Journal: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
Article Title: TMPRSS2-ERG controls luminal epithelial lineage and antiandrogen sensitivity in PTEN and TP53 -mutated prostate cancer
doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-0653
Figure Lengend Snippet: A, Western blot analysis of expression of key AR pathway, cell cycle, and EMT-related proteins in LNCaP-RF cells with or without lentiviral-mediated ERG (T1-E4) expression after treatment with vehicle, enzalutamide (ENZ, 10 μM), palbociclib (PD, 1 μM), or combination (ENZ + PD). B, Cell proliferation as measured by SRB assay for LNCaP-RF cells with or without lentiviral-mediated ERG (T1-E4) expression after treatment with vehicle, ENZ (10 μM), PD (1 μM), or combination. C, LNCaP-RF xenograft tumor volume with or without lentiviral-mediated ERG (T1-E4) expression during three weeks treatment with vehicle, ENZ (30 mg/kg/day), PD (100 mg/kg/day), or combination. Six xenografts (n = 6) per cell line, per drug treatment. D, ERG−/ARlow/KRTlow DMT and ERG+/ARhigh/KRThigh TMT allograft tumor volume during three weeks of treatment with vehicle, ENZ (30 mg/kg/day), PD (100 mg/kg/day), or combination. Five allografts (n = 5) per genotype, per drug treatment. E, Characterization of allograft tumors from (D) after three weeks of treatment. Top, H&E. Subsequent rows, IHC for ERG, AR, pRB S795, and Ki67. F, A hypothetical model. In prostate cancer cells without the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, PTEN deletion/mutation and TP53 deletion/mutation favor cell cycle gene expression, CDK activation, and RB inhibition (hyperphosphorylation), which in turn leads to E2F1 activation and luminal-epithelial-to-mesenchymal cell identity transition, antiandrogen resistance and increased CDK4/6 inhibitor sensitivity. In contrast, in prostate cancer cells harboring the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion, overexpression of ERG results in decreased expression of a subset of cell cycle-promoting genes and RB activation (hypophosphorylation), thereby leading to E2F1 inhibition and maintenance of luminal epithelial cell identity, increased antiandrogen sensitivity, but CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance.
Article Snippet: Antibodies include: anti-ERG (ab92513, Abcam; CM421C, Biocare Medical), anti-PTEN (CST9559L, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-p53 (sc126, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-AR (sc816, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-NKX3.1 (NB100-1828, Novus Biologicals), anti-RB (554136, BD Biosciences), anti-pRB S795 (CST9301S, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-SKP2 (32-3300, Life Technologies), anti-CCND1 (sc718, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-CDK1 (sc54, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-TWIST (sc6269, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-CDH1 (610181, BD Biosciences), anti-VIM (sc73258, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-ERK2 (sc1647, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-CDK2 (sc6248, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-E2F1 (sc193, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-pAKT S473 (CST4060L, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-AKT (CST9272, Cell Signaling Technology). qRT-PCR qRT-PCR was performed as described previously ( 15 ).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Sulforhodamine B Assay, Mutagenesis, Gene Expression, Activation Assay, Inhibition, Over Expression