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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2014

Polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase as a putative drug target for androgen-insensitive prostate cancer.

Rosemary A Poku, Felix Amissah, Randolph Duverna, Byron J Aguilar, Gebre-Egziabher Kiros, Nazarius S Lamango

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosemary A PokuCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA.
Felix AmissahCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA.
Randolph DuvernaCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA.
Byron J AguilarCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA.
Gebre-Egziabher KirosCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA.
Nazarius S LamangoCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · US

Funding

THE PREVENTION OF B(A)P INDUCED CELL TRANSFORMATION BY ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDSG12RR003020 · NCRR · FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIV · PI DARLING-REED, SELINA FAITH · 1985 to 2011
$29.7M
Recruitment and HiringG12MD007582 · NIMHD · FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIV · PI SOLIMAN, KARAM F.A. · 2012 to 2017
$16.0M
Targeted Nanocarrier Combination Based Therapy for Lung CancerP20MD006738 · NIMHD · FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIV · PI SOLIMAN, KARAM F.A. · 2012 to 2016
$5.6M
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003020NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007582NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD006738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in US men, with an estimated 236,590 new cases and 29,720 deaths in 2013. There exists the need to identify biomarkers/therapeutic targets for the early/companion diagnosis and development of novel therapies against the recalcitrant disease. Mutation and overexpression-induced abnormal activities of polyisoprenylated proteins have been implicated in CaP. Polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase (PMPMEase) catalyses the only reversible and terminal reaction of the polyisoprenylation pathway and may promote the effects of G proteins on cell viability. In this review, the potential role of PMPMEase to serve as a new drug target for androgen-insensitive CaP was determined. Specific PMPMEase activities were found to be 3.5- and 4.5-fold higher in androgen-sensitive 22Rv1 and androgen-dependent LNCaP and 1.5- and 9.8-fold higher in castration-resistant DU 145 and PC-3 CaP cells compared to normal WPE1-NA22 prostate cells. The PMPMEase inhibitor, L-28, induced apoptosis with EC50 values ranging from 1.8 to 4.6 μM. The PMPMEase activity in the cells following treatment with L-28 followed a similar profile, with IC50 ranging from 2.3 to 130 μM. L-28 disrupted F-actin filament organisation at 5 μM and inhibited cell migration 4-fold at 2 μM. Analysis of a CaP tissue microarray for PMPMEase expression revealed intermediate, strong, and very strong staining in 94.5% of the 92 adenocarcinoma cases compared to trace and weak staining in the normal and normal-adjacent tissue controls. The data are an indication that effective targeting of PMPMEase through the development of more potent agents may lead to the successful treatment of metastatic CaP.

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carboxylesterase 1esteraseisoprenylationPMPMEasepolyisoprenylationprenylationprotein methylation

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PMID25228915
PMCPMC4154947
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