Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-6 inhibits rhabdomyosarcoma growth in vivo

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood. Rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines overexpress insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II), an autocrine growth factor that is inhibited by insulin-like growth factor binding protein-6 (IGFBP-6). IGFBP-6 is associated with myoblast quiescence, and expression in rhabdomyosarcoma cells is low. The effect of IGFBP-6 on 2 rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines, RD and Rh30, was studied. IGFBP-6 inhibited anchorage-dependent growth of RD and Rh30 cells in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.0001). IGFBP-6 also inhibited anchorage-independent growth of RD cells in soft agar in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.01). Anchorage-independent growth of RD cells on ..