Role of GLI-1 in epidermal growth factor-induced invasiveness of ARCaPE prostate cancer cells

  • Authors:
    • Guodong Zhu
    • Jiancheng Zhou
    • Wenbin Song
    • Dapeng Wu
    • Qiang Dang
    • Linlin Zhang
    • Lei Li
    • Xinyang Wang
    • Dalin He
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  • Published online on: June 11, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2534
  • Pages: 904-910
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Abstract

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling and Hedgehog (HH) signaling are both involved in prostate cancer (PCa) progression, yet the mechanisms through which these two pathways are synergistically linked require elucidation. In the present study, we aimed to ascertain how EGF and the HH signaling transcription factor GLI-1 are linked in prostate cancer invasiveness. ARCaP human prostate cancer cells, which included ARCaPE and ARCaPM cells, were used as a model in the present study. The expression of EGF receptor (EGFR) and the HH signaling transcriptional factor GLI-1 were detected in ARCaPE cells by immunofluorescence, and the ARCaPE cells were treated with human recombinant EGF protein (hrEGF) for 4 consecutive days in vitro. Transwell invasion assays were performed in the ARCaPE cells following treatment with DMSO (vehicle control), hrEGF, GATN61 (GLI-1-specific inhibitor), hrEGF plus GANT61 and in the ARCaPM cells. The expression of phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated kinase (p-ERK), total ERK and GLI-1 was detected by western blotting in ARCaPE cells at different time-points following treatment with hrEGF. The expression of EGFR and GLI-1 was detected in ARCaPE cells, which exhibited a cobblestone-like morphology, while after treatment with hrEGF, the cell morphology was altered to a spindle-shaped mesenchymal cell morphology. Transwell invasion assays demonstrated that hrEGF dramatically enhanced the invasive capability of the ARCaPE cells (p<0.05). Additionally, western blot assay demonstrated that the expression levels of p-ERK and GLI-1 in ARCaPE cells increased in a time-dependent manner after treatment with hrEGF (p<0.05); however, the expression levels of total ERK in the cells remained relatively unchanged. It also demonstrated that the GLI-1 inhibitor GANT61 could reverse the enhanced invasive effect induced by EGF in ARCaPE cells (p<0.05). Our preliminary in vitro study showed that EGF signaling may increase the invasive capability of ARCaPE human prostate cancer cells via upregulation of p-ERK and the HH signaling transcriptional factor GLI-1. Additionally, this enhanced cell invasive effect was reversed by a GLI-1-specific inhibitor in vitro. Consequently, it indicates that both EGF and HH signaling are synergistically involved in the progression of human prostate cancer ARCaP cells, and GlI-1 may be one of the important effectors, which is activated by EGF downstream signaling, to promote the invasiveness of ARCaPE prostate cancer cells.
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Zhu G, Zhou J, Song W, Wu D, Dang Q, Zhang L, Li L, Wang X and He D: Role of GLI-1 in epidermal growth factor-induced invasiveness of ARCaPE prostate cancer cells. Oncol Rep 30: 904-910, 2013
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Zhu, G., Zhou, J., Song, W., Wu, D., Dang, Q., Zhang, L. ... He, D. (2013). Role of GLI-1 in epidermal growth factor-induced invasiveness of ARCaPE prostate cancer cells. Oncology Reports, 30, 904-910. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2534
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Zhu, G., Zhou, J., Song, W., Wu, D., Dang, Q., Zhang, L., Li, L., Wang, X., He, D."Role of GLI-1 in epidermal growth factor-induced invasiveness of ARCaPE prostate cancer cells". Oncology Reports 30.2 (2013): 904-910.
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Zhu, G., Zhou, J., Song, W., Wu, D., Dang, Q., Zhang, L., Li, L., Wang, X., He, D."Role of GLI-1 in epidermal growth factor-induced invasiveness of ARCaPE prostate cancer cells". Oncology Reports 30, no. 2 (2013): 904-910. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2534