Up-Regulation of Differentiation Related Gene-1 Expression in the Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer / 대한비뇨기과학회지
Korean Journal of Urology
;
: 637-642, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-174532
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To determine whether the up-regulation of the differentiation related gene (Drg-1) enhances the progression of prostate cancer into the androgen independent phenotype, via escaping androgen signal transduction. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A full length of Drg-1 cDNA was obtained using the Drg-1 primer, which was inserted into LNCaP cells. The sensitivities of dihydrotestosterone and bicalutamide were then examined. In addition, the level of the Drg-1 gene expression was examined in derivatives of the LNCaP cell lines obtained from the orthotopic animal model.RESULTS:
The Drg-1 transfected LNCaP cells, which highly expressed the Drg-1, were established (LNCaP/D2). The LNCaP/D2 slowly grew in a culture medium, supplemented with 10% charcoal stripped fetal bovine serum, whereas the control cells did not. When the sensitivities of DHT and bicalutamide were examined, the PC-3 and LNCaP/D2 cells were not sensitive to either. The metastatic androgen independent prostate cancer cells (LNCaP-AI-Lung), which were obtained from the orthotopic animal model, showed higher levels of Drg-1 expression than the parental cells.CONCLUSIONS:
Androgen dependent prostate cancer cells, expressing high levels of the Drg-1 gene, behave like androgen independent prostate cancer cells. This finding suggest that the Drg-1 gene may play an important role in the initiation of an androgen-independent state.
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Main subject:
Parents
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Phenotype
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Prostate
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Prostatic Neoplasms
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Dihydrotestosterone
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United Nations
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Signal Transduction
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Gene Expression
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Up-Regulation
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Cell Line
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Urology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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