Prostate Cell News Volume 14.06 | Feb 17 2023

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    Vol. 14.06 – 17 February, 2023
    TOP STORY

    Allosteric Inhibition of HSP70 in Collaboration with STUB1 Augments Enzalutamide Efficacy in Antiandrogen Resistant Prostate Tumor and Patient-Derived Models

    Investigators showed that a novel heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) allosteric inhibitor, JG98, significantly suppressed drug-resistant C4-2B MDVR and CWR22Rv1 cell growth, and enhanced enzalutamide treatment.
    [Pharmacological Research]

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    Molecular Interplay between NOX1 and Autophagy in Cadmium-Induced Prostate Carcinogenesis

    Researchers showed that acute or chronic cadmium exposure facilitated NADPH oxidase 1 (NOX1) assembly by activating its cytosolic regulators p47phox and p67phox in RWPE-1 cells.
    [Free Radical Biology And Medicine]

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    Cardiac Glycoside Neriifolin Exerts Anti-cancer Activity in Prostate Cancer Cells by Attenuating DNA Damage Repair through Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

    Investigators reported that cardiac glycoside neriifolin suppressed the malignancy of cancer cells via increasing DNA damage and apoptosis through activation of endoplasmic reticulum stress in prostate cancers.
    [Biochemical Pharmacology]

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    Synthesis of Hydrocortisone Esters Targeting Androgen and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Prostate Cancer In Vitro

    Scientists introduced the synthesis of novel 17α- and/or 21-ester or carbamate derivatives of hydrocortisone and evaluation of their biological activity towards androgen and glucocorticoid receptors in different prostate cancer cell lines.
    [Journal Of Steroid Biochemistry And Molecular Biology]

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    Megakaryocyte-Derived IL-8 Acts as a Paracrine Factor for Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness through CXCR2 Activation and Antagonistic AR Downregulation

    The authors investigated the role of paracrine interleukin-8 (IL-8) in the antagonistic expression of IL-8 and androgen receptors, and the contribution of IL-8 to prostate cancer aggressiveness.
    [Biomolecules & Therapeutics]

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    Transcription Factor ELF1 Modulates Cisplatin Sensitivity in Prostate Cancer by Targeting MEIS Homeobox 2

    Scientists discovered that MEIS homeobox 2 was lowly expressed in prostate cancer tissues by bioinformatics analysis, which had a close connection with the T stage and N stage of the tumor.
    [Chemical Research In Toxicology]

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    Comparatively Sonodynamic, Photodynamic and Sonophotodynamic Therapy Activity of Fluorinated Pyridine Substituted Silicon Phthalocyanines on PC3 Prostate Cancer Cell Line

    The therapeutic effects of sonodynamic, photodynamic, and sonophotodynamic of 5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-thiopyridine substituted SiPc and its quaternized derivative were examined in vitro on prostate cancer using PC3 cells.
    [Photodiagnosis And Photodynamic Therapy]

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    Characterizing the Role of Calcium Sensing Receptor in the Progression of Obesity-Mediated Aggressive Prostate Cancer Phenotype

    Researchers used a novel in vitro approach, involving the exposure of prostate cancer cells to sera from obese or normal-weight males, and to calcium sensing receptor inhibitor NPS-2143.
    [Nutrition And Cancer-An International Journal]

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    The Circular RNA Circ_0085494 Regulates Prostate Cancer Progression Through NRBP1/miR-497-5p Axis

    Scientists investigated the biological role of and mechanisms of circ_0085494 in prostate cancer.
    [Biochemical Genetics]

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    REVIEWS

    Preclinical Models of Prostate Cancer — Modelling Androgen Dependency and Castration Resistance In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Vivo

    To ensure maximal transfer of knowledge from scientific research to the clinic, understanding the limitations and advantages of preclinical models, as well as how these models recapitulate cancer cell androgen dependency and can be used to study castration resistance mechanisms, is essential.
    [Nature Reviews Urology]

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    The Role of Hypoxia on Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis

    The authors elaborate on the role of hypoxia in prostatic cancer pathogenesis and different hypoxia-induced mechanisms.
    [Molecular Biology Reports]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    RadioMedix Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Its 225Ac-PSMA I&T Program, a Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT) for Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer, by Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    RadioMedix, Inc. announced the acquisition of its 225Ac-PSMA-I&T asset by Fusion Pharmaceuticals. RadioMedix will provide manufacturing support for the first pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 225Ac-PSMA-I&T for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
    [RadioMedix, Inc. (Globe Newswire)]

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