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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
46
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Androgen deprivation therapy for advanced prostate cancer is often effective, but not curative. Molecular pathways mediating the therapeutic response and those contributing to the subsequent hormone-refractory cell growth remain poorly understood. Here, cDNA microarray analysis of human CWR22 prostate cancer xenografts during the course of androgen deprivation therapy revealed distinct global gene expression profiles in primary, regressing and recurrent tumors. Elucidation of the genes involved in the transition between these states implicated specific molecular mechanisms in therapy failure and tumor progression. First, we identified a set of androgen-responsive genes whose expression decreased during the therapy response, but was then systematically restored in the recurrent tumors. In addition, altered expression of genes that encode known targets of rapamycin or that converge on the PI3K/AKT/FRAP pathway was observed in the recurrent tumors. Further suggestion for the involvement of these genes in hormone-refractory prostate cancer came from the observation that cells established from the recurrent xenografts were strongly inhibited in vitro by rapamycin. The results of this functional genomic analysis suggest that the combined effect of re-expression of androgen-responsive genes as well as the activation of rapamycin-sensitive signaling may drive prostate cancer progression, and contribute to the failure of androgen-deprivation therapy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6718-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Sirolimus, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Software, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11709706-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Failure of hormone therapy in prostate cancer involves systematic restoration of androgen responsive genes and activation of rapamycin sensitive signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't