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Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor Blockade Inhibits the Action of EGF, Insulin-like Growth Factor I, and a Protein Kinase A Activator on the Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines¹

Departments of Urology [T. P., Z. C., I. E. E., C. N-M., G. B., H. K.] and Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry [T. P., H. G., F. Ü.], University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) are potent mitogens that regulate proliferation of prostate cancer cells via autocrine and paracrine loops and promote tumor metastasis. They exert their action through binding to the corresponding cell surface receptors that initiate an intracellular phosphorylation cascade, leading to the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), which recruit transcription factors. We have studied the effects of EGF, IGF-I, and the protein kinase A (PKA) activator forskolin on the activation of p42/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 2, which is a key kinase in mediation of growth factor-induced mitogenesis in prostate cancer cells. The activity of p42/ERK2 was determined by immune complex kinase assays and by immunoblotting using a phospho p44/p42 MAPK-specific antibody. EGF, IGF-I, and forskolin-induced PKA activity stimulate intracellular signaling pathways converging at the level of p42/ERK2. In the androgen-insensitive DU145 cell line, there is a constitutive basal p42/ERK2 activity that is not present in androgen-sensitive LNCaP cells. Constitutive p42/ERK2 activity is abrogated by blockade of the EGF receptor. Hence, it is obviously caused by an autocrine loop involving this receptor. The effects of EGF on p42/ERK2 are potentiated by forskolin in both cell lines. The blockade of PKA by the specific inhibitor H89 attenuates this synergism. This finding is in contrast to those obtained in several other systems studied thus far, in which PKA activators inhibited MAPKs. p42/ERK2 in DU145 cells is highly responsive to IGF-I stimulation, whereas no effect of IGF-I on p42/ERK2 can be measured in LNCaP cells. Moreover, our results demonstrate that selective blockade of the EGF receptor in prostate cancer cells does not only inhibit the action of EGF, but also IGF-I-induced activation of the MAPK pathway and the interaction with the PKA pathway. In conclusion, these findings offer new possibilities for a therapeutical intervention in prostate cancer by targeting signaling pathways of growth factors and PKA.

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