Dutasteride, the dual 5α-reductase inhibitor, inhibits androgen action and promotes cell death in the LNCaP prostate cancer cell line

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作者
Lazier, CB [1 ]
Thomas, LN
Douglas, RC
Vessey, JP
Rittmaster, RS
机构
[1] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Halifax, NS B3H 1X5, Canada
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Physiol & Biophys, Halifax, NS B3H 1X5, Canada
[3] GlaxoSmithKline, Res Triangle Pk, NC USA
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5 alpha reductase; androgen; prostate cancer cells;
D O I
10.1002/pros.10340
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
BACKGROUND. Reduction of T to DHT by 5alphaR in the prostate enhances androgenic activity for most targets. Inhibition of 5alphaR activity with finasteride attenuates androgen action in men and animal models. The objective of this study was to compare and contrast the effects of a potent new 5aR inhibitor, dutasteride, with finasteride in the LNCaP prostate cancer cell line. METHODS. LNCaP cells were incubated for varying times with T or DHT in steroid-free medium in the absence or presence of increasing doses of dutasteride or finasteride and the effects on 5alphaR activity, PSA accumulation in the medium, and on cell proliferation were determined. Drug effects on apoptosis were investigated using Annexin V staining and a cell death ELISA assay. Effects of the drugs on AR ligand-binding activity and on AR protein levels were determined. RESULTS. Dutasteride inhibited 3 H-T conversion to H-3-DHT and, as anticipated, inhibited T-induced secretion of PSA and proliferation. However the drug also inhibited DHT-induced PSA secretion and cell proliferation (IC50 similar to 1 muM). Finasteride also inhibited DHT action but was less potent than dutasteride. Dutasteride competed for binding the LNCaP cell AR with an IC50 similar to 1.5 muM. High concentrations of dutasteride (10-50 muM), but not finasteride, in steroid-free medium, resulted in enhanced cell death, possibly by apoptosis. This was accompanied by loss of AR protein and decreased AR ligand-binding activity. Occupation of AR by R1881 partly protected against cell death and loss of AR protein. PC-3 prostate cancer cells, which do not contain AR, also were killed by high concentrations of dutasteride, as well as by 50 muM finasteride. CONCLUSIONS. Dutasteride exhibited some inhibitory actions in LNCaP cells possibly related to 5alphaR inhibition but also had antiandrogenic effects at relatively low concentrations and cell death-promoting effects at higher concentrations. Finasteride also was antiandrogenic, but less than dutasteride. The antiandrogenic effects may be mediated by the mutant LNCaP cell AR. Promotion of cell death by dutasteride can be blocked, but only in part, by androgens.
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