Microvesicles released from hormone-refractory prostate cancer cells facilitate mouse pre-osteoblast differentiation

J Mol Histol. 2012 Oct;43(5):509-15. doi: 10.1007/s10735-012-9415-1. Epub 2012 Apr 17.

Abstract

Bone metastasis is often occurs in patients with prostate cancer. There is a vicious cycle for bone metastases involving prostate cancer cells, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. Acting among those cells during the process of metastasis are several molecules such as bone morphogenetic proteins, platelet-derived growth factor, endothelin-1, matrix metalloproteases, vascular endothelial growth factor, transforming growth factor-β, and insulin-like growth factors. Cell-derived microvesicles are endogenous carriers transporting proteins, mRNAs and miRNAs between cells, which is a candidate for participation in the bone metastasis of these cells. Here, we demonstrated that prostate cancer cells in vitro released microvesicles into the culture medium (PCa-MVs), which was shown by electron microscopic study and nanoparticle tracking analysis. In this study, we found for the first time that these PCa-MVs enhanced osteoblast differentiation mainly through the delivery of PCa cell-derived v-ets erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog 1, which is an osteoblast differentiation related-transcriptional factor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Cell Differentiation*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Culture Media, Conditioned*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent* / metabolism
  • Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent* / pathology
  • Osteoblasts* / cytology
  • Osteoblasts* / pathology
  • Osteoclasts / cytology
  • Osteoclasts / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / metabolism
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / pathology
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Culture Media, Conditioned
  • RNA, Messenger