FcγRIIIa receptor interacts with androgen receptor and PIP5K1α to promote growth and metastasis of prostate cancer

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  • Per Flodbring Larsson
  • Richard Karlsson
  • Martuza Sarwar
  • Regina Miftakhova
  • Tianyan Wang
  • Azharuddin Sajid Syed Khaja
  • Julius Semenas
  • Sa Chen
  • Andreas Hedblom
  • Amjad Ali
  • Kristina Ekström-Holka
  • Athanasios Simoulis
  • Anjani Kumar
  • Anette Gjörloff Wingren
  • Brian Robinson
  • Sun Nyunt Wai
  • Nigel P. Mongan
  • David M. Heery
  • Daniel Öhlund
  • Thomas Grundström
  • Jenny L. Persson

Low-affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A (FcγRIIIa) is a cell surface protein that belongs to a family of Fc receptors that facilitate the protective function of the immune system against pathogens. However, the role of FcγRIIIa in prostate cancer (PCa) progression remained unknown. In this study, we found that FcγRIIIa expression was present in PCa cells and its level was significantly higher in metastatic lesions than in primary tumors from the PCa cohort (P = 0.006). PCa patients with an elevated level of FcγRIIIa expression had poorer biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival compared with those with lower FcγRIIIa expression, suggesting that FcγRIIIa is of clinical importance in PCa. We demonstrated that overexpression of FcγRIIIa increased the proliferative ability of PCa cell line C4-2 cells, which was accompanied by the upregulation of androgen receptor (AR) and phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase alpha (PIP5Kα), which are the key players in controlling PCa progression. Conversely, targeted inhibition of FcγRIIIa via siRNA-mediated knockdown or using its inhibitory antibody suppressed growth of xenograft PC-3 and PC-3M prostate tumors and reduced distant metastasis in xenograft mouse models. We further showed that elevated expression of AR enhanced FcγRIIIa expression, whereas inhibition of AR activity using enzalutamide led to a significant downregulation of FcγRIIIa protein expression. Similarly, inhibition of PIP5K1α decreased FcγRIIIa expression in PCa cells. FcγRIIIa physically interacted with PIP5K1α and AR via formation of protein–protein complexes, suggesting that FcγRIIIa is functionally associated with AR and PIP5K1α in PCa cells. Our study identified FcγRIIIa as an important factor in promoting PCa growth and invasion. Further, the elevated activation of FcγRIII and AR and PIP5K1α pathways may cooperatively promote PCa growth and invasion. Thus, FcγRIIIa may serve as a potential new target for improved treatment of metastatic and castration-resistant PCa.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftMolecular Oncology
Vol/bind16
Udgave nummer13
Sider (fra-til)2496-2517
ISSN1574-7891
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Society (CAN‐2017‐381), the Swedish Children Foundation (TJ2015‐0097), H2020‐MSCA‐ITN‐2018‐European Commission (721297), the Swedish National Research Council (2019‐01318), STINT Institutional Grant (IG2013‐5595), Malmö Cancer Foundation, the Government Health Innovation Grant, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Kempe STF, Umeå University, Medical Faculty Grants, Norland fund for Cancer Forskning, Insamlings Stiftelsen, Umeå University, Bioteknik Medel, Medical Faculty, Umeå University and Medical Faculty infrastructure Grants, Umeå University to JLP, the grant from UCMR to JLP and SNW, the grants from University of Copenhagen to NØ, and the Royal Physiographical Foundation to MS. We sincerely thank Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman (Lund University, Lund) for providing reagents for this study. We thank the facilities and technical assistance of Niki Choo of the Umeå Core Facility for Electron Microscopy (UCEM) at the Chemical Biological Centre (KBC), Umeå University.

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© 2022 The Authors. Molecular Oncology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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