Neuropeptides bombesin and calcitonin inhibit apoptosis-related elemental changes in prostate carcinoma cell lines

Cancer
Mercedes SalidoGodfried M Roomans

Abstract

Etoposide-induced apoptosis in prostate carcinoma cells is associated with changes in the elemental content of the cells. The authors previously reported that calcitonin and bombesin inhibited etoposide-induced apoptosis in these cells. In the current study, the authors investigated whether these neuropeptides block the etoposide-induced changes in elemental content. Cells from the PC-3 and Du 145 prostate carcinoma cell lines were grown either on solid substrates or on thin plastic films on titanium electron microscopy grids, and they were exposed to etoposide for 48 hours in the absence or presence of calcitonin and bombesin. After the exposure, the cells were frozen and freeze dried, and their elemental content was analyzed by energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis in both in the scanning electron microscope and the scanning transmission electron microscope. Etoposide treatment consistently induced an increase in the cellular Na concentration and a decrease in the cellular K concentration, resulting in a marked increase of the Na/K ratio and also an increase in the phosphorus:sulphur (P/S) ratio. Both bombesin and calcitonin inhibited the etoposide-induced changes in the cellular Na/K ratio, and calcitonin, but not bombesin, ...Continue Reading

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