miR-17-5p targets the p300/CBP-associated factor and modulates androgen receptor transcriptional activity in cultured prostate cancer cells

BMC Cancer

Research Article

Alex N Eischeid¹  Xian-Ming Chen¹  Jing Xiao¹  Zhao-Yi Wang¹  Ai-Yu Gong¹  Dongqing Chen¹  Jian Zhao²  Charles YF Young³ 

[1] Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 68178, Omaha, NE, USA;Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 68178, Omaha, NE, USA;Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, China;Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 55905, Rochester, MN, USA;

关键词: Androgen Receptor;    LNCaP Cell;    Luciferase Reporter Construct;    Human Prostate Epithelial Cell;    Androgen Receptor Transcriptional Activity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2407-12-492

 received in 2011-11-04, accepted in 2012-10-18,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAndrogen receptor (AR) signalling is critical to the initiation and progression of prostate cancer (PCa). Transcriptional activity of AR involves chromatin recruitment of co-activators, including the p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF). Distinct miRNA expression profiles have been identified in PCa cells during the development and progression of the disease. Whether miRNAs regulate PCAF expression in PCa cells to regulate AR transcriptional activity is still unclear.MethodsExpression of PCAF was investigated in several PCa cell lines by qRT-PCR, Western blot, and immunocytochemistry. The effects of PCAF expression on AR-regulated transcriptional activity and cell growth in PCa cells were determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation, reporter gene construct analysis, and MTS assay. Targeting of PCAF by miR-17-5p was evaluated using the luciferase reporter assay.ResultsPCAF was upregulated in several PCa cell lines. Upregulation of PCAF promoted AR transcriptional activation and cell growth in cultured PCa cells. Expression of PCAF in PCa cells was associated with the downregulation of miR-17-5p. Targeting of the 3’-untranslated region of PCAF mRNA by miR-17-5p caused translational suppression and RNA degradation, and, consequently, modulation of AR transcriptional activity in PCa cells.ConclusionsPCAF is upregulated in cultured PCa cells, and upregulation of PCAF is associated with the downregulation of miR-17-5p. Targeting of PCAF by miR-17-5p modulates AR transcriptional activity and cell growth in cultured PCa cells.

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