Fraction genome altered (FGA) to regulate both cell autonomous and non-cell autonomous functions in prostate cancer and its effect on prostate cancer aggressiveness.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 347-347
Author(s):  
Goutam Chakraborty ◽  
Arnab Ghosh ◽  
Subhiksha Nandakumar ◽  
Joshua Armenia ◽  
Ying Zhang Mazzu ◽  
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347 Background: Our ability to distinguish lethal from non-lethal forms of prostate cancer (PC) is limited. Given prostate tumors’ genetic heterogeneity, is it unlikely that a single somatic variant is prognostic. Herein we investigated fraction of genome altered (FGA; percentage of copy number altered chromosome regions out of measured regions; cBioportal) and tumor mutational count (TMC; number of mutational events per case) harbored by the primary tumor as two tumor-specific factors posited to influence disease aggressiveness or responsiveness to certain therapeutic agents. Methods: We used the TCGA data (n= 490 primary PC) and MSKCC-IMPACT (n=717, Zehir et al 2017) PC datasets to analyze the correlation between FGA and TMC in PC. GSEA was performed with transcriptomes used to identify signaling pathways associated with these two measures. We then categorized 490 primary PC patients from TCGA dataset into 4 groups based on FGA and TMC levels (based on the median values) to assess associations with outcomes. Results: Primary PC patients who harbor FGAhighTMClow exhibited shorter disease-free survival (High Risk). We observed attenuation of the androgen signaling pathway and induction of cell proliferation pathways associated with this aggressive form of disease. We used results from CIBERSORT algorithm and deep learning methods of TCGA data and observed that quantities of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes was higher in the FGAhighTMClow group (p=0.038). However, we also observed significantly reduced immune effector signaling-pathway signaling in this high-risk FGAhighTMClow group suggesting the presence of immune-suppressive networks in primary disease associated with a high risk of progression. Conclusions: A greater understanding of molecular features of aggressive primary PC (FGA/TMC) will be important in developing management strategies. Based on our preliminary analyses, we hypothesize that patients whose primary PC harbors FGAhighTMClow have a higher likelihood of aggressive disease due to their impact on PC cell proliferation and dedifferentiation (cell autonomous), and subdued immune responses (non-cell-autonomous).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhan-Long Li ◽  
Jia Mi ◽  
Lu Lu ◽  
Qing Luo ◽  
Xi Liu ◽  
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Pt3G inhibits DU-145 cell proliferation and induces apoptosis through the ROS/PTEN/PI3K/Akt/caspase-3 signaling pathway.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (14) ◽  
pp. 1159-1168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth A. Rosenthal ◽  
Chen Hu ◽  
Oliver Sartor ◽  
Leonard G. Gomella ◽  
Mahul B. Amin ◽  
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PURPOSE Radiotherapy (RT) plus long-term androgen suppression (AS) are a standard treatment option for patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer. We hypothesized that docetaxel chemotherapy (CT) could improve overall survival (OS) and clinical outcomes among patients with high-risk prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS The multicenter randomized NRG Oncology RTOG 0521 study enrolled patients with high-risk nonmetastatic disease between 2005 and 2009. Patients were randomly assigned to receive standard long-term AS plus RT with or without adjuvant CT. RESULTS A total of 612 patients were enrolled; 563 were evaluable. Median prostate-specific antigen was 15.1 ng/mL; 53% had a Gleason score 9 to 10 cancer; 27% had cT3 to cT4 disease. Median follow-up was 5.7 years. Treatment was well tolerated in both arms. Four-year OS rate was 89% (95% CI, 84% to 92%) for AS + RT and 93% (95% CI, 90% to 96%) for AS + RT + CT (hazard ratio [HR], 0.69; 90% CI, 0.49 to 0.97; one-sided P = .034). There were 59 deaths in the AS + RT arm and 43 in the AS + RT + CT arm, with fewer deaths resulting from prostate cancer in the AS + RT + CT arm versus AS + RT (23 v 16 deaths, respectively). Six-year rate of distant metastasis was 14% for AS + RT and 9.1% for AS + RT + CT, (HR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.99; two-sided P = .044). Six-year disease-free survival rate was 55% for AS + RT and 65% for AS + RT + CT (HR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.58 to 0.99; two-sided P = .043). CONCLUSION For patients with high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer, CT with docetaxel improved OS from 89% to 93% at 4 years, with improved disease-free survival and reduction in the rate of distant metastasis. The trial suggests that docetaxel CT may be an option to be discussed with selected men with high-risk prostate cancer.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. LBA5002-LBA5002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard M. Sandler ◽  
Chen Hu ◽  
Seth A. Rosenthal ◽  
Oliver Sartor ◽  
Leonard G. Gomella ◽  
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LBA5002 Background: High-risk, localized prostate cancer (PCa) patients have a relatively poor prognosis. We hypothesized that the addition of adjuvant docetaxel and prednisone to long-term (24 month) AS and radiation therapy (RT) would improve overall survival (OS). Methods: RTOG 0521 opened December 2005 and closed August 2009 with targeted accrual of 600 cases. It was designed to detect improvement in 4-year OS from 86% to 93% with a 51% hazard reduction (HR = 0.49). Under a 0.05 1-sided type I error and 90% power, at least 78 deaths were required to analyze the OS endpoint. Patients had 1) Gleason (Gl) 7-8, any T-stage, and PSA > 20, or 2) Gl 8, ≥ T2, any PSA, or 3) Gl 9-10, any T-stage, any PSA. All had PSA ≤ 150. RT dose was 75.6 Gy. CT consisted of 6, 21-day cycles of docetaxel + prednisone starting 28 days after RT. Results: Of 612 enrolled, 50 were excluded for eligibility issues, leaving 562 evaluable. Median age = 66, median PSA = 15.1, 53% had Gl 9-10, 27% had cT3-4. Median follow-up = 5.5 yrs. 4-yr OS rates were 89% [95% CI: 84-92%] for the AS+RT arm and 93% [95% CI: 90-96%] for the AS+RT+CT arm (1-sided p = 0.03, HR = 0.68 [95% CI: 0.44, 1.03]). There were 52 centrally-reviewed deaths in the AS+RT arm and 36 in the AS+RT+CT arm, with fewer deaths both due to PCa/treatment (20 vs 16) and due to other causes/unknown (32 vs 20) in the AS+RT+CT arm. 5-yr disease-free survival rates were 66% for AS+RT and 73% for AS+RT+CT (2-sided p = 0.05, HR = 0.76 [95% CI: 0.57, 1.00]). There was 1, Gr 5 unlikely-related adverse event (AE) in the AS+RT arm and 2, Gr 5 possibly/probably-related AEs with AS+RT+CT. Conclusions: For high-risk, localized PCa, adjuvant CT improved the OS from 89% to 93% at 4 years. Toxicity was acceptable. This trial was designed with a short OS assessment period and additional follow-up is warranted to determine the long-term benefit of CT to the current standard of care of long-term AS+RT. This project was supported by grants U10CA21661, U10CA180868, U10CA180822, from the National Cancer Institute and Sanofi with additional support from AstraZeneca for Australian site participation. Clinical trial information: NCT00288080.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stine Elleberg Petersen ◽  
Morten Høyer

PurposeThere is high-level evidence for addition of androgen deprivation therapy to photon-based radiotherapy of the prostate in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. Little is known about the value of ADT in particle therapy of prostate cancer. We are conducting a systematic review on biochemical disease-free survival, overall survival, and morbidity after combined particle therapy and ADT for prostate cancer.MethodsA thorough search in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were conducted, searching for relevant studies. Clinical studies on prostate cancer and the treatment combination of particle therapy and androgen deprivation therapy were included. The review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021230801).ResultsA total of 298 papers were identified. Fifteen papers reporting on 7,202 patients after proton or carbon-ion therapy for localized prostate cancer where a fraction or all patients received ADT were selected for analysis. Three thousand five hundred and nineteen (49%) of the patients had received combined ADT and particle therapy. Primarily high-risk (87%), to a lesser extent intermediate-risk (34%) and low-risk patients (12%) received ADT. There were no comparative studies on the effect of ADT in patients treated with particles and no studies identified ADT as an independent prognostic factor related to survival outcomes.ConclusionsThe review found no evidence to support that the effects on biochemical disease-free survival and morbidity of combining ADT to particle therapy differs from the ADT effects in conventional photon based radiotherapy. The available data on the topic is limited.


Author(s):  
Zhao-Ming Xiao ◽  
Dao-Jun Lv ◽  
Yu-zhong Yu ◽  
Chong Wang ◽  
Tao Xie ◽  
...  

BackgroundSWI/SNF-related, matrix-associated, actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily C member 1 (SMARCC1) protein is a potential tumor suppressor in various cancers. However, its role in prostate cancer (PCa) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the biological function of SMARCC1 in PCa and explore the underlying regulatory mechanisms.MethodsThe expression of SMARCC1 was validated in PCa tissues by immunohistochemistry. Meanwhile, function experiments were used to evaluate the regulatory role on cell proliferation and metastasis in PCa cells with SMARCC1 depletion both in vitro and in vivo. The expression levels of relevant proteins were detected by Western blotting.ResultsOur finding showed that SMARCC1 was significantly downregulated in prostate adenocarcinoma, with a higher Gleason score (GS) than that in low GS. The decreased expression of SMARCC1 was significantly correlated with a higher GS and poor prognosis. Additionally, we found that silencing of SMARCC1 dramatically accelerated cell proliferation by promoting cell cycle progression and enhancing cell migration by inducing epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). Furthermore, depletion of SMARCC1 facilitated PCa xenograft growth and lung metastasis in murine models. Mechanistically, the loss of SMARCC1 activated the PI3K/AKT pathway in PCa cells.ConclusionSMARCC1 suppresses PCa cell proliferation and metastasis via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and is a novel therapeutic target.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alok K. Tewari ◽  
Alexander T.M. Cheung ◽  
Jett Crowdis ◽  
Jake R. Conway ◽  
Sabrina Y. Camp ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTHigh-risk localized prostate cancer (HRLPC) is associated with a substantial risk of recurrence and prostate cancer-specific mortality1. Recent clinical trials have shown that intensifying anti-androgen therapies administered prior to prostatectomy can induce pathologic complete responses (pCR) or minimal residual disease (MRD) (<5 mm), together termed exceptional response, although the molecular determinants of these clinical outcomes are largely unknown. Here, we performed whole exome (WES) and whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) on pre-treatment multi-regional tumor biopsies from exceptional responders (ER: pCR and MRD patients) and non-responders (NR: pathologic T3 or lymph node positive disease) treated with intensive anti-androgen therapies prior to prostatectomy. SPOP mutation and SPOPL copy number loss were exclusively observed in ER, while TP53 mutation and PTEN copy number loss were exclusively observed in NR. These alterations were clonal in all tumor phylogenies per patient. Additionally, transcriptional programs involving androgen signaling and TGFβ signaling were enriched in ER and NR, respectively. The presence of these alterations in routine biopsies from patients with HRLPC may inform the prospective identification of responders to neoadjuvant anti-androgen therapies to improve clinical outcomes and stratify other patients to alternative biologically informed treatment strategies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binshen Chen ◽  
Yiming Zhang ◽  
Chaoming Li ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Yubo Gao ◽  
...  

IntroductionTherapy options for prostate cancer (PCa) typically are centered on docetaxel-based chemotherapy but are limited by the effects of multi-drug resistance. Recent advances have illustrated a role of contactin-1 (CNTN-1) in tumor chemoresistance, while the function and mechanism of CNTN-1 in the resistance of docetaxel in prostate cancer have not yet been elucidated.Material and methodsDocetaxel (Dox)-resistant PCa cell lines of PC3 (PC3-DR) and DU145 (DU145-DR) were established, and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs targeting CNTN-1 were generated to analyze the effect of knockdown of CNTN-1 on PCa progression. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), flow cytometry, wound-healing, transwell and western blotting analysis were used to analyze cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, invasion and related protein expression levels, respectively.ResultsKnockdown of CNTN-1 in PC3-DR and DU145-DR cells attenuated cell proliferation, migration, invasion, EMT phenotype, and drug resistance, and increased cell apoptosis further reduced the tumorigenic phenotype. Knockdown of CNTN-1 resulted in an anti-tumor effect in the xenograft tumor model, and decreased activity of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway both in vitro and in vivo.ConclusionsThe results of the present study suggest that downregulation of CNTN-1 may be an important mechanism to reverse chemoresistance in Dox-resistant PCa progression, thus shedding light on the development of novel anti-tumor therapeutics for the treatment of PCa.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 37-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Saldana ◽  
Laurent Salomon ◽  
Benoit Rousseau ◽  
Marie Chaubet-Houdu ◽  
Charlotte Joly ◽  
...  

37 Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy’s role after radical prostatectomy (RP) remains controversial in localized high-risk prostate cancer (HRPC). This phase II trial assessed the combination of weekly paclitaxel (WP) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in this population. Methods: All eligible patients (pts) had undergone a laparoscopic RP with pelvic lymph node dissection for a localized HRPC defined with ≥1 of the following criteria: T3b-T4 post-operated Gleason score (GS) ≥8, PSA≥ 20 ng/mL, pN+, in Henri Mondor Hospital. Pts were randomly assigned to either triptoreline 11.25mg every 3 months during 3 years and 8 cycles of WP 100 mg/ m2 (WP arm, n=21) or triptoreline alone (ADT arm, n=26). The primary endpoint is disease free survival (DFS); events=PSA relapse, clinical and radiographic relapse, death. The planned number of pts was 152. Toxicity results indicated a good tolerability with neutropenic fever in 4.3% (n=1), and no negative impact on QoL in the WP arm (Ploussard, Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2010). Here we report 8-year DFS and overall survival (OS) results. Results: Between February 2005 and October 2007, 47 pts were enrolled. This trial was terminated prematurely because of slow accrual. After a mean follow-up of 8.4 y, we identified a PSA relapse in 25 pts (53%) and castrate-resistant prostate cancer occurred in 6 pts. No statistically difference was found in terms of either biochemical or clinical DFS (bDFS, cDFS) and OS: 8-year bDFS rate: 50% [n=11/22] in the WP arm vs 46% [n=12/26] in the ADT arm (p=0.79); 8-year cDFS rate: 95.4% [n=21/22] in the WP arm vs 88.5% [n=23/26] in the ADT arm (p=0.38). The 8-year OS rate is 90.9% (n=20/22) and 84.6% (n=22/26) respectively with no difference between treatment arms (p=0.51). No clinical, histological or biological variable demonstrated a difference in either 8-year bDFS, cDFS or OS rate. Conclusions: Provided that this trial is probably underpowered to detect a DFS benefit, adjuvant weekly paclitaxel after RP was not associated with any significant reduction in the risk of biological relapse or death compared to ADT alone in patients with localized HRPC. Chemotherapy should be only proposed in dedicated clinical trial for localized HRPC.


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