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Differential Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone and Testosterone in Prostate and Colon C... - 0 views

press.endocrine.org/...en.2012-2249

testosterone prostate colon colon cancer cancer NGF nerve growth factor dhea dehydroepiandrosterone

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  • Several studies indicate that DHEA may enhance cancer-promoting activities in several prostate cancer cell lines acting as agonist or antagonist for the intracellular AR
  • the estrogenic metabolites of DHEA, 5a-androstane-3b, 17b-diol (3b-Adiol) and E2 bind to estrogen receptors but not to AR
  • no specific receptor has been identified for DHEA
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  • Different members of neurotrophins are expressed during cancer progression, suggesting their involvement in cell proliferation, anoikis protection, and malignancy
  • Regulation of the apoptotic machinery in prostate and colon cancer cells by testosterone occurs rapidly and is initiated at the plasma membrane level through specific membrane-binding sites not involving the classical cytoplasmic AR
  • testosterone exerts potent regulatory effects on prostate and colon cancer cell apoptosis
  • Testosterone increased cell death in a dose-dependent manner
  • testosterone antagonizes the prosurvival effects of DHEA in neuronal cells, blocking its binding to NGF receptors
  • treatment of cells with DHEA exerted a strong antiapoptotic effect,
  • Androgens hold a central role in prostate and colon cancer biology
  • elevated levels of DHEA or its sulfate ester DHEA-sulfate in young adults are associated to low incidence of androgen-dependent tumors
  • DHEA may play a protective role in young prostate
  • The decline of DHEA with aging may contribute to prostate cancer progression associated with advanced age
  • DHEA is an effective antiapoptotic factor, reversing the serum deprivation-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer cells (DU145 and LNCaP cell lines) as well as in colon cancer cells
  • NGF appears to exert similar antiapoptotic actions in both prostate and color cancer cells
  • exposure of prostate DU145 and colon Caco2 cancer cells to testosterone totally blocked the protective effects of both DHEA and NGF. These findings suggest that testosterone acts as an antagonist of DHEA and NGF
  • These findings support the hypothesis that testosterone may inhibit cancer cell growth by antagonizing the proliferative, antiapoptotic effects of endogenous factors, such as DHEA or NGF, in the case of prostate and colon cancer cells
  • intratumor hormonal microenvironment may play a critical role in tumor progression.
  • The paracrine interactions of androgens with locally produced NGF may define tumor cell fate
  • Nathan Goodyear on 19 Nov 14
     
    Full article of previously posted abstract.  Cancers are unique.  Not all cancers are alike.  Whether they are tissue specific or not, cancers are unique.  This article describes the uniqueness of DHEA and Testosterone cancer, with particular attention to colon.
Nathan Goodyear

Differential Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone and Testosterone in Prostate and Colon C... - 0 views

www.researchgate.net/..._Growth_Factor_(NGF)_Receptors

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  • Nathan Goodyear on 19 Nov 14
     
    Study finds Testosterone induces apoptosis via deactivation of NGF.  Testosterone counters the proliferation of DHEA, via NGF activation.  Without evaluation of aromatase activity, this study is incomplete.
Nathan Goodyear

Effects of huperzine A on memory def... [Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2006] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...16687166

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  • Nathan Goodyear on 06 Nov 13
     
    Huperzine A increases production of Nerve Growth Factor and Brain derived growth Factor.
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