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Type: Journal article
Title: Control of androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer by the cochaperone small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat containing protein α
Other Titles: Control of androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer by the cochaperone small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat containing protein alpha
Author: Buchanan, G.
Ricciardelli, C.
Harris, J.
Prescott, J.
Yu, Z.
Jia, L.
Butler, L.
Marshall, V.
Scher, H.
Gerald, W.
Coetzee, G.
Tilley, W.
Citation: Cancer Research, 2007; 67(20):10087-10096
Publisher: Amer Assoc Cancer Research
Issue Date: 2007
ISSN: 0008-5472
1538-7445
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Grant Buchanan, Carmela Ricciardelli, Jonathan M. Harris, Jennifer Prescott, Zoe Chiao-Li Yu, Li Jia, Lisa M. Butler, Villis R. Marshall, Howard I. Scher, William L. Gerald, Gerhard A. Coetzee and Wayne D. Tilley
Abstract: Although the androgen receptor (AR) is accepted as the major determinant of prostate cancer cell survival throughout disease progression, it is currently unclear how the receptor sustains genomic signaling under conditions of systemic androgen ablation. Here, we show that the evolutionarily conserved Hsp70/Hsp90 cochaperone, small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat containing protein alpha (alphaSGT), interacts with the hinge region of the human AR in yeast and mammalian cells. Overexpression and RNA interference revealed that alphaSGT acts to (a) promote cytoplasmic compartmentalization of the AR, thereby silencing the receptors basal/ligand-independent transcriptional activity, (b) regulate the sensitivity of receptor signaling by androgens, and (c) limit the capacity of noncanonical ligands to induce AR agonist activity. Immunofluorescence, coactivator, and chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses strongly suggest that these effects of alphaSGT on AR function are mediated by interaction in the cytoplasm and are distinct from the receptors response to classic coregulators. Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of alphaSGT and AR levels in a cohort of 32 primary and 64 metastatic human prostate cancers revealed dysregulation in the level of both proteins during disease progression. The significantly higher AR/alphaSGT ratio in metastatic samples is consistent with the sensitization of prostate tumor cells to androgen signaling with disease progression, particularly in a low-hormone environment. These findings implicate alphaSGT as a molecular rheostat of in vivo signaling competence by the AR, and provide new insight into the determinants of androgen sensitivity during prostate cancer progression.
Keywords: Cytoplasm
Humans
Prostatic Neoplasms
Neoplasm Metastasis
Disease Progression
Carrier Proteins
Molecular Chaperones
Receptors, Androgen
Signal Transduction
Transcription, Genetic
Amino Acid Sequence
Models, Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data
Male
HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
Rights: © 2007 American Association for Cancer Research
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-1646
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-1646
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