The role of GCNT1 mediated O-glycosylation in aggressive prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and a major cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. Nearly all affected men develop resistance to current therapies and there is an urgent need to develop new treatments for advanced disease. Aberrant glycosylation is a common feature of cancer cell...

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Published in:	Scientific reports 2023-10, Vol.13 (1), p.17031-17031, Article 17031
Main Authors:	Hodgson, Kirsty, Orozco-Moreno, Margarita, Scott, Emma, Garnham, Rebecca, Livermore, Karen, Thomas, Huw, Zhou, Yuhan, He, Jiepei, Bermudez, Abel, Garcia Marques, Fernando Jose, Bastian, Kayla, Hysenaj, Gerald, Archer Goode, Emily, Heer, Rakesh, Pitteri, Sharon, Wang, Ning, Elliott, David J, Munkley, Jennifer
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Gene expression Glycoproteins Glycosylation Metastases Polysaccharides Prostate cancer Up-regulation
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Summary:	Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and a major cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. Nearly all affected men develop resistance to current therapies and there is an urgent need to develop new treatments for advanced disease. Aberrant glycosylation is a common feature of cancer cells implicated in all of the hallmarks of cancer. A major driver of aberrant glycosylation in cancer is the altered expression of glycosylation enzymes. Here, we show that GCNT1, an enzyme that plays an essential role in the formation of core 2 branched O-glycans and is crucial to the final definition of O-glycan structure, is upregulated in aggressive prostate cancer. Using in vitro and in vivo models, we show GCNT1 promotes the growth of prostate tumours and can modify the glycome of prostate cancer cells, including upregulation of core 2 O-glycans and modifying the O-glycosylation of secreted glycoproteins. Furthermore, using RNA sequencing, we find upregulation of GCNT1 in prostate cancer cells can alter oncogenic gene expression pathways important in tumour growth and metastasis. Our study highlights the important role of aberrant O-glycosylation in prostate cancer progression and provides novel insights regarding the mechanisms involved.
ISSN:	2045-2322 2045-2322