epidermal-growth-factor and 15-hydroxy-5-8-11-13-eicosatetraenoic-acid

Human prostate tumors have elevated levels of 15-lipoxygenase-1 (15-LOX-1) and data suggest that 15-LOX-1 may play a role in the development of prostate cancer. In contrast, 15-LOX-2 expression is higher in normal rather than in tumor prostate tissue and appears to suppress cancer development. We recently reported that 13-(S)-HODE, the 15-LOX-1 metabolite, up-regulates the MAP kinase signaling pathway and subsequently down-regulates PPARgamma in human colorectal carcinoma cells. To determine whether this mechanism is applicable to prostate cancer and what the effects of 15-LOX-2 are, we investigated the effect of 15-LOX-1, 15-LOX-2, and their metabolites on epidermal growth factor (EGF)- and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 signaling in prostate carcinoma cells. In PC3 cells, 13-(S)-HODE, a 15-LOX-1 metabolite, up-regulated MAP kinase while in contrast 15-(S)-HETE, a 15-LOX-2 metabolite, down-regulated MAP kinase. As a result, 13-(S)-HODE increased PPARgamma phosphorylation while a subsequent decrease in PPARgamma phosphorylation was observed with 15-(S)-HETE. Thus, 15-LOX metabolites have opposing effects on the regulation of the MAP kinase signaling pathway and a downstream target of MAP kinase signaling like PPARgamma. In addition to the EGF signaling pathway, the IGF signaling pathway appears to be linked to prostate cancer. 13-(S)-HODE and 15-(S)-HETE up-regulate or down-regulate, respectively, both the MAPK and Akt pathways after activation with IGF-1. Thus, the effect of these lipid metabolites is not solely restricted to EGF signaling and not solely restricted to MAPK signaling. These results provide a plausible mechanism to explain the apparent opposing effects 15-LOX-1 and 15-LOX-2 play in prostate cancer.

Topics: Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase; Epidermal Growth Factor; Humans; Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; Isoenzymes; Linoleic Acids; Male; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; Phosphorylation; Prostate; Prostatic Neoplasms; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Signal Transduction; Transcription Factors; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Topics: Animals; Arachidonic Acid; Cell Division; Cell Line, Transformed; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Cricetinae; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Dexamethasone; DNA Replication; Epidermal Growth Factor; Fibroblasts; Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; Indomethacin; Linoleic Acid; Linoleic Acids; Lipoxygenase; Masoprocol; Mesocricetus; Receptor, ErbB-2; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Transfection

Topics: 12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; Animals; Cell Division; Cell Line; Cricetinae; DNA; DNA Replication; Embryo, Mammalian; Epidermal Growth Factor; Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; Linoleic Acids; Linoleic Acids, Conjugated; Mesocricetus; Oxidation-Reduction; Thymidine

Linoleate metabolism via the cyclooxygenase pathway enhances the proliferation of mammary epithelial cells in serum-free culture in the presence of epidermal growth factor and insulin (Bandyopadhyay, G.K., Imagawa, W., Wallace, D., and Nandi, S. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 2750-2756). Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) can fully substitute for linoleic acid provided endogenous hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs, lipoxygenase metabolites) are available. The PGE2 effect is partial if lipoxygenase activity is inhibited by nordihydroguaiaretic acid. Any combination of two HETEs out of three tested (5-, 12-, and 15-HETEs) stimulates growth synergistically with PGE2; and together (i.e. PGE2 + HETEs), they completely substitute for linoleate. In the absence of PGE2, maximal stimulation cannot be attained with HETEs. Exogenous 5-HETE, compared with 12- or 15-HETE, is preferentially incorporated by the mammary epithelial cells, and about 25-30% of it is retained esterified in phospholipids. The cellular level of nonesterified, free HETE is low. Radioimmunoassay revealed that the concentrations of 12- and 15-HETEs in the culture media (with or without added linoleate) were always higher than that of 5-HETE. Both intra- and extracellular free HETEs are rapidly metabolized by the cells. Since these cells are capable of producing eicosanoids from linoleate, periodic supplementation of the cultures with linoleate allows maintenance of higher HETE and PGE2 levels. Thus, it appears that not only are HETEs short-lived in the cell cultures, but cells handle 5-HETE differently than 12- and 15-HETEs. Whatever may be the pathways of interaction, synergism between HETEs and PGE2 seems to explain how linoleate stimulates the growth of mammary epithelial cells in the presence of epidermal growth factor and insulin.

Topics: 12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; Animals; Cell Division; Cells, Cultured; Dinoprostone; Drug Synergism; Epidermal Growth Factor; Epithelium; Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; Insulin; Linoleic Acid; Linoleic Acids; Mammary Glands, Animal; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Prostaglandins E