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Published on: August 26, 2013
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-6 signaling and BMP antagonist noggin in prostate cancer
Dominik R Haudenschild1, Sabrina M Palmer, Timothy A Moseley
1Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA.
Abstract:
It has been proposed that the osteoblastic nature of prostate cancer skeletal metastases is due in part to elevated activity of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). BMPs are osteoinductive morphogens, and elevated expression of BMP-6 correlates with skeletal metastases of prostate cancer. In this study, we investigated the expression levels of BMPs and their modulators in prostate, using microarray analysis of cell cultures and gene expression. Addition of exogenous BMP-6 to DU-145 prostate cancer cell cultures inhibited their growth by up-regulation of several cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors such as p21/CIP, p18, and p19. Expression of noggin, a BMP antagonist, was significantly up-regulated by BMP-6 by microarray analysis and was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and at the protein level. Noggin protein was present in prostate biopsies and localized to the epithelial components of prostate by immunohistochemistry. Recombinant noggin inhibited the function of BMP-6, suggesting a negative feedback regulation of BMP activity and indicating a strategy for the development of a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of painful osteosclerotic bone metastases of prostate cancer.
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