title: Development and characterization of DP-153, a nontumorigenic prostatic cell line that undergoes malignant transformation by expression of dominant-negative transforming growth factor beta receptor type II.
abstract: We have developed a nontumorigenic epithelial cell line, DP-153, from the dorsal prostate of a Lobund/Wistar rat treated with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and testosterone propionate. DP-153 cells express cytokeratins 5 and 14, but not cytokeratin 18, consistent with a basal epithelial cell phenotype. Similar to the nontumorigenic NRP-152 prostatic cell line, DP-153 cells do not form tumors in athymic mice and retain many of the properties of normal prostatic cells. They express prostatic acid phosphatase and androgen receptors and require several mitogens (epidermal growth factor, insulin, dexamethasone, and cholera toxin) for sustained growth in culture under serum-containing conditions. DP-153 cells are also growth-stimulated by keratinocyte growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor and growth-inhibited by all-trans-retinoic acid, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3), and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1. We demonstrate that expression of dominant-negative TGF-beta receptor type II by retroviral transduction of DP-153 cells leads to complete loss of TGF-beta1-induced growth inhibition. When transplanted s.c. in athymic mice, DP-153 cells expressing dominant-negative TGF-beta receptor type II form tumors as early as 4 weeks, in contrast to the vector control and parental cell line, which do not form tumors even 8 months after transplantation, supporting the observation that TGF-beta functions as a tumor suppressor in these cells. Our data further support that DP-153 is a suitable cell line for analysis of normal prostatic growth and carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Ireland Cancer Center Research Laboratories, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospital of Cleveland, Samuel Gerber Building, Suite 200 11001 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Kyung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cornelius
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danielpour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D007621:Karyotyping; D007633:Keratins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014212:Tretinoin; D007633:Keratins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D002117:Calcitriol