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ReviewAsian journal of andrology

Prostate-associated gene 4 (PAGE4), an intrinsically disordered cancer/testis antigen, is a novel therapeutic target for prostate cancer.

Prakash Kulkarni, A Keith Dunker, Keith Weninger, John Orban

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Review in Asian journal of andrology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Prakash KulkarniInstitute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
A Keith DunkerCenter for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine and Informatics, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Keith WeningerDepartment of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
John OrbanInstitute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD 20850; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Indiana University School of MedicineNorth Carolina State University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

PAGE4 as a Novel Target for Prostate Cancer PreventionR21CA181730 · NCI · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI KULKARNI, PRAKASH, ORBAN, JOHN · 2014 to 2015
$364k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA181730
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate-associated gene 4 (PAGE4) is a remarkably prostate-specific Cancer/Testis Antigen that is highly upregulated in the human fetal prostate and its diseased states but not in the adult normal gland. PAGE4 is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) that functions as a stress-response protein to suppress reactive oxygen species as well as prevent DNA damage. In addition, PAGE4 is also a transcriptional regulator that potentiates transactivation by the oncogene c-Jun. c-Jun forms the AP-1 complex by heterodimerizing with members of the Fos family and plays an important role in the development and pathology of the prostate gland, underscoring the importance of the PAGE4/c-Jun interaction. HIPK1, also a component of the stress-response pathway, phosphorylates PAGE4 at T51 which is critical for its transcriptional activity. Phosphorylation induces conformational and dynamic switching in the PAGE4 ensemble leading to a new cellular function. Finally, bioinformatics evidence suggests that the PAGE4 mRNA could be alternatively spliced resulting in four potential isoforms of the polypeptide alluding to the possibility of a range of conformational ensembles with latent functions. Considered together, the data suggest that PAGE4 may represent the first molecular link between stress and prostate cancer (PCa). Thus, pharmacologically targeting PAGE4 may be a novel opportunity for treating and managing patients with PCa, especially patients with low-risk disease.

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsHumansIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsMalePhosphorylationProstateProstatic NeoplasmsProtein ConformationAntigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsPAGE4 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID27270343
PMCPMC5000790
OpenAlexW2346506425

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