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ArticlePharmacology research & perspectives2018

Dual androgen receptor (AR) and STAT3 inhibition by a compound targeting the AR amino-terminal domain.

Yaping Hua, Waqas Azeem, Yunheng Shen, Shoude Zhang, Jan R Olsen, Anne M Øyan, Xisong Ke, Weidong Zhang, Karl-Henning Kalland

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Article in Pharmacology research & perspectives, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yaping HuaDepartment of Clinical Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-5756-3563
Waqas AzeemDepartment of Clinical Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7334-2464
Yunheng ShenCollege of Pharmacy Second Military Medical University Shanghai China.
Shoude ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture Qinghai University Qinghai China.ORCID 0000-0002-1320-2248
Jan R OlsenDepartment of Clinical Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway.
Anne M ØyanDepartment of Clinical Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway.
Xisong KeDepartment of Clinical Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway.
Weidong ZhangCollege of Pharmacy Second Military Medical University Shanghai China.
Karl-Henning KallandDepartment of Clinical Science University of Bergen Bergen Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4486-2334
University of Bergen · NOSecond Military Medical University · CNHaukeland University Hospital · NOQinghai University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) often recurs as incurable castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) after the failure of androgen deprivation therapy. CRPC development relies on androgen receptor (AR) signaling. The IL6/STAT3 pathway is also a key driver of CRPC. The crosstalk between IL6/STAT3 and the AR pathways provides opportunities to explore next-generation agents to treat PCa. Through screening of around 600 natural compounds in our newly established prostate tumorigenesis model, potential STAT3 signaling inhibitors were found and additionally examined for effects on AR signaling. The small molecular compound 154 exhibited dual effects on IL6/STAT3 and AR pathways. We show here that compound 154 inhibits AR and STAT3 transcriptional activity, reduces the expression of phosphorylation of STAT3 (Y705) and downregulates the mRNA levels of AR target genes. Compound 154 also inhibits protein expression of AR and AR splice variants (ARv567es and AR-V7) without altering AR mRNA levels. Compound 154 binds to AR directly, but not to STAT3 and is identified as an antagonist of the AR amino-terminal domain (NTD) by disrupting protein-protein interactions between STAT3 and the AR NTD. Moreover, compound 154 does not reduce AR nuclear translocation. Compound 154 possesses the potential to become a leading compound in novel therapies against CRPC.

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Androgen Receptor AntagonistsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell NucleusDown-RegulationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHEK293 CellsHumansInterleukin-6KallikreinsMaleMCF-7 CellsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPhosphorylationProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantAndrogen Receptor AntagonistsAntineoplastic AgentsAR protein, humanIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6KallikreinsKLK3 protein, humanProstate-Specific AntigenReceptors, AndrogenSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factoramino‐terminal domainandrogen receptordrug developmentprostate cancerSTAT3

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PMID30410767
PMCPMC6218398
OpenAlexW2899579039

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