title: Induction of the SUMO-specific protease 1 transcription by the androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells.
abstract: Prostate cancer, the most frequently diagnosed carcinoma in males, is readily modulated via the transcriptional activity of androgen receptors. Our recent publication reported that androgen receptor-dependent transcription is significantly elevated with expression of the human sentrin/SUMO-specific protease (SENP1) in the androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cell line (LNCaP). In situ hybridization studies indicated an elevation of SENP1 message in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate cancer lesions as compared with normal prostate epithelia. This study aimed to delineate the mechanism for the regulation of SENP1 message and to determine the pathophysiological consequence of SENP1 induction with respect to prostate cancer. Real-time PCR confirmed the elevation of SENP1 mRNA in prostate cancer cells as compared with normal prostate epithelial cells. Chronic androgen exposure of LNCaP cells prompted an enhancement in the SENP1 transcript selectively. This androgen-mediated augmentation of SENP1 was absent with co-administration of the androgen receptor antagonist bicalutamide and in androgen receptor-negative prostate cancer PC-3 cells, indicating an androgen receptor-dependent event. Activation of the androgen receptor was required for binding an identified androgen response element and positively regulating SENP1 promoter activity. Abrogation of elevated SENP1 mRNA in prostate cancer cells significantly decreased androgen-mediated cell growth. Because increased SENP1 expression directly modulated androgen receptor-dependent cell proliferation and transcription, SENP1 could play an important role in prostate carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Tasneem
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bawa-Khalfe
authors.forename: Jinke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zhengxin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Edward T H
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; C495501:SUMO1 protein, human; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins