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Identification of a new androgen receptor (AR) co-regulator BUD31 and related peptides to suppress wild-type and mutated AR-mediated prostate cancer growth via peptide screening and X-ray structure analysis

  • Cheng Lung Hsu
  • , Jai Shin Liu
  • , Po Long Wu
  • , Hong Hsiang Guan
  • , Yuh Ling Chen
  • , An Chi Lin
  • , Huei Ju Ting
  • , See Tong Pang
  • , Shauh Der Yeh
  • , Wen Lung Ma
  • , Chung Jung Chen
  • , Wen Guey Wu
  • , Chawnshang Chang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chang Gung University
  • National Tsing Hua University
  • National Synchrotron Radiation Center
  • University of Rochester
  • National Cheng Kung University
  • China Medical University Taichung

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Abstract

Treatment with individual anti-androgens is associated with the development of hot-spot mutations in the androgen receptor (AR). Here, we found that anti-androgens-mt-ARs have similar binary structure to the 5α-dihydrotestosterone-wt-AR. Phage display revealed that these ARs bound to similar peptides, including BUD31, containing an Fxx(F/H/L/W/Y)Y motif cluster with Tyr in the +5 position. Structural analyses of the AR-LBD-BUD31 complex revealed formation of an extra hydrogen bond between the Tyr+5 residue of the peptide and the AR. Functional studies showed that BUD31-related peptides suppressed AR transactivation, interrupted AR N-C interaction, and suppressed AR-mediated cell growth. Combination of peptide screening and X-ray structure analysis may serve as a new strategy for developing anti-ARs that simultaneously suppress both wt and mutated AR function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1575-1587
Number of pages13
JournalMolecular Oncology
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 12 2014

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© 2014 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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Keywords

  • Androgen receptor
  • Anti-androgen withdrawal syndrome
  • BUD31
  • Crystallography
  • FxxLF

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