PMID- 21545229 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110818 LR - 20170308 IS - 2476-762X (Electronic) IS - 1513-7368 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2011 TI - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 modulates invasion and apoptosis of PC-3M prostate cancer cells via regulating expression of VEGF, MMP9 and caspase-3. PG - 555-9 AB - Prostate cancer is a form of malignancy that is most likely to develop in older males, but because of the propensity to metastasize to parts of the body, particularly the bones, can have a deleterious impact on quality of life. Recently monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has been shown to play important role in prostate cancer progression and metastasi. In this study we aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying its functional roles. In vitro transwell invasion assays with PC-3M prostate cancer cells demonstrated MCP-1 promotion of invasion, while annexin V-FITC and TUNEL confirmed inhibition of apoptosis. Treatment MCP-1 further led to significant upregulation of VEGF and MMP-9 and downregulation of Caspase-3 at both mRNA and protein levels compared with untreated control (P < 0.05), while siRNA mediated knockdown reversed these changes. Taken together, our results indicate important roles of MCP-1 in prostate cancer progression and metastasis and our finding of regulation of VEGF, MMP-9 and Caspase-3 expression open up new possibilities for targeted therapy. FAU - Shi, Chao-Ling AU - Shi CL AD - Fourth Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. FAU - Yu, Chang-Hai AU - Yu CH FAU - Zhang, Yu AU - Zhang Y FAU - Zhao, Dan AU - Zhao D FAU - Chang, Xi-Hua AU - Chang XH FAU - Wang, Wei-Hua AU - Wang WH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Thailand TA - Asian Pac J Cancer Prev JT - Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP JID - 101130625 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (VEGFA protein, human) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) SB - IM MH - *Apoptosis MH - Blotting, Western MH - Caspase 3/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Cell Movement MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Chemokine CCL2/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Immunoenzyme Techniques MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/genetics/*metabolism MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/*metabolism/*pathology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2011/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2011/08/19 06:00 CRDT- 2011/05/07 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/08/19 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(2):555-9.