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Analysis of AR Gene Rearrangements in Prostate Cancer

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Molecularly-targeted therapies for advanced prostate cancer include castration modalities that suppress ligand-dependent transcriptional activity of the androgen receptor (AR). However, persistent AR signaling undermines therapeutic efficacy and promotes progression to lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), even when patients are treated with potent second-generation AR-targeted therapies abiraterone and enzalutamide. Here we define diverse AR genomic structural rearrangements (AR-GSRs) as a class of molecular alterations occurring in one third of CRPC-stage tumors. AR-GSRs occur in the context of copy-neutral and amplified AR and display heterogeneity in breakpoint location, rearrangement class, and sub-clonal enrichment in tumors within and between patients. Despite this heterogeneity, one common outcome in tumors with high sub-clonal enrichment of AR-GSRs is outlier expression of diverse AR variant species lacking the ligand binding domain and possessing ligand-independent transcriptional activity. Collectively, these findings reveal AR-GSRs as important drivers of persistent AR signaling in CRPC.

PROVIDER: phs001223 | dbGaP |

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA345658PRJNA345657

REPOSITORIES: dbGaP

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	GapExchange_phs001223.v1.p1.xml	Xml
	dbGaPEx2.1.5.xsd	Other
	Study_Report.phs001223.AR_ProstateCancer.v1.p1.MULTI.pdf	Pdf
	manifest_phs001223.AR_ProstateCancer.v1.p1.c1.DS-CA-PUB-MDS.pdf	Pdf
	datadict_v2.xsl	Other

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