Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32579110›Full record

ArticleeLife2020

AR phosphorylation and CHK2 kinase activity regulates IR-stabilized AR-CHK2 interaction and prostate cancer survival.

Huy Q Ta, Natalia Dworak, Melissa L Ivey, Devin G Roller, Daniel Gioeli

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The liver talks back: NPY orchestrates attraction of cancer cells and CHK2-dependent clonogenicity in the metastatic niche.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huy Q Ta *Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States.
Natalia Dworak *Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States.
Melissa L IveyDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States.
Devin G RollerDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States.
Daniel GioeliDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2284-8152
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Women's Oncology Program - WONP30CA044579 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Jay William FOX · 1987 to 2026
$72.1M
Checkpoint Signaling and Androgen Receptor Function in Prostate CancerR01CA178338 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI GIOELI, DANIEL G · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA044579NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have previously demonstrated that checkpoint kinase 2 (CHK2) is a critical negative regulator of androgen receptor (AR) transcriptional activity, prostate cancer (PCa) cell growth, and androgen sensitivity. We have now uncovered that the AR directly interacts with CHK2 and ionizing radiation (IR) increases this interaction. This IR-induced increase in AR-CHK2 interactions requires AR phosphorylation and CHK2 kinase activity. PCa associated CHK2 mutants with impaired kinase activity reduced IR-induced AR-CHK2 interactions. The destabilization of AR - CHK2 interactions induced by CHK2 variants impairs CHK2 negative regulation of cell growth. CHK2 depletion increases transcription of DNAPK and RAD54, increases clonogenic survival, and increases resolution of DNA double strand breaks. The data support a model where CHK2 sequesters the AR through direct binding decreasing AR transcription and suppressing PCa cell growth. CHK2 mutation or loss of expression thereby leads to increased AR transcriptional activity and survival in response to DNA damage.

Indexed as

Cell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCheckpoint Kinase 2DNA RepairHumansImmunoprecipitationMalePhosphorylationProstatic NeoplasmsProtein BindingRadiation, IonizingReceptors, AndrogenCheckpoint Kinase 2CHEK2 protein, humanReceptors, Androgenandrogen receptorARbiochemistrycancer biologychemical biologyCHK2humanprostateprostate cancersignaling

Identifiers

PMID32579110
PMCPMC7338052
OpenAlexW3037084947

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.