Exosomes from the tumor microenvironment as reciprocal regulators that enhance prostate cancer progression

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 734-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che-Ming Liu ◽  
Chia-Ling Hsieh ◽  
Chia-Ning Shen ◽  
Cheng-Chieh Lin ◽  
Katsumi Shigemura ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 380 (1) ◽  
pp. 340-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Shiao ◽  
Gina Chia-Yi Chu ◽  
Leland W.K. Chung

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 4503
Author(s):  
Andreia Matos ◽  
Marcos Carvalho ◽  
Manuel Bicho ◽  
Ricardo Ribeiro

Arginine availability and activation of arginine-related pathways at cancer sites have profound effects on the tumor microenvironment, far beyond their well-known role in the hepatic urea cycle. Arginine metabolism impacts not only malignant cells but also the surrounding immune cells behavior, modulating growth, survival, and immunosurveillance mechanisms, either through an arginase-mediated effect on polyamines and proline synthesis, or by the arginine/nitric oxide pathway in tumor cells, antitumor T-cells, myeloid-derived suppressor cells, and macrophages. This review presents evidence concerning the impact of arginine metabolism and arginase activity in the prostate cancer microenvironment, highlighting the recent advances in immunotherapy, which might be relevant for prostate cancer. Even though further research is required, arginine deprivation may represent a novel antimetabolite strategy for the treatment of arginine-dependent prostate cancer.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. R179-R196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clovis Boibessot ◽  
Paul Toren

Prostate cancer is uniquely dependent on androgens. Despite years of research on the relationship between androgens and prostate cancer, many questions remain as to the biological effects of androgens and other sex steroids during prostate cancer progression. This article reviews the clinical and basic research on the influence of sex steroids such as androgens, estrogens and progesterone within the prostate tumor microenvironment on the progression of prostate cancer. We review clinical studies to date evaluating serum sex steroids as prognostic biomarkers and discuss their respective biological effects within the prostate tumor microenvironment. We also review the link between genomic alterations and sex steroid levels within prostate tumors. Finally, we highlight the links between sex steroid levels and the function of the immune system within the tumor microenvironment. As the context of treatment of lethal prostate cancer evolves over time, an understanding of this underlying biology remains central to developing optimal treatment approaches.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuang Youlin ◽  
He Weiyang ◽  
Liang Simin ◽  
Gou Xin

Migration and homing of dendritic cells (DCs) to lymphoid organs are quite crucial for T cell-induced immune response against tumor. However, tumor microenvironment can make some tumor cells escape immune response by impairing DC migration. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) plays important roles in initiating and terminating inflammatory responses. In this study, we investigated whether PGE2 could inhibit murine prostate cancer progression by countervailing tumor microenvironment-induced impairment of dendritic cell migration. We found that murine prostate cancer cell line RM-1-conditioned medium impaired chemotactic movement of marrow-derived DCs and splenic cDCs toward CC chemokine receptor-7 (CCR7) ligand CCL19 in vitro and migration to draining lymph gland in vivo. Meanwhile, it also induced LXRα activation and CCR7 inhibition on maturing DCs. However, the treatment of PGE2 rescued this impairment of DC migration with upregulation of CCR7 and inhibition of LXRα. Further, it was observed that PGE2 also increased MMP9 expression and activated Notch1 signaling on DCs. In RM-1-bearing mouse model, PGE2 treatment was identified to inhibit tumor growth and induce more tumor-infiltrating T cells and CD11c dendritic cells in tumor sites. Therefore, our findings may demonstrate a new perspective for therapeutic interventions on prostate cancer immunoescape.


2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
LELAND W.K. CHUNG ◽  
ADAM BASEMAN ◽  
VASILY ASSIKIS ◽  
HAIYEN E. ZHAU

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