The tumor suppressive role of CAMK2N1 in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Wang, Tao; Liu, Zhuo; Guo, Shuren; Wu, Liang; Li, Mingchao; Yang, Jun; Chen, Ruibao; Xu, Hua; Cai, Shaoxin; Chen, Hui; Li, Weiyong; Wang, Liang; Hu, Zhiquan; Zhuang, Qianyuan; Xu, Shaohua; Wang, Liping; Liu, Jihong; Ye, Zhangqun; Ji, Jun-Yuan; Wang, Chenguang; Chen, Ke

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“…19) Increasing evidences pointed that AR was a critical mediator for anti-prostate cancer. [20][21][22] In view of this, researchers tended to explore agents to antagonize AR as improved therapeutic methods for prostatic cancer. A natural prenylflavonoid, also known as icaritin (ICT), inhibited AR-regulated genes in AR-positive prostate cancer cells via AR-depended pathways.…”

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<i>Artesunate</i> Suppresses the Growth of Prostatic Cancer Cells through Inhibiting Androgen Receptor

Wang¹,

Wang²,

et al. 2017

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin

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Prostatic cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer related death in males and is often regarded as a kind of androgen-sensitive cancer. Artesunate (ART), a semi-synthetic derivative of the Chinese herb Artemisia annua, is such an anti-cancer agent. However, the effects and mechanism of ART on PCa cells remains unclear. The study aims to elaborate the mechanism of the involvement of androgen receptor (AR) in antiprostatic cancer (PCa) of artesunate (ART). PCa cells 22rvl were used in vivo and in vitro, and the viability and apoptosis were conducted using 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay, respectively. Ectopic expressions of AR and DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) were detected in cells in overexpression or interference of AR or DNMT3b. ART dose-dependently suppressed tumor growth, inhibited cell viability, enhanced apoptosis, decreased AR expression, and increased the expression and the catalytic activity of DNMT3b in 22rv1 cells either in transplanted mice or in vitro. Furthermore, AR downregulated DNMT3b expression, and overexpression of AR or interference of DNMT3b could reverse ART-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in 22rvl cells, whereas overexpression of DNMT3b could not change the effect profiles of ART on the cells. The results indicated that ART suppressed tumor growth of prostatic cancer cells through AR-DNMT3b pathway, underlying ART will allow for the utilization of this Chinese therapeutic agent for the potential treatment of prostate cancer.Key words artesunate; prostatic cancer; androgen receptor; DNA methyltransferase; apoptosis Prostatic cancer (PCa) is the most common cause of cancerrelated death in males. Morbidity and mortality of PCa underscore the need for novel treatment options. Although improved therapies have been recently developed to treat and prevent PCa, prostate cancer still remains refractory disease. Lately, herbs and phytochemicals 1) have been attractive as therapeutic agents for tumorigenesis suppression. Understanding how the production of these Chinese herbs is regulated during cancer progression would help develop new cancer therapeutic strategy.Artesunate (ART) is a semi-synthetic derivative of artemisinin, the active principle of the Chinese herb Artemisia annua. ART has been revealed remarkable activity against otherwise multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria. With the recognition of ART, it has now been analyzed for its anti-cancer activity in various tissues-specificity. For example, Tran et al. found that enhancement of ART activity could effectively induce the apoptosis of breast cancer cells. 2)Moreover, ART was proved to be as a novel therapeutic agent for metastatic renal cell carcinoma due to its attenuation action on tumor growth, metastasis.3) Recently, Michaelsen et al. clinically treated PCa patients with long-term Artemisia annua capsules via oral administration combined with shortterm ART inj...

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<i>Artesunate</i> Suppresses the Growth of Prostatic Cancer Cells through Inhibiting Androgen Receptor

Wang¹,

Wang²,

et al. 2017

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin

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“…Immunohistochemical analysis of human breast cancer and tumor xenograft tissue was carried out as described 55,56 Tumor xenograft in nude mice MCF-7-control, MCF-7-lenti-let-7a, MCF-7-KRas, MCF-7-let-7a-KRas cells (2£10 6 cells per site) were injected into the mammary fat pad of 6-week-old BALB/c femal nude mice (Shanghai Slaccas). Long-release estradiol pellets (Innovative Research of America) were implanted the day before inoculation.…”

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Let-7a regulates mammosphere formation capacity through Ras/NF-κB and Ras/MAPK/ERK pathway in breast cancer stem cells

Xu¹,

Sun²,

Qin

et al. 2015

Cell Cycle

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Keywords: breast cancer stem cells, KRas, let-7a, mammosphere formation capacity, MAPK/ERK, NF-kB Abbreviations: BCSCs, breast cancer stem cells; MFE, mammosphere-forming efficiency Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) have the greatest potential to maintain tumorigenesis in all subtypes of tumor cells and were regarded as the key drivers of tumor. Recent evidence has demonstrated that BCSCs contributed to a high degree of resistance to therapy. However, how BCSCs self renewal and tumorigenicity are maintained remains obscure. Herein, our study illustrated that overexpression of let-7a reduced cell proliferation and mammosphere formation ability of breast cancer stem cells(BCSCs) in a KRas-dependent manner through different pathways in vitro and in vivo. To be specific, we provided the evidence that let-7a was decreased, and reversely the expression of KRas was increased with moderate expression in early stages (I/II) and high expression in advanced stages (III/IV) in breast cancer specimens. In addition, the negative correlation between let-7a and KRas was clearly observed. In vitro, we found that let-7a inhibited mammosphere-forming efficiency and the mammosphere-size via NF-kB and MAPK/ERK pathway, respectively. The inhibitory effect of let-7a on mammosphere formation efficiency and the size of mammospheres was abolished after the depletion of KRas. On the contrary, enforced expression of KRas rescued the effect of let-7a. In vivo, let-7a inhibited the growth of tumors, whereas the negative effect of let-7a was rescued after overexpressing KRas. Taken together, our findings suggested that let-7a played a tumor suppressive role in a KRas-dependent manner.

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“…To determine the mRNA levels of FLII, AR, and PSA, total RNAs were reversely transcribed by iScript cDNA Synthesis Kit (Bio-Rad Laboratories), respectively, according to the manufacturer's instructions (2).…”

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“…Tumor weight was measured when mice were sacrificed on day 32 after cell implantation. Immunohistochemical staining under the standard procedure was conducted as previously described (2,22).…”

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Flightless I Homolog Represses Prostate Cancer Progression through Targeting Androgen Receptor Signaling

Wang

Song

Chen

et al. 2016

Clinical Cancer Research

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Purpose: Flightless I (FLII), member of the gelsolin superfamily of actin-remodeling proteins, functions as a transcriptional coregulator. We aim to evaluate a tumor-suppressive function of FLII in regulating androgen receptor (AR) in prostate cancer progression.Experimental Design: We examined FLII protein and mRNA expression in clinical prostate cancer specimens by immunohistochemistry. Kaplan-Meier analysis was conducted to evaluate the difference in disease-overall survival associated with the expression levels of FLII and AR. Prostate cancer cells stably expressing FLII or shRNA knockdown were used for functional analyses. Immunoprecipitation, Luciferase reporter, and immunofluorescence staining assays were performed to examine the functional interaction between FLII and AR.Results: Our analysis of the expression levels of FLII in a clinical gene expression array dataset showed that the expression of FLII was positively correlated with the overall survival of prostate cancer patients exhibiting high levels of AR expression. Examination of protein and mRNA levels of FLII showed a significant decrease of FLII expression in human prostate cancers. AR and FLII formed a complex in a ligand-dependent manner through the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of AR. Subsequently, we observed a competitive binding to AR between FLII and the ligand. FLII inhibited AR transactivation and decreased AR nuclear localization. Furthermore, FLII contributed to castration-sensitive and castration-resistant prostate cancer cell growth through AR-dependent signaling, and reintroduction of FLII in prostate cancer cells sensitized the cells to bicalutamide and enzalutamide treatment.Conclusions: FLII plays a tumor-suppressive role and serves as a crucial determinant of resistance of prostate cancer to endocrine therapies.

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The tumor suppressive role of CAMK2N1 in castration-resistant prostate cancer

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<i>Artesunate</i> Suppresses the Growth of Prostatic Cancer Cells through Inhibiting Androgen Receptor

<i>Artesunate</i> Suppresses the Growth of Prostatic Cancer Cells through Inhibiting Androgen Receptor

Let-7a regulates mammosphere formation capacity through Ras/NF-κB and Ras/MAPK/ERK pathway in breast cancer stem cells

Flightless I Homolog Represses Prostate Cancer Progression through Targeting Androgen Receptor Signaling

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