Project description:Here, we analyze gene expression of prostate cancer cell line VCaP (VCaP WT) and VCaP after testosterone boost (VCaPrev) in order to investigate the impact of the androgen axis on susceptibility to PCA treatments which are not directly AR-directed.
Project description:Here, we analyze gene expression of prostate cancer cell line VCaP (VCaP WT) and VCaP after long time treatment with abiraterone (VCaP AA) in order to investigate possible resistance mechanisms to second-generation antiandrogens.
Project description:Purpose: Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) is a mitochondrial enzyme that degrades neurotransmitters including serotonin and norepinephrine. Its inhibitors are commonly used to treat neurologic conditions including depression. Recently, we and others identified high expression of MAOA in normal basal prostate epithelium and in high grade primary prostate cancer (PCa). Inhibition of MAOA with an irreversible inhibitor, clorgyline, induced differentiation in primary cultures of epithelial cells from normal tissues and high grade cancers. Furthermore, clorgyline treatment inhibited several oncogenic pathways in PCa cells, suggesting a clinical value of MAOA inhibitors as a pro-differentiation and anti-oncogenic therapy for high risk PCa. Here, we extended our studies to a model of advanced PCa, VCaP cells, which were derived from castration-resistant metastatic PCa and express a high level of MAOA. Methods: The growth of VCaP cells in the presence or absence of clorgyline was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Gene expression changes in response to clorgyline were determined by microarray and validated by quantitative real-time PCR. Results: Treatment with clorgyline in vitro inhibited growth and altered the transcriptional pattern of VCaP cells in a manner consistent with the pro-differentiation and anti-oncogenic effects seen in treated primary PCa cells. Src, beta-catenin, and MAPK oncogenic pathways, implicated in androgen-independent growth and metastasis, were significantly downregulated. Clorgyline treatment of mice bearing VCaP xenografts slowed tumor growth and induced transcriptome changes similar to those noted in vitro. Conclusions: Our results support the possibility that anti-depressant drugs that target MAOA might find a new application in treating PCa. Compound Based Treatment: Clorgyline treament of VCaP cells
Project description:The treatment of advanced prostate cancer has been transformed by novel antiandrogen therapies such as enzalutamide. We identified glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activity as modulator of enzalutamite sensitivity in the VCaP prostate cancer cell line. The GR agonist dexamethasone was sufficient to confer enzalutamide resistance whereas a GR antagonist restored sensitivity. These expression profiling data demonstrate that GR transcriptional activity overlaps with that of AR in the VCAP model.
Project description:To understand the transcription regulation in prostate cancer cell line Vcap, we performed H3K4me1 and H3K27ac ChIP-seq with specific antibody.
Project description:The treatment of advanced prostate cancer has been transformed by novel antiandrogen therapies such as enzalutamide. We identified glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activity as modulator of enzalutamite sensitivity in the VCaP prostate cancer cell line. The GR agonist dexamethasone was sufficient to confer enzalutamide resistance whereas a GR antagonist restored sensitivity. These expression profiling data demonstrate that GR transcriptional activity overlaps with that of AR in the VCAP model. VCAP cells growing in complete media were treated with the indicated drugs in biological triplicates for 24 hours prior to harvest.
Project description:VCaP cells expressing either NTC shRNA or PRMT5 shRNA 1 or shRNA 2 were treated with 100ng/ml doxycycline for 5 days This experiment is designed to see which genes and pathways are modulated by PRMT5 knockdown in VCaP cells
Project description:Purpose: Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) is a mitochondrial enzyme that degrades neurotransmitters including serotonin and norepinephrine. Its inhibitors are commonly used to treat neurologic conditions including depression. Recently, we and others identified high expression of MAOA in normal basal prostate epithelium and in high grade primary prostate cancer (PCa). Inhibition of MAOA with an irreversible inhibitor, clorgyline, induced differentiation in primary cultures of epithelial cells from normal tissues and high grade cancers. Furthermore, clorgyline treatment inhibited several oncogenic pathways in PCa cells, suggesting a clinical value of MAOA inhibitors as a pro-differentiation and anti-oncogenic therapy for high risk PCa. Here, we extended our studies to a model of advanced PCa, VCaP cells, which were derived from castration-resistant metastatic PCa and express a high level of MAOA. Methods: The growth of VCaP cells in the presence or absence of clorgyline was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Gene expression changes in response to clorgyline were determined by microarray and validated by quantitative real-time PCR. Results: Treatment with clorgyline in vitro inhibited growth and altered the transcriptional pattern of VCaP cells in a manner consistent with the pro-differentiation and anti-oncogenic effects seen in treated primary PCa cells. Src, beta-catenin, and MAPK oncogenic pathways, implicated in androgen-independent growth and metastasis, were significantly downregulated. Clorgyline treatment of mice bearing VCaP xenografts slowed tumor growth and induced transcriptome changes similar to those noted in vitro. Conclusions: Our results support the possibility that anti-depressant drugs that target MAOA might find a new application in treating PCa. Compound Based Treatment: Clorgyline treament of VCaP cells compound_treatment_design