title: Androgen receptor phosphorylation at serine 515 by Cdk1 predicts biochemical relapse in prostate cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prostate cancer cell growth is dependent upon androgen receptor (AR) activation, which is regulated by specific kinases. The aim of the current study is to establish if AR phosphorylation by Cdk1 or ERK1/2 is of prognostic significance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scansite 2.0 was utilised to predict which AR sites are phosphorylated by Cdk1 and ERK1/2. Immunohistochemistry for these sites was then performed on 90 hormone-naive prostate cancer specimens. The interaction between Cdk1/ERK1/2 and AR phosphorylation was investigated in vitro using LNCaP cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Phosphorylation of AR at serine 515 (pAR(S515)) and PSA at diagnosis were independently associated with decreased time to biochemical relapse. Cdk1 and pCdk1(161), but not ERK1/2, correlated with pAR(S515). High expression of pAR(S515) in patients with a PSA at diagnosis of ≤20 ng ml(-1) was associated with shorter time to biochemical relapse (P=0.019). This translated into a reduction in disease-specific survival (10-year survival, 38.1% vs 100%, P<0.001). In vitro studies demonstrated that treatment with Roscovitine (a Cdk inhibitor) caused a reduction in pCdk1(161) expression, pAR(S515)expression and cellular proliferation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In prostate cancer patients with PSA at diagnosis of ≤20 ng ml(-1), phosphorylation of AR at serine 515 by Cdk1 may be an independent prognostic marker.
authors: Institute of Cancer, University of Glasgow, McGregor Building, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Willder
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Heng
authors: P
authors: P
authors: McCall
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Adams
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Tannahill
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Fyffe
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Seywright
authors: P G
authors: PG
authors: Horgan
authors: H Y
authors: HY
authors: Leung
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Underwood
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011379:Prognosis; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D011687:Purines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012008:Recurrence; D000077546:Roscovitine; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C410798:AR protein, human; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011687:Purines; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D000077546:Roscovitine; D012694:Serine; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen