Prostate cancer metastasis: role of the host microenvironment in promoting epithelial to mesenchymal transition and increased bone and adrenal gland metastasis

J Xu, R Wang, ZH Xie, V Odero‐Marah, S Pathak… - The …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
J Xu, R Wang, ZH Xie, V Odero‐Marah, S Pathak, A Multani, LWK Chung, HE Zhau
The Prostate, 2006Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The ARCaP cell line was established from the ascites fluid of a patient with
metastatic prostate cancer. This study characterized the host microenvironmental role in
cancer progression, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), and bone and adrenal
metastasis in parental ARCaP and its derived cell subclones. METHODS Cytogenetic
profiles, growth, migration, invasion, cellular interaction, drug sensitivities, and gene
expression of ARCaP cell subclones were compared. In vivo gene expression, behavior …
BACKGROUND
The ARCaP cell line was established from the ascites fluid of a patient with metastatic prostate cancer. This study characterized the host microenvironmental role in cancer progression, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), and bone and adrenal metastasis in parental ARCaP and its derived cell subclones.
METHODS
Cytogenetic profiles, growth, migration, invasion, cellular interaction, drug sensitivities, and gene expression of ARCaP cell subclones were compared. In vivo gene expression, behavior, and metastasis of ARCaP subclones were analyzed by serial intracardiac injections into SCID mice.
RESULTS
ARCaPE cells, with cobblestone morphology, underwent EMT through cellular interaction with host bone and adrenal gland. Lineage‐derived ARCaPM cells, with spindle‐shape fibroblastic morphology, exhibited decreased cell adhesion and increased metastasis to bone and adrenal gland. Cytogenetic analyses of parental and ARCaP subclones confirmed their clonality.
CONCLUSIONS
ARCaP uniquely models the molecular basis of prostate cancer bone and adrenal metastases and epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Prostate 66: 1664–1673, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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