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ArticleCancers2020

Dual Inhibitory Action of a Novel AKR1C3 Inhibitor on Both Full-Length AR and the Variant AR-V7 in Enzalutamide Resistant Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Mona Kafka, Fabian Mayr, Veronika Temml, Gabriele Möller, Jerzy Adamski, Julia Höfer, Stefan Schwaiger, Isabel Heidegger, Barbara Matuszczak, Daniela Schuster and 4 more

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mona KafkaDepartment of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Fabian MayrInstitute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Veronika TemmlInstitute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7662-9882
Gabriele MöllerResearch Unit Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Jerzy AdamskiResearch Unit Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9259-0199
Julia HöferDepartment of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Stefan SchwaigerInstitute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3731-7349
Isabel HeideggerDepartment of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Barbara MatuszczakInstitute of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4507-8739
Daniela SchusterInstitute of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9933-8938
Helmut KlockerDepartment of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7732-9443
Jasmin BekticDepartment of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Hermann StuppnerInstitute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Iris E EderDepartment of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Innsbruck Medical University · ATUniversität Innsbruck · ATHelmholtz Zentrum München · DENational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF T 942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The expanded use of second-generation antiandrogens revolutionized the treatment landscape of progressed prostate cancer. However, resistances to these novel drugs are already the next obstacle to be solved. Various previous studies depicted an involvement of the enzyme AKR1C3 in the process of castration resistance as well as in the resistance to 2nd generation antiandrogens like enzalutamide. In our study, we examined the potential of natural AKR1C3 inhibitors in various prostate cancer cell lines and a three-dimensional co-culture spheroid model consisting of cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) mimicking enzalutamide resistant prostate cancer. One of our compounds, named MF-15, expressed strong antineoplastic effects especially in cell culture models with significant enzalutamide resistance. Furthermore, MF-15 exhibited a strong effect on androgen receptor (AR) signaling, including significant inhibition of AR activity, downregulation of androgen-regulated genes, lower prostate specific antigen (PSA) production, and decreased AR and AKR1C3 expression, indicating a bi-functional effect. Even more important, we demonstrated a persisting inhibition of AR activity in the presence of AR-V7 and further showed that MF-15 non-competitively binds within the DNA binding domain of the AR. The data suggest MF-15 as useful drug to overcome enzalutamide resistance.

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ARK1C3AR-V7cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)enzalutamide resistanceprostate cancerspheroid culture

Identifiers

PMID32731472
PMCPMC7465893
OpenAlexW3046186793

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