ArticleOncogene2020
Muscarinic receptors promote castration-resistant growth of prostate cancer through a FAK-YAP signaling axis.
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- Cholinergic signaling via muscarinic M1 receptor confers resistance to docetaxel in prostate cancer.Cell reports. Medicine · 2024Article
- Sustained intestinal epithelial monolayer wound closure after transient application of a FAK-activating small molecule.PloS one · 2024Article
- Roles and inhibitors of FAK in cancer: current advances and future directions.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Molecular Mechanisms of Noncoding RNA in the Occurrence of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- THSD7A Positivity Is Associated with High Expression of FAK in Prostate Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- CHRM3 is a novel prognostic factor of poor prognosis and promotes glioblastoma progression via activation of oncogenic invasive growth factors.Oncology research · 2023Article
- Emerging Role of YAP and the Hippo Pathway in Prostate Cancer.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Integrating Genetic Alterations and the Hippo Pathway in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma for Future Precision Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
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- The Androgen Receptor and Its Crosstalk With the Src Kinase During Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) innervation contributes to the progression of PCa. However, the precise impact of innervation on PCa cells is still poorly understood. By focusing on muscarinic receptors, which are activated by the nerve-derived neurotransmitter acetylcholine, we show that muscarinic receptors 1 and 3 (m1 and m3) are highly expressed in PCa clinical specimens compared with all other cancer types, and that amplification or gain of their corresponding encoding genes (CHRM1 and CHRM3, respectively) represent a worse prognostic factor for PCa progression free survival. Moreover, m1 and m3 gene gain or amplification is frequent in castration-resistant PCa (CRPC) compared with hormone-sensitive PCa (HSPC) specimens. This was reflected in HSPC-derived cells, which show aberrantly high expression of m1 and m3 under androgen deprivation mimicking castration and androgen receptor inhibition. We also show that pharmacological activation of m1 and m3 signaling is sufficient to induce the castration-resistant growth of PCa cells. Mechanistically, we found that m1 and m3 stimulation induces YAP activation through FAK, whose encoding gene, PTK2 is frequently amplified in CRPC cases. Pharmacological inhibition of FAK and knockdown of YAP abolished m1 and m3-induced castration-resistant growth of PCa cells. Our findings provide novel therapeutic opportunities for muscarinic-signal-driven CRPC progression by targeting the FAK-YAP signaling axis.
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