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Cross-talk between Paracrine-Acting Cytokine and Chemokine Pathways Promotes Malignancy in Benign Human Prostatic Epithelium

Departments of ¹ Cancer Biology and ² Urologic Surgery, ³ Division of Hematology and Oncology, and ⁴ The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Requests for reprints: Simon W. Hayward, Department of Urologic Surgery, A1302 MCN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2765. Phone: 615-322-5823; Fax: 615-322-8990; E-mail: simon.hayward{at}vanderbilt.edu.

The present study explores the mechanisms by which human prostatic carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAF) induce tumorigenesis in initiated but nonmalignant human prostatic epithelial cells (BPH-1). CAF express elevated levels of both transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1) and stromal cell–derived factor-1 (SDF-1/CXCL12). TGF-ß inhibits the growth of BPH-1 cells in vitro, but was found to be necessary for the tumorigenic response to CAF. This counterintuitive result suggested that the TGF-ß signaling system was involved in other processes relating to tumorigenesis. The SDF-1 receptor, CXCR4, is expressed at low levels in benign prostate tissue and in BPH-1 cells in culture. However, CXCR4 levels increase during prostate cancer progression. CXCR4 was found to be induced and localized to the cell membrane in BPH1 cells by CAF-conditioned medium and by CAF cells in tissue recombinants. TGF-ß was both necessary and sufficient to allow the detection of membrane-localized CXCR4 in BPH1 cells. Suppression of epithelial cell CXCR4 expression abrogated the tumorigenic response to CAF. SDF-1, secreted by CAF, acts via the TGF-ß–regulated CXCR4 to activate Akt in the epithelial cells. This mechanism elicits tumorigenesis and obviates the growth-inhibitory effects of TGF-ß. Thus, tumor stroma can contribute to carcinogenesis through synergism between TGF-ß, SDF-1, and CXCR4. These experiments suggest mechanisms by which TGF-ß can shift its role from an inhibitor to a promoter of proliferation during tumor progression. Both the TGF-ß and SDF-1 pathways are targets of drug discovery efforts; these data suggest potential benefits in the cotargeting of these pathways. [Cancer Res 2007;67(9):4244–53]

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