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Series GSE50936 Query DataSets for GSE50936
Status Public on Dec 03, 2013
Title SOCS2 expression correlates with tumor malignancy, exerts growth promoting effects and is enhanced by androgens in prostate cancer
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary Deregulation of cytokine- and growth factor signaling due to altered expression of endogenous regulators is well recognized in prostate and other cancers. Suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 (SOCS2) is a key regulator of growth hormone, IGF and prolactin signaling, that have been implicated in carcinogenesis. In this study we elucidate expression pattern and functional significance of SOCS2 in prostate cancer (PCa). Protein expression analysis employing tissue microarrays from two independent patient cohorts revealed significantly enhanced expression in tumor compared to benign tissue as well as association with Gleason score and disease progression. In vitro and in vivo assays uncovered the involvement of SOCS2 in the regulation of cell growth and apoptosis. Functionally, SOCS2 knockdown inhibited prostate cancer cell proliferation and xenograft growth in a CAM assay. Decreased cell growth after SOCS2 downregulation was associated with cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. In addition, we prove for the first time that SOCS2 expression is significantly elevated upon androgenic stimulation in androgen receptor-positive cell lines, providing a possible mechanistic explanation for high SOCS2 levels in PCa tissue. Consequently, SOCS2 expression correlated with androgen receptor expression in malignant tissue of patients. Taken together, our study linked increased SOCS2 expression in PCa with a pro-proliferative role in vitro and in vivo.
 
Overall design Prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP, DUCaP and VCaP cells were cultured in the absence or presence of R1881, an androgen in three independent experiments. Differential gene expression was determined by comparing R1881 treated samples with the corresponding controls (EtOH treated samples).
 
Contributor(s) Hoefer J, Kern J, Ofer P, Eder IE, Schäfer G, Dietrich D, Kristiansen G, Geley S, Rainer J, Gunsilius E, Klocker H, Culig Z, Puhr M
Citation(s) 24280133, 26052614
Submission date Sep 17, 2013
Last update date Jun 24, 2015
Contact name Johannes Rainer
E-mail(s) [email protected]
Organization name Eurac Researc
Department Institute for Biomedicine
Lab Biomedical Informatics
Street address Via A. Volta 21
City Bolzano
ZIP/Postal code 39100
Country Italy
 
Platforms (1)
GPL17737 [HuGene-1_0-st] Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array [HuGene10stv1_68_020]
Samples (30)
GSM1232713 LNCaP cells treated for 24 hours with R1881, experiment 1
GSM1232714 LNCaP cells treated for 24 hours with EtOH, experiment 1
GSM1232715 LNCaP cells treated for 8 hours with R1881, experiment 1
Relations
BioProject PRJNA219393

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