PMID- 11918080 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020422 LR - 20191025 IS - 0262-0898 (Print) IS - 0262-0898 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 1 DP - 2002 TI - The regulation of prostate cancer cell adhesion to human bone marrow endothelial cell monolayers by androgen dihydrotestosterone and cytokines. PG - 25-33 AB - A previous study from our laboratory suggested that prostate cancer metastasis to bone may be mediated, in part, by preferential adhesion to human bone marrow endothelial (HBME) cells. Tumor cell adhesion to endothelial cells may be modulated by the effect of cytokines on cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) regulates VCAM expression on the endothelium and this effect is enhanced by dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) stimulates the expression of alpha2beta1 integrin on PC-3 cells. The current study investigated the effects of the above cytokines and DHT (singularly and in various combinations) upon HBME and prostate cancer cell expression of VCAM, alpha2 integrin subunit, and beta1 integrin subunit by flow cytometry. We also monitored the effects of the above treatments on PC-3 cell adhesion to HBME monolayers. The data demonstrate that none of the treatments significantly altered the expression of selected CAMs on HBME cell and neoplastic prostate cell lines. The treatment of HBME monolayers with various combinations of cytokines and DHT prior to performing adhesion assays with PC-3 demonstrates that treatments containing TGF-beta reduced PC-3 cell adhesion to HBME monolayers by 32% or greater (P < 0.05). The reduction in PC-3 cell adhesion to TGF-beta-treated HBME monolayers was dose dependent. Interestingly, LNCaP cells but not PC-3 cells treated with TGF-beta had a reduced ability to adhere to untreated HBME monolayers. These results suggest that TGF-beta may reduce tumor cell adhesion to bone marrow microvascular endothelium, in vivo. The biological significance of this observation is discussed. FAU - Cooper, Carlton R AU - Cooper CR AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0946, USA. cacooper@umich.edu FAU - Bhatia, Jasmine K AU - Bhatia JK FAU - Muenchen, Heather J AU - Muenchen HJ FAU - McLean, Lisa AU - McLean L FAU - Hayasaka, Satoru AU - Hayasaka S FAU - Taylor, Jeremy AU - Taylor J FAU - Poncza, Paul J AU - Poncza PJ FAU - Pienta, Kenneth J AU - Pienta KJ LA - eng GR - CA 46592/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA 69568/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Exp Metastasis JT - Clinical & experimental metastasis JID - 8409970 RN - 0 (Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - 0 (E-Selectin) RN - 0 (Integrins) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 0 (Receptors, Collagen) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 08J2K08A3Y (Dihydrotestosterone) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/*pathology MH - Bone Marrow/*blood supply MH - Cell Adhesion/*drug effects MH - Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dihydrotestosterone/*pharmacology MH - E-Selectin/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*cytology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Integrins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Male MH - Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism MH - Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/*pathology MH - Receptors, Collagen MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology MH - Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/biosynthesis/genetics EDAT- 2002/03/29 10:00 MHDA- 2002/04/23 10:01 CRDT- 2002/03/29 10:00 PHST- 2002/03/29 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/04/23 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/03/29 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1023/a:1013849123736 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Metastasis. 2002;19(1):25-33. doi: 10.1023/a:1013849123736.