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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2022

AR imposes different effects on ZFHX3 transcription depending on androgen status in prostate cancer cells.

Xing Fu, Zhiqian Zhang, Mingcheng Liu, Juan Li, Jun A, Liya Fu, Chenyang Huang, Jin-Tang Dong

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xing FuDepartment of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Zhiqian ZhangDepartment of Human Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Mingcheng LiuDepartment of Human Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Juan LiDepartment of Human Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Jun ADepartment of Human Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Liya FuDepartment of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Chenyang HuangDepartment of Human Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Jin-Tang DongDepartment of Human Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2349-5782
Southern University of Science and Technology · CNNankai University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both androgen receptor (AR) and the ZFHX3 transcription factor modulate prostate development. While AR drives prostatic carcinogenesis, ZFHX3 is a tumour suppressor whose loss activates the PI3K/AKT signalling in advanced prostate cancer (PCa). However, it is unknown whether ZFHX3 and AR are functionally related in PCa cells and, if so, how. Here, we report that in AR-positive LNCaP and C4-2B PCa cells, androgen upregulates ZFHX3 transcription via androgen-induced AR binding to the androgen-responsive elements (AREs) of the ZFHX3 promoter. Androgen also upregulated ZFHX3 transcription in vivo, as castration dramatically reduced Zfhx3 mRNA and protein levels in mouse prostates, and ZFHX3 mRNA levels correlated with AR activities in human PCa. Interestingly, the binding of AR to one ARE occurred in the absence of androgen, and the binding repressed ZFHX3 transcription as this repressive binding was interrupted by androgen treatment. The enzalutamide antiandrogen prevented androgen from inducing ZFHX3 transcription and caused excess ZFHX3 protein degradation. In human PCa, ZFHX3 was downregulated and the downregulation correlated with worse patient survival. These findings establish a regulatory relationship between AR and ZFHX3, suggest a role of ZFHX3 in AR function and implicate ZFHX3 loss in the antiandrogen therapies of PCa.

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Homeodomain ProteinsProstatic NeoplasmsReceptors, AndrogenAndrogensAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMaleMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProstateAndrogensHomeodomain ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesReceptors, AndrogenZFHX3 protein, humanZfhx3 protein, mouseandrogenARprostate cancerprotein degradationtranscriptionZFHX3

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PMID34953044
PMCPMC8817138
OpenAlexW4200291333

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