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Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
HER-2/neu has been implicated in the activation of androgen receptor (AR) and in inducing hormone-independent prostate cancer growth. Here we report that HER-2/neu activates Akt (protein kinase B) to promote prostate cancer cell survival and growth in the absence of androgen. Blocking of the Akt pathway by a dominant-negative Akt or an inhibitor LY294002 abrogates the HER-2/neu-induced AR signaling and cell survival/growth effects in the absence or presence of androgen. Akt specifically binds to AR and phosphorylates serines 213 and 791 of AR. Thus, Akt is a novel activator of AR required for HER-2/neu signaling to androgen-independent survival and growth of prostate cancer cells.
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