The Role of Retinal Determination Gene Network (RDGN) in Hormone Signaling Transduction and Prostate Tumorigenes

Abstract

These studies were conducted to determine the function of DACH1 in regulating prostate cancer growth in vitro and in vivo, and to determine the normal function of DACH1 in prostate development. We demonstrated that DACH1 suppresses prostate cancer cellular growth induced by ErbB2. We demonstrated similar mechanisms govern DACH1 restrain of prostate tumorigenesis promoted by Ras, c-Myc and c-Src. We identified the key molecular targets regulated by DACH1 in vitro and in vivo and showed using ChIP analysis the binding of DACH1 tokey target genes. We used genetic deletion studies to identify the key function for DACH1 in restraining cytokine secretion. IL-8 and IL-6 are the key cytokines demonstrated to promote prostate cancer growth andwe showed that DACH1 is the key endogenous mechanism governing restraint of prostate epithelial cell cytokinesecretion (IL-8 and IL-6).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1007602

Entities

People

  • Kongming Wu
  • Xiaoming Ju

Organizations

  • Thomas Jefferson University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Androgen Receptors
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Physiological Processes
  • Cells
  • Cytokines
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Neoplasms
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Proteins
  • Secretion
  • Stem Cells
  • Tissues
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Breast cancer cell signaling and growth regulation.
  • Prostate Cancer Biology.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Cancer Biotech