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Transgenic Mouse Model for Rapid Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Antiandrogens

¹ Departments of Medicine, Urology, Molecular, and Medical Pharmacology, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and ² Howard Hughes Medical Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Requests for reprints: Charles Sawyers, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021. Phone: 646-888-2139; Fax: 646-888-2164; E-mail: sawyersc{at}mskcc.org.

Persistent androgen receptor signaling has been implicated as a critical factor in prostate cancer progression even at the hormone-refractory stage and provides strong rationale for developing novel androgen receptor antagonists. Traditional models for in vivo evaluation of antiandrogens are cumbersome because they rely on physiologic end points, such as the size of androgen-dependent tissues. Here, we describe a transgenic mouse (ARR2 Pb-Lux) that expresses luciferase specifically in the prostate in an androgen-dependent fashion. This signal is reduced by castration or by treatment with bicalutamide and can be quantified through noninvasive bioluminescent imaging. ARR2 Pb-Lux mice provide a novel method for rapid pharmacodynamic evaluation of novel pharmacologic compounds designed to inhibit androgen receptor signaling. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(21): 10513-6)

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