Cancers,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 692 - 692
Published: Feb. 9, 2021
Neuroendocrine
plasticity
and
treatment-induced
neuroendocrine
phenotypes
have
recently
been
proposed
as
important
resistance
mechanisms
underlying
prostate
cancer
progression.
Treatment-induced
(t-NEPC)
is
highly
aggressive
subtype
of
castration-resistant
which
develops
for
one
fifth
patients
under
prolonged
androgen
deprivation.
In
recent
years,
understanding
molecular
features
phenotypic
changes
in
has
grown.
However,
there
are
still
fundamental
questions
to
be
answered
this
emerging
research
field,
example,
why
how
do
the
treatment-resistant
cells
acquire
neuron-like
phenotype.
The
advantages
change
role
tumor
microenvironment
controlling
cellular
emergence
forms
mostly
unknown.
Here,
we
discuss
functional
links
between
neurodevelopmental
processes
progression
treatment
resistance.
We
provide
an
overview
neurite-like
whether
reported
t-NEPC
pathways
proteins
relate
like
neurogenesis
axonogenesis
during
development
also
novel
therapeutic
targets
modulating
plasticity.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
23(22), P. 14257 - 14257
Published: Nov. 17, 2022
Prostate
cancer
has
a
long
disease
history
and
wide
variety
uncertainty
in
individual
patients’
clinical
progress.
In
recent
years,
we
have
seen
revolutionary
advance
both
prostate
patient
care
the
research
field.
The
power
of
deep
sequencing
provided
cistromic
transcriptomic
knowledge
that
not
discovered
before.
Our
understanding
biology,
from
bedside
molecular
imaging
techniques,
also
been
greatly
advanced.
It
is
important
our
current
theragnostic
schemes,
including
diagnostic
modalities,
therapeutic
responses,
drugs
available
to
target
non-AR
signaling
should
be
improved.
This
review
article
discusses
progress
biology
advances
strategies.
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(7), P. 1534 - 1534
Published: March 26, 2021
Androgen
receptor
(AR)
is
a
main
driver
of
prostate
cancer
(PCa)
growth
and
progression
as
well
the
key
drug
target.
Appropriate
PCa
treatments
differ
depending
on
stage
at
diagnosis.
Although
androgen
deprivation
therapy
(ADT)
initially
effective,
eventually
tumors
develop
resistance
to
within
2-3
years
treatment
onset
leading
castration
resistant
(CRPC).
Castration
usually
mediated
by
reactivation
AR
signaling.
Eventually,
develops
additional
towards
with
antagonists
that
occur
regularly,
also
mostly
due
bypass
mechanisms
activate
This
tumor
evolution
selection
upon
presumably
based
high
degree
heterogenicity
plasticity
allows
cells
proliferate
adaptive
signaling
evolve
pathways
in
resistance,
including
chemotherapy.
The
therapy-resistant
phenotype
associated
more
aggressiveness
increased
metastatic
ability.
By
far,
remains
major
cause
failure
lethality.
In
this
review,
various
acquired
intrinsic
are
AR‑dependent
contribute
will
be
discussed.
Cancer Cell,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
41(12), P. 2066 - 2082.e9
Published: Nov. 22, 2023
Trans-differentiation
from
an
adenocarcinoma
to
a
small
cell
neuroendocrine
state
is
associated
with
therapy
resistance
in
multiple
cancer
types.
To
gain
insight
into
the
underlying
molecular
events
of
trans-differentiation,
we
perform
multi-omics
time
course
analysis
pan-small
model
(termed
PARCB),
forward
genetic
transformation
using
human
prostate
basal
cells
and
identify
shared
developmental,
arc-like,
entropy-high
trajectory
among
all
replicates.
Further
mapping
single
resolution
reveals
two
distinct
lineages
defined
by
mutually
exclusive
expression
ASCL1
or
ASCL2.
Temporal
regulation
groups
transcription
factors
across
developmental
stages
that
cellular
reprogramming
precedes
induction
neuronal
programs.
TFAP4
ASCL1/2
feedback
are
identified
as
potential
regulators
ASCL2
expression.
Our
study
provides
temporal
transcriptional
patterns
uncovers
pan-tissue
parallels
between
lung
cancers,
well
connections
normal
states.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
24(10), P. 8955 - 8955
Published: May 18, 2023
Neuroendocrine
prostate
carcinoma
(NEPC)
accounts
for
less
than
1%
of
neoplasms
and
has
extremely
poorer
prognosis
the
typical
androgen
receptor
pathway-positive
adenocarcinoma
(ARPC).
However,
very
few
cases
in
which
de
novo
NEPC
APRC
are
diagnosed
simultaneously
same
tissue
have
been
reported.
We
report
herein
a
78-year-old
man
metastatic
coexisting
with
ARPC
treated
at
Ehime
University
Hospital.
Visium
CytAssist
Spatial
Gene
Expression
analysis
(10×
genetics)
was
performed
using
formalin-fixed,
paraffin-embedded
(FFPE)
samples.
The
neuroendocrine
signatures
were
upregulated
sites,
sites.
TP53,
RB1,
or
PTEN
upregulation
homologous
recombination
repair
genes
sites
not
downregulated.
Urothelial
markers
elevated.
Meanwhile,
Rbfox3
SFRTM2
levels
downregulated
while
fibrosis
HGF,
HMOX1,
ELN,
GREM1
tumor
microenvironment
NEPC.
In
conclusion,
findings
spatial
gene
expression
patient
accumulation
basic
data
will
help
development
novel
treatments
improve
patients
castration-resistant
cancer.
Cancer Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
83(7), P. 1016 - 1030
Published: Jan. 6, 2023
Noncanonical
Wnt
signaling
by
WNT5a
has
oncogenic
and
tumor
suppressive
activities,
but
downstream
pathways
mediating
these
specific
effects
remain
to
be
fully
established.
In
a
subset
of
prostate
cancer
organoid
culture
xenograft
models,
inhibition
synthesis
stimulated
growth,
whereas
or
mimetic
peptide
(Foxy5)
markedly
suppressed
growth.
caused
ROR2-dependent
decrease
in
YAP1
activity,
which
was
associated
with
increased
phosphorylation
MST1/2,
LATS1,
MOB1,
YAP1,
indicating
Hippo
pathway
activation.
Deletion
MST1/2
abrogated
the
response.
similarly
activated
ROR2-expressing
melanoma
cells,
ROR2-negative
cells
Hippo.
This
suppression
inhibitory
NF2/Merlin
that
not
observed
cells.
also
mRNA
encoding
components
including
MST1
MST2
positively
correlated
clinical
datasets.
Conversely,
ROR2
expression
activity
datasets,
revealing
WNT5a/ROR2
negative
feedback
loop
modulate
activity.
Together
findings
identify
activation
as
mechanism
mediates
indicate
may
predictive
biomarker
for
responsiveness
WNT5a-mimetic
drugs.WNT5a
through
activates
downregulate
YAP1/TAZ
suppress
identifying
potential
patients
could
benefit
from
WNT5a-related
agents.