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Mechanisms Of Therapeutic Resistance In Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer, Sarah Katherine Martin
Mechanisms Of Therapeutic Resistance In Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer, Sarah Katherine Martin
Theses and Dissertations--Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Taxane based chemotherapy is an effective treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) via stabilization of microtubules. Progression to castration-resistant prostate cancer is characterized by increased androgen receptor (AR), elevated intra-prostatic androgens and activated AR signaling despite castrate levels of androgens.
Previous studies identified that the inhibitory effect of microtubule targeting chemotherapy on AR activity was conferred by interfering with AR intracellular trafficking. The N-terminal domain (NTD) of AR was identified as a tubulin interacting domain that can be effectively targeted by the novel small molecular inhibitor, EPI. Taken together, this evidence provided the rationale that targeting AR nuclear translocation and …