PMID- 11059752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20001108 LR - 20081121 IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 60 IP - 20 DP - 2000 Oct 15 TI - Hyperinducibility of hypoxia-responsive genes without p53/p21-dependent checkpoint in aggressive prostate cancer. PG - 5630-4 AB - Hypoxia limits tumor growth but selects for higher metastatic potential. We tested the functional activity of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in prostate cell lines ranging from normal epithelial cells (PrEC), hormone-dependent LNCaP, hormone-independent DU145, PC-3 to highly metastatic PC-3M cancer cell lines. We found that HIF-1-stimulated transcription was the lowest in PrEC and LNCaP cells and the highest in PC-3M cells. The induction by hypoxia of the HIF-1 dependent genes Cap43 and GAPDH was the highest in the most aggressive PC-3M cancer cells. Because these advanced prostate cancer cell lines have lost p53 function, this further shifts a balance from p53 to HIF-1 transcriptional regulation, and a high ratio of HIF-1-dependent:p53-dependent transcription was a marker of the advanced malignant phenotype. Transient transfection of HIF-1alpha expression vector induced transcription from p21 promoter construct in prostate cancer cell lines. Furthermore, hypoxia slightly induced p21 mRNA in these cells. However, neither expression of p21 nor hypoxia caused growth arrest in PC-3M cells. Therefore, high inducibility of HIF-1-dependent genes, loss of p53 functions with high ratio of HIF-1-dependent:p53-dependent transcription, and loss of sensitivity to p21 inhibition is a part of hypoxic phenotype associated with aggressive cancer behavior. FAU - Salnikow, K AU - Salnikow K AD - Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA. salnikow@env.med.nyu.edu FAU - Costa, M AU - Costa M FAU - Figg, W D AU - Figg WD FAU - Blagosklonny, M V AU - Blagosklonny MV LA - eng GR - CA16087/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - ES00260/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES05512/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (CDKN1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21) RN - 0 (Cyclins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 protein) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 1.2.1.- (Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases) SB - IM MH - Cell Cycle/genetics MH - Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Cell Hypoxia/genetics MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 MH - Cyclins/biosynthesis/genetics/*physiology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases/genetics MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Male MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Nuclear Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Protein Biosynthesis MH - Proteins/genetics MH - Transcription Factors/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology MH - Transcription, Genetic/physiology MH - Transcriptional Activation/genetics MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/biosynthesis/genetics/*physiology EDAT- 2000/11/04 11:00 MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 CRDT- 2000/11/04 11:00 PHST- 2000/11/04 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/11/04 11:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2000 Oct 15;60(20):5630-4.