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MicroRNA let-7c suppresses androgen receptor expression and activity via regulation of myc expression in prostate cancer cells

  • N. Nadiminty
  • , R. Tummala
  • , W. Lou
  • , Y. Zhu
  • , J. Zhang
  • , X. Chen
  • , R.W. DeVere White
  • , H.-J. Kung
  • , C.P. Evans
  • , A.C. Gao

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Abstract

Castration-resistant prostate cancer continues to rely on androgen receptor (AR) expression. AR plays a central role in the development of prostate cancer and progression to castration resistance during and after androgen deprivation therapy. Here, we identified miR-let-7c as a key regulator of expression of AR. miR-let-7c suppresses AR expression and activity in human prostate cancer cells by targeting its transcription via c-Myc. Suppression of AR by let-7c leads to decreased cell proliferation of human prostate cancer cells. Down-regulation of Let-7c in prostate cancer specimens is inversely correlated with AR expression, whereas the expression of Lin28 (a repressor of let-7) is correlated positively with AR expression. Our study demonstrates that the miRNA let-7c plays an important role in the regulation of androgen signaling in prostate cancer by down-regulating AR expression. These results suggest that reconstitution of miR-let-7c may aid in targeting enhanced and hypersensitive AR in advanced prostate cancer. © 2012 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1527-1537
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume287
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Androgen deprivation therapy
  • Androgen receptors
  • Down-regulation
  • Human prostate cancer cells
  • Key regulators
  • MicroRNAs
  • Prostate cancer cells
  • Prostate cancers
  • Cell proliferation
  • Cells
  • Diseases
  • androgen receptor
  • microRNA
  • microRNA let 7c
  • Myc protein
  • unclassified drug
  • article
  • binding site
  • cancer cell culture
  • cell proliferation
  • cell survival
  • chromatin immunoprecipitation
  • controlled study
  • down regulation
  • enzyme reconstitution
  • gene expression regulation
  • gene overexpression
  • genetic transcription
  • human
  • human cell
  • plasmid
  • priority journal
  • promoter region
  • prostate cancer
  • protein analysis
  • protein binding
  • signal transduction
  • upregulation
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
  • Receptors, Androgen
  • RNA, Neoplasm
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Signal Transduction

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