Project description:This study aimed at exploring how would the novel AR N-terminal inhibitor affect the androgen receptor (AR) transcriptome, especially a subset of genes that are uniquely upregulated by AR-V7 in castration resistant prostate cancer cells. We performed next-generation sequencing-based gene expression profiling (RNA-sequencing) on the castration-resistant prostate cancer celll line LNCaP-95. LNCaP-95 expresses high level of endogeneous AR-V7, and also acquired an adaptive shift towards AR-V7-mediated AR signaling activity. Beside regulating the transcription of a subset of canonical wildtype AR genes, AR-V7 also mediates a distinct transcriptional program that is independent of wildtype AR in LNCaP-95. In this experiment, LNCaP-95 cells were treated with vehicle control or the AR-N terminal inhibitor SC912. The subsequent AR transcriptomic change following compound treatment, especially the AR-V7 unique genes were assessed by RNA-seq.
Project description:Development of a novel CRISPR-derived cell line which is a derivative of CWR22Rv1 cells, called CWR22Rv1-AR-EK, that has lost expression of FL-AR, but retains all endogenous AR-Vs. AR-Vs act unhindered by loss of FL-AR to drive cell growth and expression of androgenic genes. Global transcriptomics demonstrate that AR-Vs drive expression of a cohort of DNA damage response genes and depletion of AR-Vs sensitizes cells to ionizing radiation.