Accession Number:

AD1007513

Title:

The Stromal Contribution to the Development of Resistance to New-Generation Drugs by Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,30 Sep 2014,29 Sep 2015

Corporate Author:

University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada

Personal Author(s):

• Lubik,Amy A.

Report Date:

2015-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The project will test the hypothesis that benign tumor support stromal cells have a significant role in acquired resistance of a prostate tumor to hormone therapies. Based upon our preliminary data showing that primary prostate stromal cells PrSCs acquire a steroidogenic phenotype under the influence of a paracrine Hedgehog Hh signaling microenvironment, we will test whether human bone marrow stromal cells BMSCs likewise convert to an androgen secreting phenotype under paracrine Hh stimulation. We will test whether Hh-primed steroiodogenic BMSCs or PrSCs can adapt to acute or chronic abiraterone treatment by further increasing their expressions of steroidogenic genes and by further increasing their outputs of T and DHT. Finally, we will attempt to develop a workable co-culture models that to show that Sonic Hh produced from PCa cells activates steroidogenesis in BMCs and PrSCs. Collectively, this work will significantly impact on our understanding of the mechanistic process leading to CRPC by showing that benign tumor support stromal cells within a bone metastasis have a supportive role in the development of CRPC through their ability to synthesize T and DHT upon Hh stimulation from metastatic PCa cells, and whether this adaptation can increase resistance to new generation therapies, which may lead to more productive combined therapies not only targeting steroidogenesis, but the supporting hedgehog pathway.

Descriptors:

• PROSTATE CANCER

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE