The proinflammatory cytokine, IL-6, and its interference with bFGF signaling and PSMA in prostate cancer cells

Inflammation. 2013 Jun;36(3):643-50. doi: 10.1007/s10753-012-9586-7.

Abstract

The aim of the present work was to study the expression of the proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), mediated by bFGF signaling and its possible crosstalk with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in LNCaP and PC3-PSMA prostate cancer cell lines. PC3 cells stably transfected with PSMA gene were used for restoring PSMA expression. LNCaP and PC3-PSMA cells were exposed to 10 ng/mL of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). IL-6 production was measured by ELISA assay, and levels of PSMA expression were assessed by flow cytometry. AKT, ERK1/2, and p38 phosphorylation were detected by Western blot. bFGF enhances IL-6 production in LNCaP and PC3-PSMA prostate cancer cells. The effect of bFGF on stimulating IL-6 secretion was greater in LNCaP than in PC3-PSMA cells. In the presence of bFGF, PSMA expression was activated after 4 days of treatment in LNCaP and PC3-PSMA cells. This activation was not maintained after long term of treatment in both metastatic cell lines. Solely MAPKs pathways (ERK1/2 and p38) were activated after bFGF stimulation in both metastatic cell lines, whereas AKT did not show any activation. The interference of the proinflammatory cytokine, IL-6, with bFGF signaling and PSMA, should be of high clinical relevance in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. In developing novel therapeutic modalities targeting IL-6, significant attention should be given to PSMA and its inactivation to fight against prostate cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Surface / biosynthesis
  • Antigens, Surface / metabolism*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / metabolism
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / biosynthesis
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Phosphorylation
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Antigens, Surface
  • Interleukin-6
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II