The ETS family member ERG is a transcription factor with physiological roles during development and in the vascular and hematopoietic systems. ERG oncogenic activity characterizes several malignancies, including Ewing’s sarcoma, leukemia and prostate cancer (PCa). In PCa, ERG rearrangements with androgen-regulated genes—mostly TMPRSS2—characterize a large subset of patients across disease progression and result in androgen receptor (AR)-mediated overexpression of ERG in the prostate cells. Importantly, PCa cells overexpressing ERG are dependent on ERG activity for survival, further highlighting its therapeutic potential. Here, we review the current understanding of the role of ERG and its partners in PCa. We discuss the strategies developed in recent years to inhibit ERG activity, the current therapeutic utility of ERG fusion detection in PCa patients, and the possible future approaches to target ERG fusion-positive tumors.

Past, Current, and Future Strategies to Target ERG Fusion-Positive Prostate Cancer / Lorenzin, F.; Demichelis, F.. - In: CANCERS. - ISSN 2072-6694. - 2022/14:5(2022), pp. 111801-111822. [10.3390/cancers14051118]

Past, Current, and Future Strategies to Target ERG Fusion-Positive Prostate Cancer

Lorenzin F.;Demichelis F.
2022-01-01

Abstract

The ETS family member ERG is a transcription factor with physiological roles during development and in the vascular and hematopoietic systems. ERG oncogenic activity characterizes several malignancies, including Ewing’s sarcoma, leukemia and prostate cancer (PCa). In PCa, ERG rearrangements with androgen-regulated genes—mostly TMPRSS2—characterize a large subset of patients across disease progression and result in androgen receptor (AR)-mediated overexpression of ERG in the prostate cells. Importantly, PCa cells overexpressing ERG are dependent on ERG activity for survival, further highlighting its therapeutic potential. Here, we review the current understanding of the role of ERG and its partners in PCa. We discuss the strategies developed in recent years to inhibit ERG activity, the current therapeutic utility of ERG fusion detection in PCa patients, and the possible future approaches to target ERG fusion-positive tumors.
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Lorenzin, F.; Demichelis, F.
Past, Current, and Future Strategies to Target ERG Fusion-Positive Prostate Cancer / Lorenzin, F.; Demichelis, F.. - In: CANCERS. - ISSN 2072-6694. - 2022/14:5(2022), pp. 111801-111822. [10.3390/cancers14051118]
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