Human laminin-5 and laminin-10 mediated gene expression of prostate carcinoma cells

In prostate cancer progression, the basal lamina switches from predominantly laminin-5 to laminin-10. DU-145 prostate cancer cells were treated with either soluble laminin-5 (20 ng/ml) or laminin-10 (1 µg/ml) for 6, 24, and 48 hr. Total RNA was harvested for a 7,500 human cDNA microarray. Hybridizations were carried out in accordance with a 10 sample analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical model. One thousand one hundred sixteen genes had measurable expression 2 standard deviations above background and 50% of spots for any given sample for all hybridizations were positive. Expression values of significantly varying genes were clustered and a list of 408 genes (P < 0.05) with a 1.5 or greater fold change in at least one time point were chosen for further analysis. Seventy eight changed in a time-dependent manner with laminin-10 treatment, 85 changed with laminin-5, and 13 showed changes with both treatments. The 408 genes that passed a paired t-test in at least one time-dependent category were further analyzed using Pathway Miner. One of the largest gene association networks involved signal transduction in the growth factor-MAP kinase pathways. EGFR was validated by real-time PCR and laminin-10 mediated cell adhesion activated EGFR in DU-145 cells. Both laminins appear to be important signal transducers in prostate cancer. Prostate 66: 1381–1390, 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.