Siqi Xu1, Xiaoyan Wu1, Zhihua Tao2, Hongsheng Li1, Chenliang Fan1, Songjin Chen1, Jianwei Guo1, Yao Ning1, Xuqi Hu3. 1. The Clinical Laboratory of the Second Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, 314000, China. 2. The Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China. 3. The Orthopaedics Department of the Second Hospital of Jiaxing, No. 1518, Huancheng North Road, Nanhu District, Jiaxing, 314000, Zhejiang, China. xuqi_hu@163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) is an extremely malignant tumor developed from the androgen dependent (ADPC). However, the mechanism of transition process from ADPC to AIPC remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: Here we aimed to identify the androgen receptor (AR) target gene and its roles in AIPC. METHODS: Target genes of AR were identified by ChIP-seq in AIPC cells. AR target gene PCDH7 was detected by real time PCR and western blot. Methylation of PCDH7 was measured by bisulfite sequencing and bisulfite amplicon sequencing. Cell growth, invasion and apoptosis were measured by CCK-8, transwell and flow cytometry, respectively. RESULTS: AR was significantly enriched in the upstream of PCDH7 gene. The expression of PCDH7 was significantly decreased, while the methylation of PCDH7 was increased in the AIPC cells compared to the ADPC cells. DNA methyltransferase inhibitor significantly suppressed the methylation and increased the mRNA and protein level of PCDH7. Moreover, overexpression of DNMT1 remarkably reduced the mRNA and protein level of PCDH7. DNA methyltransferase inhibitor decreased the cell growth and invasion while promote the cell apoptosis in the AIPC cells. AR significantly target PCDH7, whose hypermethylation may repress cell growth and invasion, and promote apoptosis in AIPC. CONCLUSIONS: This study might provide a novel potential target for the treatment of AIPC.
BACKGROUND:Androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) is an extremely malignant tumor developed from the androgen dependent (ADPC). However, the mechanism of transition process from ADPC to AIPC remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: Here we aimed to identify the androgen receptor (AR) target gene and its roles in AIPC. METHODS: Target genes of AR were identified by ChIP-seq in AIPC cells. AR target gene PCDH7 was detected by real time PCR and western blot. Methylation of PCDH7 was measured by bisulfite sequencing and bisulfite amplicon sequencing. Cell growth, invasion and apoptosis were measured by CCK-8, transwell and flow cytometry, respectively. RESULTS:AR was significantly enriched in the upstream of PCDH7 gene. The expression of PCDH7 was significantly decreased, while the methylation of PCDH7 was increased in the AIPC cells compared to the ADPC cells. DNA methyltransferase inhibitor significantly suppressed the methylation and increased the mRNA and protein level of PCDH7. Moreover, overexpression of DNMT1 remarkably reduced the mRNA and protein level of PCDH7. DNA methyltransferase inhibitor decreased the cell growth and invasion while promote the cell apoptosis in the AIPC cells. AR significantly target PCDH7, whose hypermethylation may repress cell growth and invasion, and promote apoptosis in AIPC. CONCLUSIONS: This study might provide a novel potential target for the treatment of AIPC.
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Androgen; Methylation; PCDH7; Prostate cancer
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