Androgen Receptor Up-Regulates Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-5 (IGFBP-5) Expression in a Human Prostate Cancer Xenograft

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The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins (IGFBPs) are important modulators of IGF action in many tissues including human prostate. IGFBPs and the androgen receptor (AR) are expressed in CWR22, an androgen-dependent epithelial cell human CaP xenograft that retains biological characteristics of human CaPs, including re- gression following androgen withdrawal and recurrent growth of AR- containing cells in the absence of testicular androgens beginning several months after castration. Northern blot and in situ hybridiza- tion analyses demonstrated that IGFBP-5 is androgen-regulated in CWR22. IGFBP-5 messenger RNA (mRNA) decreased by 90% follow- ing castration of tumor-bearing mice compared with noncastrate an- drogen-stimulated mice. Testosterone treatment of CWR22 tumor- bearing mice 6 or 12 days after castration increased IGFBP-5 mRNA 10- to 12-fold. Levels of other IGFBP mRNAs did not change following androgen withdrawal and replacement. IGFBP-5 protein in tumor extracts bound 125I-labeled IGF-I in ligand blot assays and the amounts of IGFBP-5 measured by immunoblotting paralleled the levels of IGFBP-5 mRNA. Androgen-induced expression of IGFBP5 was at a maximum level within 24 h after testosterone replacement, whereas the major increase in cell proliferation as measured by Ki-67 immunostaining occurred between 24 - 48 h. This time course sug- gested IGFBP-5 may be a mediator of androgen-induced growth of CWR22. In tumors that recurred several months following castration, IGFBP-5 mRNA and protein increased to levels that approached those in androgen-stimulated CWR22 tumors from noncastrate mice. IGFBP-5 immunohistochemical staining of prostate tissue specimens from patients was stronger in androgen-dependent and androgen- independent CaP than in areas of intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). IGFBP-5 mRNA in these specimens was localized predominantly to stromal cells and IGFBP-5 protein to epithelial cell membranes. (Endocrinology 140: 2372-2381, 1999)

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