Triiodothyronine modulates cell proliferation of human prostatic carcinoma cells by downregulation of the B-Cell translocation gene 2

• Published in: The Prostate 2008-05, Vol.68 (6), p.610-619
• Main Authors: Tsui, Ke-Hung, Hsieh, Wen-Chi, Lin, Mei-Hsien, Chang, Phei-Lang, Juang, Horng-Heng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - drug therapy; Adenocarcinoma - metabolism; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; BTG2; Cell Cycle Proteins - drug effects; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Proliferation - drug effects; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Down-Regulation - drug effects; Gene Expression; Genes, Tumor Suppressor; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Immediate-Early Proteins - genetics; Immediate-Early Proteins - metabolism; LNCaP; Male; Medical sciences; Molecular Sequence Data; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Nuclear Proteins - genetics; Nuclear Proteins - metabolism; PC-3; proliferation; Prostatic Neoplasms - drug therapy; Prostatic Neoplasms - metabolism; Receptors, Thyroid Hormone - drug effects; Receptors, Thyroid Hormone - metabolism; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - metabolism; TRE; triiodothyronine; Triiodothyronine - pharmacology; Tumor Suppressor Proteins; Tumors of the urinary system; Urinary tract. Prostate gland
• ISSN: 0270-4137; 1097-0045
• DOI: 10.1002/pros.20725

Background Studies suggest that triiodothyronine (T3) and cognate nuclear receptors (hTR) are involved in regulation of prostatic cell growth and differentiation. To probe mechanisms for T3 effects, we studied prostate carcinoma cells, investigating the effect of T3 on expression of the B‐cell translocation gene 2 (BTG2), which regulates the G1/S transition of the cell cycle. Methods Effects of T3 on cell proliferation were determined by 3H‐thymidine incorporation. T3 modulation of BTG2 expression was investigated using immunoblots, Northern blots, and transient gene expression assays. The putative T3 response element was determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Results T3 (0.1–1,000 nM) enhanced threefold the proliferation of prostate carcinoma cells and human androgen‐dependent prostate carcinoma cells (LNCaP), but not PC‐3 cells. T3 also inhibited BTG2 gene expression in LNCaP cells. Reporter assays showed that T3 downregulates by 50% promoter activity of the BTG2 gene in LNCaP cells but not PC‐3 cells or thyroid‐hormone receptor (TRβ1)‐overexpression PC‐3 cells. Deleting the putative thyroid hormone response element (TRE; AGCGATGACCTCAGCG) blocked the inhibitory effect of T3 on BTG2 promoter activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays with purified TRβ1 from in vitro translation, or with nuclear extracts from LNCaP cells and PC‐3 cells, demonstrated the presence of T3 receptor binding sites in the TRE region. Conclusions These results suggested that the T3 upregulates proliferation of LNCaP cells by downregulating BTG2 gene expression through the consensus TRE pathway. Prostate 68: 610–619, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.