Publications

2023

PAXIP1 and STAG2 converge to maintain 3D genome architecture and facilitate promoter/enhancer contacts to enable stress hormone-dependent transcription

Mayayo-Peralta I, Gregoricchio S, Schuurman K, Yavuz S, Zaalberg A, Kojic A, Abbott N, Geverts B, Beerthuijzen S, Siefert J, Severson TM, van Baalen M, Hoekman L, Lieftink C, Altelaar M, Beijersbergen RL, Houtsmuller AB, Prekovic S#, Zwart W#. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Apr 18:gkad267. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad267.

#denotes co-corresponding authorship

The Tumor Coagulome as a Transcriptional Target and a Potential Effector of Glucocorticoids in Human Cancers

Racine F, Louandre C, Godin C, Chatelain B, Prekovic S, Zwart W, Galmiche A, Saidak Z. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Feb 28;15(5):1531. doi: 10.3390/cancers15051531.

Enhancer profiling identifies epigenetic markers of endocrine resistance and reveals therapeutic options for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients

Severson TM*, Zhu Y*, Prekovic S*, Schuurman K, Nguyen HM, Brown LG, Hakkola S, Kim Y, Kneppers J, Linder S, Stelloo S, Lieftink C, van der Heijden M, Nykter M, van der Noort V, Sanders J, Morris B, Jenster G, van Leenders GJ, Pomerantz M, Freedman ML, Beijersbergen RL, Urbanucci A, Wessels L, Corey E, Zwart W, Bergman AM. medRxiv. 2023 Feb 24:2023.02.24.23286403. doi: 10.1101/2023.02.24.23286403. Preprint.

Mammalian life depends on two distinct pathways of DNA damage tolerance

Buoninfante OA*, Spanjaard A*, Pilzecker B*, de Groot D*, Prekovic S$, Song JY, Lieftink C, Ayidah M, Huijbers IJ, Pritchard CEJ, Vivié J, Philipsen S, Pallis J, Zwart W, Beijersbergen R, van den Berk PCM, Jacobs H. Accepted for publication in PNAS.

*denotes shared first authorship / $denotes second authorship

2022

Ribosome impairment regulate intestinal stem cell identity via ZAKɑ activation

Silva J, Alkan F, Ramalho S, Snieckute G, Prekovic S, Garcia AK, Hernandez-Perez S, van der Kammen R, Barnum D, Hoekman L, Altelaar M, Zwart W, Suijkerbuijk SJE, Bekker-Jensen S, Faller WJ. Nat. Commun. 2022. 13(1), 1-12.

2021

Ribociclib induces broad chemotherapy resistance and EGFR dependency in ESR1 wildtype and mutant breast cancer

Mayayo-Peralta I, Faggion B, Hoekman L, Morris B, Lieftink C, Goldsbrough I, Buluwela L, Post H, Altelaar M, Beijersbergen R, Ali S, Zwart W#, Prekovic S#. Cancers. 2021. 13(24), 6314.

#denotes co-corresponding authorship

The androgen receptor depends on ligand-binding domain dimerization for transcriptional activation

El Kharraz S, Dubois V, Handle F, van Royen ME, Houtsmuller AB, Pavlova E, Atanassova N, Nguyen T, Voet A, Prekovic S, Smeets E, Moris L, Eerlings R, Devlies W, Ohlsson C, Poutanen M, Launonen KM, Helminen L, Palvimo JJ, Libert C, Vanderschueren D, Helsen C, Claessens F. EMBO reports. 2021 Oct 18; e5276

Single-cell ATAC and RNA sequencing reveal pre-existing and persistent subpopulations of cells associated with relapse of prostate cancer

Taavitsainen S, Engedal N, Cao S, Handle F, Erickson A, Prekovic S, Wetterskog D, Tolonen T, Vuorinen EM, Kiviaho A, Nätkin R, Häkkinen T, Devlies W, Henttinen S, Kaarijärvi R, Lahnalampi M, Kaljunen H, Nowakowska K, Syvälä H, Bläuer M, Cremaschi P, Claessens F, Visakorpi T, Tammela TLJ, Murtola T, Granberg KJ, Lamb AD, Ketola K, Mills IG, Attard G, Wang W, Nykter M, Urbanucci A. Nat Commun. 2021. 12(1):1-6.

Glucocorticoid receptor triggers a reversible drug-tolerant dormancy state with acquired therapeutic vulnerabilities in lung cancer

Prekovic S*#, Schuurman K*, González Manjón A, Buijs M, Mayayo-Peralta I, Wellenstein M, Yavuz S, Barrera A, Monkhorst K, Huber A, Morris B, Lieftink C, Chalkiadaki T, Ferhat A, Faria Da Silva J, Gyorffy B, Hoekman L, van den Broek B, Teunissen H, Debets D, Severson T, Reddy T, Faller W, Beijersbergen R, Jonkers J, Altelaar M, de Visser K, de Wit E, Medema R, and Zwart W#. Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 16;12(1):1-8

*denotes shared first author / #denotes co-corresponding author

Duality of glucocorticoid action in cancer: tumor-suppressor or oncogene?

Mayayo-Peralta I, Zwart W#, Prekovic S#. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2021 Apr 1;ERC-20-0489.R1.

#denotes co-corresponding authorship

2020

Androgen and glucocorticoid receptor direct distinct transcriptional programs by receptor-specific and shared DNA binding sites

Kulik M, Bothe M, Kibar G, Fuchs A, Schöne S, Prekovic S, Mayayo-Peralta I, Chung HR, Zwart W, Helsen C, Claessens F, Meijsing SH. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Mar 22:gkab185. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab185.

Estrogen Receptor on the move: Cistromic plasticity and its implications in breast cancer

Mayayo-Peralta I, Prekovic S, Zwart W. Mol Aspects Med. 2020 Dec 24:100939. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2020.100939.

Endonuclease FEN1 Coregulates ERα Activity and Provides a Novel Drug Interface in Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancer

Flach KD, Periyasamy M, Jadhav A, Dorjsuren D, Siefert JC, Hickey TE, Opdam M, Patel H, Canisius S, Wilson DM 3rd, Donaldson Collier M, Prekovic S, Nieuwland M, Kluin RJC, Zakharov AV, Wesseling J, Wessels LFA, Linn SC, Tilley WD, Simeonov A, Ali S, Zwart W.  Cancer Res. 2020 May 15;80(10):1914-1926. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-2207. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

2019

TLE3 loss confers AR inhibitor resistance by facilitating GR-mediated human prostate cancer cell growth

Palit SA, Vis D, Stelloo S, Lieftink C, Prekovic S, Bekers E, Hofland I, Šuštić T, Wolters L, Beijersbergen R, Bergman AM, Győrffy B, Wessels LF, Zwart W, van der Heijden MS.  Elife. 2019 Dec 19;8:e47430. doi: 10.7554/eLife.47430.

Drivers of AR indifferent anti-androgen resistance in prostate cancer cells

Handle F*, Prekovic S*, Helsen C, Van den Broeck T, Smeets E, Moris L, Eerlings R, Kharraz SE, Urbanucci A, Mills IG, Joniau S, Attard G, Claessens F. Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 24;9(1):13786. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50220-1.

*denotes shared first authorship

A CRISPR-Cas9 screen identifies essential CTCF anchor sites for estrogen receptor-driven breast cancer cell proliferation

Korkmaz G, Manber Z, Lopes R, Prekovic S, Schuurman K, Kim Y, Teunissen H, Flach K, Wit E, Galli GG, Zwart W, Elkon R, Agami R. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 Oct 10;47(18):9557-9572. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz675.

Loss of p53 triggers WNT-dependent systemic inflammation to drive breast cancer metastasis

Wellenstein MD, Coffelt SB, Duits DEM, van Miltenburg MH, Slagter M, de Rink I, Henneman L, Kas SM, Prekovic S, Hau CS, Vrijland K, Drenth AP, de Korte-Grimmerink R, Schut E, van der Heijden I, Zwart W, Wessels LFA, Schumacher TN, Jonkers J, de Visser KE. Nature. 2019 Aug;572(7770):538-542. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1450-6. Epub 2019 Jul 31.

Identification of mineralocorticoid receptor target genes in the mouse hippocampus

van Weert LTCM, Buurstede JC, Sips HCM, Vettorazzi S, Mol IM, Hartmann J, Prekovic S, Zwart W, Schmidt MV, Roozendaal B, Tuckermann JP, Sarabdjitsingh RA, Meijer OC. J Neuroendocrinol. 2019 Aug;31(8):e12735. doi: 10.1111/jne.12735. Epub 2019 Jun 14.

2018

Enzalutamide therapy for advanced prostate cancer: efficacy, resistance and beyond

Linder S, van der Poel HG, Bergman AM, Zwart W, Prekovic S. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 Oct 31;26(1):R31-R52. doi: 10.1530/ERC-18-0289.

Molecular underpinnings of enzalutamide resistance

Prekovic S#, van den Broeck T, Linder S, van Royen ME, Houtsmuller AB, Handle F, Joniau S, Zwart W, Claessens F#. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 Nov 1;25(11):R545–R557. doi: 10.1530/ERC-17-0136.

#denotes co-corresponding authorship

2017

Treatment-induced changes in the androgen receptor axis: Liquid biopsies as diagnostic/prognostic tools for prostate cancer

Prekovic S#, Van den Broeck T, Moris L, Smeets E, Claessens F, Joniau S, Helsen C, Attard G. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2018 Feb 15;462(Pt A):56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2017.08.020. Epub 2017 Sep 4.

#denotes corresponding authorship

The role of TET-mediated DNA hydroxymethylation in prostate cancer

Smeets E, Lynch AG, Prekovic S, Van den Broeck T, Moris L, Helsen C, Joniau S, Claessens F, Massie CE. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2018 Feb 15;462(Pt A):41-55. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2017.08.021. Epub 2017 Sep 1.

Structure of the homodimeric androgen receptor ligand-binding domain

Nadal M*, Prekovic S*, Gallastegui N*, Helsen C, Abella M, Zielinska K, Gay M, Vilaseca M, Taulès M, Houtsmuller AB, van Royen ME, Claessens F, Fuentes-Prior P, Estébanez-Perpiñá E. Nat Commun. 2017 Feb 6;8:14388. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14388.

*denotes shared first authorship

2016

The Effect of F877L and T878A Mutations on Androgen Receptor Response to Enzalutamide

Prekovic S, van Royen ME, Voet AR, Geverts B, Houtman R, Melchers D, Zhang KY, Van den Broeck T, Smeets E, Spans L, Houtsmuller AB, Joniau S, Claessens F, Helsen C. Mol Cancer Ther. 2016 Jul;15(7):1702-12. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-15-0892. Epub 2016 May 16.

Genomic and epigenomic analysis of high-risk prostate cancer reveals changes in hydroxymethylation and TET1

Spans L, Van den Broeck T, Smeets E, Prekovic S, Thienpont B, Lambrechts D, Karnes RJ, Erho N, Alshalalfa M, Davicioni E, Helsen C, Gevaert T, Tosco L, Haustermans K, Lerut E, Joniau S, Claessens F. Oncotarget. 2016 Apr 26;7(17):24326-38. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.8220.

Multidisciplinary investigation links backward-speech trait and working memory through genetic mutation

Prekovic S*#, Đurđević DF*, Csifcsák G, Šveljo O, Stojković O, Janković M, Koprivšek K, Covill LE, Lučić M, Van den Broeck T, Helsen C, Ceroni F, Claessens F, Newbury DF#. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 3;6:20369. doi: 10.1038/srep20369.

*denotes shared first authorship / #denotes co-corresponding authorship

2014

Emerging mechanisms of enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer

Claessens F, Helsen C, Prekovic S, Van den Broeck T, Spans L, Van Poppel H, Joniau S. Nat Rev Urol. 2014 Dec;11(12):712-6. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.243. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Obesity and prostate cancer research

Van den Broeck T, Tosco L, Prekovic S, Joniau S. Cent European J Urol. 2014;66(4):428-9. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2013.04.art8.

The role of single nucleotide polymorphisms in predicting prostate cancer risk and therapeutic decision making

Van den Broeck T, Joniau S, Clinckemalie L, Helsen C, Prekovic S, Spans L, Tosco L, Van Poppel H, Claessens F. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:627510. doi: 10.1155/2014/627510. Epub 2014 Feb 19.

Androgen receptor antagonists for prostate cancer therapy.

Helsen C, Van den Broeck T, Voet A, Prekovic S, Van Poppel H, Joniau S, Claessens F. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2014 Aug;21(4):T105-18. doi: 10.1530/ERC-13-0545. Epub 2014 Mar 17.

Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of LNCaP and C4-2B prostate cancer cell lines

Spans L, Helsen C, Clinckemalie L, Van den Broeck T, Prekovic S, Joniau S, Lerut E, Claessens F. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 28;9(2): e90002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090002. eCollection 2014.

Assessment of association between common variants at 17q12 and prostate cancer risk-evidence from Serbian population and meta-analysis

Nikolić ZZ, Branković AS, Savić-Pavićević DL, Preković SM, Vukotić VD, Cerović SJ, Filipović NN, Tomović SM, Romac SP, Brajušković GN. Clin Transl Sci. 2014 Aug;7(4):307-13. doi: 10.1111/cts.12130. Epub 2014 Jan 14.