Androgen receptor signaling regulates DNA repair in prostate cancers Journal Article


Authors: Polkinghorn, W. R.; Parker, J. S.; Lee, M. X.; Kass, E. M.; Spratt, D. E.; Iaquinta, P. J.; Arora, V. K.; Yen, W. F.; Cai, L.; Zheng, D.; Carver, B. S.; Chen, Y.; Watson, P. A.; Shah, N. P.; Fujisawa, S.; Goglia, A. G.; Gopalan, A.; Hieronymus, H.; Wongvipat, J.; Scardino, P. T.; Zelefsky, M. J.; Jasin, M.; Chaudhuri, J.; Powell, S. N.; Sawyers, C. L.
Article Title: Androgen receptor signaling regulates DNA repair in prostate cancers
Abstract: We demonstrate that the androgen receptor (AR) regulates a transcriptional program of DNA repair genes that promotes prostate cancer radioresistance, providing a potential mechanism by which androgen deprivation therapy synergizes with ionizing radiation. Using a model of castration-resistant prostate cancer, we show that second-generation antiandrogen therapy results in downregulation of DNA repair genes. Next, we demonstrate that primary prostate cancers display a significant spectrum of AR transcriptional output, which correlates with expression of a set of DNA repair genes. Using RNA-seq and ChIP-seq, we define which of these DNA repair genes are both induced by androgen and represent direct AR targets. We establish that prostate cancer cells treated with ionizing radiation plus androgen demonstrate enhanced DNA repair and decreased DNA damage and furthermore that antiandrogen treatment causes increased DNA damage and decreased clonogenic survival. Finally, we demonstrate that antiandrogen treatment results in decreased classical nonhomologous end-joining. SIGNIFICANCE: We demonstrate that the AR regulates a network of DNA repair genes, providing a potential mechanism by which androgen deprivation synergizes with radiotherapy for prostate cancer. © 2013 American Association for Cancer Research.
Journal Title: Cancer Discovery
Volume: 3
Issue: 11
ISSN: 2159-8274
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research  
Date Published: 2013-11-01
Start Page: 1245
End Page: 1253
Language: English
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-13-0172
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 24027196
PMCID: PMC3888815
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  1. Charles L Sawyers
    225 Sawyers
  2. Simon Nicholas Powell
    331 Powell
  3. Michael J Zelefsky
    754 Zelefsky
  4. Peter T Scardino
    671 Scardino
  5. Yu Chen
    133 Chen
  6. Anuradha Gopalan
    415 Gopalan
  7. Vivek Kumar Arora
    11 Arora
  8. Maria Jasin
    249 Jasin
  9. Brett Stewart Carver
    143 Carver
  10. Elizabeth M Kass
    13 Kass
  11. Philip A Watson
    26 Watson
  12. Ling Cai
    4 Cai
  13. Daniel Eidelberg Spratt
    77 Spratt
  14. Alexander George Goglia
    14 Goglia
  15. Neel Shah
    7 Shah
  16. Man Xia Lee
    2 Lee
  17. Wei-Feng Yen
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