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ArticleMolecular cancer therapeutics2016

Edelfosine Promotes Apoptosis in Androgen-Deprived Prostate Tumors by Increasing ATF3 and Inhibiting Androgen Receptor Activity.

Thirupandiyur S Udayakumar, Radka Stoyanova, Mohammed M Shareef, Zhaomei Mu, Sakhi Philip, Kerry L Burnstein, Alan Pollack

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Article in Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thirupandiyur S UdayakumarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Radka StoyanovaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Mohammed M ShareefDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Zhaomei MuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sakhi PhilipDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Kerry L BurnsteinDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Alan PollackDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida. apollack@med.miami.edu.
Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

Radiation, Hormones &Antisense Prostate Cancer TherapyR01CA101984 · NCI · FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER · PI POLLACK, ALAN · 2003 to 2007
$2.7M
Vav3 Oncogene Potentiation of Androgen Receptor Signaling in Prostate Cancer.R01CA132200 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BURNSTEIN, KERRY L · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA101984NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Edelfosine is a synthetic alkyl-lysophospholipid that possesses significant antitumor activity in several human tumor models. Here, we investigated the effects of edelfosine combined with androgen deprivation (AD) in LNCaP and VCaP human prostate cancer cells. This treatment regimen greatly decreased cell proliferation compared with single agent or AD alone, resulting in higher levels of apoptosis in LNCaP compared with VCaP cells. Edelfosine caused a dose-dependent decrease in AKT activity, but did not affect the expression of total AKT in either cell line. Furthermore, edelfosine treatment inhibited the expression of androgen receptor (AR) and was associated with an increase in activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) expression levels, a stress response gene and a negative regulator of AR transactivation. ATF3 binds to AR after edelfosine + AD and represses the transcriptional activation of AR as demonstrated by PSA promoter studies. Knockdown of ATF3 using siRNA-ATF3 reversed the inhibition of PSA promoter activity, suggesting that the growth inhibition effect of edelfosine was ATF3 dependent. Moreover, expression of AR variant 7 (ARv7) and TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene were greatly inhibited after combined treatment with AD and edelfosine in VCaP cells. In vivo experiments using an orthotopic LNCaP model confirmed the antitumor effects of edelfosine + AD over the individual treatments. A significant decrease in tumor volume and PSA levels was observed when edelfosine and AD were combined, compared with edelfosine alone. Edelfosine shows promise in combination with AD for the treatment of prostate cancer patients. Mol Cancer Ther; 15(6); 1353-63. ©2016 AACR.

Indexed as

Activating Transcription Factor 3Androgen AntagonistsAnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDrug SynergismGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiceNeoplasm TransplantationPhospholipid EthersPromoter Regions, GeneticProstatic NeoplasmsActivating Transcription Factor 3Androgen AntagonistsAR protein, humanATF3 protein, humanedelfosinePhospholipid EthersProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, Androgen

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PMID26944919
PMCPMC4933508
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