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Given its insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding domain and the known involvement of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) in PCa, we investigated the molecular interplay between CYR61 and IGF1. CYR61 was silenced using small interfering RNA (siRNA) in prostate carcinoma 3 (PC3), lymph node carcinoma of the prostate (LNCaP), and androgen receptor (AR)-positive 22Rv1 cells, followed by assessments of their proliferation, viability, colony formation, migration, and signaling pathway activation. CYR61 knockdown significantly reduced cell growth, viability, prostasphere formation, and migration across all three cell lines. Mechanistically, CYR61 silencing inhibited PI3K\/AKT signaling but had no effect on MAPK activation. In addition, treatment with recombinant IGF1 induced CYR61 expression in a time-dependent manner, and the inhibition of PI3K\/AKT signaling suppressed both CYR61 expression and cell proliferation. 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