A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Upregulation of the mevalonate pathway by cholesterol depletion abolishes tolerance to N-bisphosphonate induced Vγ9Vδ2 T cell cytotoxicity in PC-3 prostate cancer cells




AuthorsArkko S, Zlatev HP, Mönkkönen H, Räikkönen J, Benzaïd I, Clézardin P, Mönkkönen J, Määttä JA.

PublisherElsevier Ireland

Publication year2015

JournalCancer Letters

Volume357

Issue1

First page 279

Last page285

Number of pages7

ISSN0304-3835

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2014.11.030


Abstract

Zoledronate (ZOL) inhibits farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase leading to intracellular accumulation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate/triphosphoric acid 1-adenosin-5'-yl ester 3-(3-methylbut-3-enyl) ester (IPP/ApppI). Cytotoxic Vγ9Vδ2 T cells have been shown to recognize IPP/ApppI in breast cancer cells. Further, human breast cancer cells have been shown to differ remarkably in their ZOL treatment induced IPP/ApppI production and responses to that. In this communication we analysed the responsiveness of prostate cancer cells PC-3 and DU-145, Caki-2 renal carcinoma cells and U87MG glioblastoma cells to ZOL treatment, and the subsequent activation of Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell cytotoxicity. Of the cell lines tested, PC-3 cells were not susceptible to Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell cytotoxicity due to low activity of the mevalonate pathway and low amount of IPP formed. However, the resistance of PC-3 cells to Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell cytotoxicity could be abrogated by upregulation of the mevalonate pathway through cholesterol depletion.




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