Ectopic JAK–STAT activation enables the transition to a stem-like and multilineage state conferring AR-targeted therapy resistance
Deng S, Wang C, Wang Y, Xu Y, Li X, Johnson N, Mukherji A, Lo U, Xu L, Gonzalez J, Metang L, Ye J, Tirado C, Rodarte K, Zhou Y, Xie Z, Arana C, Annamalai V, Liu X, Vander Griend D, Strand D, Hsieh J, Li B, Raj G, Wang T, Mu P. Ectopic JAK–STAT activation enables the transition to a stem-like and multilineage state conferring AR-targeted therapy resistance. Nature Cancer 2022, 3: 1071-1087. PMID: 36065066, PMCID: PMC9499870, DOI: 10.1038/s43018-022-00431-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJAK-STAT activationJanus kinase (JAK)-signal transducerTherapy resistanceLineage plasticityTranscriptional programsJAK-STATAR-targeted therapiesLineage programsLineagesMolecular mechanismsTranscriptomic aberrationsPharmaceutical inhibitionProstate cancerTargeted therapyStem-likeTherapeutic targetTherapyThe driver role of JAK‐STAT signalling in cancer stemness capabilities leading to new therapeutic strategies for therapy‐ and castration‐resistant prostate cancer
Lo U, Chen Y, Cen J, Deng S, Luo J, Zhau H, Ho L, Lai C, Mu P, Chung L, Hsieh J. The driver role of JAK‐STAT signalling in cancer stemness capabilities leading to new therapeutic strategies for therapy‐ and castration‐resistant prostate cancer. Clinical And Translational Medicine 2022, 12: e978. PMID: 35908276, PMCID: PMC9339240, DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCastration-resistant prostate cancerProstate cancerCancer stem cellsActivation of JAKJAK-STAT signalingGene set enrichment analysisJAK-STAT1 pathwaySTAT1 inhibitorAcquisition of stemness propertiesProstate cancer cell linesProstate cancer stemnessAssociated with cancer stem cellsIn vivo anti-tumor activityMetastatic prostate cancerTumor-initiating capabilityJAK-STATProstasphere assayDownstream effectorsIngenuity PathwayGenetic manipulationCSC genesBioinformatics analysisEnrichment analysisJAK-STAT1Signaling pathway