Project description:Androgen receptor (AR) signalling pathway plays an important role in carcinogenesis and development of prostate cancer. The involvement of microRNA (miRNA) in this process is still largely unknown. In this study, we performed a matched miRNA-mRNA time-course expression profiling to reveal androgen response in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer cells.We introduced novel statistics Response Score (RS) and Modulation Score (MS) to identify significant androgen-regulated target genes and miRNA-modulated target mRNAs. Based on the analysis, we found several novel androgen-regulated targets, which had significant androgen response in expression pattern, and were highly enriched in predicted androgen responsive elements (AREs). AR-bindings to these AREs were validated with ChIP assay. Furthermore, a set of target mRNAs involved in crucial processes of tumor progression were identified to be significantly regulated by these miRNAs. Therefore, a miRNA-mediated androgen signalling network was inferred, including three novel feedback mechanisms for AR self-modulation. In conclusion, our study provides new approaches to further miRNA regulation research and contributes novel findings into miRNA-mediated pathological effects in prostate cancer. Total RNA obtained from androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) subjected to LNCaP cells in vitro at 20min, 40min, 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 16h, 24h and 48h, compared to the control at 0h.
Project description:Androgen receptor (AR) signalling pathway plays an important role in carcinogenesis and development of prostate cancer. The involvement of microRNA (miRNA) in this process is still largely unknown. In this study, we performed a matched miRNA-mRNA time-course expression profiling to reveal androgen response in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer cells.We introduced novel statistics Response Score (RS) and Modulation Score (MS) to identify significant androgen-regulated target genes and miRNA-modulated target mRNAs. Based on the analysis, we found several novel androgen-regulated targets, which had significant androgen response in expression pattern, and were highly enriched in predicted androgen responsive elements (AREs). AR-bindings to these AREs were validated with ChIP assay. Furthermore, a set of target mRNAs involved in crucial processes of tumor progression were identified to be significantly regulated by these miRNAs. Therefore, a miRNA-mediated androgen signalling network was inferred, including three novel feedback mechanisms for AR self-modulation. In conclusion, our study provides new approaches to further miRNA regulation research and contributes novel findings into miRNA-mediated pathological effects in prostate cancer.
Project description:In castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), clinical response to androgen receptor (AR) antagonists is limited mainly due to AR-variants expression and restored AR signaling. The metabolite spermine is most abundant in prostate and it decreases as prostate cancer progresses, but its functions remain poorly understood. Here, we show spermine inhibits full-length androgen receptor (AR-FL) and androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) signaling and suppresses CRPC cell proliferation by directly binding and inhibiting protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT1. Spermine reduces H4R3me2a modification at the AR locus and suppresses AR binding as well as H3K27ac modification levels at AR target genes. Spermine supplementation restrains CRPC growth in vivo. PRMT1 inhibition also suppresses AR-FL and AR-V7 signaling and reduces CRPC growth. Collectively, we demonstrate spermine as an anticancer metabolite by inhibiting PRMT1 to transcriptionally inhibit AR-FL and AR-V7 signaling in CRPC, and we indicate spermine and PRMT1 inhibition as powerful strategies overcoming limitations of current AR-based therapies in CRPC.
Project description:The ligand-activated androgen receptor is a transcription factor that drives prostate cancer growth. Blocking androgen-activation of androgen receptor via androgen deprivation therapy is the default treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. Despite initial remissions, androgen deprivation invariably fails and prostate cancer progresses to castration-recurrent disease, which still relies on aberrantly activated androgen receptor. Alternative approaches are needed to inhibit androgen receptor action in prostate cancer that has failed androgen deprivation therapy. Our laboratory has been exploring the therapeutic potential of a non-canonical androgen receptor signaling mechanism wherein androgen receptor stimulates another transcription factor, Serum Response Factor. Serum Response Factor-mediated androgen receptor action correlates with prostate cancer progression and is enriched in castration-recurrent prostate cancer. Inhibiting Serum Response Factor-dependent androgen receptor action may be an effective treatment strategy following failure of androgen deprivation therapy but remains poorly understood. We have recently isolated UPF1 and RCOR1 as putative novel mediators of Serum Response Factor-dependent androgen receptor action. Here, we perform RNA-Seq assays to determine the contribution of UPF1 and RCOR1 to the androgen response of prostate cancer cells.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE30622: Dual Role of FoxA1 in Androgen Receptor Binding to Chromatin, Androgen Signaling and Prostate Cancer [Expression Array] GSE30623: Dual Role of FoxA1 in Androgen Receptor Binding to Chromatin, Androgen Signaling and Prostate Cancer [ChIP_seq, DHS_seq] Refer to individual Series
Project description:Aberrant androgen receptor (AR)-mediated transcription is a critical driver in progression of human prostate cancer. It's known that different doses of androgens can elicit differential transcriptional and proliferative responses in prostate-tumor cells. Here, we set out to examine the androgenic regulation of glycoprotein expression in the membrane fraction of prostate-tumor cells that could serve as mediators or markers of androgen-induced proliferative responses observed in prostate-tumor cells. A bioanalytical workflow involving lectin-affinity chromatography and label-free quantitative mass spectrometry was used to identify androgen-sensitive glycomembrane protein expression associated with androgen-mediated proliferation. This study would facilitate the identification of surface membrane proteins involved in androgen-mediated proliferation and provide potential therapeutic targets in the detection treatment of proliferation prostate-tumors.