10.4225/03/5982604089157 RICHARD JOSEPH REBELLO RICHARD JOSEPH REBELLO Targeting the ribosome to treat advanced prostate cancer Monash University 2017 Prostate MYC PIM Ribosome Cancer Cell Biology Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy) 2017-08-02 23:29:02 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Targeting_the_ribosome_to_treat_advanced_prostate_cancer/5263501 Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) remains incurable, highlighting the need for new therapeutic targets. Prostate epithelium is exquisitely sensitive to MYC activity and MYC is universally overexpressed in mCRPC. One key process in cancer cells is to accelerate growth via stimulation of high levels of ribosome biogenesis through regulation of RNA polymerase I (Pol I). This thesis describes preclinical evidence that co-targeting Pol I transcriptional activity and PIM kinases is an effective means of inhibiting MYC-driven prostate cancer. We employ numerous pre-clinical models of PC which shows the efficacy of therapies that combine to target MYC-directed signaling to the ribosome.