Research Article

Prostaglandin E2 Inhibits Prostate Cancer Progression by Countervailing Tumor Microenvironment-Induced Impairment of Dendritic Cell Migration through LXRα/CCR7 Pathway

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PGE2 upregulates CCR7 expression via regulation of LXRα and Notch1. (a) Surface markers of CD80, CD86, and CCR7 in maturing DCs cultured in RM-1-conditioned medium were analyzed by flow cytometry. Data were presented as the mean ± SD of 3 independent experiments, each performed in triplicate (). (b) LXRα silencing partially reversed the inhibition of CCR7 expression induced by RM-1-conditioned medium in DCs. (c) Increase in expression of MMP9 and Notch1 cleavage by PGE2 was analyzed by Western blot. (d) Notch1 cleavage inhibitor RO4929097 partially reversed the inhibition of CCR7 expression induced by RM-1-conditioned medium in DCs using Western blot.
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