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ABSTRACT: Purpose
Current evidence indicates that an osteoblast lesion in prostate cancer is preceded by osteolysis. Thus, prevention of osteolysis would reduce complications of bone metastasis. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells have the ability to differentiate into osteoblast and produce osteoprotegerin, a decoy receptor for the receptor activator for nuclear factor kappaB ligand, naturally. The present study examined the potential of unmodified mesenchymal stem cells to prevent osteolytic bone lesions in a preclinical mouse model of prostate cancer.Experimental design
The human prostate cancer cell line PC3 was implanted in tibiae of severe combined immunodeficient mice. After establishment of the tumor, either unmodified or genetically engineered mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing osteoprotegerin was injected at the site of tumor growth. The effects of therapy were monitored by bioluminescence imaging, micro-computed tomography, immunohistochemistry, and histomorphometry.Results
Data indicated significant (P < 0.001) inhibition of tumor growth and restoration of bone in mice treated with unmodified and modified mesenchymal stem cells. Detailed analysis suggested that the donor mesenchymal stem cell inhibited tumor progression by producing woven bone around the growing tumor cells in the tibiae and by preventing osteoclastogenesis.Conclusions
Overcoming the limitation of the number of mesenchymal stem cells available in the bone can provide significant amelioration for osteolytic damage without further modification.
SUBMITTER: Chanda D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2943933 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chanda Diptiman D Isayeva Tatyana T Kumar Sanjay S Hensel Jonathan A JA Sawant Anandi A Ramaswamy Girish G Siegal Gene P GP Beatty Matthew S MS Ponnazhagan Selvarangan S
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20091117 23
<h4>Purpose</h4>Current evidence indicates that an osteoblast lesion in prostate cancer is preceded by osteolysis. Thus, prevention of osteolysis would reduce complications of bone metastasis. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells have the ability to differentiate into osteoblast and produce osteoprotegerin, a decoy receptor for the receptor activator for nuclear factor kappaB ligand, naturally. The present study examined the potential of unmodified mesenchymal stem cells to prevent osteoly ...[more]