Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins::Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins::Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2::bcl-2-Associated X Protein
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Peptides::Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins::Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins::Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2::bcl-X Protein
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Antineoplastic Agents::Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Chemistry Techniques, Analytical::Electrophoresis::Blotting, Western
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Chemistry Techniques, Analytical::Chemical Precipitation::Immunoprecipitation
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Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos, Apoptosis, Camptotecina, Línea Celular Tumoral, Resistencia a Antineoplásicos, Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica, Humanos, Inmunohistoquímica, Masculino, Fenotipo, Neoplasias de la Próstata, Proteína Destructora del Antagonista Homólogo bcl-2, Proteína X Asociada a bcl-2, Proteína bcl-X, Antineoplásicos Hormonales
Citation
Castilla C, Congregado B, Chinchón D, Torrubia FJ, Japón MA, Sáez C. Bcl-xL is overexpressed in hormone-resistant prostate cancer and promotes survival of LNCaP cells via interaction with proapoptotic Bak. Endocrinology. 2006; 147(10):4960-7