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An Orthotopic Murine Model of Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Published on: September 19, 2013
Insulin-like growth factor I: action and receptor characterization in human prostate cancer cell lines
M Iwamura1, P M Sluss, J B Casamento
1Department of Urology, University of Rochester, NY 14642-8656.
Abstract:
The role of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in the growth and development of prostate cancer was studied using established human prostate cancer cell lines. Under steroid and growth factor-free culture conditions, IGF-I significantly stimulated the androgen-independent cell lines PC-3 and DU-145 to incorporate [3H]thymidine into DNA, while the androgen-dependent cell line, LNCaP, was not affected. However, in the presence of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), DNA synthesis of LNCaP cells was stimulated by IGF-I in a dose-dependent manner. None of the cell lines tested secreted an immunoreactive level of IGF-I into their conditioned medium. Characterization of receptors by ligand binding assays revealed that all prostate cancer cell lines tested express specific binding sites for IGF-I with similar dissociation constants (0.23-0.39 nM). Crosslinking studies supported the suggestion that 125I-IGF-I was bound to a receptor on these cells. The IGF-I receptor concentrations of androgen-independent cell lines were significantly higher than those of the androgen-dependent cell line. Androgen appeared to affect neither the expression of IGF-I receptors nor the secretion of IGF-I. The results suggest that IGF-I may play an important role in stimulating the growth and progression of prostate cancer.
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