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In prostate cancer cells cytokines are early responders to gravitational changes occurring in parabolic flights

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Title:In prostate cancer cells cytokines are early responders to gravitational changes occurring in parabolic flights
Creators Name:Schulz, H., Dietrichs, D., Wehland, M., Corydon, T.J., Hemmersbach, R., Liemersdorf, C., Melnik, D., Hübner, N., Saar, K., Infanger, M. and Grimm, D.
Abstract:The high mortality in men with metastatic prostate cancer (PC) establishes the need for diagnostic optimization by new biomarkers. Mindful of the effect of real microgravity on metabolic pathways of carcinogenesis, we attended a parabolic flight (PF) mission to perform an experiment with the PC cell line PC-3, and submitted the resulting RNA to next generation sequencing (NGS) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). After the first parabola, alterations of the F-actin cytoskeleton-like stress fibers and pseudopodia are visible. Moreover, numerous significant transcriptional changes are evident. We were able to identify a network of relevant PC cytokines and chemokines showing differential expression due to gravitational changes, particularly during the early flight phases. Together with differentially expressed regulatory lncRNAs and micro RNAs, we present a portfolio of 298 potential biomarkers. Via qPCR we identified IL6 and PIK3CB to be sensitive to vibration effects and hypergravity, respectively. Per NGS we detected five upregulated cytokines (CCL2, CXCL1, IL6, CXCL2, CCL20), one zink finger protein (TNFAIP3) and one glycoprotein (ICAM1) related to c-REL signaling and thus relevant for carcinogenesis as well as inflammatory aspects. We found regulated miR-221 and the co-localized lncRNA MIR222HG induced by PF maneuvers. miR-221 is related to the PC-3 growth rate and MIR222HG is a known risk factor for glioma susceptibility. These findings in real microgravity may further improve our understanding of PC and contribute to the development of new diagnostic tools.
Keywords:Parabolic Flight, Microgravity, Hypergravity, Prostate Cancer, PC-3, RNA Sequencing, qPCR, Cytokines, Non-Coding
Source:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ISSN:1422-0067
Publisher:MDPI
Volume:23
Number:14
Page Range:7876
Date:17 July 2022
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23147876
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