The effects of gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues in prostate cancer are mediated through specific tumour receptors
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- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 62 (1), 96-99
- https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1990.236
Abstract
We have investigated the possibility of a direct regulatory effect of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues on prostatic cancer cell growth. Here we report high affinity binding (Kd = 50 nM) of a GnRH analogue resulting in biphasic growth modulation of the human androgen-sensitive prostatic cancer cell line LNCaP. In contrast, the human androgen-insensitive prostatic cancer cell line DU145 showed low-affinity (Kd = 10 microM) binding without any biological response to the GnRH analogue. A GnRH-specific radioimmunoassay demonstrated GnRH-like immunoreactivity in the concentrated culture medium from both cell lines. Seventy-six human benign and malignant tumours were assayed following surgical resection. Nineteen of 22 (86%) malignant tumours and 49 of 54 (91%) benign tumours, exhibited high affinity GnRH-analogue binding. Fourteen of 19 (74%) malignant tumours and 17 of 49 (35%) benign tumours exhibiting high affinity binding contained GnRH-like immunoreactivity, suggesting that this system may be involved in prostatic epithelial cell growth in vivo.Keywords
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