Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.7.10.1 (ERK)
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Although there have been several studies suggesting the involvement of growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases in ligand-independent activation of the androgen receptor (AR) and progression of prostate cancer, limited studies have been reported actually showing the enhancement of phosphorylation of the AR in vivo in response to growth factors or activation of their receptors in prostate cancer cells. In this study, we have demonstrated that overexpression of HER2/Neu enhanced in vivo phosphorylation of the AR and MAP kinase in DU-145 cells, and that the HER2/Neu inhibitor TAK165 reduced the HER2/Neu-enhanced phosphorylated AR and MAP kinase, indicating that the MAP kinase pathway seems to be involved in the phosphorylation of the AR by HER2/Neu. Both HER2/Neu inhibitor TAK165 and EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib ('Iressa', ZD1839) successfully reduced the HER2/Neu-induced transactivation activity of the AR in PC-3 and DU-145 cells, suggesting that these inhibitors are possible therapeutic drugs for patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The transactivation activity of the AF-1+DBD of the AR was enhanced by HER2/Neu overexpression while that of the AF-2+DBD was not, demonstrating that the enhancement of the AR activity by HER2/Neu was mainly mediated through the AF-1 of the AR.
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PMID:Effect of type I growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors on phosphorylation and transactivation activity of the androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells: Ligand-independent activation of the N-terminal domain of the androgen receptor. 1513 66

Genistein, a component of soy, has been reported to protect against spontaneously developing prostate tumors in the transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) model. This is consistent with reports showing that Asians eating a diet high in soy have reduced incidence of clinically manifested prostate cancer. In order to understand the mechanism of action of genistein, we have investigated the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors, four growth factor receptors that signal via tyrosine protein kinases, and specific growth factor proteins in the dorsolateral prostates of TRAMP mice fed 250 mg genistein/kg diet, starting at 5 weeks of age. These analyses were carried out at 12 weeks, prior to the development of solid tumors, allowing us to readily investigate cell proliferation and biomarkers in premalignant tissue. Cell proliferation, AR, ER-alpha, EGFR, ErbB2, EGF, IGF-1R, IGF-1, VEGFR2, ERKs-1 and 2 proteins and TGF-alpha mRNA, but not ER-beta and VEGF, were significantly increased in prostates of TRAMP compared to C57BL/6 mice. Genistein in the diet significantly down-regulated cell proliferation, EGFR, IGF-1R, ERK-1 and ERK-2, but not AR, ER-alpha, ER-beta, ErbB2, EGF, TGF-alpha, IGF-1, VEGF and VEGFR in prostates of TRAMP mice. Serum testosterone and dihydrotestosterone concentrations were not significantly different in C57BL/6 or TRAMP male mice fed control or genistein-containing diets. The up-regulation of sex steroid receptors and multiple growth signaling pathways in TRAMP mice supports the concept of multiple dysregulation contributing to carcinogenesis. Down-regulation of the tyrosine kinase regulated proteins, EGFR and IGF-1R, and of the downstream mitogen-activated protein kinases, ERK-1 and 2, with genistein in the diet provides a possible mechanism for prostate cancer chemoprevention.
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PMID:Genistein alters growth factor signaling in transgenic prostate model (TRAMP). 1514 38

We report the case of an 82-year-old male patient with a > 8-year history of prostate cancer (PrCa), who developed breast adenocarcinoma (BrCa) (Ki-67+ and negative for ER, PR, PSA and HER2/neu) after prolonged (approximately 7-year) anti-androgen (flutamide) monotherapy for locally advanced PrCa. Biochemical and molecular analyses showed hyperestrogenemia (serum estradiol = 266 pg/ml, with normal range < 74 pg/ml), germline BRCA-1 mutation (T to C at nucleotide 3232, in exon 11, causing Glu to Gly change at codon 1038) and chromosome 9 inversion (karyotype of 46,XY with inv(9) (p11q21)). Following bilateral mastectomy without adjuvant systemic therapy, the patient has been disease-free (from both BrCa and PrCa) for > 3 years. In contrast to LHRH-based hormonal therapies for PrCa, anti-androgen monotherapy causes hyper-estrogenemia due to the suppressed negative feedback loop of androgens on LHRH and LH production, stimulation of testicular androgen production and their intracrine transformation to estrogens in peripheral target tissues. In this case report, the hyperestrogenemia may have further increased the BrCa risk in a patient with other risk factors (BRCA-1 mutation and chromosome 9 inversion, which has been previously shown to impinge upon testicular function and intracrine balance of androgens vs. estrogens). This case report illustrates that PrCa patients receiving anti-androgen monotherapy may be at risk of BrCa, in the event of the concomitant presence of other genetically-determined predisposing factors, and indicates the importance of exercising caution against indiscriminate and prolonged use of anti-androgen monotherapy in patients with risk factors for male BrCa.
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PMID:Male breast adenocarcinoma in a prostate cancer patient following prolonged anti-androgen monotherapy. 1515 26

HER2/neu is a proto-oncogene and a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor family of proteins that is overexpressed in numerous types of human cancer. We are currently conducting clinical trials with the HER2/neu E75 peptide vaccine in breast and prostate cancer patients. We have evaluated the use of HLA-A2 dimer molecule for the immunological monitoring of cancer patients receiving the E75 peptide vaccine. Peripheral blood samples from patients receiving the vaccine were stained with HLA-A2 dimers containing the vaccine peptide E75 or control peptides and analyzed by flow cytometry. We compared the HLA-A2 dimer assay to standard methods of immunologic monitoring (IFN-gamma release, lymphocyte proliferation, and cytotoxicity). The HLA-A2 dimer assay was also compared with the HLA-A2 tetramer assay. E75 peptide-specific CD8 T cells were detected directly in the peripheral blood of patients by staining with E75-HLA-A2 dimers and CD8 antibodies. T cell cultures generated by repeated stimulations using E75 peptide-pulsed dendritic cells showed increased staining with E75-peptide loaded HLA-A2 dimers. Simultaneously analysis by the dimer assay and standard immunologic assays demonstrated that the dimer-staining assay correlated well with these methods of immunologic monitoring. A direct comparison using E75-specific HLA-A2 tetramers and HLA-A2 dimers for the detection of E75-specific CD8 T cells in peripheral blood showed comparable results with the two assays. Our findings indicate that the HLA-A2 dimer is a powerful new tool for directly quantifying and monitoring immune responses of antigen-specific T cells in peptide vaccine clinical trials.
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PMID:Direct measurement of peptide-specific CD8+ T cells using HLA-A2:Ig dimer for monitoring the in vivo immune response to a HER2/neu vaccine in breast and prostate cancer patients. 1516 2

Glomeruloid microvascular proliferations (GMPs), which are focal proliferative buddings of endothelial cells resembling a renal glomerulus, can be induced experimentally by adenoviral transfer of VEGF-A(165). We recently found that GMPs were present in 13-23% of various human tumours (melanoma, breast-, endometrial- and prostate cancer), and this vascular signature was significantly associated with an impaired prognosis. In the present study, a series of 202 vertical growth phase melanomas were examined for the expression of various angiogenic factors and their receptors. Presence of GMP was associated with increased expression in tumour endothelium of the VEGF-A receptors KDR, FLT-1 and neuropilin-1, as well as VEGF-D protein. Thrombospondin-1 staining in the tumour stroma showed the same relationship. Endothelial cell expression of VEGF-A was increased in GMP endothelium when compared with other intra-tumoural vessels. In contrast, GMP expression of bFGF was decreased. Our findings suggest an important role of VEGF-A and its receptors in GMP formation in human cutaneous melanoma.
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PMID:Increased expression of VEGF-receptors (FLT-1, KDR, NRP-1) and thrombospondin-1 is associated with glomeruloid microvascular proliferation, an aggressive angiogenic phenotype, in malignant melanoma. 1516 98

The mechanism by which neurotensin (NT) promotes the growth of prostate cancer epithelial cells is not yet defined. Here, androgen-independent PC3 cells, which express high levels of the type 1 NT-receptor (NTR1), are used to examine the involvement of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), mitogen-activated protein kinases (ERK, SAPK/JNK and p38), PI3 kinase and PKC in the mitogenic effect of NT. NT dose dependently (0.1-30 nM) enhanced phosphorylation of EGFR, ERK and Akt, reaching maximal levels within 3 min as measured by Western blotting. These effects were associated with an accumulation of EGF-like substance(s) in the medium (assayed by EGFR binding) and a 2-fold increase in DNA synthesis (assayed by [3H]thymidine incorporation). The DNA synthesis enhancement by NT was non-additive with that of EGF. The NT-induced stimulation of EGFR/ERK/Akt phosphorylation and DNA synthesis was inhibited by EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (AG1478, PD153035), metallo-endopeptidase inhibitor phosphoramidon and by heparin, but not by neutralizing anti-EGF antibody. Thus, transactivation of EGFR by NT involved heparin-binding EGF (HB-EGF or amphiregulin) rather than EGF. The effects of NT on EGFR/ERK/Akt activation and DNA synthesis were attenuated by PLC-inhibitor (U73122), PKC-inhibitors (bisindolylmaleimide, staurosporine, rottlerin), MEK inhibitor (U0126) and PI3 kinase inhibitors (wortmannin, LY 294002). We conclude that NT stimulated mitogenesis in PC3 cells by a PKC-dependent ligand-mediated transactivation of EGFR, which led to stimulation of the Raf-MEK-ERK pathway in a PI3 kinase-dependent manner.
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PMID:Involvement of MAP-kinase, PI3-kinase and EGF-receptor in the stimulatory effect of Neurotensin on DNA synthesis in PC3 cells. 1517 34

Garlic-derived organosulfides (OSCs) including diallyl trisulfide (DATS) are highly effective in affording protection against chemically induced cancer in animals. Evidence is also mounting to indicate that some naturally occurring OSCs can suppress proliferation of cancer cells by causing apoptosis, but the sequence of events leading to proapoptotic effect of OSCs is poorly defined. Using PC-3 and DU145 human prostate cancer cells as a model, we now demonstrate that DATS is a significantly more potent apoptosis inducer than diallyl sulfide (DAS) or diallyl disulfide (DADS). DATS-induced apoptosis in PC-3 cells was associated with phosphorylation of Bcl-2, reduced Bcl-2 : Bax interaction, and cleavage of procaspase-9 and -3. Bcl-2 overexpressing PC-3 cells were significantly more resistant to apoptosis induction by DATS compared with vector-transfected control cells. DATS treatment resulted in activation of extracellular-signal regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and c-jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) and/or JNK2, but not p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 in DATS-treated PC-3 cells was fully blocked in the presence of JNK-specific inhibitor SP600125. Moreover, JNK inhibitor afforded significant protection against DATS-induced apoptosis in both cells. DATS-induced Bcl-2 phosphorylation and apoptosis were partially attenuated by pharmacological inhibition of ERK1/2 using PD98059 or U0126. Overexpression of catalase inhibited DATS-mediated activation of JNK1/2, but not ERK1/2, and apoptosis induction in DU145 cells suggesting involvement of hydrogen peroxide as a second messenger in DATS-induced apoptosis. In conclusion, our data point towards important roles for Bcl-2, JNK and ERK in DATS-induced apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells.
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PMID:Diallyl trisulfide-induced apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells involves c-Jun N-terminal kinase and extracellular-signal regulated kinase-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2. 1518 82

The biochemistry of the mitogen activated protein kinases ERK, JNK, and p38 have been studied in prostate physiology in an attempt to elucidate novel mechanisms and pathways for the treatment of prostatic disease. We reviewed articles examining mitogen-activated protein kinases using prostate tissue or cell lines. As with other tissue types, these signaling modules are links/transmitters for important pathways in prostate cells that can result in cellular survival or apoptosis. While the activation of the ERK pathway appears to primarily result in survival, the roles of JNK and p38 are less clear. Manipulation of these pathways could have important implications for the treatment of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy.
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PMID:Mitogen Activated Protein kinase signal transduction pathways in the prostate. 1521 38

An evolutionary recombination hotspot around the GSDML-GSDM locus at human chromosome 17q21 is closely linked to an oncogenomic recombination hotspot around the PPP1R1B-STARD3-TCAP-PNMT-PERLD1 (MGC9753)-ERBB2-C17orf37 (MGC14832)-GRB7 locus at human chromosome 17q12. Here, we identified DFNA5L (GSDMDC1) gene related to GSDM and GSDML genes by using bioinformatics. Human DFNA5L gene at chromosome 8q24.3 was linked to ZC3HDC3, PP3856, EEF1D, and TIGD5 genes. NM_024736.4 (AK127941.1), AK022212.1, BC008904.2, and BC069000.1 cDNAs were derived from human DFNA5L gene. BC008904.2 was the representative human DFNA5L cDNA, while NM_024736.4 was an aberrant human DFNA5L cDNA with frame shifts due to the retention of introns 1, 3, 4, 5 and 8. Human DFNA5L mRNA was expressed in placenta, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, salivary gland tumor, Jarkat T cells, and Ramos B cells. Complete coding sequence of rat Dfna5l cDNA was determined by assembling 11 exons of rat Dfna5l gene within AC120830.4 genome sequence, and that of mouse Dfna5l cDNA was derived from 1810036L03 (NM_026960.1). Exon-intron boundaries were conserved among human DFNA5L and rodent Dfna5l genes. Human DFNA5L (484 aa) showed 59.5% total-amino-acid identity with rat Dfna5l (488 aa), and 58.7% total-amino-acid identity with mouse Dfna5l (487 aa). DFNA5L orthologs were DNFA5 (GSDM) domain containing DFNA5 DC or GSDMDC proteins with Coiled-coil and Leucine zipper domains. Human DFNA5L, GSDM, GSDML, MLZE, DFNA5 and their mammalian orthologs were found to constitute the DFNA5 DC (GSDMDC) family. Because DFNA5 and MLZE are cancer-associated genes, DFNA5L, GSDM, and GSDML are predicted cancer associated genes.
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PMID:Identification and characterization of human DFNA5L, mouse Dfna5l, and rat Dfna5l genes in silico. 1528 81

The identification of tumor-suppressor genes in solid tumors by classical cancer genetics methods is difficult and slow. We combined nonsense-mediated RNA decay microarrays and array-based comparative genomic hybridization for the genome-wide identification of genes with biallelic inactivation involving nonsense mutations and loss of the wild-type allele. This approach enabled us to identify previously unknown mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase gene EPHB2. The DU 145 prostate cancer cell line, originating from a brain metastasis, carries a truncating mutation of EPHB2 and a deletion of the remaining allele. Additional frameshift, splice site, missense and nonsense mutations are present in clinical prostate cancer samples. Transfection of DU 145 cells, which lack functional EphB2, with wild-type EPHB2 suppresses clonogenic growth. Taken together with studies indicating that EphB2 may have an essential role in cell migration and maintenance of normal tissue architecture, our findings suggest that mutational inactivation of EPHB2 may be important in the progression and metastasis of prostate cancer.
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PMID:Nonsense-mediated decay microarray analysis identifies mutations of EPHB2 in human prostate cancer. 1534 Apr 30


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