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ArticleScience advances2021

In vitro engineering of a bone metastases model allows for study of the effects of antiandrogen therapies in advanced prostate cancer.

Nathalie Bock, Thomas Kryza, Ali Shokoohmand, Joan Röhl, Akhilandeshwari Ravichandran, Marie-Luise Wille, Colleen C Nelson, Dietmar W Hutmacher, Judith A Clements

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathalie BockSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9331-4698
Thomas KryzaSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1668-8551
Ali ShokoohmandSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.
Joan RöhlSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6872-8730
Akhilandeshwari RavichandranInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4807-1150
Marie-Luise WilleInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4962-7587
Colleen C NelsonSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6410-4843
Dietmar W HutmacherSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia. dietmar.hutmacher@qut.edu.au j.clements@qut.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-5678-2134
Judith A ClementsSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre (APCRC-Q), Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia. dietmar.hutmacher@qut.edu.au j.clements@qut.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-6026-1964
Translational Research Institute · AUAustralian Research Council · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While androgen-targeted therapies are routinely used in advanced prostate cancer (PCa), their effect is poorly understood in treating bone metastatic lesions and ultimately results in the development of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Here, we used an all-human microtissue-engineered model of mineralized metastatic tissue combining human osteoprogenitor cells, 3D printing and prostate cancer cells, to assess the effects of the antiandrogens, bicalutamide, and enzalutamide in this microenvironment. We demonstrate that cancer/bone stroma interactions and antiandrogens drive cancer progression in a mineralized microenvironment. Probing the bone microenvironment with enzalutamide led to stronger cancer cell adaptive responses and osteomimicry than bicalutamide. Enzalutamide presented with better treatment response, in line with enzalutamide delaying time to bone-related events and enzalutamide extending survival in mCRPC. The all-human microtissue-engineered model of mineralized metastatic tissue presented here represents a substantial advance to dissect the role of the bone tumor microenvironment and responses to therapies for mCPRC.

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Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantAndrogen AntagonistsHumansMaleTumor MicroenvironmentAndrogen Antagonists

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PMID34193425
PMCPMC8245033
OpenAlexW3174738660

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