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SUBMITTER: Sarkar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3899837 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarkar S S Brautigan D L DL Parsons S J SJ Larner J M JM
Oncogene 20121217 1
The androgen receptor (AR) has a vital role in the onset and progression of prostate cancer by promoting G1-S progression, possibly by functioning as a licensing factor for DNA replication. We here report that low dose 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME), an endogenous estrogen metabolite, induces mitotic arrest in prostate cancer cells involving activation of the E3 ligase CHIP (C-terminus of Hsp70-interacting protein) and degradation of the AR. Depletion of the AR by small interfering RNA (siRNA) elimin ...[more]