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ArticleMolecular cancer2019

N-Myc promotes therapeutic resistance development of neuroendocrine prostate cancer by differentially regulating miR-421/ATM pathway.

Yu Yin, Lingfan Xu, Yan Chang, Tao Zeng, Xufeng Chen, Aifeng Wang, Jeff Groth, Wen-Chi Foo, Chaozhao Liang, Hailiang Hu and 1 more

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Article in Molecular cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 81 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu YinDepartment of Urology, First Affilated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.
Lingfan XuDepartment of Urology, First Affilated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.
Yan ChangDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Tao ZengDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Xufeng ChenDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Aifeng WangDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Jeff GrothDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Wen-Chi FooDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Chaozhao LiangDepartment of Urology, First Affilated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China. liang_chaozhao@163.com.
Hailiang HuDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. hailiang.hu@duke.edu.
Jiaoti HuangDepartment of Pathology, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, DUMC box 103864, 905 S. Lasalle Street, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. jiaoti.huang@duke.edu.
Duke University · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CNJiangxi Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

A novel strategy to identify prostate cancer biomarkers for patient managementR01CA172603 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HUANG, JIAOTI · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Histologic and Immunohistochemical Biomarkers for Heavily Treated Metastatic Prostate Cancer.R01CA205001 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, JIAOTI · 2016 to 2020
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA172603NCI NIH HHS R01 CA205001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMYCN amplification or N-Myc overexpression is found in approximately 40% NEPC and up to 20% CRPC patients. N-Myc has been demonstrated to drive disease progression and hormonal therapeutic resistance of NEPC/CRPC. Here, we aim to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying the N-Myc-driven therapeutic resistance and provide new therapeutic targets for those N-Myc overexpressed NEPC/CRPC.

methodsN-Myc overexpressing stable cell lines for LNCaP and C4-2 were generated by lentivirus infection. ADT-induced senescence was measured by SA-β-gal staining in LNCaP cells in vitro and in LNCaP xenograft tumors in vivo. Migration, cell proliferation and colony formation assays were used to measure the cellular response after overexpressing N-Myc or perturbing the miR-421/ATM pathway. CRISPR-Cas9 was used to knock out ATM in C4-2 cells and MTS cell viability assay was used to evaluate the drug sensitivity of N-Myc overexpressing C4-2 cells in response to Enzalutamide and ATM inhibitor Ku60019 respectively or in combination.

resultsN-Myc overexpression suppressed ATM expression through upregulating miR-421 in LNCaP cells. This suppression alleviated the ADT-induced senescence in vitro and in vivo. Surprisingly, N-Myc overexpression upregulated ATM expression in C4-2 cells and this upregulation promoted migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells. Further, the N-Myc-induced ATM upregulation in C4-2 cells rendered the cells resistance to Enzalutamide, and inhibition of ATM by CRISPR-Cas9 knockout or ATM inhibitor Ku60019 re-sensitized them to Enzalutamide.

conclusionsN-Myc differentially regulating miR-421/ATM pathway contributes to ADT resistance and Enzalutamide resistance development respectively. Combination treatment with ATM inhibitor re-sensitizes N-Myc overexpressed CRPC cells to Enzalutamide. Our findings would offer a potential combination therapeutic strategy using ATM kinase inhibitor and Enzalutamide for the treatment of a subset of mCRPC with N-Myc overexpression that accounts for up to 20% CRPC patients.

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AnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsBenzamidesCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCRISPR-Cas SystemsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMaleMiceMicroRNAsMorpholinesNitriles2-(2,6-dimethylmorpholin-4-yl)-N-(5-(6-morpholin-4-yl-4-oxo-4H-pyran-2-yl)-9H-thioxanthen-2-yl)acetamideAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATM protein, humanBenzamidesenzalutamideMicroRNAsMIRN421 microRNA, humanMorpholinesMYCN protein, humanNitrilesN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinPhenylthiohydantoinProtein Kinase InhibitorsThioxanthenesATMATM inhibitorEZH2NeuroendocrineSenescence

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