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2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Mechanisms for development of castration resistance by fluctuation of the differentiation in human prostate cancer cells

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 16K11000
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Urology
Research InstitutionMie University

Principal Investigator

Ishii Kenichiro  三重大学, 医学系研究科, 助教 (90397513)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 白石 泰三  三重大学, 医学系研究科, 客員教授 (30162762)
広川 佳史  三重大学, 医学系研究科, 講師 (30322738)
杉村 芳樹  三重大学, 医学系研究科, リサーチアソシエイト (90179151)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords去勢抵抗性前立腺癌 / ホルモン療法 / 癌細胞分化 / 線維芽細胞の多様性 / 前立腺癌患者由来線維芽細胞 / in vitro共培養実験 / 癌抑制遺伝子 / 癌遺伝子
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the tumor microenvironment, heterogeneous stromal component of prostate cancer (PCa) tissue contains multiple populations of fibroblasts that are associated with tumorigenesis. Fibroblasts secret a number of growth factors, cytokines, ECM proteins, and miRNAs that stimulate progression of PCa cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of fibroblasts on androgen-sensitive human PCa cell line LNCaP focusing on the expression of cancer-related genes. As for tumor suppressor genes, mRNA expression of NKX3-1 in LNCaP cells was decreased by co-culturing with fibroblasts. As for oncogenes, mRNA expressions of NFKB1 and SRC in LNCaP cells was increased by co-culturing with fibroblasts. Our data showed that mRNA expressions of cancer-related genes in LNCaP cells were highly disturbed by co-culturing with fibroblasts. The use of PCa patients-derived fibroblasts may allow us to investigate the characteristics of aggressive fibroblasts in the development of castration-resistant PCa.

Free Research Field

泌尿器科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

進行性前立腺癌に対するホルモン療法は約4割の患者にしか効果がなく、残りの6割は初めからホルモン療法に反応しないか、最初は効果が認められるものの徐々に効果が減弱し、最終的に去勢抵抗性前立腺癌へと進展することが大きな課題である。我々は前立腺癌の去勢抵抗性獲得には癌細胞周囲に存在する線維芽細胞からのパラクライン的な刺激が重要な役割を担うと考えている。今回の結果は、進行性前立腺癌に対する治療としてホルモン療法だけでは不十分であり、癌微小環境を構成するactiveな線維芽細胞の増殖や機能を阻害することが去勢抵抗性前立腺癌への進展を抑制する有用な治療法となる可能性を示唆するものである。

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Published: 2020-03-30  

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