Peptidomimetic targeting of critical androgen receptor-coregulator interactions in prostate cancer

Preethi Ravindranathan, Tae Kyung Lee, Lin Yang, Margaret M. Centenera, Lisa Butler, Wayne D. Tilley, Jer Tsong Hsieh, Jung Mo Ahn, Ganesh V. Raj

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Abstract

The growth of advanced prostate cancer depends on androgen receptor signalling, however treatment options are limited. Here we report the disruption of specific protein-protein interactions involving LXXLL motifs in androgen receptor-coregulator proteins such as PELP1 using a novel, small molecule peptidomimetic (D2). D2 is stable, non-toxic and efficiently taken up by prostate cancer cells. Importantly, D2 blocks androgen-induced nuclear uptake and genomic activity of the androgen receptor. Furthermore, D2 abrogates androgen-induced proliferation of prostate cancer cells in vitro with an IC 50 of 40 nM, and inhibits tumour growth in a mouse xenograft model. D2 also disrupts androgen receptor-coregulator interactions in ex vivo cultures of primary human prostate tumours. These findings provide evidence that targeting androgen receptor-coregulator interactions using peptidomimetics may be a viable therapeutic approach for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1923
JournalNature communications
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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