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  • Title: c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase mediates leptin-stimulated androgen-independent prostate cancer cell proliferation via signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 and Akt.
    Author: Miyazaki T, Bub JD, Iwamoto Y.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 2008 Oct; 1782(10):593-604. PubMed ID: 18718531.
    Abstract:
    Obesity is associated with advanced prostate cancer. Here we demonstrate that in mouse prostate cancer TRAMP-C1 cells epididymal fat extracts from high-fat diet-fed obese mice stimulate androgen-independent cell growth more significantly than those from low-fat diet-fed lean mice or genetically obese leptin-deficient ob/ob mice in correlation with leptin concentrations. This result suggests that obesity promotes androgen-independent prostate cancer cell growth via adipose leptin. We have reported that added leptin stimulates androgen-independent prostate cancer cell proliferation through c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK). As with JNK, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and Akt are implicated in androgen-independent prostate cancer. In this study, we identify novel interaction of these three molecules in leptin-stimulated androgen-independent cell proliferation. Leptin activates JNK, STAT3 and Akt in a biphasic manner with a similar time-course. Pharmacological JNK inhibition suppresses leptin-stimulated DNA binding activity, as well as Ser-727 phosphorylation, of STAT3. Since JNK upregulates STAT3 activity via Ser-727 phosphorylation, JNK mediates leptin-stimulated STAT3 activation through Ser-727 phosphorylation. Moreover, JNK inhibition impairs leptin-stimulated Ser-473 phosphorylation of Akt that is required for its activation. Thus, JNK is involved in leptin-stimulated Akt activation. These findings together indicate that JNK mediates leptin-stimulated androgen-independent prostate cancer cell proliferation via STAT3 and Akt.
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