title: Differential effects of naturally occurring and synthetic organoselenium compounds on biomarkers in androgen responsive and androgen independent human prostate carcinoma cells.
abstract: Epidemiological studies and clinical trials show that selenium supplementation results in reduction of prostate cancer incidence; however, the form of selenium and mechanisms underlying protection remain largely unknown. Toward this end, we compared the effects of naturally occurring selenomethionine (SM) and Se-methylselenocysteine (MSC) and synthetic 1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)selenocyanate (p-XSC) and p-xylylbis(methylselenide) p-XMS) organoselenium compounds in androgen responsive (AR) LNCaP and its androgen independent clone (AI) LNCaP C4-2 human prostate carcinoma cells on cell growth, secretion of prostate specific antigen (PSA), intracellular redox status and genomic profiles with emphasis on identifying redox sensitive genes. Both p-XSC and p-XMS reduced cell number and total protein concentration compared to control-treated AR and AI cells, while SM and MSC exhibited no effect on growth of AR and AI cells. SM, p-XSC and p-XMS but not MSC inhibited levels of secreted PSA in AR cells. SM, MSC and p-XMS increased glutathione (GSH) levels in AI LNCaP cells. By contrast, in both cell types, only p-XSC significantly decreased GSH concentrations to <50% of control suggesting either an increase in intracellular oxidative stress or a change in GSH/GSSG ratio. On the basis of RT-PCR analysis, SM and p-XSC increased p53 gene expression by 2-fold in AR cells but not in AI cells and only SM enhanced epidermal growth factor receptor in AR cells. Depending on the structure, organoselenium compounds exhibit differential effects on growth, PSA secretion, oxidative stress and selective gene responses in human prostate cancer cells and suggest the potential of developing novel organoselenium compounds as chemopreventive agents in models of human prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Cornell-Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, NY 10605, USA. jpinto@burke.org
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Raghu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Papp
authors.forename: Nicole D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Facompre
authors.forename: Dhimant
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Karam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El-Bayoumy
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D005978:Glutathione