Khedmatgozar Hamed, Dutta Sayanika, Dominguez Michael, Raju Murugananthkumar, Patel Girijesh Kumar, Latour Daniel, Johnson Melanie K, Fokar Mohamed, Warraich Irfan, Haynes Allan, Maurer Barry J, de Riese Werner, Brandi Luis, Matusik Robert J, Nandana Srinivas, Tripathi Manisha
Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Center for Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
JCI Insight. 2025 May 20;10(12). doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.188062. eCollection 2025 Jun 23.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common urologic condition in elderly men, characterized by the reactivation of developmental programs such as prostatic budding and branching. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this reactivation in BPH remain unclear. In this study, we identified T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein-1 (TIAM1) as a critical regulator of prostatic budding and branching. By generating an unbiased BPH transcriptomic signature from patient datasets, we discovered an upregulation of TIAM1, which was subsequently validated at the protein level. Functional assays using organoid cultures derived from human prostatic cell lines revealed that TIAM1 is essential for prostatic budding and branching. Additionally, the BPH transcriptomic signature identified NSC23766, a small molecule inhibitor of TIAM1/RAC1 signaling, as a therapeutic proof-of-concept agent for BPH. Genetic knockdown of TIAM1 in human prostatic cell lines markedly reduced organoid branching, an effect mirrored by administration of NSC23766. The translational relevance of these findings is underscored by the growth inhibition observed in patient-derived BPH organoids treated with NSC23766. In conclusion, our findings identify TIAM1 as a key driver of prostatic branching and growth, and they suggest that targeting TIAM1/RAC1 signaling could be a promising therapeutic strategy for BPH.
良性前列腺增生(BPH)是老年男性中最常见的泌尿系统疾病,其特征是前列腺芽生和分支等发育程序的重新激活。然而,BPH中这种重新激活的分子机制仍不清楚。在本研究中,我们确定T淋巴瘤侵袭和转移诱导蛋白-1(TIAM1)是前列腺芽生和分支的关键调节因子。通过从患者数据集中生成无偏倚的BPH转录组特征,我们发现TIAM1上调,随后在蛋白质水平得到验证。使用源自人前列腺细胞系的类器官培养物进行的功能分析表明,TIAM1对前列腺芽生和分支至关重要。此外,BPH转录组特征将TIAM1/RAC1信号通路的小分子抑制剂NSC23766确定为BPH的治疗概念验证药物。在人前列腺细胞系中对TIAM1进行基因敲低显著减少了类器官分支,NSC23766给药也产生了类似效果。用NSC23766处理患者来源的BPH类器官时观察到的生长抑制突出了这些发现的转化相关性。总之,我们的发现确定TIAM1是前列腺分支和生长的关键驱动因素,并表明靶向TIAM1/RAC1信号通路可能是BPH的一种有前景的治疗策略。
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