Sphingosine kinase 1 inhibition sensitizes hormone-resistant prostate cancer to docetaxel

Sauer, Lysann, Nunes, Joao, Salunkhe, Vishal, Skalska, Lenka, Kohama, Takafumi, Cuvillier, Olivier, Waxman, Jonathan and Pchejetski, Dmitry (2009) Sphingosine kinase 1 inhibition sensitizes hormone-resistant prostate cancer to docetaxel. International Journal of Cancer, 125 (11). pp. 2728-36.

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Abstract

It has recently been shown that docetaxel chemotherapy is effective in prolonging life in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). We have investigated potential ways of increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy in this disease. We have previously reported that sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) inhibition is a key step in docetaxel-induced apoptosis in the PC-3 PCa cell line and that pharmacologicalSphK1 inhibition is chemosensitizing in the docetaxel-resistant PCa LNCaP cell line. In this study we have addressed the mechanism of docetaxel-induced apoptosis of PC-3 cells and identified SphK1-dependent and -independent components. We have shown that SphK1 inhibition by docetaxel is a two-step process involving an initial loss of enzyme activity followed by a decrease in SphK1 gene expression. Using hormoneresistant PC-3 and DU145 PCa cells we have demonstrated that both pharmacological and siRNA-mediated SphK1 inhibition leads to a four-fold decrease in the docetaxel IC50 dose. This work points out to potential ways of increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy for PCa by SphK1 inhibition.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	antineoplastic agents,apoptosis,blotting, western,caspases,cell cycle,cell line, tumor,cell proliferation,drug resistance, neoplasm,flow cytometry,humans,male,neoplasms, hormone-dependent,phosphotransferases (alcohol group acceptor),prostatic neoplasms,rna, messenger,rna, small interfering,reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction,taxoids,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2014 10:12
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 02:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51539
DOI:	10.1002/ijc.24640

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