TY - JOUR
T1 - IκB Kinases Modulate the Activity of the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Carcinoma Cell Lines 1,2
AU - Jain, Garima
AU - Voogdt, Cornelia
AU - Tobias, Anna
AU - Spindler, Klaus-Dieter
AU - Möller, Peter
AU - Cronauer, Marcus V
AU - Marienfeld, Ralf B
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Enhanced nuclear localization of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in prostate cancer (PCa) samples and constitutive NF-κB signaling in a class of PCa cell lines with low androgen receptor (AR) expression (PC3 and DU-145) imply an important role of the IκB kinase (IKK)/NF-κB system in PCa. However, most PCa and PCa cell lines depend on the activity of the AR, and the role of NF-κB in these AR-expressing PCa remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that inhibition of NF-κB signaling by the IKK inhibitor BMS345541 reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis in AR-expressing PCa cell lines. Furthermore, AR activity and target gene expression were distinctively reduced, whereas AR protein levels re-mained unaltered on BMS345541 treatment. Similar effects were observed particularly after small interfering RNA (siRNA)–mediated knockdown of IKK1, but not by siRNA-mediated suppression of IKK2. Moreover, IKK1 overexpres-sion augmented 5α-dihydrotestosterone–induced nuclear AR translocation, whereas nuclear AR was reduced by IKK1 knockdown or BMS345541. However, because IKK1 also enhances the activity of a chronically nuclear AR mutant, modulation of the subcellular distribution seems not to be the only mechanism by which IKK1 enhances AR activity. Finally, reduced in vivo AR phosphorylation after BMS345541 treatment and in vitro AR phosphorylation by IKK1 or IKK2 imply that AR constitutes a novel IKK target. Taken together, our data identify IKK1 as a potentially target structure for future therapeutic intervention in PCa.
AB - Enhanced nuclear localization of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in prostate cancer (PCa) samples and constitutive NF-κB signaling in a class of PCa cell lines with low androgen receptor (AR) expression (PC3 and DU-145) imply an important role of the IκB kinase (IKK)/NF-κB system in PCa. However, most PCa and PCa cell lines depend on the activity of the AR, and the role of NF-κB in these AR-expressing PCa remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that inhibition of NF-κB signaling by the IKK inhibitor BMS345541 reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis in AR-expressing PCa cell lines. Furthermore, AR activity and target gene expression were distinctively reduced, whereas AR protein levels re-mained unaltered on BMS345541 treatment. Similar effects were observed particularly after small interfering RNA (siRNA)–mediated knockdown of IKK1, but not by siRNA-mediated suppression of IKK2. Moreover, IKK1 overexpres-sion augmented 5α-dihydrotestosterone–induced nuclear AR translocation, whereas nuclear AR was reduced by IKK1 knockdown or BMS345541. However, because IKK1 also enhances the activity of a chronically nuclear AR mutant, modulation of the subcellular distribution seems not to be the only mechanism by which IKK1 enhances AR activity. Finally, reduced in vivo AR phosphorylation after BMS345541 treatment and in vitro AR phosphorylation by IKK1 or IKK2 imply that AR constitutes a novel IKK target. Taken together, our data identify IKK1 as a potentially target structure for future therapeutic intervention in PCa.
U2 - 10.1593/neo.111444
DO - 10.1593/neo.111444
M3 - Zeitschriftenaufsätze
C2 - 22496618
SN - 1522-8002
VL - 14
SP - 178
EP - 189
JO - Neoplasia (United States)
JF - Neoplasia (United States)
ER -