As part of his Ph.D. in pharmacy at Université Laval, Dr. Audet-Walsh focused on the link between steroid hormones and endometrial and prostate cancers. During his work, he has demonstrated that the regulation of steroid metabolism is altered in tumor cells, notably via alterations of specific metabolic pathways. In addition, several pharmacogenomic analyses have been able to establish the link between genetic markers in steroidogenesis genes in relationship with prostate cancer progression. He then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University, where he studied transcriptional regulation mechanisms by members of the nuclear receptor family using transcriptomic, cistromic (functional genomic) and metabolomic tools in different in vitro and in vivo models, with a particular interest in the regulation of energy metabolism. Dr. Audet-Walsh has notably demonstrated the interaction between several nuclear receptors and different cell signaling pathways in the transcriptional control of cell metabolism following various stresses. In addition, he was interested in characterizing the different waves of transcriptional regulation that involve the functional interaction between different families of transcription factors, especially in hormone-sensitive cancers.

Recently recruited at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Laval University, Dr. Audet-Walsh specializes in the study of metabolic reprogramming in hormone-sensitive cancers, by nuclear receptors. By their actions, these receptors act as master regulators of the cellular bioenergetic pathways, necessary for both the synthesis of ATP and the biosynthesis of macromolecules that are essential to cell proliferation. By using transcriptomic, cistromic and metabolomic analyzes, he wants to understand how these receptors contribute to the transcriptional regulation of different cellular metabolic pathways in physiology and disease. In addition, he also wants to understand how metabolism in turn influences hormonal signaling, since several metabolic intermediates are essential for the regulation of the epigenome. Finally, a translational research approach targeting the key elements of metabolism in pathological conditions will be used to validate its results in a context of in vitro (cells in culture) and in vivo (rodent models, human samples) models. Understanding the metabolic reprogramming associated with pathological conditions, as well as the factors that control such reprogramming, will allow the identification of new therapeutic targets in different hormone-sensitive cancers.

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Jobin C, Harvey M, Lacouture A, Weidmann C, Neveu B, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

Protocol for transducing human primary epithelial prostate cells and patient-derived organoids with high efficiency

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STAR Protoc, 5 (3), 2024.

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Galey L, Olanrewaju A, Nabi H, Paquette JS, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

PSA, an outdated biomarker for prostate cancer: In search of a more specific biomarker, citrate takes the spotlight

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J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 243 , 2024.

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Lafront C, Germain L, Campolina-Silva GH, Weidmann C, Berthiaume L, Hovington H, Brisson H, Jobin C, Frégeau-Proulx L, Cotau R, Gonthier K, Lacouture A, Caron P, Ménard C, Atallah C, Riopel J, Latulippe É, Bergeron A, Toren P, Guillemette C, Pelletier M, Fradet Y, Belleannée C, Pouliot F, Lacombe L, Lévesque É, Audet-Walsh É

The estrogen signaling pathway reprograms prostate cancer cell metabolism and supports proliferation and disease progression

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J Clin Invest, 134 (11), 2024.

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Galey L, Olanrewaju A, Nabi H, Paquette JS, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

Rediscovering citrate as a biomarker for prostate cancer

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Nat Rev Urol, 2024.

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Samson N, Bosoi CR, Roy C, Turcotte L, Tribouillard L, Mouchiroud M, Berthiaume L, Trottier J, Silva HCG, Guerbette T, Plata-Gómez AB, Besse-Patin A, Montoni A, Ilacqua N, Lamothe J, Citron YR, Gélinas Y, Gobeil S, Zoncu R, Caron A, Morissette M, Pellegrini L, Rochette PJ, Estall JL, Efeyan A, Shum M, Audet-Walsh É, Barbier O, Marette A, Laplante M

HSDL2 links nutritional cues to bile acid and cholesterol homeostasis

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Sci Adv, 10 (22), 2024.

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Gonthier K, Weidmann C, Berthiaume L, Jobin C, Lacouture A, Lafront C, Harvey M, Neveu B, Loehr J, Bergeron A, Fradet Y, Lacombe L, Riopel J, Latulippe É, Atallah C, Shum M, Lambert JP, Pouliot F, Pelletier M, Audet-Walsh É

Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 sustains a hybrid cytoplasmic-mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle that can be targeted for therapeutic purposes in prostate cancer

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Mol Oncol, 17 (10), 2023.

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Lacombe L, Hovington H, Brisson H, Mehdi S, Beillevaire D, Émond JP, Wagner A, Villeneuve L, Simonyan D, Ouellet V, Barrès V, Latour M, Aprikian A, Bergeron A, Castonguay V, Couture F, Chevalier S, Brimo F, Fazli L, Fleshner N, Gleave M, Karakiewicz PI, Lattouf JB, Trudel D, van der Kwast T, Mes-Masson AM, Pouliot F, Fradet Y, Audet-Walsh E, Saad F, Guillemette C, Lévesque E

UGT2B28 accelerates prostate cancer progression through stabilization of the endocytic adaptor protein HIP1 regulating AR and EGFR pathways

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Cancer Lett, 553 , 2023.

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Germain L, Lafront C, Paquette V, Neveu B, Paquette JS, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

Preclinical models of prostate cancer - modelling androgen dependency and castration resistance in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo

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Nat Rev Urol, 20 (8), 2023.

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Clemenceau A, Lacouture A, Bherer J, Ouellette G, Michaud A, Audet-Walsh É, Diorio C, Durocher F

Role of Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 1 in Early Breast Carcinogenesis and Breast Cancer Aggressiveness

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Cancers (Basel), 15 (8), 2023.

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Paquette JS, Rhéaume C, Cordeau P, Moulin JA, Audet-Walsh E, Blanchette V, Drouin-Chartier JP, Toi AK, Tremblay A

The Longevity Protein Klotho: A Promising Tool to Monitor Lifestyle Improvements

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Metabolites, 13 (11), 2023.

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