骨髓间充质干细胞中OPG/RANKL/RANK与前列腺癌细胞中Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路之间的相互作用调控前列腺癌骨转移。

Crosstalk between OPG/RANKL/RANK in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and Wnt/b-catenin pathway in prostate cancer cells regulates bone metastasis of prostate cancer.

作者信息

Ye Shihua, Lin Qiongyun, Deng Meihua, Huang Shulong, Mao Changlin, Zhang Jiabin, Zhan Wuming, Chen Guangbing

机构信息

Department of Urology, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan City, Ninde, Fujian, 355000, China.

出版信息

Pol J Pathol. 2025;76(1):25-37. doi: 10.5114/pjp.2025.150029.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate whether the crosstalk between the osteoprotegerin (OPG)/receptor activator of nuclear factor-kB (RANK)/receptor activator of nuclear factor-kB ligand (RANKL) in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and Wnt/b-catenin pathways in Pca cells regulates bone metastasis of PCa. Our study showed that there was increased OPG/RANKL/RANK and b-catenin expression in the tissue of PCa and its bone metastasis. This study further showed that RANKL knockdown in BMSCs or b-catenin knockdown in PC-3s blocked the proliferation and migration of BMSCs and the proliferation, migration, and invasion of PC-3s in vitro. Conversely, RANKL overexpression in BMSCs and b-catenin overexpression in PC-3s promoted the proliferation and migration of BMSCs and the proliferation, migration, and invasion of PC-3s in vitro. These data indicate that the RANKL pathway in BMSCs promoted the PC-3s invasion and the catenin pathway in PC-3s activated BMSCs with expression of cancer-associated fibroblast markers, which promoted the bone metastasis. This suggests that the interaction and crosstalk between BMSCs in bone microenvironment and PCa play a critical role in the exquisite tropism for Pca bone metastasis. Cancer therapies classically target tumour cells; however, based on this study, targeting BMSCs in bone microenvironment is a reasonable option for PCa therapy strategy.

摘要

本研究旨在探讨骨髓间充质干细胞(BMSCs)中骨保护素(OPG)/核因子-κB受体激活剂(RANK)/核因子-κB配体受体激活剂(RANKL)与前列腺癌细胞(Pca)中Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路之间的相互作用是否调节前列腺癌的骨转移。我们的研究表明,在前列腺癌及其骨转移组织中,OPG/RANKL/RANK和β-连环蛋白的表达增加。本研究进一步表明,骨髓间充质干细胞中RANKL基因敲低或PC-3细胞中β-连环蛋白基因敲低可阻断骨髓间充质干细胞的增殖和迁移以及PC-3细胞在体外的增殖、迁移和侵袭。相反,骨髓间充质干细胞中RANKL过表达和PC-3细胞中β-连环蛋白过表达可促进骨髓间充质干细胞的增殖和迁移以及PC-3细胞在体外的增殖、迁移和侵袭。这些数据表明,骨髓间充质干细胞中的RANKL信号通路促进了PC-3细胞的侵袭,PC-3细胞中的连环蛋白信号通路通过激活表达癌症相关成纤维细胞标志物的骨髓间充质干细胞,促进了骨转移。这表明骨微环境中的骨髓间充质干细胞与前列腺癌之间的相互作用和串扰在前列腺癌骨转移的精确嗜性中起关键作用。传统的癌症治疗方法以肿瘤细胞为靶点;然而,基于本研究,靶向骨微环境中的骨髓间充质干细胞是前列腺癌治疗策略的一个合理选择。

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