22–23 Jul 2026
Heidelberg Congress Center
Europe/Berlin timezone

Home-Based Exercise Training Reduces In Vitro Prostate Cancer Cell Viability: Roles of Adherence, Fitness, and Inflammation

Not scheduled
30m
Heidelberg Congress Center

Heidelberg Congress Center

Czernyring 20 69115 Heidelberg Germany
1 - Scientific Poster Poster Session

Speaker

Erik Hanson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Description

Exercise attenuates many treatment-related declines, with a growing interest in the direct impact on prostate cancer (PC) cell viability. While supervised exercise decreases PC cell growth, it is unknown if home-based exercise or serum from men with advanced PC have similar impacts. PURPOSE: To assess the effects of home-based exercise training on LNCaP and PC-3 viability in men with metastatic castration resistant PC (mCRPC). The influence of body composition, aerobic capacity, exercise adherence, and cytokine levels on viability was also explored. METHODS: 14 men with mCRPC [71±8 yr, 33.6±6.3 % fat, 18.9±4.4 ml/kg/min] completed a 12 week home-based mixed modality intervention. Participants performed physiological testing [VO2peak, DXA, muscle strength] and provided resting blood samples before (Pre) and after (Post) the intervention. Complete media containing 10% serum from Pre and Post were incubated with LNCaP and PC-3 cells. Cell viability was evaluated using AlamarBlue at 72h and 96h. Data are presented as mean ± SD or mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: No changes were observed at 72h. At 96h, overall LNCaP cell viability at Post was decreased (MD: -9.6%, 95%CI [-16.7,-2.5], p=0.020), with only a TNF x training interaction (p=0.003) revealing that lower TNF levels further reduced viability (-22.0%, [-31.6,-12.5], p<0.001). No overall PC-3 viability effect was observed (-2.7%, p=0.407). There were interactions for training x VO2peak (p=0.037), total (p=0.019) and resistance training (p=0.025) adherence, and % fat (p=0.023). At Post, lower PC-3 viability was observed with higher VO2peak values (-11.5%, [-23.1,0.2], p=0.053), higher total (-9.6%, [-18.5,-0.7], p=0.037) and resistance training adherence (-9.3%, [-18.4, -0.2], p=0.046), and lower % fat (-9.2%, [-18.1,-0.3], p=0.044). CONCLUSION: Home-based exercise indicates robust effects with longer exposure in androgen-sensitive cells (LNCaP). Androgen-receptor null cells (PC-3) showed only conditional improvements, based on higher adherence and fitness levels and lower % fat.

Keywords

cancer growth, androgen deprivation therapy, androgen receptor pathway inhibitors, inflammation

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Author

Ms Kailyn Lowder (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Co-authors

Dr Jeb Struder (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Dr Surya Tripathi (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Mr Mohamdod Alzer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Mr Jackson Carver (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Dr Cameron Stopforth (University of Louisville) Dr Alexander Lucas (Virginia Commonwealth University) Dr Young Whang (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Dr Matthew Milowsky (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Dr David Bartlett (University of Surrey) Dr Michael Harrison (Duke University) Dr Rhonda Bitting (Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center) Dr Daniel Crona (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill) Dr Claudio Battaglini (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill) Erik Hanson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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