Prkc-ζ expression promotes the aggressive phenotype of human prostate cancer cells and is a novel target for therapeutic intervention Journal Article


Authors: Yao, S.; Bee, A.; Brewer, D.; Dodson, A.; Beesley, C.; Ke, Y.; Ambroisine, L.; Fisher, G.; Møller, H.; Dickinson, T.; Gerard, P.; Lian, L. Y.; Risk, J.; Lane, B.; Smith, P.; Reuter, V.; Berney, D.; Gosden, C.; Scardino, P.; Cuzick, J.; Djamgoz, M. B. A.; Cooper, C.; Foster, C. S.
Article Title: Prkc-ζ expression promotes the aggressive phenotype of human prostate cancer cells and is a novel target for therapeutic intervention
Abstract: We show protein kinase C-zeta (PKC-ζ) to be a novel predictive biomarker for survival from prostate cancer (P < 0.001). We also confirm that transcription of the PRKC-ζ gene is crucial to the malignant phenotype of human prostate cancer. Following siRNA silencing of PRKC-ζ in PC3-M prostate cancer cells, stable transfectant cell line si-PRKC-ζ-PC3-MT1-6 is phenotypically nonmalignant in vitro and in vivo. Genome-wide expression analysis identified 373 genes to be differentially expressed in the knockdown cells and 4 key gene networks to be significantly perturbed during phenotype modulation. Functional interconnection between some of the modulated genes is revealed, although these may be within different regulatory pathways, emphasizing the complexity of their mutual interdependence. Genes with altered expression following PRKC-ζ knockdown include HSPB1, RAD51, and ID1 that we have previously described to be critical in prostatic malignancy. Because expression of PRKC-ζ is functionally involved in promoting the malignant phenotype, we propose PKC-ζ as a novel and biologically relevant target for therapeutic intervention in prostate cancer. © The Author(s) 2010.
Keywords: prostate cancer; sirna; prkc-ζ
Journal Title: Genes and Cancer
Volume: 1
Issue: 5
ISSN: 1947-6019
Publisher: Sage Publications  
Date Published: 2010-05-01
Start Page: 444
End Page: 464
Language: English
DOI: 10.1177/1947601910376079
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC3092210
PUBMED: 21779455
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