Title
Hyperinsulinemia Enhances Interleukin-17-induced Inflammation to Promote Prostate Cancer Development in Obese Mice Through Inhibiting Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3-Mediated Phosphorylation and Degradation of Interleukin-17 Receptor.
Funding Source
National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Defense, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Developmental Fund of Tulane Cancer Center (TCC), Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC) Fund, and Tulane's Institute of Integrated Engineering for Health and Medicine (TI2EHM)
Grant Number
P20GM103518,R01CA174714, TI2EHM, 2G12MD007595, W81XWH-15-1-0444,W81XWH-14-1-0149,W81XWH-14-1-0050,W81XWH-14-1-0458
Department
Department of Physics and Computer Science - Dual Degree Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-22-2016
Abstract
Interleukin-17 (IL-17) plays important roles in inflammation, autoimmune diseases, and some cancers. Obese people are in a chronic inflammatory state with increased serum levels of IL-17, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1). How these factors contribute to the chronic inflammatory status that promotes development of aggressive prostate cancer in obese men is largely unknown. We found that, in obese mice, hyperinsulinemia enhanced IL-17-induced expression of downstream proinflammatory genes with increased levels of IL-17 receptor A (IL-17RA), resulting in development of more invasive prostate cancer. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) constitutively bound to and phosphorylated IL-17RA at T780, leading to ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of IL-17RA, thus inhibiting IL-17-mediated inflammation. IL-17RA phosphorylation was reduced, while the IL-17RA levels were increased in the proliferative human prostate cancer cells compared to the normal cells. Insulin and IGF1 enhanced IL-17-induced inflammatory responses through suppressing GSK3, which was shown in the cultured cell lines in vitro and obese mouse models of prostate cancer in vivo. These findings reveal a mechanism underlying the intensified inflammation in obesity and obesity-associated development of aggressive prostate cancer, suggesting that targeting GSK3 may be a potential therapeutic approach to suppress IL-17-mediated inflammation in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer, particularly in obese men.
Recommended Citation
Liu, S.; Zhang, Q.; Chen, C.; Ge, D.; Que, Y.; Chen, R.; and Zhang, W., "Hyperinsulinemia Enhances Interleukin-17-induced Inflammation to Promote Prostate Cancer Development in Obese Mice Through Inhibiting Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3-Mediated Phosphorylation and Degradation of Interleukin-17 Receptor." (2016). Faculty and Staff Publications. 91.
https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/fac_pub/91
Comments
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7296
PubMed ID: 26871944