Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Anastasia Hepburn, Daniel Ozanne, Professor David Neal, Professor Craig Robson
Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.
The androgen receptor (AR), a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, functions as a ligand-dependent transcription factor that regulates genes involved in cell proliferation and differentiation. Using a C-terminal region of the human AR in a yeast two-hybrid screen, we have identified RACK1 (receptor for activated C kinase-1) as an AR-interacting protein. In this report we found that RACK1, which was previously shown to be a protein kinase C (PKC)-anchoring protein that determines the localization of activated PKCbetaII isoform, facilitates ligand-independent AR nuclear translocation upon PKC activation by indolactam V. We also observed RACK1 to suppress ligand-dependent and -independent AR transactivation through PKC activation. In chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, we demonstrate a decrease in AR recruitment to the AR-responsive prostate-specific antigen (PSA) promoter following stimulation of PKC. Furthermore, prolonged exposure to indolactam V, a PKC activator, caused a reduction in PSA mRNA expression in prostate cancer LNCaP cells. Finally, we found PKC activation to have a repressive effect on AR and PSA protein expression in androgen-treated LNCaP cells. Our data suggest that RACK1 may function as a scaffold for the association and modification of AR by PKC enabling translocation of AR to the nucleus but rendering AR unable to activate transcription of its target genes.
Author(s): Rigas AC, Ozanne DM, Neal DE, Robson CN
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
Year: 2003
Volume: 278
Issue: 46
Pages: 46087-46093
ISSN (print): 0021-9258
ISSN (electronic): 1083-351X
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M306219200
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M306219200
Altmetrics provided by Altmetric
