Oncotarget

Research Papers:

This article has been corrected. Correction in: Oncotarget. 2024; 15:677-678.

Niclosamide enhances abiraterone treatment via inhibition of androgen receptor variants in castration resistant prostate cancer

Chengfei Liu _, Cameron Armstrong, Yezi Zhu, Wei Lou and Allen C. Gao

PDF  |  HTML  |  How to cite

Oncotarget. 2016; 7:32210-32220. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.8493

Metrics: PDF 3381 views  |   HTML 4403 views  |   ?  


Abstract

Chengfei Liu1, Cameron Armstrong1, Yezi Zhu1,2, Wei Lou1, Allen C. Gao1,2,3

1Department of Urology, University of California Davis, CA, USA

2Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of California Davis, CA, USA

3UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, CA, USA

Correspondence to:

Allen C. Gao, e-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: prostate cancer, niclosamide, abiraterone, androgen receptor variant, resistance

Received: December 10, 2015    Accepted: March 10, 2016    Published: March 30, 2016

ABSTRACT

Considerable evidence from both clinical and experimental studies suggests that androgen receptor variants, particularly androgen receptor variant 7 (AR-V7), are critical in the induction of resistance to enzalutamide and abiraterone. In this study, we investigated the role of AR-V7 in the cross-resistance of enzalutamide and abiraterone and examined if inhibition of AR-V7 can improve abiraterone treatment response. We found that enzalutamide-resistant cells are cross-resistant to abiraterone, and that AR-V7 confers resistance to abiraterone. Knock down of AR-V7 by siRNA in abiraterone resistant CWR22Rv1 and C4-2B MDVR cells restored their sensitivity to abiraterone, indicating that AR-V7 is involved in abiraterone resistance. Abiraterone resistant prostate cancer cells generated by chronic treatment with abiraterone showed enhanced AR-V7 protein expression. Niclosamide, an FDA-approved antihelminthic drug that has been previously identified as a potent inhibitor of AR-V7, re-sensitizes resistant cells to abiraterone treatment in vitro and in vivo. In summary, this preclinical study suggests that overexpression of AR-V7 contributes to resistance to abiraterone, and supports the development of combination of abiraterone with niclosamide as a potential treatment for advanced castration resistant prostate cancer.


Creative Commons License All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PII: 8493