EGR1 regulates angiogenic and osteoclastogenic factors in prostate cancer and promotes metastasis
EGR1 regulates angiogenic and osteoclastogenic factors in prostate cancer and promotes metastasis
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EGR1调节前列腺癌中的血管生成和破骨细胞生成因子并促进转移
DOI:
10.1038/s41388-019-0873-8
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发表时间:
2019-08-29
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8
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Kelly, Kathleen
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作者:
Li, Lechen;Ameri, Amir H.;Kelly, Kathleen
Early growth response-1 (EGR1) is a transcription factor correlated with prostate cancer (PC) progression in a variety of contexts. For example,EGR1levels increase in response to suppressed androgen receptor signaling or loss of the tumor suppressor,PTEN. EGR1has been shown to regulate genes influencing proliferation, apoptosis, immune cell activation, and matrix degradation, among others. Despite this, the impact ofEGR1on PC metastatic colonization is unclear. We demonstrate using a PC model (DU145/RasB1) of bone and brain metastasis thatEGR1expression regulates angiogenic and osteoclastogenic properties of metastases. We have shown previously that FN14 (TNFRSF12A) and downstream NF-κB signaling is required for metastasis in this model. Here we demonstrate that FN14 ligation also leads to NF-κB-independent, MEK-dependentEGR1expression.EGR1-depletion in DU145/RasB1 cells reduced both the number and size of metastases but did not affect primary tumor growth. DecreasedEGR1expression led to reduced blood vessel density in brain and bone metastases as well as decreased osteolytic bone lesion area and reduced numbers of osteoclasts at the bone–tumor interface. TWEAK (TNFSF12) induced severalEGR1-dependent angiogenic and osteoclastogenic factors (e.g., PDGFA, TGFB1, SPP1, IL6, IL8, and TGFA, among others). Consistent with this, in clinical samples of PC, the level of several genes encoding angiogenic/osteoclastogenic pathway effectors correlated withEGR1levels. Thus, we show here thatEGR1has a direct effect on prostate cancer metastases. EGR1 regulates angiogenic and osteoclastogenic factors, informing the underlying signaling networks that impact autonomous and microenvironmental mechanisms of cancer metastases.