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Constitutively active androgen receptor splice variants expressed in castration-resistant prostate cancer require full-length androgen receptor.

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Androgen receptor (AR) splice variants lacking the ligand binding domain (ARVs), originally isolated from prostate cancer cell lines derived from a single patient, are detected in normal and malignant human prostate tissue, with the highest levels observed in late stage, castration-resistant prostate cancer. The most studied variant (called AR-V7 or AR3) activates AR reporter genes in the absence of ligand and therefore, could play a role in castration resistance. To explore the range of potential ARVs, we screened additional human and murine prostate cancer models using conventional and next generation sequencing technologies and detected several structurally diverse AR isoforms. Some, like AR-V7/AR3, display gain of function, whereas others have dominant interfering activity. We also find that ARV expression increases acutely in response to androgen withdrawal, is suppressed by testosterone, and in some models, is coupled to full-length AR (AR-FL) mRNA production. As expected, constitutively active, ligand-independent ARVs such as AR-V7/AR3 are sufficient to confer anchorage-independent (in vitro) and castration-resistant (in vivo) growth. Surprisingly, this growth is blocked by ligand binding domain-targeted antiandrogens, such as MDV3100, or by selective siRNA silencing of AR-FL, indicating that the growth-promoting effects of ARVs are mediated through AR-FL. These data indicate that the increase in ARV expression in castrate-resistant prostate cancer is an acute response to castration rather than clonal expansion of castration or antiandrogen-resistant cells expressing gain of function ARVs, and furthermore, they provide a strategy to overcome ARV function in the clinic.

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Authors
Watson, P. A., Chen, Y. F., Balbas, M. D., Wongvipat, J., Socci, N. D., Viale, A., Kim, K., & Sawyers, C. L.
Affiliations
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program,
  • Bioinformatics Core,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Sawyers, Charles L.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2010-09-07
Volume
107
Issue
39
Pages
16759-16765
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2083926838
Cited by
639
References
27
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FWCI
46.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation
  • University of Washington
  • National Cancer Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal and reproductive studies
Keywords
androgen receptor splice variants, castration-resistant prostate cancer, AR-V7, ligand-independent receptor activation, full-length androgen receptor, androgen withdrawal, antiandrogen resistance, enzalutamide, anchorage-independent growth, siRNA knockdown, prostate cancer cell lines, androgen receptor isoforms
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Androgens, Animals, Castration, Disease Models, Animal, Exons, Humans, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Prostatic Neoplasms, Receptors, Androgen, RNA, Messenger, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Alternative Splicing, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Sequence Analysis, Protein, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Androgen Receptor Antagonists

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