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Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling()
Platelets have been long postulated to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer, although relatively little is known regarding the precise mechanisms involved. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer eventually fails with relapse occurring in the form of castration-...
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Neoplasia Press
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26152357 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neo.2015.05.003 |
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author | Zaslavsky, Alexander B. Gloeckner-Kalousek, Audrey Adams, Mackenzie Putluri, Nagireddy Venghatakrishnan, Harene Li, Hangwen Morgan, Todd M. Feng, Felix Y. Tewari, Muneesh Sreekumar, Arun Palapattu, Ganesh S. |
author_facet | Zaslavsky, Alexander B. Gloeckner-Kalousek, Audrey Adams, Mackenzie Putluri, Nagireddy Venghatakrishnan, Harene Li, Hangwen Morgan, Todd M. Feng, Felix Y. Tewari, Muneesh Sreekumar, Arun Palapattu, Ganesh S. |
author_sort | Zaslavsky, Alexander B. |
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description | Platelets have been long postulated to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer, although relatively little is known regarding the precise mechanisms involved. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer eventually fails with relapse occurring in the form of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). CRPC tumors typically overexpress androgen receptor (AR), demonstrating continued dependence upon AR signaling. Platelets have been previously demonstrated to contain androgens, and we sought to explore the contribution of platelet-derived androgens in CRPC. In this study, we examined the role of platelet-derived androgens in vitro using platelets from men with CRPC, men with high-risk prostate cancer, and healthy male donors. A series of in vitro assays was performed to elucidate the impact of platelet-derived androgens on androgen-sensitive prostate tumor cells. By examining platelet-derived androgen effects on AR signaling in prostate tumor cells, we found that platelets, from men with CRPC and on ADT, strongly induce AR target genes and tumor cell proliferation. Moreover, we show a fully intact testosterone (T) biosynthetic pathway within platelets from its precursor cholesterol and demonstrate that platelets of CRPC patients with ADT resistance are able to generate T. Overall, our findings reveal an unknown capacity of platelets to synthesize T at functionally relevant levels in patients with lethal prostate cancer. Importantly, it suggests a novel paracrine mechanism of T production that may act to sustain CRPC state and potentiate therapeutic resistance. |
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spelling | pubmed-47190022016-02-19 Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() Zaslavsky, Alexander B. Gloeckner-Kalousek, Audrey Adams, Mackenzie Putluri, Nagireddy Venghatakrishnan, Harene Li, Hangwen Morgan, Todd M. Feng, Felix Y. Tewari, Muneesh Sreekumar, Arun Palapattu, Ganesh S. Neoplasia Article Platelets have been long postulated to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer, although relatively little is known regarding the precise mechanisms involved. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer eventually fails with relapse occurring in the form of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). CRPC tumors typically overexpress androgen receptor (AR), demonstrating continued dependence upon AR signaling. Platelets have been previously demonstrated to contain androgens, and we sought to explore the contribution of platelet-derived androgens in CRPC. In this study, we examined the role of platelet-derived androgens in vitro using platelets from men with CRPC, men with high-risk prostate cancer, and healthy male donors. A series of in vitro assays was performed to elucidate the impact of platelet-derived androgens on androgen-sensitive prostate tumor cells. By examining platelet-derived androgen effects on AR signaling in prostate tumor cells, we found that platelets, from men with CRPC and on ADT, strongly induce AR target genes and tumor cell proliferation. Moreover, we show a fully intact testosterone (T) biosynthetic pathway within platelets from its precursor cholesterol and demonstrate that platelets of CRPC patients with ADT resistance are able to generate T. Overall, our findings reveal an unknown capacity of platelets to synthesize T at functionally relevant levels in patients with lethal prostate cancer. Importantly, it suggests a novel paracrine mechanism of T production that may act to sustain CRPC state and potentiate therapeutic resistance. Neoplasia Press 2015-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4719002/ /pubmed/26152357 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neo.2015.05.003 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zaslavsky, Alexander B. Gloeckner-Kalousek, Audrey Adams, Mackenzie Putluri, Nagireddy Venghatakrishnan, Harene Li, Hangwen Morgan, Todd M. Feng, Felix Y. Tewari, Muneesh Sreekumar, Arun Palapattu, Ganesh S. Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() |
title | Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() |
title_full | Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() |
title_fullStr | Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() |
title_full_unstemmed | Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() |
title_short | Platelet-Synthesized Testosterone in Men with Prostate Cancer Induces Androgen Receptor Signaling() |
title_sort | platelet-synthesized testosterone in men with prostate cancer induces androgen receptor signaling() |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26152357 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neo.2015.05.003 |
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