Androgen receptor corepressors and prostate cancer

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The androgen receptor (AR) mediates the effects of male steroid hormones (androgens) and contributes to a wide variety of physiological and pathophysiological conditions. As such, the regulatory mechanisms governing AR activity are of high significance. Concerted effort has been placed on delineating the mechanisms that control AR activity in prostate cancer, as AR is required for survival and proliferation in this tumor type. Moreover, AR is the central therapeutic target for metastatic prostate cancers, and recurrent tumors evade therapy by restoring AR activity. It is increasingly apparent that AR cofactors which modulate receptor activity can contribute to prostate cancer growth or progression, and this has been particularly well established for AR coactivators. The present review is focused on the role of AR corepressors in governing androgen action, with a specific emphasis on their activities in prostate cancer.

Abstract

The androgen receptor (AR) mediates the effects of male steroid hormones (androgens) and contributes to a wide variety of physiological and pathophysiological conditions. As such, the regulatory mechanisms governing AR activity are of high significance. Concerted effort has been placed on delineating the mechanisms that control AR activity in prostate cancer, as AR is required for survival and proliferation in this tumor type. Moreover, AR is the central therapeutic target for metastatic prostate cancers, and recurrent tumors evade therapy by restoring AR activity. It is increasingly apparent that AR cofactors which modulate receptor activity can contribute to prostate cancer growth or progression, and this has been particularly well established for AR coactivators. The present review is focused on the role of AR corepressors in governing androgen action, with a specific emphasis on their activities in prostate cancer.

Introduction

Androgens regulate numerous physiological responses from male sexual development to bone and muscle growth. The biological action of androgens is mediated through the androgen receptor (AR), a ligand-dependent transcription factor that belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily (Trapman & Brinkmann 1996). There is no sexually dimorphic organ, including the brain, which is not affected by AR during development. A large number of spontaneous mutations have been characterized that affect a broad range of phenotypes of male developmental abnormalities, including androgen insensitivity syndrome and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. AR is also necessary for the development of pathologic conditions later in life, most notably prostate cancer.

Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the second leading cause of male cancer death in most western countries, including the United States (Denmeade & Isaacs 2002, Jemal et al. 2006). Remarkably, prostate cancer development and progression are dependent upon AR function (Trapman & Brinkmann 1996, Taplin & Balk 2004), and first-line treatment for metastatic (including micrometastatic) disease is designed to specifically inhibit AR activity (Feldman & Feldman 2001, Denmeade & Isaacs 2002). These treatment regimens are accomplished through either depletion of ligand (testosterone) and/or through the use of antagonists that bind directly to AR (Denmeade & Isaacs 2002, Salesi et al. 2005). Both intervention strategies are highly effective at reducing AR function, thereby inducing both cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in AR-dependent prostate cancer cells (Denmeade et al. 1996, Agus et al. 1999). However, recurrent tumors ultimately arise for which treatment efficacy is limited. Clinical analyses of recurrent tumors and recapitulation of therapeutic resistance in model systems strongly support the hypothesis that aberrant AR reactivation is responsible for tumor recurrence despite hormonal blockade (Feldman & Feldman 2001). Given the importance of AR activity for prostate cancer development, growth, and progression, a concerted effort has been put forth to delineate the factors that regulate AR activity.

Androgen receptor activation

Androgens activate AR by unmasking its ability to bind DNA and thereby activate gene transcription. The AR belongs to the steroid receptor subclass of nuclear receptors, all ligand-activated transcription factors which bind to specific DNA sequences and transactivate a distinct subset of genes (Evans 1988, Mangelsdorf et al. 1995, Gelmann 2002). The AR protein is comprised of four domains: (i) an N-terminal domain (NTD) with the principle transcriptional activation functions (AF-1 and AF-5), (ii) a central DNA-binding domain (DBD), (iii) a hinge region, and (iv) a C-terminal ligand-binding domain flanked at the far C-terminus by another transcriptional activation function domain (AF-2; Jenster et al. 1992, Brinkmann et al. 1999). A nuclear import sequence flanks the DNA-binding and hinge regions. Like all nuclear steroid receptors, the AR is activated by ligand binding (Wilson 1996, Jenster 1999). Testosterone, secreted by both the testes and the adrenal gland, is the most abundant androgen and ligand for the AR present in the human male circulation. In target tissues, such as the prostate, testosterone is converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), through the action of 5α-reductase. DHT is a high-affinity ligand for the AR, and although present at lower levels than testosterone, DHT is a much more powerful AR agonist (He et al. 2006). Prior to activation by ligand (DHT), the AR is present diffusely throughout the cytoplasm and nucleus of prostatic epithelial and adenocarcinoma cells. The inactive receptor is associated with heat-shock proteins that sequester AR in the cytoplasm and prevent the AR from exerting transcriptional activity (Marivoet et al. 1992). Upon ligand binding, the receptor dissociates from the heat-shock proteins and translocates to the nucleus (Jenster et al. 1993, Zhou et al. 1994). Active AR homodimers recognize and bind specific DNA sequences called ‘androgen-response elements’ (AREs), which are located in the promoter and/or enhancer region of androgen-responsive genes (Trapman & Brinkmann 1996) and can be organized into either spaced palindromic or direct repeats (Verrijdt et al. 2003). Subsequent recruitment of cofactors regulates the ability of the AR to stimulate transcription of these target genes (Jenster 1998, Heinlein & Chang 2002).

AR coactivators in prostate cancer

It is evident that ligand-induced cofactor recruitment strongly influences the outcome of receptor activation. AR coactivators serve as critical amplifiers that affect gene expression and transcription complex assembly in a context-specific manner. Since coactivators can demonstrate differential functions dependent on promoter context and/or in the presence of selected AR agonists, it is hypothesized that coactivators assist in controlling the ligand and tissue-specific activities of the receptor. Several distinct classes of AR coactivators have been identified, and these have been extensively reviewed (Heinlein & Chang 2002, Culig et al. 2004; also see Androgen Receptor Mutations Database, http://www.androgendb.mcgill.ca/). In general, coactivators act directly or recruit enzymes to modify chromatin through either covalent histone modification (e.g. acetylation and methylation) or remodeling of chromatin structure (e.g. SWI/SNF complexes). Such modifications foster a state of open chromatin, allowing recruitment of basal transcription machinery and RNA polymerase II (Sommer & Fuqua 2001, Urnov & Wolffe 2001, Heinlein & Chang 2002, Narlikar et al. 2002). More specialized AR coactivators serve to modulate association of the AR NTD with the carboxy terminal domain (N/C interaction). The AR N/C interaction is mediated through an FxxLF motif in the receptor NTD, which interacts with and occupies a hydrophobic cleft in the C-terminal AF-2 domain upon ligand binding (Zhou et al. 1994, He et al. 2000). Successful interaction of these two motifs is important for robust transcriptional activity, and recently it has been shown that the N/C interaction is critical for AR–chromatin association in cells (Li et al. 2005). Some coactivators, including steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC-1) and translation initiation factor 2 (TIF2), have been shown to facilitate N/C interaction and thus stabilize the AR-ligand association, promote subsequent coactivator recruitment, and enhance overall receptor stability (Ikonen et al. 1997, Berrevoets et al. 1998). Alternatively, factors that negatively modulate N/C interaction (e.g. MAGE-11) can induce AR activity by facilitating coactivator recruitment to the AF-2 domain (Bai et al. 2005). Thus, modulation of N/C interactions represents a major mechanism by which coactivators govern AR activity.

Given the potent role of coactivators in enhancing AR function, it was suspected that AR effectors may be deregulated in a subset of prostate cancers. Emerging evidence supports this concept. For example, aberrant expression of the coactivators SRC-1 and TIF2 is associated with relapse after therapeutic intervention (Fujimoto et al. 2001, Gregory et al. 2001, Agoulnik et al. 2005). Additionally, the androgen receptor-associated proteins 70 (ARA70) and 55 (ARA55) can enhance AR activity in the presence of selected therapeutic AR antagonists (e.g. hydroxyflutamide; Miyamoto et al. 1998, Fujimoto et al. 1999). ARA70 expression is also induced post-castration in a xenograft prostate cancer model system, suggesting that this is one mechanism that facilitates the transition to therapeutic resistance (Gregory et al. 1998). Most recently, ARA70 expression was shown to be enhanced in the neoplastic prostate as compared with benign tissue, thus further implicating a role for this coactivator in prostate cancer progression (Hu et al. 2004). When combined, these observations indicate that cofactor deregulation may have significant impact on prostate cancer growth and progression. Here, we review the mechanisms of AR corepressor function and discuss the role of these cofactors in prostate cancer (Table 1).

AR corepressors: mechanisms of action

The mechanisms of corepressor action are as vast as that of their counterparts, the coactivators. By the classical definition, corepressors are those molecules that bind directly to AR and recruit chromatin-modifying enzymes that preclude transcriptional activation. However, a large number of molecules have been identified that negatively regulate AR activity through alternate mechanisms. For the purposes of this review, corepressors have been subdivided based on their mechanism of repression, including: (i) chromatin modification, (ii) regulation of AR N/C interaction, (iii) abrogation of AR-chromatin association or nuclear translocation, and/or (iv) inhibition of coactivator recruitment (Fig. 1).

Chromatin modifiers:

Corepressors that trigger chromatin condensation and/or chromatin modifications typically recruit histone deacetylases (HDACs) to the AR complex. As mentioned, a certain subset of coactivators acetylate lysine residues on histone tails, thus loosening the association of nucleosomes with DNA and facilitating gene transcription (Fu et al. 2002a). HDACs counterbalance these affects through deacetylation of the same lysine residues, and this event results in both chromatin condensation and promoter inaccessibility (Sengupta & Seto 2004). However, HDACs lack inherent DNA-binding capability, and also require activation by secondary molecules to induce enzymatic activity (Sengupta & Seto 2004). For example, HDAC3 requires activation by nuclear receptor corepressor (NCoR) or silencing mediator of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone receptor (SMRT) to exert HDAC function (Alland et al. 1997, Heinzel et al. 1997, Wen et al. 2000). It is believed that these regulators exist in large repressor complexes that require additional alternate subunits, such as transducin β-like 1 (TBL1), for function (Yoon et al. 2003). Lastly, evidence suggests that HDACs may impinge on alternate, non-histone substrates to govern AR function. For example, AR itself is known to be acetylated by p300/CBP-associated factor (P/CAF) in key lysine residues within the hinge region, and this modification has been shown to enhance AR activity and subsequent coactivator recruitment (Fu et al. 2002b, 2003). It is presumed that a lysine deacetylase (such as HDAC) counterbalances this function. Thus, while it is clear that HDACs act in concert with NCoR and SMRT to elicit chromatin condensation, this class of repressor may directly modify the AR itself or other AR cofactors to modulate receptor activity.

Given the potent ability of HDACs to control chromatin structure, it is not surprising that many AR corepressors recruit HDACs (in addition to NCoR and SMRT) to induce transcriptional repression. Several AR corepressors are known to depend on HDAC function. Cyclin D1, protein inhibitor of activated STAT, PIASγ, short heterodimer partner (SHP), and AR corepressor -19 kDa (ARR19) have been shown to directly interact with HDACs, and pharmacological inhibitors of HDAC function reduce the efficacy of each AR corepressor (Gobinet et al. 2001, Petre et al. 2002, Gross et al. 2004, Jeong et al. 2004). For example, cyclin D1 associates directly with HDAC3, and utilizes this mechanism to repress both AR and thyroid hormone receptor activity (Lin et al. 2002, Petre-Draviam et al. 2004). In both cases, cyclin D1 corepressor function was partially relieved upon treatment with trichostatin A (TSA), an established HDAC inhibitor (Lin et al. 2002, Petre et al. 2002). In addition, PIASγ has been shown to interact with HDAC1, and in this case, AR activity was completely restored in the presence of TSA (Gross et al. 2004). Thus, HDAC recruitment is a critical component of this class of corepressor.

Other AR corepressors (such as ErbB3-binding protein (EBP1), DJ1-binding protein (DJBP), and TG-interacting factor (TGIF); (Sharma & Sun 2001, Niki et al. 2003, Zhang et al. 2005a)) employ Sin3 complexes to exert transcriptional repression, which consist of Sin3a and Sin3b in conjunction with either HDAC1 or HDAC2. The Sin3 complex is pre-assembled prior to chromatin recruitment; therefore, corepressors serve to provide specificity of Sin3 activity by recruiting the complex to appropriate gene targets (Silverstein & Ekwall 2005). More specifically, EBP1 has been shown to be recruited to AR targets in the presence of therapeutic antagonists in concert with HDAC2 (Zhang et al. 2005b), thus providing evidence of EBP1 function in prostatic cancer therapy. Interestingly, the recently identified Hey1 corepressor links the Notch pathway to AR regulation and requires two distinct repressor domains to govern AR function (Belandia et al. 2005). While both the C-terminal and bHLH domains of Hey1 utilize HDAC function, the latter can also act in a HDAC-independent manner. As both domains are required to elicit transcriptional repression (Belandia et al. 2005), these data indicate that HDACs are not universally sufficient to suppress AR function. In sum, these observations reveal that chromatin-modifying enzymes, such as HDACs, play significant roles in eliciting AR corepressor function, and those corepressor molecules lend specificity to AR regulation.

Modulation of AR N/C interactions:

Upon ligand binding, the AR undergoes structural changes, thus providing a second mechanism by which corepressor molecules can dictate receptor function. As discussed previously, ligand binding stimulates an association between the 23FxxLF27 motif and the hydrophobic surface of the AR LBD that results in enhanced receptor stability and activity (He et al. 2000). Moreover, N/C interactions can also modulate coactivator function (He et al. 2001, 2002). Recent evidence demonstrates that N/C interaction is essential for AR to effectively bind chromatin (but not naked DNA), thus underscoring the importance of this structural change (Li et al. 2005). The biological significance of N/C association is well established, as genetic disruption results in weakened or lost receptor activity and the development of androgen insensitivity syndrome (Langley et al. 1998). Thus, N/C interaction represents a major mode of AR regulation that controls chromatin binding, receptor stability, and coactivator function.

Corepressors have been shown to modulate the N/C interaction through multiple mechanisms. First, selected corepressors prevent formation of the N/C interaction through intrinsic motifs that compete for binding. For example, hRad9 was identified as an AR corepressor through a yeast two-hybrid screen designed to identify factors that bind the AR DBD or LBD (Wang et al. 2004b). In these studies, an FxxLF motif within hRad9 was shown to compete for binding to the AR LBD, thus inhibiting N/C interaction and blocking AR activity (Wang et al. 2004b). A second class of N/C modifiers bind directly to regions of AR that mediate N/C interaction, and are presumed to preclude efficient N/C interaction through steric hindrance. Such a mechanism is proposed for large tumor suppressor 2 (lats2), which associates with a residue in the AR LBD known to be required for N/C interaction (I898; Powzaniuk et al. 2004). By contrast, cyclin D1 inhibits N/C interaction by binding directly to the AR FxxLF region. The ability of cyclin D1 to bind the FxxLF motif is critical for its repressor function, and acts in concert with HDAC recruitment to impinge on AR activity (Burd et al. 2005). Lastly, several corepressors have been shown to block N/C interaction through as of yet undefined mechanisms. SMRT falls into this class, since the contact sites wherein SMRT interacts with AR (located in both the NTD and the LBD) are not known to be required for N/C interaction (Dotzlaw et al. 2002, Agoulnik et al. 2003, Liao et al. 2003). This is also true for filamin-A (FLNA), which binds the AR hinge region yet inhibits N/C interaction (Loy et al. 2003), and for p53, which strongly inhibits N/C interaction through an undefined motif (Shenk et al. 2001). Recent evidence suggests that post-translational modifications can also influence the AR N/C interaction, as glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β; capable of binding both the AR NTD and the LBD) inhibits this interaction through a mechanism dependent on its kinase activity (Wang et al. 2004a). These collective observations indicate that control of the N/C interaction is a major effector point for AR corepressors. Assessing the relative impact of these functions on receptor stability and chromatin association will help to establish the importance of N/C regulation for corepressor activity.

DNA binding/nuclear translocation:

As a nuclear receptor, the ability of AR to translocate to the nucleus and bind target gene promoters is essential to its biological function (Jenster et al. 1993). A small group of corepressors impinge on these processes to modulate AR activity. An example is the phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) tumor suppressor, a phosphatase widely known for its role in preventing unscheduled cell cycle progression and cellular proliferation (Altomare & Testa 2005). PTEN has been shown to sequester AR in the cytoplasm of LNCaP cells (Lin et al. 2004b), although the mechanisms by which PTEN exerts this effect are not understood. It has also been shown that PTEN leads to decreased AR stability and it is hypothesized that this destabilization event is functionally linked to cytoplasmic sequestration of AR (Lin et al. 2004b). Inhibition of AR nuclear translocation has also been observed with PAK6 (p21-activated kinase 6) and ARA67 (Schrantz et al. 2004, Zhang et al. 2004). Other corepressors have been shown to block the AR-DNA association using in vitro assays, including DAXX and calreticulin (Dedhar et al. 1994, Lin et al. 2004a); not surprisingly, each of these corepressors interact with the AR DBD. For calreticulin, this interaction is mediated through its KxGFFKR motif, which is homologous to a common motif found in nuclear receptor DBDs (Dedhar et al. 1994). As such, it is proposed that calreticulin may act as a general repressor of nuclear receptor action. In addition, Rack1 has been associated with decreased AR promoter occupancy through its activation of the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway (Rigas et al. 2003). Together, these corepressors limit AR function by inhibiting AR nuclear translocation and/or DNA binding.

Coactivator competition:

A number of AR corepressors function by inhibiting coactivator recruitment to the AR complex, as achieved through association with either AR or the coactivator itself. Both NCoR and SMRT have recently been shown to directly compete for coactivator recruitment by binding to AR. Ablation of either corepressor led to increased recruitment of the coactivators SRC-1 and p300 on endogenous AR targets (Kang et al. 2004, Hodgson et al. 2005, Yoon & Wong 2005). Several other proteins, including SHP and filamin-A (FLNA) have also been shown to inhibit AR function by competing with coactivators (Gobinet et al. 2001, Loy et al. 2003). However, most studies rely on transient assays and ectopically expressed AR targets to establish the impact of corepressors on coactivator function. In these model systems, competition is implied by a corepressor’s ability to overcome expression of a coactivator, but the mechanisms of action are not revealed by this methodology. For example, it is possible that this function of FLNA may be related to its ability to inhibit N/C interactions, as TIF2 is one of the coactivators thought to stabilize this AR conformation (Alen et al. 1999).

An alternate group of corepressors acts directly on coactivators to influence AR activity. In some cases, the besieged coactivator is targeted for degradation. Such is the case with GSK-3β, which initiates degradation of β-catenin, an established AR coactivator (Truica et al. 2000, Masiello et al. 2004). By contrast, the proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (PYK2) corepressor phosphorylates the coactivator ARA55, thus preventing its association with AR. PYK2 is unique among the identified corepressors as it does not interact with AR (Wang et al. 2002). Cyclin D1 has also been shown to bind to coactivators (SRC-1 and P/CAF; Zwijsen et al. 1998, McMahon et al. 1999), and a mechanism has been proposed wherein under specific conditions cyclin D1 can suppress coactivator function (Reutens et al. 2001). The forkhead box H1 (FOXH1) corepressor has been shown to bind numerous AR coactivators; however, the biological relevance of this activity for FOXH1 repressor function has yet to be determined (Chen et al. 2005).

Alternate mechanisms:

Lastly, a group of corepressors has been identified for which the mechanisms of action remain elusive. One such corepressor is histone acetyltransferase binding to ORC1 (HBO1), a member of the MYST family that inhibits AR activity through binding the DBD–LBD (Sharma et al. 2000). The identification of HBO1 as a repressor was surprising, as this protein contains histone acetyltransferase activity inherent in many coactivators. However, published reports have not challenged the requirement of HBO1 enzymatic activity for its role as a corepressor. A second corepressor whose functions remain elusive is amino-terminus enhancer of split (AES), which represses AR through HDAC-independent means (Yu et al. 2001). AES is known to interact with the basal transcription factor, TFIIE, but the relevance of this interaction for AR regulation is unknown. Finally, the PIAS family of proteins may modify AR function through post-translational modifications. The PIAS proteins are implicated in sumoylation of AR and harbor E3 sumoylation activity (Schmidt & Muller 2003). Interestingly, while several PIAS proteins are AR coactivators, selected PIAS family members (e.g. PIAS3) have been shown to exert both coactivator and corepressor activities, dependent upon experimental conditions (Junicho et al. 2000, Kotaja et al. 2000, Gross et al. 2001). The requirement of enzymatic function for corepressor activity has yet to be established, although the SUMO E3 ligase activity has been implicated (Nishida & Yasuda 2002).

In sum, corepressors impinge on virtually every facet of AR regulation, including modulation of AR localization, chromatin accessibility and binding, and cofactor recruitment. Given the importance of AR in prostate cancer, recent studies have begun to challenge the role of AR corepressors in this tumor type.

Corepressors and prostate cancer

Despite the significant advances in identifying AR corepressors and their mechanisms of action, fewer studies have addressed their relevance for human disease. Emerging evidence indicates that alterations in AR corepressor regulation may significantly influence prostate cancer development and progression. As summarized later, present analyses have revealed specific roles for AR corepressors with variant functions in prostate cancer (Fig. 2).

NCoR and SMRT:

As described previously, NCoR and SMRT are master regulators of HDAC activity, and repress AR function through their ability to activate these chromatin-modifying enzymes (Cheng et al. 2002, Shang et al. 2002). In the context of prostate cancer, this function of NCoR and SMRT is particularly salient for the treatment of metastatic disease. First-line therapy for disseminated prostate cancer consists of androgen-deprivation therapy used prior to or in combination with AR antagonists, such as bicalutamide (Denmeade & Isaacs 2002, Salesi et al. 2005). It was previously thought that AR antagonists function passively by competing with androgen for binding to the LBD, and thereby precluding formation of an active receptor complex. However, groundbreaking studies demonstrated that antagonists, such as bicalutamide, also initiate recruitment of corepressors to the AR complex, thus actively repressing transcription from AR target genes (Shang et al. 2002, Song et al. 2004, Yoon & Wong 2005). Analysis of antagonist-induced AR complexes indicated that NCoR and SMRT (in addition to HDACs) are critical components of this process (Shang et al. 2002). Other therapeutic agents, such as the partial antagonists mifepristone and cyproterone acetate specifically induce NCoR recruitment (Hodgson et al. 2005). Elimination of NCoR or SMRT reduced the efficacy of AR antagonists when transcription from endogenous target genes was monitored (Yoon & Wong 2005). Thus, NCoR and SMRT are critical effectors of AR antagonist function.

Most recently, it was shown that inflammation and consequent macrophage infiltration into prostate tumors initiates a signaling cascade that disrupts NCoR and HDAC activity (Zhu et al. 2006). Specifically, in the presence of selective androgen receptor antagonists, macrophages were demonstrated to signal through IL-1β and MEKK1 to activate TAB2, a ‘molecular beacon’ that is responsive to inflammatory signaling pathways. TAB2 subsequently dismisses the NCoR holocorepressor complex (including TBL1/TBLR1-, Sin3a, and Brg1), from AR, thus resulting in derepression of AR activity. The ability of TAB2 to exert this activity is dependent on an N-terminal, evolutionarily conserved AR motif that is a critical effector of AR function, thus underscoring the importance of this motif (Callewaert et al. 2006, Zhu et al. 2006). The clinical relevance of these findings is potentially high, as IL-1β effectively converted therapeutic AR antagonists to agonists (Zhu et al. 2006). Together, these observations support the hypothesis that alterations in expression and/or recruitment of NCoR and SMRT may facilitate tumor recurrence after therapeutic intervention. This hypothesis has yet to be confirmed in human tumors, as few published studies have examined corepressor expression during disease progression. One study examining the impact of the vitamin D3 receptor in prostate cancer did demonstrate an increase in SMRT mRNA levels (with no changes in NCoR); however, these studies considered only naïve tumors (Khanim et al. 2004). In sum, while there is a clear role for NCoR and SMRT in the molecular response to AR antagonists, the contribution of these corepressors for disease progression and therapeutic efficacy awaits further investigation.

PTEN:

The PTEN tumor suppressor is a critical regulator of prostate cancer growth and progression, and has established utility as a prognostic factor in this disease. PTEN is frequently lost in prostate cancer (approximately 20–27% frequency) and its loss is associated with decreased survival rates (McMenamin et al. 1999, Halvorsen et al. 2003). Moreover, mice heterozygous for PTEN develop prostatic intraepithelia neoplasia (PIN), and combined genetic deletion of factors that control cell cycle progression (such as the CDK inhibitor p27kip1 or the retinoblastoma tumor-suppressor protein, RB) result in carcinoma (Di Cristofano et al. 2001, Hill et al. 2005). Prostate-specific deletion of PTEN alone induces metastatic prostate cancer (Wang et al. 2003), and PTEN heterozygosity promotes tumor progression in the TRAMP prostate cancer model (Kwabi-Addo et al. 2001). Interestingly, PTEN disruption also signals to inhibit GSK3β activity, thereby indicating that PTEN can also regulate the function of other AR corepressors. While it is tempting to speculate that the role of PTEN as a tumor suppressor in this tissue type is attributed to its ability to serve as an AR corepressor, this assumption is confounded by the established role of PTEN in controlling factors that regulate cell survival (e.g. AKT) or cell cycle progression (e.g. p27; Gottschalk et al. 2001, Paez & Sellers 2003). It is suspected that PTEN and androgen act in opposition, as the ability of PTEN to induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cells is reversed by androgen. These observations led to speculation that PTEN loss may result in enhanced AR activity and also promote resistance to therapy-induced cell death (Li et al. 2001). Indeed, loss of PTEN is independently predictive of a shortened time to biochemical failure (i.e. rises in PSA after therapeutic intervention) and tumor recurrence (Halvorsen et al. 2003). Future studies directed at delineating PTEN action in this tumor type will assist in determining the relevance of its role as an AR corepressor.

Cyclin D1:

The role of cyclin D1 in prostate cancer is pleiotropic, as this molecule controls both AR function and cell cycle regulation (Knudsen et al. 1998, 1999, Coqueret 2002, Petre et al. 2002). It is well documented that in prostate cancer cells, androgen induces cyclin D1 accumulation, and this induction in cyclin D1 is required to stimulate cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) activity and concomitant cell cycle progression (Lu et al. 1997, Knudsen et al. 1998). However, it is known that AR activity is regulated as a function of the cell cycle, wherein AR activity is lowest at the G1-S transition, when cyclin D1 levels peak (Martinez & Danielsen 2002). The ability of cyclin D1 to directly bind and inhibit AR is thought to underlie this regulation, and is proposed to serve as a negative feedback switch to modulate the mitogenic activity of androgen (Petre et al. 2002). Supporting this hypothesis, cyclin D1 induction in prostate cancer cells has been shown to inhibit cellular proliferation through its ability to regulate AR (Petre et al. 2002, Burd et al. 2006). Recent studies indicate that this function of cyclin D1 may be altered in prostate cancer. First, murine models of prostate cancer demonstrate that cyclin D1 expression decreases as a function of disease progression (Maddison et al. 2004). It has also been reported that cyclin D1 may be sequestered in the cytoplasm (and potentially precluded from CDK4 or AR regulation) in human tumors (Maddison et al. 2004). A mechanism underlying this event could in fact be GSK3β, which is known to phosphorylate cyclin D1 and thereby mark the protein for rapid nuclear export (Diehl et al. 1998). Interestingly, GSK3β is reported to have increased expression in prostatic cancer cell lines (Wang et al. 2004a). Second, it was recently shown that a variant of cyclin D1 that arises from alternate splicing (cyclin D1b) is expressed at high levels in a subset of prostate cancers and pre-cancerous (PIN) lesions (Burd et al. 2006). This variant of cyclin D1 was shown to be altered in its ability to regulate AR function, and was unable to attenuate cellular proliferation in prostate cancer cells (Burd et al. 2006). Thus, cyclin D1 corepressor function and expression of cyclin D1 variants may hold significance for the response to androgen stimulation and AR regulation in prostate cancer.

p53:

The importance of p53 mutation and loss on cancer development and progression is well established, and in prostate cancer mutations of p53 have been identified in 45% of radical prostatectomy samples (Shi et al. 2004). However, as with PTEN, the AR repressor function is confounded by its role as tumor-suppressor protein. A recent study investigating 16 mutant alleles of p53 identified in prostate cancer showed loss of p53 transactivation potential (Shi et al. 2002). The ability of these mutants to regulate AR function was not assessed, but the majority of these mutations had been previously identified in other tumor types, suggesting that they result in loss of classical p53 function. Clearly, further experimental consideration is needed to dissect the multiple functions of p53 in prostate cancer.

Hey1:

Lastly, the Hey1 corepressor is regulated by the Notch pathway, which controls cell fate (Iso et al. 2001). Both Notch and Hey1 are expressed in normal prostatic epithelia, and Notch activation is known to inhibit cellular proliferation in cells of the prostate (Shou et al. 2001, Belandia et al. 2005). Conversely, Notch and its ligand (jagged) are downregulated by androgen stimulation, whereas negative regulators of the Notch pathway are induced. These observations indicate that Notch signaling negatively regulates androgen action through activation of Hey1. Although Hey1 resides in a region of chromosome 8 known to be amplified in prostate cancer, further investigation revealed that Hey1 localization is altered in cancer. Specifically, Hey1 is sequestered in the cytoplasm of prostate cancer cells, whereas the protein colocalizes with AR in both the cytoplasm and nucleus of non-malignant prostate epithelia (Belandia et al. 2005). Therefore, sequestration of Hey1 in prostate cancer cells may represent one mechanism by which tumor cells evade the inhibitory and anti-mitogenic functions of Notch signaling.

Conclusions

The androgen receptor is a critical effector of prostate cancer development and progression. Inhibition of AR activity is the central goal of therapeutic intervention, and recurrent tumors arise with restored AR activity. Given the importance of AR in this deadly disease, a concerted effort has been implemented to delineate the cofactors that govern AR action, and to identify aberrations in AR control that may facilitate therapeutic bypass. It is clear that AR coactivators can contribute to this process by enhancing AR activity under conditions of androgen deprivation. Identification of AR corepressors significantly lagged behind advances in coactivator function, and prior to the millennium only a handful of AR corepressors had been described. In the last 5 years, there has been an expansion in corepressor discovery. Biochemical analysis of corepressor action revealed that this class of molecule can utilize widely disparate mechanisms to control AR function. These modes of action include those that are general to transcriptional control (e.g. recruitment of enzymes that modify chromatin) or unique to the receptor (e.g. inhibition of N/C interaction). Many AR corepressors have been previously defined as participating in pathways as disparate as signal transduction pathways (e.g. PTEN) or cell cycle control (e.g. cyclin D1), thus indicating that corepressors provide crosstalk mechanisms for pathways that also impinge on proliferation. The concept that AR corepressor function could be compromised in prostate cancer progression (and thus contribute to deregulated AR activity) is emerging, and analyses of effects on influential AR targets in prostate cancer (such as the TMPRSS2–ERG translocation; Tomlins et al. 2005) should be considered. Future investigations into the clinical relevance of AR corepressors will provide additional insight into the mechanisms by which tumor cells escape therapy, and could reveal additional execution points for novel therapeutic intervention.

Table 1
CorepressorInteractionMechanismBiological relevanceCitations
aHas been published as a corepressor and coactivator. ND, not determined. Androgen receptor corepressors: NTD, N-terminal domain; DBD, DNA binding domain; LBD, Ligand binding domain.
AESNTDNDProstatic epithelia expressionYu et al.(2001)
ARA67/PAT1NTD/DBD/LBDCytoplasmic sequestrationPCa cell line expressionZhang et al.(2004)
ARR19/Cmtm2a/Cklfsf2aDBDRecruits HDAC4Expression in mouse prostate (weak), not in human prostateJeong et al.(2004) and Shi et al.(2005)
CalreticulinDBDInhibits DNA bindingNDDedhar et al.(1994)
Cyclin D1AR1-36, 626–666Inhibits N/C, Recruits HDACs sequestors coactivatorsAltered localization or expression in advanced disease, isoform upregulated in PCaKnudsen et al.(1999), Drobnjak (2000), Reutens et al.(2001), Petre et al.(2002), Petre-Draviam et al.(2003), Maddison et al.(2004), Burd et al.(2005, 2006)
Dax-1/NROB1LBDInhibits N/CExpressed in prostatic epithelia, absent in BPHYuan et al.(2001), Holter et al.(2002) and Agoulnik et al.(2003)
DAXX/DAP6DBDNDNDLin et al. (2004a)
DJBPDBDRecruits Sin3a/HDACsExpressed in testesNiki et al.(2003)
EBP1NTDRecruits Sin3a/HDAC2Prostatic epithelia expressionXia et al.(2001), Zhang et al. (2002, 2004, 2005a,b)
FLNAHingeInhibits N/C, suppresses TIF2 activiationPCa cell line expressionLoy et al.(2003)
Fox H1NTDNDNDChen et al.(2005)
GSK3βNTD/LBDInhibits N/C, Degrades β-cateninOverexpressed in PCa cell linesWang et al. (2004a,b)
HBO1DBD–LBDNDProstatic expressionSharma et al.(2000)
Hey1/Hesr1/HRT1/CHF2/HERP2NTDPossible HDAC recruitmentCytoplasmic in PCaBelandia et al.(2005)
HOXB13NDNDProstatic epethelia expressionJung et al.(2004)
hRAD9LBDInhibits N/CProstatic expressionWang et al. (2004a,b)
LATS2/KPMLBDInhibits N/CDecreased expression in PCaPowzaniuk et al.(2004)
N-CORDBDRecruits HDACsCritical for antagonist action, deregulated in PCa by inflammation, expressed in the prostateCheng et al.(2002), Shang et al.(2002), Berrevoets et al.(2004), Kang et al.(2004), Song et al.(2004), Hodgson et al.(2005), Yoon & Wong (2005) and Zhu et al.(2006)
NF–KBLBDNDIncreased nuclear localization in PCaPalvimo et al.(1996), Cinar et al.(2004), Sweeney et al.(2004), Lessard et al.(2005)
p53NDInhibits N/C, DNA bindingMutated/lost in PCaGumerlock et al.(1997), Shenk et al.(2001), Shi et al.(2002), Cronauer et al.(2004), Shi et al.(2004), Tsui et al.(2004)
PAK6LBD, AR634–668Cytoplasmic sequestrationProstatic expressionYang et al.(2001), Lee et al.(2002), Schrantz et al.(2004)
PIAS3aAR1-333NDProstatic expressionJunicho et al.(2000), Gross et al.(2001)
PIASyDBDRecruits HDACsProstatic expressionGross et al.(2001, 2004)
PTENDBD/LBDCytoplasmic sequestration, AR degradationMutated/lost in PCaMcMenamin et al.(1999), Li et al.(2001), Halvorsen et al.(2003), Dreher et al.(2004), Lin et al. (2004b)
PYK2/PTK2/FAK2Does not interactPhosphorylates ARA55 and inactivates AR coactivationPCa cell linesWang et al.(2002)
Rack1DBD/LBDInhibits DNA bindingNDRigas et al.(2003)
SHPNTD/LBDCompetes with TIF2/FHL2, recruits HDAC1NDGobinet et al.(2001)
SMRTNTD/LBDInhibits N/C recruits HDACsCritical for antagonist action, expressed in the prostateDotzlaw et al.(2002), Shang et al.(2002), Liao et al.(2003), Agoulnik et al.(2003), Song et al.(2004) and Yoon & Wong (2005)
SRY553–635NDTesticular function, lost in prostate cancerPerinchery et al.(2000) and Yuan et al.(2001)
TGIF559–624Recruits Sin3a/HDACsNDSharma & Sun (2001)
Figure 1
Figure 1

Diverse mechanisms of AR corepressor action. In prostate cancer cells, ligand (androgen) binding induces AR activity through stimulation of conformational changes in the receptor and nuclear translocation, wherein AR binds DNA through androgen-responsive elements. Subsequent coactivator recruitment facilitates gene activation. AR corepressors modulate AR activity through at least four divergent mechanisms, which serve to inhibit: (i) AR nuclear transactivation, (ii) N/C interaction, (iii) DNA binding, and/or (iv) coactivator recruitment. DHT, dihydrotestosterone; AR, androgen receptor; HSP, heat-shock protein; ARE, androgen-responsive element; HDAC, histone deacetylase; PolII, RNA polymerase II.

Citation: Endocrine-Related Cancer Endocr Relat Cancer 13, 4; 10.1677/erc.1.01115

Figure 2
Figure 2

Actions of corepressors in PCa. Numerous AR corepressors (highlighted in gray boxes) are altered in prostate cancer through various diverse pathways. Alterations of corepressor function in prostate cancer include loss of function (cytoplasmic sequestration, loss, mutation, and alternative splicing), a bypass of corepressor sensitivity (through AR mutation), and displacement of corepressors (achieved via signal transduction).

Citation: Endocrine-Related Cancer Endocr Relat Cancer 13, 4; 10.1677/erc.1.01115

We thank Drs Steven Balk, Charlotte Bevan, Frank Claessens, Ed Gelmann, Erik Knudsen, Elizabeth Wilson, and Jiemin Wong for critical reading of this manuscript and invaluable suggestions. We would also like to thank all members of the K Knudsen lab for their insight and ongoing critical discussions, with special recognition to Janet Hess-Wilson for presentation assistance. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that would prejudice the impartiality of this scientific work.

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  • Diverse mechanisms of AR corepressor action. In prostate cancer cells, ligand (androgen) binding induces AR activity through stimulation of conformational changes in the receptor and nuclear translocation, wherein AR binds DNA through androgen-responsive elements. Subsequent coactivator recruitment facilitates gene activation. AR corepressors modulate AR activity through at least four divergent mechanisms, which serve to inhibit: (i) AR nuclear transactivation, (ii) N/C interaction, (iii) DNA binding, and/or (iv) coactivator recruitment. DHT, dihydrotestosterone; AR, androgen receptor; HSP, heat-shock protein; ARE, androgen-responsive element; HDAC, histone deacetylase; PolII, RNA polymerase II.

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