A secreted isoform of ErbB3 promotes osteomectin expression in bone

ABSTRACT: The propensity for prostate cancer to metastasize to bone led us and others to propose that bidirectional interaction between prostate cancer cells and bone are critical for the preferential metastasis of PCa to bone. We previous identified a secreted isoform of ErbB3 (p45-sErbB3) from the bone marrow supernatants of patients with prostate cancer and bone metastasis. Immunohistochemical analysis of p45-sErbB3 expression in human specimens showed that p45-sErbB3 was highly expressed in metastatic prostate cancer cells in bone. Here we show that p45-sErbB3 stimulates calvarial bone to secrete factors that increase the invasiveness of prostate cancer cells in Boyden chamber invasion assay. We used gene array analysis to identify p45-sErbB3 regulated osteoblast genes that may enhance the inv

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Nanyue Chen 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8001 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress