Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

MUC1-C regulates lineage plasticity driving progression to neuroendocrine prostate cancer

  • Yota Yasumizu,
  • Hasan Rajabi,
  • Caining Jin,
  • Tsuyoshi Hata,
  • Sean Pitroda,
  • Mark D. Long,
  • Masayuki Hagiwara,
  • Wei Li,
  • Qiang Hu,
  • Song Liu,
  • Nami Yamashita,
  • Atsushi Fushimi,
  • Ling Kui,
  • Mehmet Samur,
  • Masaaki Yamamoto,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Ning Zhang,
  • Deli Hong,
  • Takahiro Maeda,
  • Takeo Kosaka,
  • Kwok K. Wong,
  • Mototsugu Oya,
  • Donald Kufe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14219-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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MUC1-C is overexpressed in castration-resistant prostate cancer and neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Here, the authors show that MUC1-C drives lineage plasticity through MYC and BRN2, inducing neuroendocrine features and stemness in prostate cancer.