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Ji N, Li H, Zhang Y, Li Y, Wang P, Chen X, Liu YN, Wang JQ, Yang Y, Chen ZS, Li Y, Wang R, Kong D. Lansoprazole (LPZ) reverses multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer through impeding ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter-mediated chemotherapeutic drug efflux and lysosomal sequestration. Drug Resist Updat 2024; 76:101100. [PMID: 38885537 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2024.101100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
Abstract
AIMS Lansoprazole is one of the many proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) that acts more strongly with ABCB1 and ABCG2. The present study is to investigate the potential of lansoprazole on reversal of ABCB1/G2-mediated MDR in cancer, in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Reversal studies and combination evaluation were conducted to determine the synergistic anti-MDR effects on lansoprazole. Lysosomal staining was used to determination of lansoprazole on ABCB1-mediated lysosomal sequestration. Substrate accumulation and efflux assays, ATPase activity, and molecular docking were conducted to evaluate lansoprazole on ABCB1/G2 functions. Western blot and immunofluorescence were used to detect lansoprazole on ABCB1/G2 expression and subcellular localization. MDR nude mice models were established to evaluate the effects of lansoprazole on MDR in vivo. RESULTS Lansoprazole attenuated ABCB1/G2-mediated MDR and exhibited synergistic effects with substrate drugs in MDR cells. In vivo experiments demonstrated that lansoprazole attenuated ABCB1/G2-mediated MDR and exhibited synergistic effects that augmented the sensitivity of substrate anticancer drugs in ABCB1/G2-mediated settings without obvious toxicity. Lansoprazole impeded lysosomal sequestration mediated by ABCB1, leading to a substantial increase in intracellular accumulation of substrate drugs. The effects of lansoprazole were not attributable to downregulation or alterations in subcellular localization of ABCB1/G2. Lansoprazole promoted the ATPase activity of ABCB1/G2 and competitively bound to the substrate-binding region of ABCB1/G2. CONCLUSIONS These findings present novel therapeutic avenues whereby the combination of lansoprazole and chemotherapeutic agents mitigates MDR mediated by ABCB1/G2 overexpression.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Humans
- Mice
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B/metabolism
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B/genetics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2/metabolism
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Drug Resistance, Multiple/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Lansoprazole/pharmacology
- Lysosomes/metabolism
- Lysosomes/drug effects
- Mice, Nude
- Molecular Docking Simulation
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Neoplasms/metabolism
- Neoplasms/pathology
- Proton Pump Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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- Ning Ji
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, National Key Laboratory of Druggability Evaluation and Systematic Translational Medicine, Tianjin 300060, China; Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Diseases (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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Lei ZN, Albadari N, Teng QX, Rahman H, Wang JQ, Wu Z, Ma D, Ambudkar SV, Wurpel JND, Pan Y, Li W, Chen ZS. ABCB1-dependent collateral sensitivity of multidrug-resistant colorectal cancer cells to the survivin inhibitor MX106-4C. Drug Resist Updat 2024; 73:101065. [PMID: 38367548 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2024.101065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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AIMS To investigate the collateral sensitivity (CS) of ABCB1-positive multidrug resistant (MDR) colorectal cancer cells to the survivin inhibitor MX106-4C and the mechanism. METHODS Biochemical assays (MTT, ATPase, drug accumulation/efflux, Western blot, RT-qPCR, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry) and bioinformatic analyses (mRNA-sequencing, reversed-phase protein array) were performed to investigate the hypersensitivity of ABCB1 overexpressing colorectal cancer cells to MX106-4C and the mechanisms. Synergism assay, long-term selection, and 3D tumor spheroid test were used to evaluate the anti-cancer efficacy of MX106-4C. RESULTS MX106-4C selectively killed ABCB1-positive colorectal cancer cells, which could be reversed by an ABCB1 inhibitor, knockout of ABCB1, or loss-of-function ABCB1 mutation, indicating an ABCB1 expression and function-dependent mechanism. MX106-4C's selective toxicity was associated with cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through ABCB1-dependent survivin inhibition and activation on caspases-3/7 as well as modulation on p21-CDK4/6-pRb pathway. MX106-4C had good selectivity against ABCB1-positive colorectal cancer cells and retained this in multicellular tumor spheroids. In addition, MX106-4C could exert a synergistic anti-cancer effect with doxorubicin or re-sensitize ABCB1-positive cancer cells to doxorubicin by reducing ABCB1 expression in the cell population via long-term exposure. CONCLUSIONS MX106-4C selectively kills ABCB1-positive MDR colorectal cancer cells via a novel ABCB1-dependent survivin inhibition mechanism, providing a clue for designing CS compound as an alternative strategy to overcome ABCB1-mediated colorectal cancer MDR.
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- Zi-Ning Lei
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, Digestive Diseases Center, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, Digestive Diseases Center, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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Miao YR, Rankin EB, Giaccia AJ. Therapeutic targeting of the functionally elusive TAM receptor family. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2024; 23:201-217. [PMID: 38092952 PMCID: PMC11335090 DOI: 10.1038/s41573-023-00846-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
The TAM receptor family of TYRO3, AXL and MERTK regulates tissue and immune homeostasis. Aberrant TAM receptor signalling has been linked to a range of diseases, including cancer, fibrosis and viral infections. Specifically, the dysregulation of TAM receptors can enhance tumour growth and metastasis due to their involvement in multiple oncogenic pathways. For example, TAM receptors have been implicated in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, maintaining the stem cell phenotype, immune modulation, proliferation, angiogenesis and resistance to conventional and targeted therapies. Therapeutically, multiple TAM receptor inhibitors are in preclinical and clinical development for cancers and other indications, with those targeting AXL being the most clinically advanced. Although there has been notable clinical advancement in recent years, challenges persist. This Review aims to provide both biological and clinical insights into the current therapeutic landscape of TAM receptor inhibitors, and evaluates their potential for the treatment of cancer and non-malignant diseases.
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- Yu Rebecca Miao
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Gao HL, Cui Q, Wang JQ, Ashby CR, Chen Y, Shen ZX, Chen ZS. The AKT inhibitor, MK-2206, attenuates ABCG2-mediated drug resistance in lung and colon cancer cells. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1235285. [PMID: 37521473 PMCID: PMC10373739 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1235285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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Introduction: The overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, ABCB1 and ABCG2, are two of the major mediators of multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancers. Although multiple ABCB1 and ABCG2 inhibitors have been developed and some have undergone evaluation in clinical trials, none have been clinically approved. The compound, MK-2206, an inhibitor of the protein kinases AKT1/2/3, is undergoing evaluation in multiple clinical trials for the treatment of certain types of cancers, including those resistant to erlotinib. In this in vitro study, we conducted in vitro experiments to determine if MK-2206 attenuates multidrug resistance in cancer cells overexpressing the ABCB1 or ABCG2 transporter. Methodology: The efficacy of MK-2206 (0.03-1 μM), in combination with the ABCB1 transporter sub-strates doxorubicin and paclitaxel, and ABCG2 transporter substrates mitoxantrone, SN-38 and topotecan, were determined in the cancer cell lines, KB-C2 and SW620/Ad300, which overexpress the ABCB1 transporter or H460/MX20 and S1-M1-80, which overexpress the ABCG2 transporter, respectively. The expression level and the localization of ABCG2 transporter on the cancer cells membranes were determined using western blot and immunofluorescence assays, respectively, following the incubation of cells with MK-2206. Finally, the interaction between MK-2206 and human ABCG2 transporter was predicted using computer-aided molecular modeling. Results: MK-2206 significantly increased the efficacy of anticancer compounds that were substrates for the ABCG2 but not the ABCB1 transporter. MK-2206 alone (0.03-1 μM) did not significantly alter the viability of H460/MX20 and S1-M1-80 cancer cells, which overexpress the ABCG2 transporter, compared to cells incubated with vehicle. However, MK-2206 (0.3 and 1 μM) significantly increased the anticancer efficacy of mitoxantrone, SN-38 and topotecan, in H460/MX20 and S1-M1-80 cancer cells, as indicated by a significant decrease in their IC50 values, compared to cells incubated with vehicle. MK-2206 significantly increased the basal activity of the ABCG2 ATPase (EC50 = 0.46 μM) but did not significantly alter its expression level and sub-localization in the membrane. The molecular modeling results suggested that MK-2206 binds to the active pocket of the ABCG2 transporter, by a hydrogen bond, hydrophobic interactions and π-π stacking. Conclusion: These in vitro data indicated that MK-2206 surmounts resistance to mitoxantrone, SN-38 and topotecan in cancer cells overexpressing the ABCG2 transporter. If these results can be translated to humans, it is possible that MK-2206 could be used to surmount MDR in cancer cells overexpressing the ABCG2 transporter.
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- Hai-Ling Gao
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, United States
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Lin R, Zhang L, Ye B, Wang Y, Li YD, Jason H, Liu W, Hu P, Chen J, Chen ZS, Chen Z. A multi-functional nano-system combining PI3K-110α/β inhibitor overcomes P-glycoprotein mediated MDR and improves anti-cancer efficiency. Cancer Lett 2023; 563:216181. [PMID: 37086953 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2023.216181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
Abstract
P-glycoprotein (P-gp/ABCB1)-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancers severely limit chemotherapeutic efficacy. We recently reported that phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) 110α and 110β subunits can be novel targets for reversal of P-gp mediated MDR in cancers, and BAY-1082439 as an inhibitor specific for PI3K 110α and 110β subunits could reverse P-gp-mediated MDR by downregulating P-gp expression in cancer cells. However, BAY-1082439 has very low solubility, short half-life and high in-vivo clearance rate. Till now, nano-system with the functions to target PI3K P110α and P110β and reverse P-gp mediated MDR in cancers has not been reported. In our study, a tumor targeting drug delivery nano-system PBDF was established, which comprised doxorubicin (DOX) and BAY-1082439 respectively encapsulated by biodegradable PLGA-SH nanoparticles (NPs) that were grafted to gold nanorods (Au NRs) modified with FA-PEG-SH, to enhance the efficacy to reverse P-gp mediated MDR and to target tumor cells, further, to enhance the efficiency to inhibit MDR tumors overexpressing P-gp. In-vitro experiments indicated that PBDF NPs greatly enhanced uptake of DOX, improved the activity to reverse MDR, inhibited the cell proliferation, and induced S-phase arrest and apoptosis in KB-C2 cells, as compared with free DOX combining free BAY-1082439. In-vivo experiments further demonstrated that PBDF NPs improved the anti-tumor ability of DOX and inhibited development of KB-C2 tumors. Notably, the metastasis of KB-C2 cells in livers and lungs of nude mice were inhibited by treatment with PBDF NPs, which showed no obvious in-vitro or in-vivo toxicity.
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- Ruikun Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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Qu YQ, Song LL, Xu SW, Yu MSY, Kadioglu O, Michelangeli F, Law BYK, Efferth T, Lam CWK, Wong VKW. Pomiferin targets SERCA, mTOR, and P-gp to induce autophagic cell death in apoptosis-resistant cancer cells, and reverses the MDR phenotype in cisplatin-resistant tumors in vivo. Pharmacol Res 2023; 191:106769. [PMID: 37061145 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Drug resistance in cancer has been classified as innate resistance or acquired resistance, which were characterized by apoptotic defects and ABC transporters overexpression respectively. Therefore, to preclude or reverse these resistance mechanisms could be a promising strategy to improve chemotherapeutic outcomes. In this study, a natural product from Osage Orange, pomiferin, was identified as a novel autophagy activator that circumvents innate resistance by triggering autophagic cell death via SERCA inhibition and activation of the CaMKKβ-AMPK-mTOR signaling cascade. In addition, pomiferin also directly inhibited the P-gp (MDR1/ABCB1) efflux and reversed acquired resistance by potentiating the accumulation and efficacy of the chemotherapeutic agent, cisplatin. In vivo study demonstrated that pomiferin triggered calcium-mediated tumor suppression and exhibited an anti-metastatic effect in the LLC-1 lung cancer-bearing mouse model. Moreover, as an adjuvant, pomiferin potentiated the anti-tumor effect of the chemotherapeutic agent, cisplatin, in RM-1 drug-resistant prostate cancer-bearing mouse model by specially attenuating ABCB1-mediated drug efflux, but not ABCC5, thereby promoting the accumulation of cisplatin in tumors. Collectively, pomiferin may serve as a novel effective agent for circumventing drug resistance in clinical applications.
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- Yuan-Qing Qu
- Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China; Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China; Department of Basic Medicine of Zhuhai Health School, Zhuhai, China
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- Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudinger Weg 5, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Staudinger Weg 5, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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Ye Q, Zhou X, Han F, Zheng C. Toad venom-derived bufadienolides and their therapeutic application in prostate cancers: Current status and future directions. Front Chem 2023; 11:1137547. [PMID: 37007051 PMCID: PMC10060886 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1137547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Specially, the high incidence rate and prevalence of drug resistance have rendered prostate cancer (PCa) a great threat to men’s health. Novel modalities with different structures or mechanisms are in urgent need to overcome these two challenges. Traditional Chinese medicine toad venom-derived agents (TVAs) have shown to possess versatile bioactivities in treating certain diseases including PCa. In this work, we attempted to have an overview of bufadienolides, the major bioactive components in TVAs, in the treatment of PCa in the past decade, including their derivatives developed by medicinal chemists to antagonize certain drawbacks of bufadienolides such as innate toxic effect to normal cells. Generally, bufadienolides can effectively induce apoptosis and suppress PCa cells in-vitro and in-vivo, majorly mediated by regulating certain microRNAs/long non-coding RNAs, or by modulating key pro-survival and pro-metastasis players in PCa. Importantly, critical obstacles and challenges using TVAs will be discussed and possible solutions and future perspectives will also be presented in this review. Further in-depth studies are clearly needed to decipher the mechanisms, e.g., targets and pathways, toxic effects and fully reveal their application. The information collected in this work may help evoke more effects in developing bufadienolides as therapeutic agents in PCa.
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- Qingmei Ye
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Hainan General Hospital & Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- The Fifth People’s Hospital of Hainan Province & Affiliated Dermatology Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Hainan General Hospital & Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- *Correspondence: Caijuan Zheng,
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Zhang Y, Wang P, Wang Y, Shen Y. Sitravatinib as a potent FLT3 inhibitor can overcome gilteritinib resistance in acute myeloid leukemia. Biomark Res 2023; 11:8. [PMID: 36691065 PMCID: PMC9872318 DOI: 10.1186/s40364-022-00447-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gilteritinib is the only drug approved as monotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients harboring FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 internal tandem duplication (FLT3-ITD) mutation throughout the world. However, drug resistance inevitably develops in clinical. Sitravatinib is a multi-kinase inhibitor under evaluation in clinical trials of various solid tumors. In this study, we explored the antitumor activity of sitravatinib against FLT3-ITD and clinically-relevant drug resistance in FLT3 mutant AML. METHODS Growth inhibitory assays were performed in AML cell lines and BaF3 cells expressing various FLT3 mutants to evaluate the antitumor activity of sitravatinib in vitro. Immunoblotting was used to examine the activity of FLT3 and its downstream pathways. Molecular docking was performed to predict the binding sites of FLT3 to sitravatinib. The survival benefit of sitravatinib in vivo was assessed in MOLM13 xenograft mouse models and mouse models of transformed BaF3 cells harboring different FLT3 mutants. Primary patient samples and a patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model were also used to determine the efficacy of sitravatinib. RESULTS Sitravatinib inhibited cell proliferation, induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in FLT3-ITD AML cell lines. In vivo studies showed that sitravatinib exhibited a better therapeutic effect than gilteritinib in MOLM13 xenograft model and BaF3-FLT3-ITD model. Unlike gilteritinib, the predicted binding sites of sitravatinib to FLT3 did not include F691 residue. Sitravatinib displayed a potent inhibitory effect on FLT3-ITD-F691L mutation which conferred resistance to gilteritinib and all other FLT3 inhibitors available, both in vitro and in vivo. Compared with gilteritinib, sitravatinib retained effective activity against FLT3 mutation in the presence of cytokines through the more potent and steady inhibition of p-ERK and p-AKT. Furthermore, patient blasts harboring FLT3-ITD were more sensitive to sitravatinib than to gilteritinib in vitro and in the PDX model. CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals the potential therapeutic role of sitravatinib in FLT3 mutant AML and provides an alternative inhibitor for the treatment of AML patients who are resistant to current FLT3 inhibitors.
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- Yvyin Zhang
- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine (Shanghai), Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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- Department of Hematology, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510000 China
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- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine (Shanghai), Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine (Shanghai), Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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Moosavi F, Damghani T, Ghazi S, Pirhadi S. In silico screening of c-Met tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting nucleotide and drug-substrate binding sites of ABCB1 as potential MDR reversal agents. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2022; 42:549-561. [PMID: 35704515 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2022.2086988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE Cancer is a significant public health problem and ranks as a leading cause of death globally. Multidrug resistance (MDR) affects the therapeutic potential of conventional chemotherapeutic agents in cancer chemotherapy. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are enzymes whose aberrant activation contributes to the tumorigenesis of various types of cancers. The ability of several RTKs, such as c-Met, to reverse ABC transporters mediated MDR was shown before. We aimed to explore the ability of c-Met inhibitors to circumvent MDR in cancer by inhibiting the ABCB1 transporter using in silico studies. METHODS Docking virtual screening of several potent and structurally diverse c-Met inhibitors were applied to find repurposed candidates to target the ATP binding sites and drug-substrate binding pockets of the ABCB1 transporter. The selected candidate was subjected to molecular dynamics simulations. RESULTS Based on docking findings, among 19 clinical c-Met inhibitors, several drugs, particularly golvatinib, exerted the affinity to both ATP binding sites in the nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) as well as the drug-substrate binding site in the transmembrane domains (TMDs). Moreover, several non-clinical c-Met inhibitors obtained from the ChEMBL database had strong interactions with TMDs and NBDs, among which CHEMBL1950194 and CHEMBL2385194 compounds showed the highest binding affinity, respectively. Additionally, as a potential repositioning drug, MD simulation studies of golvatinib, corroborated the docking results. CONCLUSION We applied docking and molecular dynamics simulations to screen the potential c-Met inhibitors as the MDR reversing agents targeting ATP and drug-substrate binding sites, and the results suggested several repurposed candidate drugs.
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- Fatemeh Moosavi
- Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Engle K, Kumar G. Cancer multidrug-resistance reversal by ABCB1 inhibition: A recent update. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 239:114542. [PMID: 35751979 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs as a part of the standardized chemotherapy regimen. Cytotoxic chemicals delay and prevent cancer cells from multiplying, invading, and metastasizing. However, the significant drawbacks of cancer chemotherapy are the lack of selectivity of the cytotoxic drugs to tumour cells and normal cells and the development of resistance by cells for the particular drug or the combination of drugs. Multidrug resistance (MDR) is the low sensitivity of specific cells against drugs associated with cancer chemotherapy. The most common mechanisms of anticancer drug resistance are: (a) drug-dependent MDR (b) target-dependent MDR, and (c) drug target-independent MDR. In all the factors, the overexpression of multidrug efflux systems contributes significantly to the increased resistance in the cancer cells. Multidrug resistance due to efflux of anticancer drugs by membrane ABC transporters includes ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2. ABCB1 inhibition can restore the sensitivity of the cancerous cells toward chemotherapeutic drugs. In this review, we discussed ABCB1 inhibitors under clinical studies with their mode of action, potency and selectivity. Also, we have highlighted the contribution of repurposing drugs, biologics and nano formulation strategies to combat multidrug resistance by modulating the ABCB1 activity.
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- Kritika Engle
- Department of Natural Products, Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Balanagar, 500037, India
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- Department of Natural Products, Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Balanagar, 500037, India.
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Chen H, Jia B, Zhang Q, Zhang Y. Meclofenamic Acid Restores Gefinitib Sensitivity by Downregulating Breast Cancer Resistance Protein and Multidrug Resistance Protein 7 via FTO/m6A-Demethylation/c-Myc in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Oncol 2022; 12:870636. [PMID: 35530301 PMCID: PMC9069108 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.870636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background and Objective Gefitinib (GE) is a first-line epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) carrying EGFR activating mutations. However, drug resistance limits the clinical efficacy of gefitinib and ultimately leads to extremely poor clinical benefit. Meclofenamic acid (MA) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that relieves moderate and severe pain. In the present study, we aim to determine the MA sensibilization of GE in NSCLC. Methods MTT assay was conducted to determine the synergistic effect of MA with GE in GE-sensitive and -resistant cell lines based on the Chou–Talalay method. The Annexin V-PI flow cytometry analysis was conducted to evaluate apoptosis. Western blot assay was used to detect alterations of EGFR downstream molecules. Tritium-labeled GE accumulation analysis was used to determine the efflux activity of GE. Dot blot assays were conducted to determine m6A levels after the MA and GE co-administration. Western blot evaluated the expression of FTO, c-Myc, MRP7, BCRP, and apoptotic proteins. Results MA showed a significant synergistic effect with GE in GE-resistant NSCLC cells; co-administration of MA with GE induced caspase-related apoptosis in resistant NSCLC cells. Moreover, EGFR downstream molecules, including Akt and MAPKs pathways, were significantly inhibited by the MA-GE combination. Short-term incubation of MA did not alter the efflux of GE; however, after incubation for 24 h, the accumulation of tritium-labeled GE significantly increased. A mechanism study showed that co-administration of MA and GE significantly downregulated BCRP and MRP7 expression in GE-resistant cells; increased N6-methylation was also observed after co-administration. The FTO/c-Myc was determined as target pathways on MA and GE co-administration mechanisms. Conclusion Our findings provide novel therapeutic approaches for GE-resistant NSCLC by combination use with MA through FTO-mediated N6-demethylation.
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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Boyle MM, Ashi S, Puiu T, Reimer D, Sokumbi O, Soltani K, Onajin O. Lichen Planus Pemphigoides Associated With PD-1 and PD-L1 Inhibitors: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Am J Dermatopathol 2022; 44:360-367. [PMID: 35120032 DOI: 10.1097/dad.0000000000002139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ABSTRACT Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly being used in the treatment of various solid organ and hematologic malignancies. Dermatologic toxicities associated with programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) therapy have been widely reported in the literature. It is important for clinicians to be aware of these toxicities to ensure prompt recognition and treatment. Herein, we present the clinical, histopathologic, and immunofluorescence findings of 3 patients diagnosed with lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP) after treatment with anti-PD-1 inhibitors. We also reviewed the literature and summarize 7 previously reported cases of LPP associated with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 inhibitors. LPP was diagnosed at a median time of 24.4 weeks (range: 4-78 weeks) after initiation of immunotherapy. Clinical findings included papules, plaques, erosions, vesicles, and bullae on the trunk and extremities. Oral involvement was present in half the cases. Histopathologic features of immunotherapy-induced LPP included lichenoid or vacuolar interface dermatitis, the presence of eosinophils, and subepidermal bullae. Direct immunofluorescence demonstrated linear deposition of immunoglobulin G (IgG) or C3. Indirect immunofluorescence demonstrated linear IgG along basement membrane zone on monkey esophagus in 2 cases and linear IgG on the epidermal side of salt split skin in 3 cases. Serum anti-BP180 was elevated in all cases in which enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed.
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- Margaret M Boyle
- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL; and
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL; and
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- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL; and
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- Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL; and
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Bai Z, Guo Z, Liu J, Chen YA, Lu Q, Zhang P, Hong L, Wang Y, Dong J. Lapatinib Suppresses HER2-Overexpressed Cholangiocarcinoma and Overcomes ABCB1- Mediated Gemcitabine Chemoresistance. Front Oncol 2022; 12:860339. [PMID: 35463361 PMCID: PMC9033256 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.860339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Recent breakthroughs in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) genomics have led to the discovery of many unique identifying mutations, of which HER2 has been found to be overexpressed specifically in cases of extrahepatic CCA. However, whether or not lapatinib (an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor selective for inhibition of HER2), or a combination of lapatinib and gemcitabine, exerts inhibitory effects on HER2-overexpressed CCA is still unclear. Methods The effect of lapatinib and a lapatinib-gemcitabine combination treatment on CCA was determined using organoid and cell line models. Cell cycle arrest, apoptosis and proteins involving HER2-dependent downstream signaling pathways were analyzed to assess the effect of lapatinib on HER2+ CCA. The synergistic effect of lapatinib and gemcitabine was interpreted by docking analysis, ABCB1-associated ATPase assay, rhodamine transport assay and LC-MS/MS analyses. Results dFdCTP, the active metabolite of gemcitabine, is proved to be the substrate of ABCB1 by docking analysis and ATPase assay. The upregulation of ABCB1 after gemcitabine treatment accounts for the resistance of gemcitabine. Lapatinib exerts a dual effect on HER2-overexpressed CCA, suppressing the growth of CCA cells by inhibiting HER2 and HER2-dependent downstream signaling pathways while inhibiting ABCB1 transporter function, allowing for the accumulation of active gemcitabine metabolites within cells. Conclusions Our data demonstrates that lapatinib can not only inhibit growth of CCA overexpressing HER2, but can also circumvent ABCB1-mediated chemoresistance after gemcitabine treatment. As such, this provides a preclinical rationale basis for further clinical investigation into the effectiveness of a combination treatment of lapatinib with gemcitabine in HER2-overexpressed CCA.
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- Zhiqing Bai
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines & NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products), Beijing, China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Fu H, Wu ZX, Lei ZN, Teng QX, Yang Y, Ashby CR, Lei Y, Lian Y, Chen ZS. The Resistance of Cancer Cells to Palbociclib, a Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 Inhibitor, is Mediated by the ABCB1 Transporter. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:861642. [PMID: 35350768 PMCID: PMC8957877 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.861642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Palbociclib was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use, in combination with letrozole, as a first-line treatment for estrogen receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (ER+/HER2-) postmenopausal metastatic breast cancer. However, recent studies show that palbociclib may be an inhibitor of the ABCB1 transporter, although this remains to be elucidated. Therefore, we conducted experiments to determine the interaction of palbociclib with the ABCB1 transporter. Our in vitro results indicated that the efficacy of palbociclib was significantly decreased in the ABCB1-overexpressing cell lines. Furthermore, the resistance of ABCB1-overexpressing cells to palbociclib was reversed by 3 μM of the ABCB1 inhibitor, verapamil. Moreover, the incubation of ABCB1-overexpressing KB-C2 and SW620/Ad300 cells with up to 5 μM of palbociclib for 72 h, significantly upregulated the protein expression of ABCB1. The incubation with 3 µM of palbociclib for 2h significantly increased the intracellular accumulation of [3H]-paclitaxel, a substrate of ABCB1, in ABCB1 overexpressing KB-C2 cells but not in the corresponding non-resistant parental KB-3-1 cell line. However, the incubation of KB-C2 cells with 3 μM of palbociclib for 72 h decreased the intracellular accumulation of [3H]-paclitaxel due to an increase in the expression of the ABCB1 protein. Palbociclib produced a concentration-dependent increase in the basal ATPase activity of the ABCB1 transporter (EC50 = 4.73 μM). Molecular docking data indicated that palbociclib had a high binding affinity for the ABCB1 transporter at the substrate binding site, suggesting that palbociclib may compete with other ABCB1 substrates for the substrate binding site of the ABCB1. Overall, our results indicate that palbociclib is a substrate for the ABCB1 transporter and that its in vitro anticancer efficacy is significantly decreased in cancer cells overexpressing the ABCB1.
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- Han Fu
- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research, Precision Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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Vartak R, Saraswat A, Yang Y, Chen ZS, Patel K. Susceptibility of Lung Carcinoma Cells to Nanostructured Lipid Carrier of ARV-825, a BRD4 Degrading Proteolysis Targeting Chimera. Pharm Res 2022; 39:2745-2759. [PMID: 35146591 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-022-03184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The present work was aimed at developing an optimized and modified nanostructured lipid carrier of BRD4 protein degrading Proteolysis Targeting Chimera (PROTAC) against non-small cell lung carcinoma. PROTACs are an emerging class of anticancer molecules with nanomolar activity but associated with significant solubility challenges. Lipid-based colloidal systems like nanostructured lipid carriers are widely explored for such highly lipophilic molecules. ARV-825, a cereblon-based PROTAC was investigated for its anticancer efficacy in vitro in 2D and 3D lung cancer models. ARV-825 loaded PEGylated nanostructured lipid carriers (AP-NLC) was prepared using melt emulsification technique. ARV-825 was stabilized using Precirol® ATO5 and Captex® 300 EP/NF as the solid and liquid lipid, respectively. However, hydrophobic ion-pairing with medium chain fatty acid was required to improve drug loading and stability. A hydrodynamic diameter and polydispersity index of 56.33 ± 0.42 nm and 0.16 respectively with zeta potential of -21 ± 1.24 mV was observed. In vitro migration and colony formation assay confirmed the anticancer activity of ARV-825 alone and AP-NLC. Nearly 38% and 50% apoptotic cell population were observed after ARV-825 and AP-NLC treatment. Immunoblotting assay showed complete suppression of BRD4 and c-Myc protein expression for AP-NLC. Most importantly, significant reduction in the growth of multicellular 3D spheroid of A549 cells confirmed the effectiveness of BRD4 PROTAC and its lipid nanoparticle in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). AP-NLC. Higher amount of red fluorescence throughout the spheroid surface further confirmed superior efficacy of AP-NLC in tumor penetration and cell killing.
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- Richa Vartak
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. Albert Hall, B49, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. Albert Hall, B49, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. Albert Hall, B49, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. Albert Hall, B49, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. Albert Hall, B49, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York, 11439, USA.
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Wang JQ, Wu ZX, Yang Y, Teng QX, Li YD, Lei ZN, Jani KA, Kaushal N, Chen ZS. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in cancer: A review of recent updates. J Evid Based Med 2021; 14:232-256. [PMID: 34388310 DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily is one of the largest membrane protein families existing in wide spectrum of organisms from prokaryotes to human. ABC transporters are also known as efflux pumps because they mediate the cross-membrane transportation of various endo- and xenobiotic molecules energized by ATP hydrolysis. Therefore, ABC transporters have been considered closely to multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer, where the efflux of structurally distinct chemotherapeutic drugs causes reduced itherapeutic efficacy. Besides, ABC transporters also play other critical biological roles in cancer such as signal transduction. During the past decades, extensive efforts have been made in understanding the structure-function relationship, transportation profile of ABC transporters, as well as the possibility to overcome MDR via targeting these transporters. In this review, we discuss the most recent knowledge regarding ABC transporters and cancer drug resistance in order to provide insights for the development of more effective therapies.
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- Jing-Quan Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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Wang JQ, Wang B, Ma LY, Shi Z, Liu HM, Liu Z, Chen ZS. Enhancement of anticancer drug sensitivity in multidrug resistance cells overexpressing ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCC10 by CP55, a synthetic derivative of 5-cyano-6-phenylpyrimidin. Exp Cell Res 2021; 405:112728. [PMID: 34246653 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter C10 (ABCC10), also named multidrug resistance protein 7 (MRP7), is a member of ABC transporter superfamily and has been revealed to transport a wide range of chemotherapeutic agents including taxanes, epothilone B, Vinca alkaloids, and anthracyclines. In our previous study, a 5-cyano-6-phenylpyrimidin derivative CP55 was synthesized and found significantly reversal effect of multidrug resistance (MDR) mediated by ABCB1. In this study, we found CP55 also efficiently reversed MDR mediated by ABCC10. Our in vitro study showed that co-treatment with CP55 significantly increased the efficacy of ABCC10-substrate anticancer drugs in MDR cells overexpressing ABCC10. Furthermore, we showed that treatment with CP55 increased the intracellular accumulation of [3H]-labeled anticancer drugs and in-turn decreasing drug efflux by inhibiting the transport activity, without altering ABCC10 protein ex-pression level or cellular localization. Potential CP55-ABCC10 interactions were predicted via docking analysis using human ABCC10 homology model and obtained high docking score. Therefore, CP55 represents a promising therapeutic agent in the combinational treatment of chemo-resistant cancer related to ABCC10.
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- Jing-Quan Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, 11439, USA
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education, PR China; Key Laboratory of Henan Province for Drug Quality and Evaluation, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education, PR China; Key Laboratory of Henan Province for Drug Quality and Evaluation, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- Department of Cell Biology & Institute of Biomedicine, National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine, MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education, PR China; Key Laboratory of Henan Province for Drug Quality and Evaluation, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, 11439, USA.
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Wang JQ, Wang B, Teng QX, Lei ZN, Li YD, Shi Z, Ma LY, Liu HM, Liu Z, Chen ZS. CMP25, a synthetic new agent, targets multidrug resistance-associated protein 7 (MRP7/ABCC10). Biochem Pharmacol 2021; 190:114652. [PMID: 34126072 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Multidrug resistance-associated protein 7 (MRP7) is an important member of ABC transporter superfamily and has been revealed to mediate the cross-membrane translocation of a wide range of chemotherapeutic agents including taxanes, epothilones, Vinca alkaloids, Anthracyclines and Epipodophyllotoxins.In our previous study, a 1,2,3-triazole-pyrimidine hybridCMP25was synthesized and found able to efficiently reverse multidrug resistance (MDR) mediated by P-glycoprotein. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of compound CMP25in reversing MDR mediated by MRP7in vitro. The results showed that CMP25significantly sensitized MRP7-overexpressing cells to anticancer drugs that are MRP7 substrates. Mechanistic study showed that CMP25reversed MRP7-mediated MDR by increasing the intracellular accumulation of anticancer drugs and decreasing drug efflux, without altering protein expression level or subcellular localization. Currently, very few studies on synthetic MRP7 modulators have been published. Our findings provide a valuable prototype for designing drugs to combine with conventional anticancer drugs to overcome MDR-mediated by MRP7.
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- Jing-Quan Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education, PR China; Key Laboratory of Henan Province for Drug Quality and Evaluation, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology & Institute of Biomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education, PR China; Key Laboratory of Henan Province for Drug Quality and Evaluation, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, PR China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Preparation Technologies, Ministry of Education, PR China; Key Laboratory of Henan Province for Drug Quality and Evaluation, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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Namasivayam V, Silbermann K, Pahnke J, Wiese M, Stefan SM. Scaffold fragmentation and substructure hopping reveal potential, robustness, and limits of computer-aided pattern analysis (C@PA). Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:3269-3283. [PMID: 34141145 PMCID: PMC8193046 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Computer-aided pattern analysis (C@PA) was recently presented as a powerful tool to predict multitarget ABC transporter inhibitors. The backbone of this computational methodology was the statistical analysis of frequently occurring molecular features amongst a fixed set of reported small-molecules that had been evaluated toward ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2. As a result, negative and positive patterns were elucidated, and secondary positive substructures could be suggested that complemented the multitarget fingerprints. Elevating C@PA to a non-statistical and exploratory level, the concluded secondary positive patterns were extended with potential positive substructures to improve C@PA's prediction capabilities and to explore its robustness. A small-set compound library of known ABCC1 inhibitors with a known hit rate for triple ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2 inhibition was taken to virtually screen for the extended positive patterns. In total, 846 potential broad-spectrum ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2 inhibitors resulted, from which 10 have been purchased and biologically evaluated. Our approach revealed 4 novel multitarget ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2 inhibitors with a biological hit rate of 40%, but with a slightly lower inhibitory power than derived from the original C@PA. This is the very first report about discovering novel broad-spectrum inhibitors against the most prominent ABC transporters by improving C@PA.
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Key Words
- ABC transporter, ATP-binding cassette transporter
- ABCB1 (P-gp)
- ABCC1 (MRP1)
- ABCG2 (BCRP)
- ATP, adenosine-triphosphate
- Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- BCRP, breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2)
- C@PA, computer-aided pattern analysis
- F1–5, pharmacophore features 1–5
- IC50, half-maximal inhibition concentration
- MDR, multidrug resistance
- MOE, molecular operating environment
- MRP1, multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (ABCC1)
- Multidrug resistance (MDR)
- Multitarget fingerprints
- P-gp, P-glycoprotein (ABCB1)
- Pan-ABC inhibition / antagonism / blockage (PANABC)
- Pattern analysis (C@PA)
- SEM, standard error of the mean
- SMILES, simplified molecular input line entry specification
- Tc, Tanimotto coefficient
- Triple / multitarget / broad-spectrum / promiscuous inhibitor / antagonist
- Under-studied ABC transporters (e.g., ABCA7)
- Well-studied ABC transporters
- calcein AM, calcein acetoxymethyl
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- Vigneshwaran Namasivayam
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Cellbiological Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Cellbiological Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuro-/Pathology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Sognsvannsveien 20, 0372 Oslo, Norway
- LIED, University of Lübeck, Ratzenburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, 1004 Rīga, Latvia
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Cellbiological Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Cellbiological Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Department of Neuro-/Pathology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Sognsvannsveien 20, 0372 Oslo, Norway
- Cancer Drug Resistance and Stem Cell Program, University of Sydney, Kolling Builging, 10 Westbourne Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia
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Chen XY, Yang Y, Wang JQ, Wu ZX, Li J, Chen ZS. Overexpression of ABCC1 Confers Drug Resistance to Betulin. Front Oncol 2021; 11:640656. [PMID: 33718236 PMCID: PMC7951056 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.640656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Betulin is a lupane-type pentacyclic triterpene, which is isolated from birch bark. It has a broad spectrum of biological and pharmacological properties, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial activity. Herein, we explored the factors that may result in betulin resistance, especially with respect to its interaction with ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 1 (ABCC1). ABCC1 is an important member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family, which is central to mediating multidrug resistance (MDR) in naturally derived anticancer agents. An MTT-based cell viability assay showed that ABCC1 overexpression has the ability to desensitize both cancer cell line and gene-transfected cell line to betulin and that this betulin-induced resistance can be antagonized by a known ABCC1 inhibitor MK571 at 25 μM. Additionally, betulin upregulates the ABCC1 protein expression level in both concentration-dependent and time-dependent manners, also blocks the transport function mediated by ABCC1. Subsequently, a high affinity score of betulin was achieved in a computational docking analysis, demonstrating a strong interaction of betulin with ABCC1.
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- Xuan-Yu Chen
- College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, New York, NY, United States
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- College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, New York, NY, United States
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Wang JQ, Yang Y, Cai CY, Teng QX, Cui Q, Lin J, Assaraf YG, Chen ZS. Multidrug resistance proteins (MRPs): Structure, function and the overcoming of cancer multidrug resistance. Drug Resist Updat 2021; 54:100743. [PMID: 33513557 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2021.100743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters mediate the ATP-driven translocation of structurally and mechanistically distinct substrates against steep concentration gradients. Among the seven human ABC subfamilies namely ABCA-ABCG, ABCC is the largest subfamily with 13 members. In this respect, 9 of the ABCC members are termed "multidrug resistance proteins" (MRPs1-9) due to their ability to mediate cancer multidrug resistance (MDR) by extruding various chemotherapeutic agents or their metabolites from tumor cells. Furthermore, MRPs are also responsible for the ATP-driven efflux of physiologically important organic anions such as leukotriene C4, folic acid, bile acids and cAMP. Thus, MRPs are involved in important regulatory pathways. Blocking the anticancer drug efflux function of MRPs has shown promising results in overcoming cancer MDR. As a result, many novel MRP modulators have been developed in the past decade. In the current review, we summarize the structure, tissue distribution, biological and pharmacological functions as well as clinical insights of MRPs. Furthermore, recent updates in MRP modulators and their therapeutic applications in clinical trials are also discussed.
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- Jing-Quan Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511436, China; Department of Cancer Biology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- The Fred Wyszkowski Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439, USA.
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Wang JQ, Teng QX, Lei ZN, Ji N, Cui Q, Fu H, Lin L, Yang DH, Fan YF, Chen ZS. Reversal of Cancer Multidrug Resistance (MDR) Mediated by ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter G2 (ABCG2) by AZ-628, a RAF Kinase Inhibitor. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:601400. [PMID: 33364237 PMCID: PMC7753047 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.601400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Overexpression of ABCG2 remains a major impediment to successful cancer treatment, because ABCG2 functions as an efflux pump of chemotherapeutic agents and causes clinical multidrug resistance (MDR). Therefore, it is important to uncover effective modulators to circumvent ABCG2-mediated MDR in cancers. In this study, we reported that AZ-628, a RAF kinase inhibitor, effectively antagonizes ABCG2-mediated MDR in vitro. Our results showed that AZ-628 completely reversed ABCG2-mediated MDR at a non-toxic concentration (3 μM) without affecting ABCB1-, ABCC1-, or ABCC10 mediated MDR. Further studies revealed that the reversal mechanism was by attenuating ABCG2-mediated efflux and increasing intracellular accumulation of ABCG2 substrate drugs. Moreover, AZ-628 stimulated ABCG2-associated ATPase activity in a concentration-dependent manner. Docking and molecular dynamics simulation analysis showed that AZ-628 binds to the same site as ABCG2 substrate drugs with higher score. Taken together, our studies indicate that AZ-628 could be used in combination chemotherapy against ABCG2-mediated MDR in cancers.
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- Jing-Quan Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States.,School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States.,Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery I, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, United States
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Zhang Y, Wu ZX, Yang Y, Wang JQ, Li J, Sun Z, Teng QX, Ashby CR, Yang DH. Poziotinib Inhibits the Efflux Activity of the ABCB1 and ABCG2 Transporters and the Expression of the ABCG2 Transporter Protein in Multidrug Resistant Colon Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12113249. [PMID: 33158067 PMCID: PMC7694178 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Globally, colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths and chemotherapy, in combination with radiotherapy when appropriate, is used to treat the majority of CRC patients. However, the acquisition or development of drug resistance can decrease, or even abolish, the efficacy of chemotherapy. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, particularly, the ABCB1 and ABCG2 transporter, are mediators of multidrug resistance (MDR) in certain types of cancer cells. The aim of our in vitro study was to determine if poziotinib can overcome MDR to certain chemotherapeutic drugs in colon cancer cells. Our results indicated that in MDR CRC cell lines, poziotinib inhibits the transport function of the ABCB1 and ABCG2 transporters, increasing the intracellular accumulation of certain anticancer drugs, and thus, their efficacy. Furthermore, poziotinib decreased the expression of the ABCG2 protein. Therefore, if our results can be translated to humans, they suggest that using poziotinib in combination with certain anticancer drugs may be of therapeutic benefit in colorectal cancer patients. Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Currently, chemotherapy is a first-line treatment for CRC. However, one major drawback of chemotherapy is the emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR). It has been well-established that the overexpression of the ABCB1 and/or ABCG2 transporters can produce MDR in cancer cells. In this study, we report that in vitro, poziotinib can antagonize both ABCB1- and ABCG2-mediated MDR at 0.1–0.6 μM in the human colon cancer cell lines, SW620/Ad300 and S1-M1-80. Mechanistic studies indicated that poziotinib increases the intracellular accumulation of the ABCB1 transporter substrates, paclitaxel and doxorubicin, and the ABCG2 transporter substrates, mitoxantrone and SN-38, by inhibiting their substrate efflux function. Accumulation assay results suggested that poziotinib binds reversibly to the ABCG2 and ABCB1 transporter. Furthermore, western blot experiments indicated that poziotinib, at 0.6 μM, significantly downregulates the expression of the ABCG2 but not the ABCB1 transporter protein, suggesting that the ABCG2 reversal effect produced by poziotinib is due to transporter downregulation and inhibition of substrate efflux. Poziotinib concentration-dependently stimulated the ATPase activity of both ABCB1 and ABCG2, with EC50 values of 0.02 μM and 0.21 μM, respectively, suggesting that it interacts with the drug-substrate binding site. Molecular docking analysis indicated that poziotinib binds to the ABCB1 (−6.6 kcal/mol) and ABCG2 (−10.1 kcal/mol) drug-substrate binding site. In summary, our novel results show that poziotinib interacts with the ABCB1 and ABCG2 transporter, suggesting that poziotinib may increase the efficacy of certain chemotherapeutic drugs used in treating MDR CRC.
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- Yongchao Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University/Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Z.); (D.-H.Y.); Tel.: +86-1378-361-0295 (Y.Z.); Tel.: +1-718-990-6468 (D.-H.Y.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439, USA; (Z.-X.W.); (Y.Y.); (J.-Q.W.); (Z.S.); (Q.-X.T.); (C.R.A.J.)
- Correspondence: (Y.Z.); (D.-H.Y.); Tel.: +86-1378-361-0295 (Y.Z.); Tel.: +1-718-990-6468 (D.-H.Y.)
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Yang Y, Ji N, Cai C, Wang J, Lei Z, Teng Q, Wu Z, Cui Q, Pan Y, Chen Z. Modulating the function of ABCB1: in vitro and in vivo characterization of sitravatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Cancer Commun (Lond) 2020; 40:285-300. [PMID: 32525624 PMCID: PMC7365458 DOI: 10.1002/cac2.12040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter is a major contributor to multidrug resistance (MDR), in which cancer cells acquire resistance to a wide spectrum of chemotherapeutic drugs. In this work, we evaluated the sensitizing effect of sitravatinib, a broad-spectrum tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), on ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1)- and ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 10 (ABCC10)-mediated MDR. METHODS MTT assay was conducted to examine cytotoxicity and evaluate the sensitizing effect of sitravatinib at non-toxic concentrations. Tritium-labeled paclitaxel transportation, Western blotting, immunofluorescence analysis, and ATPase assay were carried out to elucidate the mechanism of sitravatinib-induced chemosensitization. The in vitro findings were translated into preclinical evaluation with the establishment of xenograft models. RESULTS Sitravatinib considerably reversed MDR mediated by ABCB1 and partially antagonized ABCC10-mediated MDR. Our in silico docking simulation analysis indicated that sitravatinib strongly and stably bound to the transmembrane domain of ABCB1 human-mouse chimeric model. Furthermore, sitravatinib inhibited hydrolysis of ATP and synchronously decreased the efflux function of ABCB1. Thus, sitravatinib could considerably enhance the intracellular concentration of anticancer drugs. Interestingly, no significant alterations of both expression level and localization of ABCB1 were observed. More importantly, sitravatinib could remarkably restore the antitumor activity of vincristine in ABCB1-mediated xenograft model without observable toxic effect. CONCLUSIONS The findings in this study suggest that the combination of sitrvatinib and substrate antineoplastic drugs of ABCB1 could attenuate the MDR mediated by the overexpression of ABCB1.
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- Yuqi Yang
- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental HematologyChinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical CollegeInstitute of Hematology and Blood Diseases HospitalTianjin300020P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
- School of Public HealthGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdong511436P. R. China
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- Tomas Lindahl Nobel Laureate Laboratorythe Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen UniversityShenzhenGuangdong518107P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesCollege of Pharmacy and Health SciencesSt. John's UniversityQueensNew York11439USA
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