Hypoxia Regulates Choline Kinase Expression through Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Signaling in a Human Prostate Cancer Model
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Abstract The intensity of the total choline (tCho) signal in spectroscopic images of tumors is spatially heterogeneous. The likewise heterogeneous physiologic tumor microenvironment may contribute to this heterogeneity. We therefore investigated the relationship between hypoxia, choline metabolites, and choline kinase (Chk) in a human prostate cancer model. Human PC-3 prostate cancer cells were engineered to express enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under hypoxic conditions. These PC-3-5HRE-EGFP cells were characterized in culture and as tumors transplanted in mice using 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and MRS imaging (MRSI) combined with EGFP fluorescence microscopy and imaging. Hypoxic EGFP-fluorescing tumor regions colocalized with regions of high tCho in combined MRSI and optical imaging studies. Cellular phosphocholine (PC) and tCho concentrations as well as Chk expression levels significantly increased following exposure of PC-3 cells to hypoxia. A putative promoter region located 5′ of the translation start site of the human chk-α gene was cloned and luciferase (Luc)-based reporter vector constructs were generated. Luc reporter assays provided evidence that some of the putative hypoxia response elements (HRE) within this putative chk-α promoter region functioned in vitro. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays using an antibody against hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α showed that HIF-1 can directly bind this region of the endogenous chk-α promoter in hypoxic PC-3-5HRE-EGFP cells. These data suggest that HIF-1 activation of HREs within the putative chk-α promoter region can increase Chk-α expression within hypoxic environments, consequently increasing cellular PC and tCho levels within these environments. [Cancer Res 2008;68(1):172–80]
- Johns Hopkins University United States
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine United States
- Johns Hopkins Medicine United States
Male, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Prostatic Neoplasms, Mice, SCID, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Response Elements, Cell Hypoxia, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Choline, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Mice, Animals, Choline Kinase, Humans, Signal Transduction
Male, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Prostatic Neoplasms, Mice, SCID, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Response Elements, Cell Hypoxia, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Choline, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Mice, Animals, Choline Kinase, Humans, Signal Transduction
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