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SOX2 utilizes FOXA1 as a heteromeric transcriptional partner to drive proliferation in therapy-resistant prostate cancer.

John T Phoenix, Audris Budreika, Devin A Schmeck, Raymond J Kostlan, Marina G Ferrari, Kristen S Young, Charles S Rogers, Carleen D Deegan, Marcus W Bienko, Hannah E Bergom and 17 more

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5 · Who and what money

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27 authors.

John T PhoenixDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7954-4059
Audris BudreikaDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-9810-4775
Devin A SchmeckDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Raymond J KostlanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0417-0731
Marina G FerrariDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6295-5695
Kristen S YoungDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
Charles S RogersDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
Carleen D DeeganDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-2001-5159
Marcus W BienkoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
Hannah E BergomDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2157-6562
Ella BoytimDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-8062-6431
Ryan M BrownDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Julia A WalewiczDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
Shreya K BhagiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.
Leigh EllisCenter for Prostate Disease Research, Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4739-5049
Emmanuel S AntonarakisDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3531-3851
Justin M DrakeDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8329-7748
Pushpinder S BawaCenter for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8370-3638
Jordan E VellkyDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7605-3390
Anthony WilliamsDepartment of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Natalie M RezineDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9240-9943
Jonathan P RennhackDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6306-195X
Sean W FanningDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9428-0060
Justin H HwangDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1686-7103
Russell Z SzmulewitzDepartment of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1444-3617
Donald J Vander GriendDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4421-5698
Steven KregelDepartment of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0847-2657

Funding

Transplant Biology and TherapyP30CA077598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · 1998 to 2025
$35.0M
Function of the Stem Cell Transcription Factor SOX2 in Prostatic EnlargementR01DK124473 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Donald Vander Griend · 2022 to 2024
$1.5M
Structural-Transcriptional Relationships that Improve Y537S Estrogen Receptor AntagonismR37CA279341 · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · 2025 to 2025
$345k
ATR Dependency as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Lethal RB Deficient ProstateCancerR01CA252468 · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · 2025 to 2025
$194k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA077598NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178431NCI NIH HHS R01 CA252468NCI NIH HHS R37 CA279341NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK124473
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment options and diagnostic outlook for men with advanced, therapy resistant prostate cancer (PCa) are extremely poor; this is primarily due to the common lack of durable response to androgen receptor (AR) targeted therapies and phenotypic transdifferentiation into a particularly lethal subtype known as neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). In this study, we mechanistically determine that SOX2 (a transcription factor originally repressed by AR) physically binds and acts in a concerted manner with FOXA1 (a key AR pioneering cofactor) to regulate a subset of genes which promote cell cycle progression, and lineage plasticity in AR-refractory prostate cancers. Our findings assert the SOX2/FOXA1 interaction as an important mediator of resistance to AR-targeted therapy and a driver of NEPC and lineage plasticity; their coordinated action and downstream signaling offers a potential novel therapeutic opportunity in late-stage PCa.

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androgenARASCL1castrationCRPCenzalutamideFGFFGFRFOXA1lineage plasticityNEPCneuroendocrineProstate cancerROR1SOX2stem cells

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PMCPMC12338689

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