N-Myc Drives Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Initiated from Human Prostate Epithelial Cells.
Cancer Cell
; 29(4): 536-547, 2016 Apr 11.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27050099
ABSTRACT
MYCN amplification and overexpression are common in neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). However, the impact of aberrant N-Myc expression in prostate tumorigenesis and the cellular origin of NEPC have not been established. We define N-Myc and activated AKT1 as oncogenic components sufficient to transform human prostate epithelial cells to prostate adenocarcinoma and NEPC with phenotypic and molecular features of aggressive, late-stage human disease. We directly show that prostate adenocarcinoma and NEPC can arise from a common epithelial clone. Further, N-Myc is required for tumor maintenance, and destabilization of N-Myc through Aurora A kinase inhibition reduces tumor burden. Our findings establish N-Myc as a driver of NEPC and a target for therapeutic intervention.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
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Adenocarcinoma
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Transformação Celular Neoplásica
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc
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Tumores Neuroendócrinos
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Células Epiteliais
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Proteínas de Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cancer Cell
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos