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Prostate cancer progresses from a hormone-sensitive, androgen-dependent stage to a hormone-refractory, androgen-independent tumor. The androgen receptor pathway functions in these androgen-independent tumors despite anti-androgen therapy. In our LAPC-4 prostate cancer model, androgen-independent sublines expressed higher levels of the HER-2/neu receptor tyrosine kinase than their androgen-dependent counterparts. Forced overexpression of HER-2/neu in androgen-dependent prostate cancer cells allowed ligand-independent growth. HER-2/neu activated the androgen receptor pathway in the absence of ligand and synergized with low levels of androgen to 'superactivate' the pathway. By modulating the response to low doses of androgen, a tyrosine kinase receptor can restore androgen receptor function to prostate cancer cells, a finding directly related to the clinical progression of prostate cancer.

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PubMed ID:: 10086382

DOI:: 10.1038/6495

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Androgens,metabolism,Animals,Humans,Male,Mice,Mice, SCID,Neoplasm Transplantation,Prostate-Specific Antigen,genetics,Prostatic Neoplasms,Receptor, ErbB-2,Receptors, Androgen,Signal Transduction,Transcriptional Activation,Transplantation, Heterologous,Tumor Cells, Cultured

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Androgens, metabolism, Animals, Humans, Male, Mice, Mice, SCID, Neoplasm Transplantation, Prostate-Specific Antigen, genetics, Prostatic Neoplasms, Receptor, ErbB-2, Receptors, Androgen, Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Activation, Transplantation, Heterologous, Tumor Cells, Cultured

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