Prostate Cell News Volume 13.12 | Apr 1 2022

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    Prostate Cell News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 13.12 – 1 April, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Carbon Sources and Pathways for Citrate Secreted by Human Prostate Cancer Cells Determined by NMR Tracing and Metabolic Modeling

    Scientists mapped potential pathways for citrate carbons in the human prostate cancer metastasis cell lines LNCaP and VCaP, for which they first established that they secrete citrate.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    GIPC2 Interacts with Fzd7 to Promote Prostate Cancer Metastasis by Activating WNT Signaling

    Functional studies demonstrated that high GIPC2 expression due to CpG-island demethylation promoted increased metastatic capabilities of prostate cancer cells.
    [Oncogene]

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    5-Aminolevulinic Acid Overcomes Hypoxia-Induced Radiation Resistance by Enhancing Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Prostate Cancer Cells

    Researchers investigated whether 5-aminolevulinic acid may increase the sensitization of prostate cancer cells to radiotherapy through the generation of reactive oxygen species via its metabolite, protoporphyrin IX.
    [British Journal of Cancer]

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    VPRBP Functions Downstream of the Androgen Receptor and OGT to Restrict p53 Activation in Prostate Cancer

    Vpr binding protein (VPRBP) knockdown in prostate cancer cells led to a significant decrease in cell proliferation, p53 stabilization, nucleolar fragmentation and increased p53 recruitment to the chromatin.
    [Molecular Cancer Research]

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    Comprehensive Genomics in Androgen Receptor-Dependent Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Identifies an Adaptation Pathway Mediated by Opioid Receptor Kappa 1

    The authors investigated integrative genomics using a patient-derived xenograft model recapitulating acquired, androgen receptor-dependent CRPC.
    [Communications Biology]

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    METTL14 Promotes Prostate Tumorigenesis by Inhibiting THBS1 via an m6A-YTHDF2-Dependent Mechanism

    Researchers found that knocking down METTL14 inhibited tumor proliferation both in vitro and in vivo.
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    Cistrome and Transcriptome Analysis Identifies Unique Androgen Receptor (AR) and AR-V7 Splice Variant Chromatin Binding and Transcriptional Activities

    LNCaP and VCaP cell lines in which androgen receptor (AR)-V7 expression could be induced to match the level of AR, were used to compare the activities of AR and AR-V7.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    GATA Binding Protein 5-Mediated Transcriptional Activation of Transmembrane Protein 100 Suppresses Cell Proliferation, Migration and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Prostate Cancer DU145 Cells

    The authors uncovered the role of GATA binding protein 5-mediated activation of transmembrane protein 100 in the proliferation, migration and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of prostate cancer cells.
    [Bioengineered]

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    The Isoflavanoid (+)-PTC Regulates Cell-Cycle Progression and Mitotic Spindle Assembly in a Prostate Cancer Cell Line

    Scientists evaluated, using flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and image analysis, the anti-proliferative effects of (+)-2,3,9-trimethoxypterocarpan on relevant human prostate cancer cells as well as its capacity to control mitosis within them.
    [Chemistry & Biodiversity]

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    Prostatic Arterial Embolization for the Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    Investigators assess the effects of prostatic arterial embolization compared to other procedures for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
    [Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]

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    Inherited Risk Assessment and Its Clinical Utility for Predicting Prostate Cancer from Diagnostic Prostate Biopsies

    An integrative review was performed to critically synthesize findings on prostate cancer germline studies from published papers since 2016.
    [Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases]

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    Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Clinical Implications in Prostate Cancer

    The authors focus on mismatch repair deficiency in prostate cancer, highlighting the clinical implications, the role of immunotherapy, and areas of future research.
    [Prostate]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Lantheus Announces Collaboration to Support Prostate Cancer Clinical Development

    Lantheus Holdings, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with Novartis to include PYLARIFY® in prostate cancer clinical trials with Pluvicto™.
    [Lantheus Holdings, Inc.]

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    Accutar Biotechnology Announces First Patient Dosed with AC0176 in Phase I Study in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

    Accutar Biotechnology, Inc. announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase I study of AC0176, an orally bioavailable, chimeric degrader molecule designed to target the androgen receptor with high potency and selectivity.
    [Accutar Biotechnology, Inc.]

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