Combinatorial E2F knockdown in the prostate cancer PM154 cell line
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ABSTRACT: Treatment-emergent neuroendocrine prostate cancer (CRPC-NE) arises through RB1 loss and lineage plasticity in response to androgen receptor-targeted therapies, creating constitutive E2F transcription factor addiction that lacks effective therapeutic exploitation. All six E2F family members harbour a conserved U12-type minor intron within their dimerisation domain — processed exclusively by the minor spliceosome — creating a single post-transcriptional node whose inhibition simultaneously targets the entire activator E2F programme. Combinatorial E2F knockdown RNA-seq revealed E2F3 as the dominant activator E2F and uncovered a paradoxical dual role for the E2F family as gatekeepers of neuroendocrine identity — complete E2F depletion unleashing an ASCL1-driven differentiation programme resembling pancreatic beta cell specification.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE346902 | GEO | 2026/09/11
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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