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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2026

Splicing factor TRA2B enhances synthesis of androgen receptor variant AR-V7 in prostate cancer cells.

Nicholas Brittain, Alec Paschalis, Ryan Nelson, Beth Adamson, Laura Walker, Ruaridh Duncan, Graham R Smith, Suzanne McGill, Richard Js Burchmore, Denisa Bogdan and 9 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Nicholas BrittainNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Alec PaschalisThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Ryan NelsonNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Beth AdamsonNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Laura WalkerNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Ruaridh DuncanNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Graham R SmithNewcastle University Bioinformatics Service Unit, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Suzanne McGillGlasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Richard Js BurchmoreGlasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Denisa BogdanThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Juan M Jiménez-VacasThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Jonathan WeltiThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Wei YuanThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Craig N RobsonNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Pasquale RescignoNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Sara LuzziNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Adam SharpThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Johann de BonoThe Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
Luke GaughanNewcastle University Centre for Cancer, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer (PC) with androgen receptor-targeting (AR-targeting) therapies has limited durability, with disease eventually progressing to castrate-resistant PC (CRPC). Constitutively active AR splice variants (AR-Vs), such as AR-V7, play a key role in driving treatment resistance and disease progression. Importantly, the failure to attenuate AR-V function represents a major unmet clinical need, and as such, defining how AR-Vs are generated is likely to yield new therapeutic targets. Our knowledge of factors that mediate splicing of AR-V-encoding mRNAs remains limited. Here, we have employed an RNA-targeting CasRx approach to identify selective protein interactors of AR-V7 mRNA in PC. TRA2B and its ortholog, TRA2A, were identified as splicing regulators of AR transcripts that facilitate AR-V synthesis at the expense of full-length AR isoforms. TRA2B expression correlated with AR-V7 transcript in CRPC and attenuation of TRA2-mediated splicing diminished PC cell growth. Exploiting TRA2B function may therefore provide new therapeutic opportunities in advanced disease.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingNeoplasm ProteinsProstatic NeoplasmsProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantReceptors, AndrogenRNA, NeoplasmSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerRNA SplicingAR protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein IsoformsReceptors, AndrogenRNA, MessengerRNA, NeoplasmSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsTRA2B protein, humanClinical ResearchOncologyProstate cancer

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PMID41919500
PMCPMC13038199

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