Effect of MPC309 (AR-targeting Multivalent Peptoid Conjugate) treatment on gene expression in LNCaP-ABL cells (castration-resistant prostate cancer cell line) in comparison to Vehicle control and another well-known AR ligand, Ethisterone (partial agonist)
Effect of MPC309 (an AR-targeting Multivalent Peptoid Conjugate) treatment on gene expression in LNCaP-ABL cells (a castration-resistant prostate cancer cell line) in comparison to Vehicle control and another well-known AR ligand, Ethisterone (partial agonist). Prostate cancers adapt to androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibitors and progress to castration resistance due to ongoing AR expression and function. To counter this, we developed a new approach to modulate the AR and inhibit castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) using multivalent peptoid conjugates (MPCs) that contain multiple copies of the AR-targeting ligand ethisterone attached to a peptidomimetic scaffold. To determine if the effects of MPC309 differ from those of ethisterone alone, we conducted RNA-seq analysis on LNCaP-abl cells. These cells were treated overnight with either a control vehicle (DMSO), MPC309, or ethisterone. Our analysis revealed that there was minimal overlap in the genes regulated by MPC309 and ethisterone alone. Overall design: LNCaP-abl cells were cultured under androgen deprivation and treated with vehicle (DMSO), 1µM MPC309 or 10µM ethisterone overnight, and RNA-seq was performed. Experiments were performed in duplicate. Gene expression profiling analysis was performed by RNA seq and analyzed using the Rosalind software.