title: Interplay between two hormone-independent activation domains in the androgen receptor.
abstract: The androgen receptor (AR) plays a key role in prostate cancer development, as well as its treatments, even for the hormone-refractory state. Here, we report that an earlier described lysine-to-arginine mutation at position 179 in AR leads to a more potent AR. We show that two activation domains (Tau-1 and Tau-5) are necessary and sufficient for the full activity of AR and the intrinsic activity of the AR-NTD. Two alpha-helices surrounding the Lys179 define the core of Tau-1, which can act as an autonomous activation function, independent of p160 coactivators. Furthermore, we show that although the recruitment of p160 coactivators is mediated through Tau-5, this event is attenuated by core Tau-1. This better definition of the mechanisms of action of both Tau-1 and Tau-5 is instrumental for the design of alternative therapeutic strategies against prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Leen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Callewaert
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Van Tilborgh
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Claessens
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D011944:Receptors, Androgen