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Myc-dependent purine biosynthesis affects nucleolar stress and therapy response in prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT: The androgen receptor is a key transcription factor contributing to the development of all stages of prostate cancer (PCa). In addition, other transcription factors have been associated with poor prognosis in PCa, amongst which c-Myc (MYC) is a well-established oncogene in many other cancers. We have previously reported that the AR promotes glycolysis and anabolic metabolism; many of these metabolic pathways are also MYC-regulated in other cancers. In this study, we report that in PCa cells de novo purine biosynthesis and the subsequent conversion to XMP is tightly regulated by MYC and independent of AR activity. We characterized two enzymes, PAICS and IMPDH2, within the pathway as PCa biomarkers in tissue samples and report increased efficacy of established anti-androgens in combination with a clinically approved IMPDH inhibitor, mycophenolic acid (MPA). Treatment with MPA led to a significant reduction in cellular guanosine triphosphate (GTP) levels accompanied by nucleolar stress and p53 stabilization. In conclusion, targeting purine biosynthesis provides an opportunity to perturb PCa metabolism and enhance tumour suppressive stress responses.

SUBMITTER: Barfeld SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4494960 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Myc-dependent purine biosynthesis affects nucleolar stress and therapy response in prostate cancer.

Barfeld Stefan J SJ Fazli Ladan L Persson Margareta M Marjavaara Lisette L Urbanucci Alfonso A Kaukoniemi Kirsi M KM Rennie Paul S PS Ceder Yvonne Y Chabes Andrei A Visakorpi Tapio T Mills Ian G IG

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The androgen receptor is a key transcription factor contributing to the development of all stages of prostate cancer (PCa). In addition, other transcription factors have been associated with poor prognosis in PCa, amongst which c-Myc (MYC) is a well-established oncogene in many other cancers. We have previously reported that the AR promotes glycolysis and anabolic metabolism; many of these metabolic pathways are also MYC-regulated in other cancers. In this study, we report that in PCa cells de n ...[more]

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Project description:Prostate cancer is the commonest male cancer in Europe and the USA. The androgen receptor is a key transcription factor contributing to the development of all stages of the disease. In addition, other transcription factors have been associated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer, amongst which c-Myc is a well-established oncogene in many other cancers. We have previously reported that a role for the androgen receptor in prostate cancer is to promote glycolysis and anabolic metabolism. Many of these metabolic pathways are also c-Myc-regulated in other cancers. In this study we report that de novo purine biosynthesis is a c-Myc-dependent pathway in prostate cancer cells as determined by commensurate changes in the levels of enzymes in the pathway in response to siRNA knockdown of c-Myc and inducible overexpression of c-Myc. In addition c-Myc is recruited to the promoters of genes in the pathway as determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Using immunohistochemistry and real-time transcript detection we show that two enzymes (PAICS and IMPDH2) within the pathway are overexpressed in prostate cancers. An inhibitor of IMPDH2 reduces cell proliferation and significantly reduces the levels of guanosine triphosphate within treated cells. This imposes nucleolar stress on cells as determined by significant reductions in the levels of guanine nucleotide binding protein-like 3 (GNL3). In addition the levels of c-Myc, p53 and the androgen receptor are affected and the expression of tumour suppressive microRNA-34b is increased. Combining the IMPDH2 inhibitor with anti-androgens results in a combinatorial inhibition of cell proliferation. In conclusion we propose using enzymes within the de novo purine biosynthesis as cancer biomarkers and applying drugs to alter the flux through this pathway may represent an effective means of stratifying patients for therapy and sensitising some to AR-targeted therapies. Total RNA of three biological replicates for each condition was extracted using the RNeasy kit (Qiagen), conditions are: 5 h vehicle, 5 h Doxycycline, 12 h vehicle, 12 h Doxycyline

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Myc-dependent purine biosynthesis affects nucleolar stress and therapy response in prostate cancer.

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Myc-dependent purine biosynthesis affects nucleolar stress and therapy response in prostate cancer.

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