BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to extracellular matrix and growth factors has been demonstrated to play a critical role in the development of prostate cancer (PCa) metastases. The aim of this study was to elucidate some mechanisms by which stroma controls tumor progression. METHODS: In our study we tested the growth ability of the LNCaP human prostatic cell line in steroid-free culture conditions in response to osteopontin (OPN), a non-collageneous matrix protein, localized in large amounts in the bone. RESULTS: In the LNCaP cell model, OPN stimulates cell proliferation in serum-free medium and colony growth at high dilution but this effect is visible only in presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Proliferation induced by OPN is accompanied by a sustained activation of EGF receptor (EGFR) whose phosphorylation is detectable up to 12 hr after treatment in association with EGF. The colocalization of integrin beta1, a ligand of OPN, and of EGFR on the cellular membrane, suggests that the association of these cell surface receptors may be the principal mechanism involved in the long-term activation of the EGFR. CONCLUSIONS: Our data describe a new possible mechanism involved in the establishment of bone metastases which may also account for the formation of androgen-independent cellular clones, frequently responsible of the clinical progression of PCa. Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to extracellular matrix and growth factors has been demonstrated to play a critical role in the development of prostate cancer (PCa) metastases. The aim of this study was to elucidate some mechanisms by which stroma controls tumor progression. METHODS: In our study we tested the growth ability of the LNCaP human prostatic cell line in steroid-free culture conditions in response to osteopontin (OPN), a non-collageneous matrix protein, localized in large amounts in the bone. RESULTS: In the LNCaP cell model, OPN stimulates cell proliferation in serum-free medium and colony growth at high dilution but this effect is visible only in presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Proliferation induced by OPN is accompanied by a sustained activation of EGF receptor (EGFR) whose phosphorylation is detectable up to 12 hr after treatment in association with EGF. The colocalization of integrin beta1, a ligand of OPN, and of EGFR on the cellular membrane, suggests that the association of these cell surface receptors may be the principal mechanism involved in the long-term activation of the EGFR. CONCLUSIONS: Our data describe a new possible mechanism involved in the establishment of bone metastases which may also account for the formation of androgen-independent cellular clones, frequently responsible of the clinical progression of PCa. Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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