Coevolution of prostate cancer and bone stroma in three-dimensional coculture: implications for cancer growth and metastasis

Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 1;68(23):9996-10003. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-2492.

Abstract

Human bone stromal cells, after three-dimensional coculture with human prostate cancer (PCa) cells in vitro, underwent permanent cytogenetic and gene expression changes with reactive oxygen species serving as mediators. The evolved stromal cells are highly inductive of human PCa growth in mice, and expressed increased levels of extracellular matrix (versican and tenascin) and chemokine (BDFN, CCL5, CXCL5, and CXCL16) genes. These genes were validated in clinical tissue and/or serum specimens and could be the predictors for invasive and bone metastatic PCa. These results, combined with our previous observations, support the concept of permanent genetic and behavioral changes of PCa epithelial cells after being either cocultured with prostate or bone stromal cells as three-dimensional prostate organoids or grown as tumor xenografts in mice. These observations collectively suggest coevolution of cancer and stromal cells occurred under three-dimensional growth condition, which ultimately accelerates cancer growth and metastasis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Neoplasms / genetics
  • Bone Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bone and Bones / metabolism
  • Bone and Bones / pathology*
  • Bone and Bones / physiology
  • Cell Growth Processes / physiology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chemokines / biosynthesis
  • Chemokines / blood
  • Chemokines / genetics
  • Coculture Techniques
  • Extracellular Matrix / genetics
  • Extracellular Matrix / metabolism
  • Extracellular Matrix / pathology
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Osteoblasts / pathology
  • Osteosarcoma / genetics
  • Osteosarcoma / metabolism
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Stromal Cells / metabolism
  • Stromal Cells / pathology
  • Stromal Cells / physiology

Substances

  • Chemokines
  • Reactive Oxygen Species