1. SOX2 promotes lineage plasticity and antiandrogen resistance in TP53- and RB1-deficient prostate cancer.
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Mu P, Zhang Z, Benelli M, Karthaus WR, Hoover E, Chen CC, Wongvipat J, Ku SY, Gao D, Cao Z, Shah N, Adams EJ, Abida W, Watson PA, Prandi D, Huang CH, de Stanchina E, Lowe SW, Ellis L, Beltran H, Rubin MA, Goodrich DW, Demichelis F, and Sawyers CL
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- Benzamides, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Lineage, Cell Plasticity, Humans, Male, Nitriles, Phenylthiohydantoin therapeutic use, Prostatic Neoplasms genetics, SOXB1 Transcription Factors genetics, Androgen Antagonists therapeutic use, Phenylthiohydantoin analogs & derivatives, Prostatic Neoplasms drug therapy, Prostatic Neoplasms pathology, Retinoblastoma Binding Proteins genetics, SOXB1 Transcription Factors metabolism, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 genetics, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases genetics
- Abstract
Some cancers evade targeted therapies through a mechanism known as lineage plasticity, whereby tumor cells acquire phenotypic characteristics of a cell lineage whose survival no longer depends on the drug target. We use in vitro and in vivo human prostate cancer models to show that these tumors can develop resistance to the antiandrogen drug enzalutamide by a phenotypic shift from androgen receptor (AR)-dependent luminal epithelial cells to AR-independent basal-like cells. This lineage plasticity is enabled by the loss of TP53 and RB1 function, is mediated by increased expression of the reprogramming transcription factor SOX2, and can be reversed by restoring TP53 and RB1 function or by inhibiting SOX2 expression. Thus, mutations in tumor suppressor genes can create a state of increased cellular plasticity that, when challenged with antiandrogen therapy, promotes resistance through lineage switching., (Copyright © 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science.)
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- 2017
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