Androgen receptor overexpression and sensitivity to hormones reversed by epigenetic therapy that restores Pur-α to a transcriptional repressor complex of AR deregulated in HRPC

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#21

From literature, which @axolotl is compiling, this would appear to be extremely likely. Various antidepressant agents have been shown to exert strong anti-androgenic effects.

Look at the survey results concerning the crash. All three main drugs covered on this site are causing crashes, and even the number of days after quitting until the crash happens, are almost identical.

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Furthermore, the symptom profile they are causing is nearly identical as well, check out our survey results in this regard.

As said, all three substances classes have documented to have strong, anti-androgenic effects. If this were not the same problem (i.e. same root cause), why would it’s presentation be practically identical? Howelse can the crash be explained, if not through AR overexpression? How can things like muscle wasting, penile shrinkage, skin changes, joint problems, increases in abdominal fat, gynecomastia, bone pain, perineum atrophy and other clearly documented anti-androgenic effects be explained by something like neurosteroids for example? At least to me, this makes zero sense. Of course, neurosteroids are involved, but I believe as a downstream effect of AR deregulation, and not as a root cause. Here also, Axo is working on producing the evidence from recent publications, which can plausibly explain how AR deregulation can lead to deregulated neurosteroids.

To all those who somehow seem to think that this rather obvious hypothesis is somehow uncool, just to be clear: From a strategic point of view, a common denominator is the best thing that can happen to ALL of us (PFS, PSSD, PAS, Lupron, etc.). If it is the anti-androgenic effect of these (and other) substances that is causing this, and we can make a plausible case (which Axo and I are working on very hard), this common denominator can be our ticket to substantial 7+ digit NIH level funding. Without funding in those dimensions, at least the research path is going to be a very rough one. Alternatively, if this hypothesis turns out to be completely wrong, and each drug is causing the same problem but via a different mechanism, I am afraid that no one will really care, as is the case now.

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#22

You know what? In the past I’ve said there wasn’t enough focus on actually finding a way to fix this on this forum. But my god. Propeciahelp progress is HARDCORE progress.

Thanks so so much for everything you do. :slight_smile:

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#23

If you’re reading this and haven’t done it yet, fill out the survey!

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#24

You are welcome. Axo, I and others have invested many thousands of hours of work into what we do, and also considerable financial resources. Everyone can thank us by simply supporting our projects. This means:

Even though both will not produce an instant cure, they will support our strategic work which will hopefully benefit you in the future. Btw, it would also be great to get more 23andMe data from PSSD and PAS patients. If we could manage to find some SNP’s which stick out in all three groups, boy this would be one hell of a smoking gun.

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#25

Yes there are other demethylating agents, but they are far from strong. Also refering to ur question about aza and deca. There exists azacitidine and decitabine (aza and deca). These two are different from each other. Decitabine crosses the blood brain barrier for example, azacitidine does not.

I do get that this is all risky ofcourse, but people commit suicide, and I think this ‘‘lottery’’ has to be given a chance if your other option is suicide. Some of us can’t come out of bed anymore/have very bad anhedonia, and I think for those people it might be a risk they are willing to take. If ur only problem is bad libido/bad erections, no, i wouldn’t try such a thing. I also do know about HDAC inhibitors, i used sodium butyrate for a while with some mild good effects, but got tolerance overtime.

Got here a list btw people might find interesting. As u can see the substance you tried is also on this list. It’s a non-nucleoside inhibitor sadly, and if I remember right, that is a must for sufficient results.

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#26

I truly believe that the research has to be focused exactly on what you are focusing it, especially if we bear in mind the Di Loreto study findings.

But in my “battle” with doctors many of them have argued that these symptoms can also be caused by neurological problems (and I am not talking about those who told me to visit a psychiatrist, I am talking about doctors who saw the illness as something real that can obviously not be cured with antidepressants).

I don’t know to what extent this is true, because as I said I am not a scientist, but I can think of some neurological illnesses that have some of these problems.

It is also true that during the last months I have been strongly influenced by the last events in my life and some “medical professionals” too much.

I think we all agree that we need to push the AR overxpression theory until the end to see if this is really the cause, and in case it is, then analyze what can we do to solve it.

Then, if nothing is found, we can always start a different route. But it is clear that probably no one has done more research on PFS than you, so your opinion is certainly the most important in this subject.

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#27

If we are going to wait for the study to be finished, I bet you guys that it will going to take at least another 6 or more year and I am optimistic.
I would say, why not based on awor theory do not start some approach to down-regulate the AR with help of a professional in the mater instead of count the legs of a fly?
Otherwise we are going to die before any finding arrive.
Why do not try HDACI-bicalutamide for example under supervision of a forefront doctors in this matter ?

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#28

I don’t disagree that waiting for more research is pointless. But, which doctor is going to risk his/her license to give chemotherapy for a condition that is not even fully recognized by the medical community?

#29

If I understand well the theory, trying to downregulate the Androgen Receptor with the current knowledge would be like trying to shoot an apple off a man’s head while being drunk and blindfolded.

As we get more information from studies, we may be able to remove the blindfold and aim at the apple with precision.

Are you willing to try it?

#30

I am ready right now for HDACI-bicalutamide

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#31

I know that I maybe will be criticized for bring back to the table the same issue , but here again

glucocorticoids can activate AR signaling in cells.

If you look in this subject there is a lot interaction between AR an glucorticoids, the more that I read abut the subject I do not have doub that Anonymous was recovered due the methylprednisolone some how it reversed on him the epigenetic change due FIN.

I am also willing to try methylprednisolone hight dosage trough vein, the only problem is to find the doctor willing to do it.

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#32

Also there are herbs that can down regulate AR, some of those herbs had been used for cancer treatment as HDACI-bicalutamide.

For example baicalin and oridonin

baicalin or its aglycon baicalein, down-regulated the AR protein in the LNCaP cell line in a dose-dependent manner.

It make confuse because, it seem that down regulation of AR is like the same action of propecia did or no ?

Over here this study said:
HDAC inhibitors have been intensively investigated as AR suppressors.

our data supported the result that androgen including dihydrotestosterone suppressed AR transcript (data not shown)

Also this previous study have a long table with gene classification, gene function, cell, effect and supposed mechanism.

URGENT NOTE : BAICALIN AND ORIDONIN ARE IS NOT SAFE IT’S inhibit 5-alpha [reductase](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/oxidoreductase)

Interentingly bicalutamide down-regulate AR but do not inhibit 5-alpha [reductase]

Bicalutamide does not inhibit 5α-reductase nor is known to inhibit other enzymes involved in androgen steroidogenesis

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#33

I am trying to contact doctors in India as we speak to see if i can go there and get this treatment. It has to be done, we can’t wait for another X years without even knowing what explanation will be given to us.

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#34

I agree with you 100%, I do not have the money right now to go to india with you, I am setting a business, hopefully will generate enough money within a year and then I will go whenever I have to go to do any experimental treatment including also methylprednisolone and HDACI-bicalutamide .

#35

@Moonchild , if you want to be a lab rat, best of luck to you. Attempting to convince members to try unproven substances in the extremely unlikely event that they may improve their situation and a moderate chance that they may worsen it is both reckless and immoral.

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#36

No, you are wrong, I am no convincing nobody, I am posting information that I found and also posting my doubts and questions, But definitively I will try what ever I found interesting to try.
If you want to remain with the condition waiting for the X years study good luck to you also.

#37

i tried the HDAC-i + DNMTi + PREP for couple months recently, nothing really to write home about…

im reading more about nandrolone if you people let me hijack this thread a bit, i believe nandrolone might help the condition, let me see if i got the facts straight first(and thanks Awor for the research)

what led to silencing of AR

DHT reduced by 30-90% in tissues expressing 5a
increase in the density of AR occurs to keep stimulation with test in the same tissues
when the use of medications suddenly stop DHT gets back in levels ~ 300% greater than before, DHT alone is 5x more androgenic than testosterone which means a 1500% increase in activity
epigenetic silencing occurs in response to over-expression of AR

Insensitive AR >> activation threshold is greatly reduced
hypothalamus receives the signal that the body has enough testo when it does not
less LH production >> less testo >>> follows the loop…

ime the theory is on point

testo triggers a negative feedback loop, we can´t use it to resentitize AR:
im experiencing it myself as i got back from PCT and injected T my morning wood is gone(only thing changed, doing enanthate EOD / TRT dose)
bloodwork confirmed below ref range LH / Test / SHBG

now here are some differences between testosterone and nandrolone

testosterone and DHT:

—5ar-reduced metabolite is more androgenic, which in a desensitized AR would lead to upregulated 5-ar, preventing resensitization i assume

----high affinity for SHBG, makes hard to test things having one more variable to deal, also androgens reduce SHBG leading to another feedback loop which too is amplified by the hypersensitive AR

----high conversion to estrogen also interferes with the hypothalamic loop

Nandrolone and DHN

—Low androgenic nature of DHN will:
1)force the AR to sensitize where it expresses 5ar or
2)downregulate the 5ar itself (this is very interesting paper)

in case (2) higher androgenicity of nandrolone and/or low SHBG affinity will keep androgen receptors from increasing in density until 5ar comes back to normal(note the dynamics here are contrary to finasteride, which suddenly reinstates DHT in a over-sensitive environment)

there´s also some neurotransmitter changes with nandrolone which i see as interesting like:

sensitization to amphetamines/MDMA
sensitization of some dopamine receptors
increased dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway
increased DAT expression
blocked SERT increase in response to stress

more info here from Dr. MezDez

https://www.reddit.com/r/PEDsR/comments … potential/

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#38

In other words, reducing testosterone near to zero, for frame of time of course DHT are going to be extremely low or zero, will sensitize AR and down regulations of the AR will ocurre, in other words waking up the AR silenced gene ?
Now my other question is:
Based in that concept, why there are not any approach for any practitioner to down-regulate the AR ?

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#40

i took vorinostat which is a HDAC drug got nothing out of it but might work for someone else

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