Signalling transduction of O-GlcNAcylation and PI3K/AKT/mTOR-axis in prostate cancer

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Makwana, V
Rudrawar, S
Anoopkumar-Dukie, S
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2021
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Hexosamine biosynthetic (HBP) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways are found to predominate the proliferation and survival of prostate cancer cells. Both these pathways have their own specific intermediates to propagate the secondary signals in down-stream cascades and besides having their own structured network, also have shared interconnecting branches. These interconnections are either competitive or co-operative in nature depending on the microenvironmental conditions. Specifically, in prostate cancer HBP and mTOR pathways increases the expression and protein level of androgen receptor in order to support cancer cell proliferation, advancement and metastasis. Pharmacological inhibition of a single pathway is therefore insufficient to stop disease progression as the cancer cells manage to alter the signalling channel. This is one of the primary reasons for the therapeutic failure in prostate cancer and emergence of chemoresistance. Inhibition of these multiple pathways at their common junctures might prove to be of benefit in men suffering from an advanced disease state. Hence, a thorough understanding of these cellular intersecting points and their significance with respect to signal transduction mechanisms might assist in the rational designing of combinations for effective management of prostate cancer.

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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease

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1867

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7

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Biochemistry and cell biology

Medical biochemistry and metabolomics

Clinical sciences

Androgen receptor

Chemoresistance

Combinatorial approach

HBP

mTOR

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Makwana, V; Rudrawar, S; Anoopkumar-Dukie, S, Signalling transduction of O-GlcNAcylation and PI3K/AKT/mTOR-axis in prostate cancer, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, 2021, 1867 (7), pp. 166129-

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