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Ligand-dependent inhibition of β-catenin/TCF signaling by androgen receptor

Chesire, Dennis R, Isaacs, William B·2002·Oncogene

Abstract

Beta-catenin signaling may contribute to prostate cancer (CaP) progression. Although beta-catenin is known to upregulate T cell factor (TCF) target gene expression in CaP cells, recent evidence demonstrates its capacity to enhance ligand-dependent androgen receptor (AR) function. Thus, we wished to further understand the interaction between these two pathways. We find in both CaP cells (CWR22-Rv1, LAPC-4, DU145) and non-CaP cells (HEK-293, TSU, SW480, HCT-116) that beta-catenin/TCF-related transcription (CRT), as measured by activation of a synthetic promoter and that of cyclin D1, is inhibited by androgen treatment. This inhibition is AR-dependent, as it only occurs in cells expressing AR endogenously or transiently, and is abrogated by AR antagonists. Additional analyses convey that the ligand-dependent nature of CRT suppression depends on transactivation-competent AR in the nucleus, but not on indirect effects stemming from AR target gene expression. Given the recent work identifying an AR/beta-catenin interaction, and from our finding that liganded AR does not prompt gross changes in the constitutive nuclear localization of TCF4 or mutant beta-catenin, we hypothesized that transcription factor (i.e. AR and TCF) competition for beta-catenin recruitment may explain, in part, androgen-induced suppression of CRT. To address this idea, we expressed an AR mutant lacking its DNA-binding domain (DBD). This receptor could not orchestrate ligand-dependent CRT repression, thereby providing support for those recent data implicating the AR DBD/LBD as necessary for beta-catenin interaction. Further supporting this hypothesis, TCF/LEF over-expression counteracts androgen-induced suppression of CRT, and requires beta-catenin binding activity to do so. Interestingly, TCF4 over-expression potently antagonizes AR function; however, this inhibition may occur independently of beta-catenin/TCF4 interaction. These results from TCF4 over-expression analyses, taken together, provide further evidence that AR-mediated suppression of CRT is a consequence of limiting amounts of beta-catenin, and not AR target gene expression. Our analyses point to a reciprocal balance between AR and CRT function that may shape critical processes during normal prostate development and tumor progression.

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Authors
Chesire, D. R., & Isaacs, W. B.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Isaacs, William B
Venue
Oncogene
Published
2002-12-04
Volume
21
Issue
55
Pages
8453-8469
ISSN
  • 0950-9232 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5594
OpenAlex
W1970833195
Cited by
151
References
93
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FWCI
3.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Oncogene (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (CA58236, P50CA058236)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Signaling Pathways in Disease
Keywords
androgen receptor, β-catenin, TCF/LEF, Wnt signaling, prostate cancer, ligand-dependent transcription, transcription factor competition, TCF4, cyclin D1, DNA-binding domain, transcriptional repression
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus, Cytoskeletal Proteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Ligands, Male, Prostatic Neoplasms, Receptors, Androgen, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Signal Transduction, Trans-Activators, beta Catenin, TCF Transcription Factors, Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein

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