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(American Journal of Pathology. 2001;159:139-147.)
© 2001 American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Interleukin-8 Is a Paracrine Inducer of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, a Stromal and Epithelial Growth Factor in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Dipak Giri and Michael Ittmann

From the Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, and Houston Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an extremely common disease of older men in which there is benign overgrowth of the prostatic transition zone, leading to obstruction of urine outflow. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 2, a potent growth factor for prostatic stromal and epithelial cells, is increased twofold in BPH and its concentration is correlated with stromal proliferation in this condition. Immunohistochemistry of normal and hyperplastic prostate revealed that FGF2-expressing stromal cells were present in higher numbers near the epithelial acini, implying that epithelial cells may express a factor that induces FGF2 expression by stromal cells. Conditioned medium from primary cultures of prostatic epithelial cells was capable of inducing increased expression of FGF2 by primary stromal cultures. Blocking experiments with neutralizing anti-interleukin (IL)-8 antibodies and pretreatment with lipopolysaccharide, which down-regulates the IL-8 receptor, show that this inducing activity is because of the presence of IL-8 in the epithelial-conditioned medium. Analysis of normal prostatic peripheral zone and BPH tissue by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reveals that IL-8 is present at increased levels in hyperplastic prostate. Therefore IL-8 produced by prostatic epithelial cells can induce FGF2, a potent stromal and epithelial growth factor, and in this manner promote the abnormal proliferation of the prostatic transition zone that is critical in the pathogenesis of BPH.




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