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A Splicing Variant of the Androgen Receptor Detected in a Metastatic Prostate Cancer Exhibits Exclusively Cytoplasmic Actions

Faculté de Médecine/Signalisation et Cancer de la Prostate/Equipe d’Accueil 3430 (M.J., M.F., G.L., E.E., J.-P.B., J.C.), Université Strasbourg, and Département d’Hématologie et d’Oncologie (S.S., J.-P.B., J.C.), Hôpital de Hautepierre, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Strasbourg, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and Plate-forme technologique d’Imagerie (P.K.), Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, F-67404 Illkirch, France

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Jocelyn Céraline, Université Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine/Signalisation et Cancer de la Prostate/EA 3430, Médicale A/Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, F-67091 Strasbourg, France. E-mail: jocelyn.ceraline{at}medecine.u-strasbg.fr.

The androgen receptor (AR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that displays genomic actions characterized by binding to androgen-response elements in the promoter of target genes as well as nongenomic actions that do not require nuclear translocation and DNA binding. In this study, we report exclusive cytoplasmic actions of a splicing variant of the AR detected in a metastatic prostate cancer. This AR variant, named AR23, results from an aberrant splicing of intron 2, wherein the last 69 nucleotides of the intronic sequence are retained, leading to the insertion of 23 amino acids between the two zinc fingers in the DNA-binding domain. We show that the nuclear entry of AR23 upon dihydrotestosterone (DHT) stimulation is impaired. Alternatively, DHT-activated AR23 forms cytoplasmic and perinuclear aggregates that partially colocalize with the endoplasmic reticulum and are devoid of genomic actions. However, in LNCaP cells, this cytoplasmic DHT-activated AR23 remains partially active as evidenced by the activation of transcription from androgen-responsive promoters, the stimulation of NF-B transcriptional activity and by the decrease of AP-1 transcriptional activity. Our data reveal novel cytoplasmic actions for this splicing AR variant, suggesting a contribution in prostate cancer progression.

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