Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Reformation of the chondroitin sulfate glycocalyx enables progression of AR-independent prostate cancer

  • Nader Al-Nakouzi,
  • Chris Kedong Wang,
  • Htoo Zarni Oo,
  • Irina Nelepcu,
  • Nada Lallous,
  • Charlotte B. Spliid,
  • Nastaran Khazamipour,
  • Joey Lo,
  • Sarah Truong,
  • Colin Collins,
  • Desmond Hui,
  • Shaghayegh Esfandnia,
  • Hans Adomat,
  • Thomas Mandel Clausen,
  • Tobias Gustavsson,
  • Swati Choudhary,
  • Robert Dagil,
  • Eva Corey,
  • Yuzhuo Wang,
  • Anne Chauchereau,
  • Ladan Fazli,
  • Jeffrey D. Esko,
  • Ali Salanti,
  • Peter S. Nelson,
  • Martin E. Gleave,
  • Mads Daugaard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32530-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is one of the most abundant glycosaminoglycans in prostate cancers. Here the authors show that inhibition of the androgen receptor pathway leads to the upregulation of CS, which promotes prostate cancer growth and metastasis.