RRC ID 42134
著者 Enomoto M, Seong JY, Kawashima S, Park MK.
タイトル Proliferation of TSU-Pr1, a human prostatic carcinoma cell line is stimulated by gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
ジャーナル Life Sci
Abstract There have been numerous reports of the inhibitory effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and its agonistic and antagonistic analogues on carcinomas derived from various organs, and in particular the direct inhibitory effects have been extensively studied. On the other hand, several studies have indicated that GnRH stimulates the proliferation of lymphoid tissues and cells, suggesting that GnRH is an immunomodulator. However, there have been few reports showing a stimulatory effect of GnRH on cell lines not derived from lymphoid tissues, and the mechanism of the stimulatory effect has not been investigated in detail. In this study, the stimulatory effect of GnRH (100 pM) on TSU-Pr1, a human prostatic carcinoma cell line, was demonstrated, and the dose-depedency of this effect of GnRH (3.125 fM approximately 20 nM) was observed by measuring colony-formation. RT-PCR analysis showed that both human GnRH receptor 1 and 2 are expressed in TSU-Pr1 cells, suggesting that this stimulatory effect of GnRH occurs through GnRH receptor(s). To our knowledge, this is the first report showing the stimulatory effect of GnRH on a prostatic carcinoma cell line. Moreover, we also examined the effect of conditioned medium of TSU-Pr1 cells and found that it inhibited the GnRH activity only on TSU-Pr1 cells. This characteristic of the conditioned medium of TSU-Pr1 cells is different from that of HHUA or Jurkat cells described in our previous study. TSU-Pr1 cells the proliferation of which is stimulated by GnRH can yield important clues about the mechanisms of the effects of GnRH on cell proliferation.
巻・号 74(25)
ページ 3141-52
公開日 2004-5-7
DOI 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.11.009
PII S0024320504001493
PMID 15081579
MeSH Cell Division / drug effects Colony-Forming Units Assay Culture Media, Conditioned Fertility Agents, Female / pharmacology* Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / pharmacology* Humans Male Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics Prostatic Neoplasms / metabolism Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology* RNA, Messenger / genetics RNA, Messenger / metabolism RNA, Neoplasm / genetics RNA, Neoplasm / metabolism Receptors, LHRH / biosynthesis Receptors, LHRH / genetics Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Thymidine / metabolism Tumor Cells, Cultured
IF 3.647
引用数 9
WOS 分野 MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 Jurkat(RCB0806) HHUA(RCB0658)