为了更加深入探究这种治疗抵抗性产生的机制,在一项新的研究中,来自美国斯隆凯特琳癌症纪念中心的Charles L. Sawyers及其团队利用体外和体内人前列腺癌模型证实这些肿瘤能够通过在表型上由AR依赖性导管腔上皮细胞转化为不依赖于AR的基底样细胞,对抗雄激素药物恩杂鲁胺(enzalutamide)产生耐药性。这种细胞谱系可塑性是由TP53和RB1的功能性缺失引起的,并且受到重编程转录因子SOX2表达上调的调节。
SOX2 promotes lineage plasticity and antiandrogen resistance in TP53- and RB1-deficient prostate cancer
Ping Mu1, Zeda Zhang1,2, Matteo Benelli3, Wouter R. Karthaus1, Elizabeth Hoover1, Chi-Chao Chen4,5, John Wongvipat1, Sheng-Yu Ku6, Dong Gao1, Zhen Cao1,5, Neel Shah1,2, Elizabeth J. Adams1, Wassim Abida1, Philip A. Watson1, Davide Prandi3, Chun-Hao Huang4,5, Elisa de Stanchina7, Scott W. Lowe4,5,8, Leigh Ellis6, Himisha Beltran9,10, Mark A. Rubin9,10, David W. Goodrich6, Francesca Demichelis3,9, Charles L. Sawyers