Project description:Cyclosporin A (CsA) is a potent immunosuppressive agent used clinically in organ transplantation. In this study, we examined that CsA exerts anti-tumor activity against prostate cancer. We performed microarray experiments to investigate the effect of CsA on the transcriptome of prostate cancer cells. CsA potently induced transcriptome change and primarily affected cell cycle-related gene signatures. These results suggest that CsA can be used as a potential therapeutic agent or an intriguing tool for exploring prostate cancer biology and identifying novel therapeutic targets.
Project description:The treatment of advanced prostate cancer remains a formidable challenge due to the limited availability of effective treatment options. Therefore, it is imperative to identify promising druggable targets that provide substantial clinical benefits and to develop effective treatment strategies to overcome therapeutic resistance. Cyclosporin A (CsA) showed an anticancer effect on prostate cancer in cultured cell and xenograft models. E2F8 was identified as a master transcription factor that regulated a clinically significant CsA specific gene signature. The expression of E2F8 increased during prostate cancer progression and high levels of E2F8 expression are associated with a poor prognosis in patients with prostate cancer. MELK was identified as a crucial upstream regulator of E2F8 expression through the transcriptional regulatory network and Bayesian network analyses. Knockdown of E2F8 or MELK inhibited cell growth and colony formation in prostate cancer cells. High expression levels of E2F8 and androgen receptor (AR) are associated with a worse prognosis in patients with prostate cancer compared with low levels of both genes. The inhibition of E2F8 improved the response to AR blockade therapy. These results suggested that CsA has potential as an effective anticancer treatment for prostate cancer, while also revealing the oncogenic role of E2F8 and its association with clinical outcomes in prostate cancer. These results provided valuable insight into the development of therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for prostate cancer.
Project description:To identify the genomic bindings and transcriptional targets of E2F8 in lethal prostate cancer cells. To examine the potential off-target effects by CRISPR/CasRx-mediated E2F8 knockdown in 293FT cells. To analyze differentially expressed genes upon TT3 LLN-CRISPR/CasRx-mediated E2F8 knockdown in DU145 xenografts.
Project description:We analyzed the gene expression at the onset of hair growth induced by cyclosporin A (CsA), a well-known hair growth inducer, with DNA microarray, and unveiled the step-by-step progression of hair growth. KEYWORDS: Cyclosporin A, Cyclosporine A, Ciclosporin A
Project description:We evaluated soluble AXL (sAXL or batiraxcept), a decoy receptor that can potently inhibit AXL signaling, as a single agent or in combination with docetaxel or carboplatin to treat prostate cancer (PCa) bone metastases. We used intratibial injection of multiple patient-derived xenografts with different characteristics, reflecting a traditional phase II clinical trial without pre-selection for a particular tumor characteristic. Inhibition of tyrosine kinase receptor AXL was highly effective as a single agent and showed additive effects when combined with docetaxel or carboplatin in suppressing PCa tumor growth in the bone and in suppressing metastasis to the lung. AXL inhibition suppressed critical cancer stem cell gene expression and significantly decreased proliferation and metastasis through suppression of E2F1 and NuSAP1. Our findings provide compelling preclinical data for testing batiraxcept in patients with prostate cancer with bone metastases.