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Increased expression of fibroblast growth factor 6 in human prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate cancer.

Abstract
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are known to play an important role in the growth of normal prostatic epithelial cells. In addition to their effects on proliferation, FGFs can promote cell motility, increase tumor angiogenesis, and inhibit apoptosis, all of which play an important role in tumor progression. To determine whether FGFs are overexpressed in human prostate cancers, we analyzed 26 prostate cancer RNAs by reverse transcription-PCR for expression of FGF3, FGF4, and FGF6, which cannot be detected in normal prostate tissue by this technique. Fourteen of 26 prostate cancers expressed FGF6 mRNA. No expression of FGF3 or FGF4 was detected. An ELISA of tissue extracts of normal prostate, high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), and prostate cancer for FGF6 showed that this growth factor was undetectable in normal prostate but was present at elevated levels in 4 of 9 PIN lesions and in 15 of 24 prostate cancers. Immunohistochemical analysis with anti-FGF6 antibody revealed weak staining of prostatic basal cells in normal prostate that was markedly elevated in PIN. In the prostate cancers, the majority of cases revealed expression of FGF6 by the prostate cancer cells themselves. In two cases, expression was present in prostatic stromal cells. Exogenous FGF6 was able to stimulate proliferation of primary prostatic epithelial and stromal cells, immortalized prostatic epithelial cells, and prostate cancer cell lines in tissue culture. FGF receptor 4, which is the most potent FGF receptor for FGF6, is expressed in the human prostate in vivo and in all of the cultured cell lines. Thus, FGF6 is increased in PIN and prostate cancer and can promote the proliferation of the transformed prostatic epithelial cells via paracrine and autocrine mechanisms.
AuthorsF Ropiquet, D Giri, B Kwabi-Addo, A Mansukhani, M Ittmann
JournalCancer research (Cancer Res) Vol. 60 Issue 15 Pg. 4245-50 (Aug 01 2000) ISSN: 0008-5472 [Print] United States
PMID10945637 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • FGF6 protein, human
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 6
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • FGFR4 protein, human
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4
Topics
  • Cell Division (drug effects, physiology)
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Epithelial Cells (cytology, drug effects)
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 6
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors (biosynthesis, pharmacology, physiology)
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Prostate (cytology, drug effects)
  • Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (metabolism)
  • Prostatic Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology)
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins (biosynthesis, pharmacology, physiology)
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor (biosynthesis)
  • Recombinant Proteins (pharmacology)
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Stromal Cells (cytology, drug effects)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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