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Keiser PT, Zhang W, Ricca M, Wacquiez A, Grimins A, Cencic R, Patten JJ, Shah P, Padilha E, Connor JH, Pelletier J, Lyons SM, Saeed M, Brown LE, Porco JA, Davey RA. Amidino-rocaglates (ADRs), a class of synthetic rocaglates, are potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 replication through inhibition of viral protein synthesis. Antiviral Res 2024; 230:105976. [PMID: 39117283 PMCID: PMC11434215 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2024.105976] [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] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
Abstract
Coronaviruses are highly transmissible respiratory viruses that cause symptoms ranging from mild congestion to severe respiratory distress. The recent outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has underscored the need for new antivirals with broad-acting mechanisms to combat increasing emergence of new variants. Currently, there are only a few antivirals approved for treatment of SARS-CoV-2. Previously, the rocaglate natural product silvestrol and synthetic rocaglates such as CR-1-31b were shown to have antiviral effects by inhibiting eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A1 (eIF4A) function and virus protein synthesis. In this study, we evaluated amidino-rocaglates (ADRs), a class of synthetic rocaglates with the most potent eIF4A-inhibitory activity to-date, for inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This class of compounds showed low nanomolar potency against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants and in multiple cell types, including human lung-derived cells, with strong inhibition of virus over host protein synthesis and low cytotoxicity. The most potent ADRs were also shown to be active against two highly pathogenic and distantly related coronaviruses, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Mechanistically, cells with mutations of eIF4A1, which are known to reduce rocaglate interaction displayed reduced ADR-associated loss of cellular function, consistent with targeting of protein synthesis. Overall, ADRs and derivatives may offer new potential treatments for SARS-CoV-2 with the goal of developing a broad-acting anti-coronavirus agent.
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Affiliation(s)
- Patrick T Keiser
- Department of Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, 02118, USA; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Boston University Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, MA, 02118, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Department of Oncology and Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
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- Department of Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, 02118, USA; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, MA, 02118, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, 02118, USA; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Department of Oncology and Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, MA, 02118, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Boston University Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, 02118, USA; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, MA, 02118, USA.
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Wang Z, Thakare RP, Chitale S, Mishra AK, Goldstein SI, Fan AC, Li R, Zhu LJ, Brown LE, Cencic R, Huang S, Green MR, Pelletier J, Malonia SK, Porco JA. Identification of Rocaglate Acyl Sulfamides as Selective Inhibitors of Glioblastoma Stem Cells. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2024; 10:1640-1656. [PMID: 39220711 PMCID: PMC11363328 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c01073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and frequently occurring type of malignant brain tumor in adults. The initiation, progression, and recurrence of malignant tumors are known to be driven by a small subpopulation of cells known as tumor-initiating cells or cancer stem cells (CSCs). GBM CSCs play a pivotal role in orchestrating drug resistance and tumor relapse. As a prospective avenue for GBM intervention, the targeted suppression of GBM CSCs holds considerable promise. In this study, we found that rocaglates, compounds which are known to inhibit translation via targeting of the DEAD-box helicase eIF4A, exert a robust, dose-dependent cytotoxic impact on GBM CSCs with minimal killing of nonstem GBM cells. Subsequent optimization identified novel rocaglate derivatives (rocaglate acyl sulfamides or Roc ASFs) that selectively inhibit GBM CSCs with nanomolar EC50 values. Furthermore, comparative evaluation of a lead CSC-optimized Roc ASF across diverse mechanistic and target profiling assays revealed suppressed translation inhibition relative to that of other CSC-selective rocaglates, with enhanced targeting of the DEAD-box helicase DDX3X, a recently identified secondary target of rocaglates. Overall, these findings suggest a promising therapeutic strategy for targeting GBM CSCs.
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- Zihao Wang
- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Boston
University Target Discovery Laboratory (BU-TDL), Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biophysics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Boston
University Target Discovery Laboratory (BU-TDL), Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
- Department
of Molecular Medicine and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative
Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan
Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
- Department
of Molecular Medicine and Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative
Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan
Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department
of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Boston
University Target Discovery Laboratory (BU-TDL), Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Boyer JA, Sharma M, Dorso MA, Mai N, Amor C, Reiter JM, Kannan R, Gadal S, Xu J, Miele M, Li Z, Chen X, Chang Q, Pareja F, Worland S, Warner D, Sperry S, Chiang GG, Thompson PA, Yang G, Ouerfelli O, de Stanchina E, Wendel HG, Rosen EY, Chandarlapaty S, Rosen N. eIF4A controls translation of estrogen receptor alpha and is a therapeutic target in advanced breast cancer. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.08.593195. [PMID: 38766126 PMCID: PMC11100762 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.08.593195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
The majority of human breast cancers are dependent on hormone-stimulated estrogen receptor alpha (ER) and are sensitive to its inhibition. Treatment resistance arises in most advanced cancers due to genetic alterations that promote ligand independent activation of ER itself or ER target genes. Whereas re-targeting of the ER ligand binding domain (LBD) with newer ER antagonists can work in some cases, these drugs are largely ineffective in many genetic backgrounds including ER fusions that lose the LBD or in cancers that hyperactivate ER targets. By identifying the mechanism of ER translation, we herein present an alternative strategy to target ER and difficult to treat ER variants. We find that ER translation is cap-independent and mTOR inhibitor insensitive, but dependent on 5' UTR elements and sensitive to pharmacologic inhibition of the translation initiation factor eIF4A, an mRNA helicase. EIF4A inhibition rapidly reduces expression of ER and short-lived targets of ER such as cyclin D1 and other components of the cyclin D-CDK complex in breast cancer cells. These effects translate into suppression of growth of a variety of ligand-independent breast cancer models including those driven by ER fusion proteins that lack the ligand binding site. The efficacy of eIF4A inhibition is enhanced when it is combined with fulvestrant-an ER degrader. Concomitant inhibition of ER synthesis and induction of its degradation causes synergistic and durable inhibition of ER expression and tumor growth. The clinical importance of these findings is confirmed by results of an early clinical trial (NCT04092673) of the selective eIF4A inhibitor zotatifin in patients with estrogen receptor positive metastatic breast cancer. Multiple clinical responses have been observed on combination therapy including durable regressions. These data suggest that eIF4A inhibition could be a useful new strategy for treating advanced ER+ breast cancer.
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- Jacob A. Boyer
- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
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- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
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- Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Antitumor Assessment Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 11065, USA
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- Antitumor Assessment Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 11065, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Cancer Biology, eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Cancer Biology, eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Cancer Biology, eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Cancer Biology, eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- The Organic Synthesis Core Facility, MSK, New York, NY, USA
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- Antitumor Assessment Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 11065, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
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Goldstein SI, Fan AC, Wang Z, Naineni SK, Lengqvist J, Chernobrovkin A, Garcia-Gutierrez SB, Cencic R, Patel K, Huang S, Brown LE, Emili A, Porco JA. Proteomic Discovery of RNA-Protein Molecular Clamps Using a Thermal Shift Assay with ATP and RNA (TSAR). BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.19.590252. [PMID: 38659867 PMCID: PMC11042367 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.19.590252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
Uncompetitive inhibition is an effective strategy for suppressing dysregulated enzymes and their substrates, but discovery of suitable ligands depends on often-unavailable structural knowledge and serendipity. Hence, despite surging interest in mass spectrometry-based target identification, proteomic studies of substrate-dependent target engagement remain sparse. Herein, we describe the Thermal Shift Assay with ATP and RNA (TSAR) as a template for proteome-wide discovery of substrate-dependent ligand binding. Using proteomic thermal shift assays, we show that simple biochemical additives can facilitate detection of target engagement in native cell lysates. We apply our approach to rocaglates, a family of molecules that specifically clamp RNA to eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A), DEAD-box helicase 3X (DDX3X), and potentially other members of the DEAD-box (DDX) family of RNA helicases. To identify unexpected interactions, we optimized a target class-specific thermal denaturation window and evaluated ATP analog and RNA probe dependencies for key rocaglate-DDX interactions. We report novel DDX targets of the rocaglate clamping spectrum, confirm that DDX3X is a common target of several widely studied analogs, and provide structural insights into divergent DDX3X affinities between synthetic rocaglates. We independently validate novel targets of high-profile rocaglates, including the clinical candidate Zotatifin (eFT226), using limited proteolysis-mass spectrometry and fluorescence polarization experiments. Taken together, our study provides a model for screening uncompetitive inhibitors using a systematic chemical-proteomics approach to uncover actionable DDX targets, clearing a path towards characterization of novel molecular clamps and associated RNA helicase targets.
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- Stanley I. Goldstein
- BU Target Discovery Laboratory (BU-TDL), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biophysics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- BU Target Discovery Laboratory (BU-TDL), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- BU Target Discovery Laboratory (BU-TDL), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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Ge W, Ming W, Li Z, Tang Y, Li YN, Yang J, Hao X, Yuan C. Design and Synthesis of Cytotoxic Water-Soluble Rocaglaol Derivatives against HEL Cells by Inhibiting Fli-1. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2024; 87:276-285. [PMID: 38253024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
Rocaglaol, embedding a cyclopenta[b]benzofuran scaffold, was isolated mainly from the plants of Aglaia and exhibited nanomolar level antitumor activity. However, the drug-like properties of these compounds are poor. To improve the physicochemical properties of rocaglaol, 36 nitrogen-containing phenyl-substituted rocaglaol derivatives were designed and synthesized. These derivatives were tested for the inhibitory effects on three tumor cell lines, HEL, MDA-231, and SW480, using the MTT assay. Among them, 22 derivatives exhibited good cytotoxic activities with IC50 values between 0.11 ± 0.07 and 0.88 ± 0.02 μM. Fourteen derivatives exhibited stronger cytotoxicity than the positive control, adriamycin. In particular, a water-soluble derivative revealed selective cytotoxic effects on HEL cells (IC50 = 0.19 ± 0.01 μM). This compound could induce G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in HEL cells. Western blot assays suggested that the water-soluble derivative could downregulate the expression of the marker proteins of apoptosis, PARP, caspase-3, and caspase-9, thus inducing apoptosis. Further CETSA and Western blot studies implied that this water-soluble derivative might be an inhibitor of friend leukemia integration 1 (Fli-1). This water-soluble derivative may serve as a potential antileukemia agent by suppressing the expression of Fli-1.
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- Wei Ge
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, People's Republic of China
- Natural Products Research Center of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550014, People's Republic of China
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Cencic R, Im YK, Naineni SK, Moustafa-Kamal M, Jovanovic P, Sabourin V, Annis MG, Robert F, Schmeing TM, Koromilas A, Paquet M, Teodoro JG, Huang S, Siegel PM, Topisirovic I, Ursini-Siegel J, Pelletier J. A second-generation eIF4A RNA helicase inhibitor exploits translational reprogramming as a vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2318093121. [PMID: 38232291 PMCID: PMC10823175 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2318093121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
Abstract
In this study, we aimed to address the current limitations of therapies for macro-metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and provide a therapeutic lead that overcomes the high degree of heterogeneity associated with this disease. Specifically, we focused on well-documented but clinically underexploited cancer-fueling perturbations in mRNA translation as a potential therapeutic vulnerability. We therefore developed an orally bioavailable rocaglate-based molecule, MG-002, which hinders ribosome recruitment and scanning via unscheduled and non-productive RNA clamping by the eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 4A RNA helicase. We demonstrate that MG-002 potently inhibits mRNA translation and primary TNBC tumor growth without causing overt toxicity in mice. Importantly, given that metastatic spread is a major cause of mortality in TNBC, we show that MG-002 attenuates metastasis in pre-clinical models. We report on MG-002, a rocaglate that shows superior properties relative to existing eIF4A inhibitors in pre-clinical models. Our study also paves the way for future clinical trials exploring the potential of MG-002 in TNBC and other oncological indications.
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- Regina Cencic
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QCH3T 1E2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QCH3T 1E2, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QCH3T 1E2, Canada
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- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QCH3T 1E2, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3T2, Canada
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- Département de pathologie et de microbiologie, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QCH3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3T2, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QCH3T 1E2, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3T2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QCH3T 1E2, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3T2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QCH3A 1A3, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3J1, Canada
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QCH4A 3T2, Canada
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Victoria C, Schulz G, Klöhn M, Weber S, Holicki CM, Brüggemann Y, Becker M, Gerold G, Eiden M, Groschup MH, Steinmann E, Kirschning A. Halogenated Rocaglate Derivatives: Pan-antiviral Agents against Hepatitis E Virus and Emerging Viruses. J Med Chem 2024; 67:289-321. [PMID: 38127656 PMCID: PMC10788925 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01357] [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] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The synthesis of a library of halogenated rocaglate derivatives belonging to the flavagline class of natural products, of which silvestrol is the most prominent example, is reported. Their antiviral activity and cytotoxicity profile against a wide range of pathogenic viruses, including hepatitis E, Chikungunya, Rift Valley Fever virus and SARS-CoV-2, were determined. The incorporation of halogen substituents at positions 4', 6 and 8 was shown to have a significant effect on the antiviral activity of rocaglates, some of which even showed enhanced activity compared to CR-31-B and silvestrol.
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- Catherine Victoria
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University
Hannover, Schneiderberg
1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University
Hannover, Schneiderberg
1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Department
of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University
Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Federal
Research Institute in Animal Health (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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- Federal
Research Institute in Animal Health (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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- Department
of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University
Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute
for Biochemistry and Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses
(RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine
Hannover, Bünteweg
2, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute
for Biochemistry and Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses
(RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine
Hannover, Bünteweg
2, 30559 Hannover, Germany
- Wallenberg
Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå
University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
- Department
of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå
University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Federal
Research Institute in Animal Health (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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- Federal
Research Institute in Animal Health (FLI), Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
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- Department
of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University
Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University
Hannover, Schneiderberg
1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Huang SH, Chen SC, Wu TY, Chen CY, Yu CH. Programmable modulation of ribosomal frameshifting by mRNA targeting CRISPR-Cas12a system. iScience 2023; 26:108492. [PMID: 38125012 PMCID: PMC10730746 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108492] [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: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Minus 1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF) is a conserved translational regulation event essential for critical biological processes, including the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) replication. Efficient trans-modulation of the structured RNA element crucial to -1 PRF will endow the therapeutic application. Here, we demonstrate that CRISPR RNA can stimulate efficient -1 PRF. Assembled CRISPR-Cas12a, but not CRISPR-Cas9, complex further enhances -1 PRF efficiency through its higher capacity to stall translating ribosomes. We additionally perform CRISPR-Cas12a targeting to impair the SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting pseudoknot structure via a focused screening. We demonstrate that targeting CRISPR-Cas12a results in more than 70% suppression of -1 PRF in vitro and about 50% suppression in mammalian cells. Our results show the expanded function of the CRISPR-Cas12 system in modulating -1 PRF efficiency through stalling ribosomes and deforming frameshifting stimulatory signals, which could serve as a new strategy for future coronavirus pandemics.
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- Shih-Hong Huang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan
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- YD BioLabs, Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan
- School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Naineni SK, Cencic R, Robert F, Brown LE, Haque M, Scott-Talib J, Sénéchal P, Schmeing TM, Porco JA, Pelletier J. Exploring the targeting spectrum of rocaglates among eIF4A homologs. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:826-835. [PMID: 36882295 PMCID: PMC10187672 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079318.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Inhibition of eukaryotic translation initiation through unscheduled RNA clamping of the DEAD-box (DDX) RNA helicases eIF4A1 and eIF4A2 has been documented for pateamine A (PatA) and rocaglates-two structurally different classes of compounds that share overlapping binding sites on eIF4A. Clamping of eIF4A to RNA causes steric blocks that interfere with ribosome binding and scanning, rationalizing the potency of these molecules since not all eIF4A molecules need to be engaged to elicit a biological effect. In addition to targeting translation, PatA and analogs have also been shown to target the eIF4A homolog, eIF4A3-a helicase necessary for exon junction complex (EJC) formation. EJCs are deposited on mRNAs upstream of exon-exon junctions and, when present downstream from premature termination codons (PTCs), participate in nonsense-mediated decay (NMD), a quality control mechanism aimed at preventing the production of dominant-negative or gain-of-function polypeptides from faulty mRNA transcripts. We find that rocaglates can also interact with eIF4A3 to induce RNA clamping. Rocaglates also inhibit EJC-dependent NMD in mammalian cells, but this does not appear to be due to induced eIF4A3-RNA clamping, but rather a secondary consequence of translation inhibition incurred by clamping eIF4A1 and eIF4A2 to mRNA.
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- Sai Kiran Naineni
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS), McGill University, Quebec, H3G 0B1 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS), McGill University, Quebec, H3G 0B1 Canada
- McGill Research Center on Complex Traits, McGill University, Quebec, H3G 0B1 Canada
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Quebec, H3A 1A3 Canada
- Department of Oncology, McGill University, Quebec, H4A 3T2 Canada
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Schiffmann S, Henke M, Seifert M, Ulshöfer T, Roser LA, Magari F, Wendel HG, Grünweller A, Parnham MJ. Comparing the Effects of Rocaglates on Energy Metabolism and Immune Modulation on Cells of the Human Immune System. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065872. [PMID: 36982945 PMCID: PMC10051175 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
Abstract
A promising new approach to broad spectrum antiviral drugs is the inhibition of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (elF4A), a DEAD-box RNA helicase that effectively reduces the replication of several pathogenic virus types. Beside the antipathogenic effect, modulation of a host enzyme activity could also have an impact on the immune system. Therefore, we performed a comprehensive study on the influence of elF4A inhibition with natural and synthetic rocaglates on various immune cells. The effect of the rocaglates zotatifin, silvestrol and CR-31-B (−), as well as the nonactive enantiomer CR-31-B (+), on the expression of surface markers, release of cytokines, proliferation, inflammatory mediators and metabolic activity in primary human monocyte-derived macrophages (MdMs), monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MdDCs), T cells and B cells was assessed. The inhibition of elF4A reduced the inflammatory potential and energy metabolism of M1 MdMs, whereas in M2 MdMs, drug-specific and less target-specific effects were observed. Rocaglate treatment also reduced the inflammatory potential of activated MdDCs by altering cytokine release. In T cells, the inhibition of elF4A impaired their activation by reducing the proliferation rate, expression of CD25 and cytokine release. The inhibition of elF4A further reduced B-cell proliferation, plasma cell formation and the release of immune globulins. In conclusion, the inhibition of the elF4A RNA helicase with rocaglates suppressed the function of M1 MdMs, MdDCs, T cells and B cells. This suggests that rocaglates, while inhibiting viral replication, may also suppress bystander tissue injury by the host immune system. Thus, dosing of rocaglates would need to be adjusted to prevent excessive immune suppression without reducing their antiviral activity.
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- Susanne Schiffmann
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Pharmazentrum Frankfurt/ZAFES, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Correspondence:
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marbacher Weg 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marbacher Weg 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals ehf, Bjargargata 1, 102 Reykjavik, Iceland
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Fooks K, Galicia-Vazquez G, Gife V, Schcolnik-Cabrera A, Nouhi Z, Poon WWL, Luo V, Rys RN, Aloyz R, Orthwein A, Johnson NA, Hulea L, Mercier FE. EIF4A inhibition targets bioenergetic homeostasis in AML MOLM-14 cells in vitro and in vivo and synergizes with cytarabine and venetoclax. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2022; 41:340. [PMID: 36482393 PMCID: PMC9733142 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-022-02542-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive hematological cancer resulting from uncontrolled proliferation of differentiation-blocked myeloid cells. Seventy percent of AML patients are currently not cured with available treatments, highlighting the need of novel therapeutic strategies. A promising target in AML is the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Clinical inhibition of mTORC1 is limited by its reactivation through compensatory and regulatory feedback loops. Here, we explored a strategy to curtail these drawbacks through inhibition of an important effector of the mTORC1signaling pathway, the eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A). METHODS We tested the anti-leukemic effect of a potent and specific eIF4A inhibitor (eIF4Ai), CR-1-31-B, in combination with cytosine arabinoside (araC) or the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax. We utilized the MOLM-14 human AML cell line to model chemoresistant disease both in vitro and in vivo. In eIF4Ai-treated cells, we assessed for changes in survival, apoptotic priming, de novo protein synthesis, targeted intracellular metabolite content, bioenergetic profile, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). RESULTS eIF4Ai exhibits anti-leukemia activity in vivo while sparing non-malignant myeloid cells. In vitro, eIF4Ai synergizes with two therapeutic agents in AML, araC and venetoclax. EIF4Ai reduces mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and the rate of ATP synthesis from mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis. Furthermore, eIF4i enhanced apoptotic priming while reducing the expression levels of the antiapoptotic factors BCL2, BCL-XL and MCL1. Concomitantly, eIF4Ai decreases intracellular levels of specific metabolic intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) and glucose metabolism, while enhancing mtROS. In vitro redox stress contributes to eIF4Ai cytotoxicity, as treatment with a ROS scavenger partially rescued the viability of eIF4A inhibition. CONCLUSIONS We discovered that chemoresistant MOLM-14 cells rely on eIF4A-dependent cap translation for survival in vitro and in vivo. EIF4A drives an intrinsic metabolic program sustaining bioenergetic and redox homeostasis and regulates the expression of anti-apoptotic proteins. Overall, our work suggests that eIF4A-dependent cap translation contributes to adaptive processes involved in resistance to relevant therapeutic agents in AML.
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- Katie Fooks
- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414216.40000 0001 0742 1666Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14848.310000 0001 2292 3357Present Address: Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414216.40000 0001 0742 1666Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ,grid.189967.80000 0001 0941 6502Present Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414216.40000 0001 0742 1666Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14848.310000 0001 2292 3357Present Address: Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14848.310000 0001 2292 3357Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- grid.414980.00000 0000 9401 2774Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Canada ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Praditya DF, Klöhn M, Brüggemann Y, Brown LE, Porco JA, Zhang W, Kinast V, Kirschning A, Vondran FWR, Todt D, Steinmann E. Identification of structurally re-engineered rocaglates as inhibitors against hepatitis E virus replication. Antiviral Res 2022; 204:105359. [PMID: 35728703 PMCID: PMC9731315 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2022.105359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis in humans and pose a considerable threat to public health. Current standard of care treatment is limited to the off-label use of nucleoside-analog ribavirin (RBV) and PEGylated interferon-α, both of which are associated with significant side effects and provide limited efficacy. In the past few years, a promising natural product compound class of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) inhibitors (translation initiation inhibitors), called rocaglates, were identified as antiviral agents against RNA virus infections. In the present study, we evaluated a total of 205 synthetic rocaglate derivatives from the BU-CMD compound library for their antiviral properties against HEV. At least eleven compounds showed inhibitory activities against the HEV genotype 3 (HEV-3) subgenomic replicon below 30 nM (EC50 value) as determined by Gaussia luciferase assay. Three amidino-rocaglates (ADRs) (CMLD012073, CMLD012118, and CMLD012612) possessed antiviral activity against HEV with EC50 values between 1 and 9 nM. In addition, these three selected compounds inhibited subgenomic replicons of different genotypes (HEV-1 [Sar55], wild boar HEV-3 [83-2] and human HEV-3 [p6]) in a dose-dependent manner and at low nanomolar concentrations. Furthermore, tested ADRs tend to be better tolerated in primary hepatocytes than hepatoma cancer cell lines and combination treatment of CMLD012118 with RBV and interferon-α (IFN-α) showed that CMLD012118 acts additive to RBV and IFN-α treatment. In conclusion, our results indicate that ADRs, especially CMLD012073, CMLD012118, and CMLD012612 may prove to be potential therapeutic candidates for the treatment of HEV infections and may contribute to the discovery of pan-genotypic inhibitors in the future.
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- Dimas F Praditya
- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Research Center for Vaccine and Drugs, The National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong, Indonesia.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167, Hannover, Germany.
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- ReMediES, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; European Virus Bioinformatics Center (EVBC), 07743, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Bochum, Germany.
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Rocaglates as Antivirals: Comparing the Effects on Viral Resistance, Anti-Coronaviral Activity, RNA-Clamping on eIF4A and Immune Cell Toxicity. Viruses 2022; 14:v14030519. [PMID: 35336926 PMCID: PMC8950828 DOI: 10.3390/v14030519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Rocaglates are potent broad-spectrum antiviral compounds with a promising safety profile. They inhibit viral protein synthesis for different RNA viruses by clamping the 5′-UTRs of mRNAs onto the surface of the RNA helicase eIF4A. Apart from the natural rocaglate silvestrol, synthetic rocaglates like zotatifin or CR-1-31-B have been developed. Here, we compared the effects of rocaglates on viral 5′-UTR-mediated reporter gene expression and binding to an eIF4A-polypurine complex. Furthermore, we analyzed the cytotoxicity of rocaglates on several human immune cells and compared their antiviral activities in coronavirus-infected cells. Finally, the potential for developing viral resistance was evaluated by passaging human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) in the presence of increasing concentrations of rocaglates in MRC-5 cells. Importantly, no decrease in rocaglate-sensitivity was observed, suggesting that virus escape mutants are unlikely to emerge if the host factor eIF4A is targeted. In summary, all three rocaglates are promising antivirals with differences in cytotoxicity against human immune cells, RNA-clamping efficiency, and antiviral activity. In detail, zotatifin showed reduced RNA-clamping efficiency and antiviral activity compared to silvestrol and CR-1-31-B, but was less cytotoxic for immune cells. Our results underline the potential of rocaglates as broad-spectrum antivirals with no indications for the emergence of escape mutations in HCoV-229E.
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Greger H. Comparative phytochemistry of flavaglines (= rocaglamides), a group of highly bioactive flavolignans from Aglaia species (Meliaceae). PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS : PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL SOCIETY OF EUROPE 2022; 21:725-764. [PMID: 34104125 PMCID: PMC8176878 DOI: 10.1007/s11101-021-09761-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Flavaglines are formed by cycloaddition of a flavonoid nucleus with a cinnamic acid moiety representing a typical chemical character of the genus Aglaia of the family Meliaceae. Based on biosynthetic considerations 148 derivatives are grouped together into three skeletal types representing 77 cyclopenta[b]benzofurans, 61 cyclopenta[bc]benzopyrans, and 10 benzo[b]oxepines. Apart from different hydroxy, methoxy, and methylenedioxy groups of the aromatic rings, important structural variation is created by different substitutions and stereochemistries of the central cyclopentane ring. Putrescine-derived bisamides constitute important building blocks occurring as cyclic 2-aminopyrrolidines or in an open-chained form, and are involved in the formation of pyrimidinone flavaglines. Regarding the central role of cinnamic acid in the formation of the basic skeleton, rocagloic acid represents a biosynthetic precursor from which aglafoline- and rocaglamide-type cyclopentabenzofurans can be derived, while those of the rocaglaol-type are the result of decarboxylation. Broad-based comparison revealed characteristic substitution trends which contribute as chemical markers to natural delimitation and grouping of taxonomically problematic Aglaia species. A wide variety of biological activities ranges from insecticidal, antifungal, antiprotozoal, and anti-inflammatory properties, especially to pronounced anticancer and antiviral activities. The high insecticidal activity of flavaglines is comparable with that of the well-known natural insecticide azadirachtin. Comparative feeding experiments informed about structure-activity relationships and exhibited different substitutions of the cyclopentane ring essential for insecticidal activity. Parallel studies on the antiproliferative activity of flavaglines in various tumor cell lines revealed similar structural prerequisites that let expect corresponding molecular mechanisms. An important structural modification with very high cytotoxic potency was found in the benzofuran silvestrol characterized by an unusual dioxanyloxy subunit. It possessed comparable cytotoxicity to that of the natural anticancer compounds paclitaxel (Taxol®) and camptothecin without effecting normal cells. The primary effect was the inhibition of protein synthesis by binding to the translation initiation factor eIF4A, an ATP-dependent DEAD-box RNA helicase. Flavaglines were also shown to bind to prohibitins (PHB) responsible for regulation of important signaling pathways, and to inhibit the transcriptional factor HSF1 deeply involved in metabolic programming, survival, and proliferation of cancer cells. Flavaglines were shown to be not only promising anticancer agents but gained now also high expectations as agents against emerging RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2. Targeting the helicase eIF4A with flavaglines was recently described as pan-viral strategy for minimizing the impact of future RNA virus pandemics.
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- Harald Greger
- Chemodiversity Research Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien, Austria
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Zerio CJ, Cunningham TA, Tulino AS, Alimusa EA, Buckley TM, Moore KT, Dodson M, Wilson NC, Ambrose AJ, Shi T, Sivinski J, Essegian DJ, Zhang DD, Schürer SC, Schatz JH, Chapman E. Discovery of an eIF4A Inhibitor with a Novel Mechanism of Action. J Med Chem 2021; 64:15727-15746. [PMID: 34676755 PMCID: PMC10103628 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Increased protein synthesis is a requirement for malignant growth, and as a result, translation has become a pharmaceutical target for cancer. The initiation of cap-dependent translation is enzymatically driven by the eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)4A, an ATP-powered DEAD-box RNA-helicase that unwinds the messenger RNA secondary structure upstream of the start codon, enabling translation of downstream genes. A screen for inhibitors of eIF4A ATPase activity produced an intriguing hit that, surprisingly, was not ATP-competitive. A medicinal chemistry campaign produced the novel eIF4A inhibitor 28, which decreased BJAB Burkitt lymphoma cell viability. Biochemical and cellular studies, molecular docking, and functional assays uncovered that 28 is an RNA-competitive, ATP-uncompetitive inhibitor that engages a novel pocket in the RNA groove of eIF4A and inhibits unwinding activity by interfering with proper RNA binding and suppressing ATP hydrolysis. Inhibition of eIF4A through this unique mechanism may offer new strategies for targeting this promising intersection point of many oncogenic pathways.
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- Christopher J Zerio
- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Miller School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Miller School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Miller School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, United States.,Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, 1475 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, United States
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- Miller School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, United States.,Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, 1475 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, 1703 E. Mabel Street, P.O. Box 210207, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Sénéchal P, Robert F, Cencic R, Yanagiya A, Chu J, Sonenberg N, Paquet M, Pelletier J. Assessing eukaryotic initiation factor 4F subunit essentiality by CRISPR-induced gene ablation in the mouse. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:6709-6719. [PMID: 34559254 PMCID: PMC11073133 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03940-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F plays a central role in the ribosome recruitment phase of cap-dependent translation. This heterotrimeric complex consists of a cap binding subunit (eIF4E), a DEAD-box RNA helicase (eIF4A), and a large bridging protein (eIF4G). In mammalian cells, there are two genes encoding eIF4A (eIF4A1 and eIF4A2) and eIF4G (eIF4G1 and eIF4G3) paralogs that can assemble into eIF4F complexes. To query the essential nature of the eIF4F subunits in normal development, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mouse strains with targeted ablation of each gene encoding the different eIF4F subunits. We find that Eif4e, Eif4g1, and Eif4a1 are essential for viability in the mouse, whereas Eif4g3 and Eif4a2 are not. However, Eif4g3 and Eif4a2 do play essential roles in spermatogenesis. Crossing of these strains to the lymphoma-prone Eμ-Myc mouse model revealed that heterozygosity at the Eif4e or Eif4a1 loci significantly delayed tumor onset. Lastly, tumors derived from Eif4e∆38 fs/+/Eμ-Myc or Eif4a1∆5 fs/+/Eμ-Myc mice show increased sensitivity to the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin, in vivo. Our study reveals that eIF4A2 and eIF4G3 play non-essential roles in gene expression regulation during embryogenesis; whereas reductions in eIF4E or eIF4A1 levels are protective against tumor development in a murine Myc-driven lymphoma setting.
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- Patrick Sénéchal
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Cell Signal Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Département de Pathologie et Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada.
- Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G5, Canada.
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada.
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Agarwal G, Chang LS, Soejarto DD, Kinghorn AD. Update on Phytochemical and Biological Studies on Rocaglate Derivatives from Aglaia Species. PLANTA MEDICA 2021; 87:937-948. [PMID: 33784769 PMCID: PMC8481333 DOI: 10.1055/a-1401-9562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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With about 120 species, Aglaia is one of the largest genera of the plant family Meliaceae (the mahogany plants). It is native to the tropical rainforests of the Indo-Australian region, ranging from India and Sri Lanka eastward to Polynesia and Micronesia. Various Aglaia species have been investigated since the 1960s for their phytochemical constituents and biological properties, with the cyclopenta[b]benzofurans (rocaglates or flavaglines) being of particular interest. Phytochemists, medicinal chemists, and biologists have conducted extensive research in establishing these secondary metabolites as potential lead compounds with antineoplastic and antiviral effects, among others. The varied biological properties of rocaglates can be attributed to their unusual structures and their ability to act as inhibitors of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A), affecting protein translation. The present review provides an update on the recently reported phytochemical constituents of Aglaia species, focusing on rocaglate derivatives. Furthermore, laboratory work performed on investigating the biological activities of these chemical constituents is also covered.
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- Garima Agarwal
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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- Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Science and Education, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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A forward genetic screen identifies modifiers of rocaglate responsiveness. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18516. [PMID: 34531456 PMCID: PMC8445955 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97765-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rocaglates are a class of eukaryotic translation initiation inhibitors that are being explored as chemotherapeutic agents. They function by targeting eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A, an RNA helicase critical for recruitment of the 40S ribosome (and associated factors) to mRNA templates. Rocaglates perturb eIF4A activity by imparting a gain-of-function activity to eIF4A and mediating clamping to RNA. To appreciate how rocaglates could best be enabled in the clinic, an understanding of resistance mechanisms is important, as this could inform on strategies to bypass such events as well as identify responsive tumor types. Here, we report on the results of a positive selection, ORFeome screen aimed at identifying cDNAs capable of conferring resistance to rocaglates. Two of the most potent modifiers of rocaglate response identified were the transcription factors FOXP3 and NR1I3, both of which have been implicated in ABCB1 regulation-the gene encoding P-glycoprotein (Pgp). Pgp has previously been implicated in conferring resistance to silvestrol, a naturally occurring rocaglate, and we show here that this extends to additional synthetic rocaglate derivatives. In addition, FOXP3 and NR1I3 impart a multi-drug resistant phenotype that is reversed upon inhibition of Pgp, suggesting a potential therapeutic combination strategy.
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Chatterjee S, Yabaji SM, Rukhlenko OS, Bhattacharya B, Waligurski E, Vallavoju N, Ray S, Kholodenko BN, Brown LE, Beeler AB, Ivanov AR, Kobzik L, Porco JA, Kramnik I. Channeling macrophage polarization by rocaglates increases macrophage resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. iScience 2021; 24:102845. [PMID: 34381970 PMCID: PMC8333345 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Macrophages contribute to host immunity and tissue homeostasis via alternative activation programs. M1-like macrophages control intracellular bacterial pathogens and tumor progression. In contrast, M2-like macrophages shape reparative microenvironments that can be conducive for pathogen survival or tumor growth. An imbalance of these macrophages phenotypes may perpetuate sites of chronic unresolved inflammation, such as infectious granulomas and solid tumors. We have found that plant-derived and synthetic rocaglates sensitize macrophages to low concentrations of the M1-inducing cytokine IFN-gamma and inhibit their responsiveness to IL-4, a prototypical activator of the M2-like phenotype. Treatment of primary macrophages with rocaglates enhanced phagosome-lysosome fusion and control of intracellular mycobacteria. Thus, rocaglates represent a novel class of immunomodulators that can direct macrophage polarization toward the M1-like phenotype in complex microenvironments associated with hypofunction of type 1 and/or hyperactivation of type 2 immunity, e.g., chronic bacterial infections, allergies, and, possibly, certain tumors.
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- Sujoy Chatterjee
- Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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1-Aminomethyl SAR in a novel series of flavagline-inspired eIF4A inhibitors: Effects of amine substitution on cell potency and in vitro PK properties. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 47:128111. [PMID: 34353608 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Flavaglines such as silvestrol (1) and rocaglamide (2) constitute an interesting class of natural products with promising anticancer activities. Their mode of action is based on inhibition of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) dependent translation through formation of a stable ternary complex with eIF4A and mRNA, thus blocking ribosome scanning. Herein we describe initial SAR studies in a novel series of 1-aminomethyl substituted flavagline-inspired eIF4A inhibitors. We discovered that a variety of N-substitutions at the 1-aminomethyl group are tolerated, making this position pertinent for property and ADME profile tuning. The findings presented herein are relevant to future drug design efforts towards novel eIF4A inhibitors with drug-like properties.
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Kamlar M, Henriksson E, Císařová I, Malo M, Sundén H. Synthesis of cis-Oriented Vicinal Diphenylethylenes through a Lewis Acid-Promoted Annulation of Oxotriphenylhexanoates. J Org Chem 2021; 86:8660-8671. [PMID: 34138578 PMCID: PMC8279482 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study explores the synthesis of cyclic cis-vicinal phenyl ethylenes from oxotriphenylhexanoates. The reaction is a BBr3-promoted cyclization of 1,6-ketoesters (1) to five-membered diketo compounds (2). The synthesis is interesting as it constitutes one of the few examples of modular stereoselective synthesis of structures with a cis-oriented vicinal diphenylethylene. The core structure of 2 can be smoothly derivatized, which makes it a promising synthetic building block for further stereoselective synthetic applications.
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- Martin Kamlar
- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kemivägen 10, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kemivägen 10, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kemivägen 10, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden.,University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Singh K, Lin J, Lecomte N, Mohan P, Gokce A, Sanghvi VR, Jiang M, Grbovic-Huezo O, Burčul A, Stark SG, Romesser PB, Chang Q, Melchor JP, Beyer RK, Duggan M, Fukase Y, Yang G, Ouerfelli O, Viale A, de Stanchina E, Stamford AW, Meinke PT, Rätsch G, Leach SD, Ouyang Z, Wendel HG. Targeting eIF4A-Dependent Translation of KRAS Signaling Molecules. Cancer Res 2021; 81:2002-2014. [PMID: 33632898 PMCID: PMC8137674 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-20-2929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) epitomizes a deadly cancer driven by abnormal KRAS signaling. Here, we show that the eIF4A RNA helicase is required for translation of key KRAS signaling molecules and that pharmacological inhibition of eIF4A has single-agent activity against murine and human PDAC models at safe dose levels. EIF4A was uniquely required for the translation of mRNAs with long and highly structured 5' untranslated regions, including those with multiple G-quadruplex elements. Computational analyses identified these features in mRNAs encoding KRAS and key downstream molecules. Transcriptome-scale ribosome footprinting accurately identified eIF4A-dependent mRNAs in PDAC, including critical KRAS signaling molecules such as PI3K, RALA, RAC2, MET, MYC, and YAP1. These findings contrast with a recent study that relied on an older method, polysome fractionation, and implicated redox-related genes as eIF4A clients. Together, our findings highlight the power of ribosome footprinting in conjunction with deep RNA sequencing in accurately decoding translational control mechanisms and define the therapeutic mechanism of eIF4A inhibitors in PDAC. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings document the coordinate, eIF4A-dependent translation of RAS-related oncogenic signaling molecules and demonstrate therapeutic efficacy of eIF4A blockade in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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- Kamini Singh
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
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- David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Computational Biology Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Computational Biology Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, ETH, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland
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- Tri-Institutional Drug Development Initiative, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Tri-Institutional Drug Development Initiative, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- The Organic Synthesis Core Facility, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- The Organic Synthesis Core Facility, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Integrated Genomics Operation, Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Tri-Institutional Drug Development Initiative, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Tri-Institutional Drug Development Initiative, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Computational Biology Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- Department of Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, ETH, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Systems Biology and Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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Chu J, Zhang W, Cencic R, O'Connor PBF, Robert F, Devine WG, Selznick A, Henkel T, Merrick WC, Brown LE, Baranov PV, Porco JA, Pelletier J. Rocaglates Induce Gain-of-Function Alterations to eIF4A and eIF4F. Cell Rep 2021; 30:2481-2488.e5. [PMID: 32101697 PMCID: PMC7077502 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Rocaglates are a diverse family of biologically active molecules that have gained tremendous interest in recent years due to their promising activities in pre-clinical cancer studies. As a result, this family of compounds has been significantly expanded through the development of efficient synthetic schemes. However, it is unknown whether all of the members of the rocaglate family act through similar mechanisms of action. Here, we present a comprehensive study comparing the biological activities of >200 rocaglates to better understand how the presence of different chemical entities influences their biological activities. Through this, we find that most rocaglates preferentially repress the translation of mRNAs containing purine-rich 5′ leaders, but certain rocaglates lack this bias in translation repression. We also uncover an aspect of rocaglate mechanism of action in which the pool of translationally active eIF4F is diminished due to the sequestration of the complex onto RNA. Rocaglates are a diverse family of small molecules that inhibit eIF4A. Chu et al. undertake a comparative analysis of the bioactivity of >200 rocaglates and uncover nuances in their mechanisms of action. Rocaglates interfere with eIF4F release from the cap and exert a bystander effect to inhibit translation.
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- Jennifer Chu
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4935, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Targeting the DEAD-Box RNA Helicase eIF4A with Rocaglates-A Pan-Antiviral Strategy for Minimizing the Impact of Future RNA Virus Pandemics. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9030540. [PMID: 33807988 PMCID: PMC8001013 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030540] [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: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The increase in pandemics caused by RNA viruses of zoonotic origin highlights the urgent need for broad-spectrum antivirals against novel and re-emerging RNA viruses. Broad-spectrum antivirals could be deployed as first-line interventions during an outbreak while virus-specific drugs and vaccines are developed and rolled out. Viruses depend on the host’s protein synthesis machinery for replication. Several natural compounds that target the cellular DEAD-box RNA helicase eIF4A, a key component of the eukaryotic translation initiation complex eIF4F, have emerged as potential broad-spectrum antivirals. Rocaglates, a group of flavaglines of plant origin that clamp mRNAs with highly structured 5′ untranslated regions (5′UTRs) onto the surface of eIF4A through specific stacking interactions, exhibit the largest selectivity and potential therapeutic indices among all known eIF4A inhibitors. Their unique mechanism of action limits the inhibitory effect of rocaglates to the translation of eIF4A-dependent viral mRNAs and a minor fraction of host mRNAs exhibiting stable RNA secondary structures and/or polypurine sequence stretches in their 5′UTRs, resulting in minimal potential toxic side effects. Maintaining a favorable safety profile while inducing efficient inhibition of a broad spectrum of RNA viruses makes rocaglates into primary candidates for further development as pan-antiviral therapeutics.
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Sanghvi VR, Mohan P, Singh K, Cao L, Berishaj M, Wolfe AL, Schatz JH, Lailler N, de Stanchina E, Viale A, Wendel HG. NRF2 Activation Confers Resistance to eIF4A Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13040639. [PMID: 33562682 PMCID: PMC7915661 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13040639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Simple Summary eIF4A-targeted translational inhibitors, such as silvestrol and its analogues, have emerged as strong anticancer therapies. Here, we tested the efficacy of eIF4A inhibition across a large and diverse panel of cancer cell lines and found B cell lymphomas to be the most sensitive group. Moreover, we performed a genetic screen and identified NRF2 activation as a major mechanism of resistance to silvestrol and related eIF4A inhibitors. Mechanistically, NRF2 activation broadly increases protein synthesis, and this effect is more pronounced on specific mRNAs that require eIF4A for translation. Finally, blocking NRF2 function by preventing its deglycation restores silvestrol sensitivity in cells that harbor NRF2 activation. Overall, our findings indicate that eIF4A inhibitors are a feasible therapeutic option against lymphoma and other cancers and that NRF2 activation status may be an important predictor of their efficacy. Abstract Inhibition of the eIF4A RNA helicase with silvestrol and related compounds is emerging as a powerful anti-cancer strategy. We find that a synthetic silvestrol analogue (CR-1-31 B) has nanomolar activity across many cancer cell lines. It is especially active against aggressive MYC+/BCL2+ B cell lymphomas and this likely reflects the eIF4A-dependent translation of both MYC and BCL2. We performed a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen and identified mechanisms of resistance to this new class of therapeutics. We identify three negative NRF2 regulators (KEAP1, CUL3, CAND1) whose inactivation is sufficient to cause CR1-31-B resistance. NRF2 is known to alter the oxidation state of translation factors and cause a broad increase in protein production. We find that NRF2 activation particularly increases the translation of some eIF4A-dependent mRNAs and restores MYC and BCL2 production. We know that NRF2 functions depend on removal of sugar adducts by the frutosamine-3-kinase (FN3K). Accordingly, loss of FN3K results in NRF2 hyper-glycation and inactivation and resensitizes cancer cells to eIF4A inhibition. Together, our findings implicate NRF2 in the translation of eIF4A-dependent mRNAs and point to FN3K inhibition as a new strategy to block NRF2 functions in cancer.
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- Viraj R. Sanghvi
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
- Swiss Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
- Hellen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
- Department of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Integrated Genomics Operation, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (N.L.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Antitumor Assessment Core and Molecular Pharmacology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
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- Integrated Genomics Operation, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (N.L.); (A.V.)
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.M.); (K.S.); (L.C.); (M.B.); (A.L.W.); (J.H.S.); (H.-G.W.)
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Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4AI: A Potential Novel Target in Neuroblastoma. Cells 2021; 10:cells10020301. [PMID: 33540613 PMCID: PMC7912938 DOI: 10.3390/cells10020301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial pediatric solid tumor. Children suffering from high-risk and/or metastatic NB often show no response to therapy, and new therapeutic approaches are urgently needed. Malignant tumor development has been shown to be driven by the dysregulation of eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs) at the translation initiation. Especially the activity of the heterotrimeric eIF4F complex is often altered in malignant cells, since it is the direct connection to key oncogenic signaling pathways such as the PI3K/AKT/mTOR-pathway. A large body of literature exists that demonstrates targeting the translational machinery as a promising anti-neoplastic approach. The objective of this study was to determine whether eIF4F complex members are aberrantly expressed in NB and whether targeting parts of the complex may be a therapeutic strategy against NB. We show that eIF4AI is overexpressed in NB patient tissue using immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, and RT-qPCR. NB cell lines exhibit decreased viability, increased apoptosis rates as well as changes in cell cycle distribution when treated with the synthetic rocaglate CR-1-31-B, which clamps eIF4A and eIF4F onto mRNA, resulting in a translational block. Additionally, this study reveals that CR-1-31-B is effective against NB cell lines at low nanomolar doses (≤20 nM), which have been shown to not affect non-malignant cells in previous studies. Thus, our study provides information of the expression status on eIF4AI in NB and offers initial promising insight into targeting translation initiation as an anti-tumorigenic approach for NB.
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Bhattacharya B, Xiao S, Chatterjee S, Urbanowski M, Ordonez A, Ihms EA, Agrahari G, Lun S, Berland R, Pichugin A, Gao Y, Connor J, Ivanov AR, Yan BS, Kobzik L, Koo BB, Jain S, Bishai W, Kramnik I. The integrated stress response mediates necrosis in murine Mycobacterium tuberculosis granulomas. J Clin Invest 2021; 131:130319. [PMID: 33301427 PMCID: PMC7843230 DOI: 10.1172/jci130319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which only some individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop necrotic granulomas with progressive disease while others form controlled granulomas that contain the infection remains poorly defined. Mice carrying the sst1-suscepible (sst1S) genotype develop necrotic inflammatory lung lesions, similar to human tuberculosis (TB) granulomas, which are linked to macrophage dysfunction, while their congenic counterpart (B6) mice do not. In this study we report that (a) sst1S macrophages developed aberrant, biphasic responses to TNF characterized by superinduction of stress and type I interferon pathways after prolonged TNF stimulation; (b) the late-stage TNF response was driven via a JNK/IFN-β/protein kinase R (PKR) circuit; and (c) induced the integrated stress response (ISR) via PKR-mediated eIF2α phosphorylation and the subsequent hyperinduction of ATF3 and ISR-target genes Chac1, Trib3, and Ddit4. The administration of ISRIB, a small-molecule inhibitor of the ISR, blocked the development of necrosis in lung granulomas of M. tuberculosis-infected sst1S mice and concomitantly reduced the bacterial burden. Hence, induction of the ISR and the locked-in state of escalating stress driven by the type I IFN pathway in sst1S macrophages play a causal role in the development of necrosis in TB granulomas. Interruption of the aberrant stress response with inhibitors such as ISRIB may offer novel host-directed therapy strategies.
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- Bidisha Bhattacharya
- The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cellular Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics & Drug Metabolism (PPDM), Merck, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University Medical College, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Center for TB Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The rocaglate CR-31-B (-) inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication at non-cytotoxic, low nanomolar concentrations in vitro and ex vivo. Antiviral Res 2021; 186:105012. [PMID: 33422611 PMCID: PMC7791309 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2021.105012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of COVID-19, a severe respiratory disease with varying clinical presentations and outcomes, and responsible for a major pandemic that started in early 2020. With no vaccines or effective antiviral treatments available, the quest for novel therapeutic solutions remains an urgent priority. Rocaglates, a class of plant-derived cyclopenta[b]benzofurans, exhibit broad-spectrum antiviral activity against multiple RNA viruses including coronaviruses. Specifically, rocaglates inhibit eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A)-dependent mRNA translation initiation, resulting in strongly reduced viral RNA translation. Here, we assessed the antiviral activity of the synthetic rocaglate CR-31-B (-) against SARS-CoV-2 using both in vitro and ex vivo cell culture models. In Vero E6 cells, CR-31-B (-) inhibited SARS-CoV-2 replication with an EC50 of ~1.8 nM. In primary human airway epithelial cells, CR-31-B (-) reduced viral titers to undetectable levels at a concentration of 100 nM. Reduced virus reproduction was accompanied by substantially reduced viral protein accumulation and replication/transcription complex formation. The data reveal a potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity by CR-31-B (-), corroborating previous results obtained for other coronaviruses and supporting the idea that rocaglates may be used in first-line antiviral intervention strategies against novel and emerging RNA virus outbreaks.
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Functional mimicry revealed by the crystal structure of an eIF4A:RNA complex bound to the interfacial inhibitor, desmethyl pateamine A. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 28:825-834.e6. [PMID: 33412110 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Interfacial inhibitors exert their biological effects through co-association with two macromolecules. The pateamine A (PatA) class of molecules function by stabilizing eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A RNA helicase onto RNA, resulting in translation initiation inhibition. Here, we present the crystal structure of an eIF4A1:RNA complex bound to an analog of the marine sponge-derived natural product PatA, C5-desmethyl PatA (DMPatA). One end of this small molecule wedges itself between two RNA bases while the other end is cradled by several protein residues. Strikingly, DMPatA interacts with the eIF4A1:RNA complex in an almost identical fashion as rocaglamide A (RocA), despite being completely unrelated from a structural standpoint. The structural data rationalize the ability of PatA analogs to target a wider range of RNA substrates compared to RocA. We define the molecular basis of how DMPatA is able to clamp eIF4A1 onto RNA, imparting potent inhibitory properties to this molecule.
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Nilewski C, Michels TD, Xiang AX, Packard GK, Sprengeler PA, Eam B, Fish S, Thompson PA, Wegerski CJ, Ernst JT, Reich SH. Strategic Diastereoselective C1 Functionalization in the Aza-Rocaglamide Scaffold toward Natural Product-Inspired eIF4A Inhibitors. Org Lett 2020; 22:6257-6261. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Christian Nilewski
- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, Suite A, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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Ferrad M, Ghazzaui N, Issaoui H, Cook-Moreau J, Denizot Y. Mouse Models of c-myc Deregulation Driven by IgH Locus Enhancers as Models of B-Cell Lymphomagenesis. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1564. [PMID: 32793219 PMCID: PMC7390917 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Chromosomal translocations linking various oncogenes to transcriptional enhancers of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) locus are often implicated as the cause of B-cell malignancies. Two major IgH transcriptional enhancers have been reported so far. The Eμ enhancer located upstream of the Cμ gene controls early events in B-cell maturation such as VDJ recombination. The 3' regulatory region (3'RR) located downstream from the Cα gene controls late events in B-cell maturation such as IgH transcription, somatic hypermutation, and class switch recombination. Convincing demonstrations of the essential contributions of both Eμ and 3'RR in B-cell lymphomagenesis have been provided by transgenic and knock-in animal models which bring the oncogene c-myc under Eμ/3'RR transcriptional control. This short review summarizes the different mouse models so far available and their interests/limitations for progress in our understanding of human c-myc-induced B-cell lymphomagenesis.
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- Melissa Ferrad
- Inserm U1262, UMR CNRS 7276, Equipe Labellisée LIGUE 2018, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Inserm U1262, UMR CNRS 7276, Equipe Labellisée LIGUE 2018, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Inserm U1262, UMR CNRS 7276, Equipe Labellisée LIGUE 2018, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Inserm U1262, UMR CNRS 7276, Equipe Labellisée LIGUE 2018, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Inserm U1262, UMR CNRS 7276, Equipe Labellisée LIGUE 2018, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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Ernst JT, Thompson PA, Nilewski C, Sprengeler PA, Sperry S, Packard G, Michels T, Xiang A, Tran C, Wegerski CJ, Eam B, Young NP, Fish S, Chen J, Howard H, Staunton J, Molter J, Clarine J, Nevarez A, Chiang GG, Appleman JR, Webster KR, Reich SH. Design of Development Candidate eFT226, a First in Class Inhibitor of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A RNA Helicase. J Med Chem 2020; 63:5879-5955. [PMID: 32470302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Dysregulation of protein translation is a key driver for the pathogenesis of many cancers. Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A), an ATP-dependent DEAD-box RNA helicase, is a critical component of the eIF4F complex, which regulates cap-dependent protein synthesis. The flavagline class of natural products (i.e., rocaglamide A) has been shown to inhibit protein synthesis by stabilizing a translation-incompetent complex for select messenger RNAs (mRNAs) with eIF4A. Despite showing promising anticancer phenotypes, the development of flavagline derivatives as therapeutic agents has been hampered because of poor drug-like properties as well as synthetic complexity. A focused effort was undertaken utilizing a ligand-based design strategy to identify a chemotype with optimized physicochemical properties. Also, detailed mechanistic studies were undertaken to further elucidate mRNA sequence selectivity, key regulated target genes, and the associated antitumor phenotype. This work led to the design of eFT226 (Zotatifin), a compound with excellent physicochemical properties and significant antitumor activity that supports clinical development.
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- Justin T Ernst
- Inception Therapeutics, 6175 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Inception Therapeutics, 6175 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- GossamerBio., 3013 Science Park Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- WuXi AppTec, 6114 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Calporta Therapeutics, 11099 North Torrey Poines Rd., La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Casma Therapeutics, 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, California 02139, United States
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- Plexium, Inc., 11585 Sorrento Valley Rd., San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Providence Portland Medical Center, 4805 NE Glisan Street, Portland, Oregon 97213, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- GossamerBio., 3013 Science Park Road, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Escient Pharmaceuticals, 10578 Science Center Dr., San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Primmune Therapeutics, 3210 Merryfield Row, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Frontier Medicines Corp., 151 Oyster Point Blvd., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, 11180 Roselle Street, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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Laham-Karam N, Pinto GP, Poso A, Kokkonen P. Transcription and Translation Inhibitors in Cancer Treatment. Front Chem 2020; 8:276. [PMID: 32373584 PMCID: PMC7186406 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transcription and translation are fundamental cellular processes that govern the protein production of cells. These processes are generally up regulated in cancer cells, to maintain the enhanced metabolism and proliferative state of these cells. As such cancerous cells can be susceptible to transcription and translation inhibitors. There are numerous druggable proteins involved in transcription and translation which make lucrative targets for cancer drug development. In addition to proteins, recent years have shown that the "undruggable" transcription factors and RNA molecules can also be targeted to hamper the transcription or translation in cancer. In this review, we summarize the properties and function of the transcription and translation inhibitors that have been tested and developed, focusing on the advances of the last 5 years. To complement this, we also discuss some of the recent advances in targeting oncogenes tightly controlling transcription including transcription factors and KRAS. In addition to natural and synthetic compounds, we review DNA and RNA based approaches to develop cancer drugs. Finally, we conclude with the outlook to the future of the development of transcription and translation inhibitors.
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- Nihay Laham-Karam
- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Internal Medicine VIII, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Taylor J, Yeomans AM, Packham G. Targeted inhibition of mRNA translation initiation factors as a novel therapeutic strategy for mature B-cell neoplasms. EXPLORATION OF TARGETED ANTI-TUMOR THERAPY 2020; 1:3-25. [PMID: 32924027 PMCID: PMC7116065 DOI: 10.37349/etat.2020.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cancer development is frequently associated with dysregulation of mRNA translation to enhance both increased global protein synthesis and translation of specific mRNAs encoding oncoproteins. Thus, targeted inhibition of mRNA translation is viewed as a promising new approach for cancer therapy. In this article we review current progress in investigating dysregulation of mRNA translation initiation in mature B-cell neoplasms, focusing on chronic lymphocytic leukemia, follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. We discuss mechanisms and regulation of mRNA translation, potential pathways by which genetic alterations and the tumor microenvironment alters mRNA translation in malignant B cells, preclinical evaluation of drugs targeted against specific eukaryotic initiation factors and current progress towards clinical development. Overall, inhibition of mRNA translation initiation factors is an exciting and promising area for development of novel targeted anti-tumor drugs.
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- Joe Taylor
- Cancer Research UK Centre, Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, SO16 6YD Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Centre, Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, SO16 6YD Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Centre, Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, SO16 6YD Southampton, United Kingdom
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Chan K, Robert F, Oertlin C, Kapeller-Libermann D, Avizonis D, Gutierrez J, Handly-Santana A, Doubrovin M, Park J, Schoepfer C, Da Silva B, Yao M, Gorton F, Shi J, Thomas CJ, Brown LE, Porco JA, Pollak M, Larsson O, Pelletier J, Chio IIC. eIF4A supports an oncogenic translation program in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5151. [PMID: 31723131 PMCID: PMC6853918 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13086-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal malignancy with limited treatment options. Although metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of many cancers, including PDA, previous attempts to target metabolic changes therapeutically have been stymied by drug toxicity and tumour cell plasticity. Here, we show that PDA cells engage an eIF4F-dependent translation program that supports redox and central carbon metabolism. Inhibition of the eIF4F subunit, eIF4A, using the synthetic rocaglate CR-1-31-B (CR-31) reduced the viability of PDA organoids relative to their normal counterparts. In vivo, CR-31 suppresses tumour growth and extends survival of genetically-engineered murine models of PDA. Surprisingly, inhibition of eIF4A also induces glutamine reductive carboxylation. As a consequence, combined targeting of eIF4A and glutaminase activity more effectively inhibits PDA cell growth both in vitro and in vivo. Overall, our work demonstrates the importance of eIF4A in translational control of pancreatic tumour metabolism and as a therapeutic target against PDA.
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- Karina Chan
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oncology and Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, H3G 1Y6, QC, Canada
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oncology and Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, H3G 1Y6, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA
- SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oncology and Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, H3G 1Y6, QC, Canada.
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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Chu J, Zhang W, Cencic R, Devine WG, Beglov D, Henkel T, Brown LE, Vajda S, Porco JA, Pelletier J. Amidino-Rocaglates: A Potent Class of eIF4A Inhibitors. Cell Chem Biol 2019; 26:1586-1593.e3. [PMID: 31519508 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Rocaglates share a common cyclopenta[b]benzofuran core that inhibits eukaryotic translation initiation by modifying the behavior of the RNA helicase, eIF4A. Working as interfacial inhibitors, rocaglates stabilize the association between eIF4A and RNA, which can lead to the formation of steric barriers that block initiating ribosomes. There is significant interest in the development and expansion of rocaglate derivatives, as several members of this family have been shown to possess potent anti-neoplastic activity in vitro and in vivo. To further our understanding of rocaglate diversity and drug design, herein we explore the RNA clamping activity of >200 unique rocaglate derivatives. Through this, we report on the identification and characterization of a potent class of synthetic rocaglates called amidino-rocaglates. These compounds are among the most potent rocaglates documented to date and, taken together, this work offers important information that will guide the future design of rocaglates with improved biological properties.
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- Jennifer Chu
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada; Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Drug-induced Stress Granule Formation Protects Sensory Hair Cells in Mouse Cochlear Explants During Ototoxicity. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12501. [PMID: 31467369 PMCID: PMC6715625 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48393-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Stress granules regulate RNA translation during cellular stress, a mechanism that is generally presumed to be protective, since stress granule dysregulation caused by mutation or ageing is associated with neurodegenerative disease. Here, we investigate whether pharmacological manipulation of the stress granule pathway in the auditory organ, the cochlea, affects the survival of sensory hair cells during aminoglycoside ototoxicity, a common cause of acquired hearing loss. We show that hydroxamate (-)-9, a silvestrol analogue that inhibits eIF4A, induces stress granule formation in both an auditory cell line and ex-vivo cochlear cultures and that it prevents ototoxin-induced hair-cell death. In contrast, preventing stress granule formation using the small molecule inhibitor ISRIB increases hair-cell death. Furthermore, we provide the first evidence of stress granule formation in mammalian hair cells in-vivo triggered by aminoglycoside treatment. Our results demonstrate that pharmacological induction of stress granules enhances cell survival in native-tissue, in a clinically-relevant context. This establishes stress granules as a viable therapeutic target not only for hearing loss but also other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Zhang W, Chu J, Cyr AM, Yueh H, Brown LE, Wang TT, Pelletier J, Porco JA. Intercepted Retro-Nazarov Reaction: Syntheses of Amidino-Rocaglate Derivatives and Their Biological Evaluation as eIF4A Inhibitors. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:12891-12900. [PMID: 31310112 PMCID: PMC6693944 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rocaglates are a family of natural products isolated from the genus Aglaia which possess a highly substituted cyclopenta[b]benzofuran skeleton and inhibit cap-dependent protein synthesis. Rocaglates are attractive compounds due to their potential for inhibiting tumor cell maintenance in vivo by specifically targeting eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) and interfering with recruitment of ribosomes to mRNA. In this paper, we describe an intercepted retro-Nazarov reaction utilizing intramolecular tosyl migration to generate a reactive oxyallyl cation on the rocaglate skeleton. Trapping of the oxyallyl cation with a diverse range of nucleophiles has been used to generate over 50 novel amidino-rocaglate (ADR) and amino-rocaglate derivatives. Subsequently, these derivatives were evaluated for their ability to inhibit cap-dependent protein synthesis where they were found to outperform previous lead compounds including the rocaglate hydroxamate CR-1-31-B.
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- Wenhan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Vector-borne Viral Diseases, Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
- Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States of America
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Kong T, Xue Y, Cencic R, Zhu X, Monast A, Fu Z, Pilon V, Sangwan V, Guiot MC, Foulkes WD, Porco JA, Park M, Pelletier J, Huang S. eIF4A Inhibitors Suppress Cell-Cycle Feedback Response and Acquired Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibition in Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther 2019; 18:2158-2170. [PMID: 31395685 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-19-0162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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CDK4/6 inhibitors are FDA-approved drugs for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer and are being evaluated to treat other tumor types, including KRAS-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, their clinical utility is often limited by drug resistance. Here, we sought to better understand the resistant mechanisms and help devise potential strategies to overcome this challenge. We show that treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors in both ER+ breast cancer and KRAS-mutant NSCLC cells induces feedback upregulation of cyclin D1, CDK4, and cyclin E1, mediating drug resistance. We demonstrate that rocaglates, which preferentially target translation of key cell-cycle regulators, effectively suppress this feedback upregulation induced by CDK4/6 inhibition. Consequently, combination treatment of CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib with the eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A inhibitor, CR-1-31-B, is synergistic in suppressing the growth of these cancer cells in vitro and in vivo Furthermore, ER+ breast cancer and KRAS-mutant NSCLC cells that acquired resistance to palbociclib after chronic drug exposure are also highly sensitive to this combination treatment strategy. Our findings reveal a novel strategy using eIF4A inhibitors to suppress cell-cycle feedback response and to overcome resistance to CDK4/6 inhibition in cancer.
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- Tim Kong
- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Montreal Neurological Hospital/Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics, and Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics and Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Targeting translation initiation by synthetic rocaglates for treating MYC-driven lymphomas. Leukemia 2019; 34:138-150. [PMID: 31171817 PMCID: PMC6895415 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-019-0503-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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MYC-driven lymphomas, especially those with concurrent MYC and BCL2 dysregulation, are currently a challenge in clinical practice due to rapid disease progression, resistance to standard chemotherapy and high risk of refractory disease. MYC plays a central role by coordinating hyperactive protein synthesis with upregulated transcription in order to support rapid proliferation of tumor cells. Translation initiation inhibitor rocaglates have been identified as the most potent drugs in MYC-driven lymphomas as they efficiently inhibit MYC expression and tumor cell viability. We found that this class of compounds can overcome eIF4A abundance by stabilizing target mRNA-eIF4A interaction that directly prevents translation. Proteome-wide quantification demonstrated selective repression of multiple critical oncoproteins in addition to MYC in B cell lymphoma including NEK2, MCL1, AURKA, PLK1, and several transcription factors that are generally considered undruggable. Finally, (−)-SDS-1–021, the most promising synthetic rocaglate, was confirmed to be highly potent as a single agent, and displayed significant synergy with the BCL2 inhibitor ABT199 in inhibiting tumor growth and survival in primary lymphoma cells in vitro and in patient-derived xenograft mouse models. Overall, our findings support the strategy of using rocaglates to target oncoprotein synthesis in MYC-driven lymphomas.
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Ling T, Lang WH, Maier J, Quintana Centurion M, Rivas F. Cytostatic and Cytotoxic Natural Products against Cancer Cell Models. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24102012. [PMID: 31130671 PMCID: PMC6571673 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24102012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The increasing prevalence of drug resistant and/or high-risk cancers indicate further drug discovery research is required to improve patient outcome. This study outlines a simplified approach to identify lead compounds from natural products against several cancer cell lines, and provides the basis to better understand structure activity relationship of the natural product cephalotaxine. Using high-throughput screening, a natural product library containing fractions and pure compounds was interrogated for proliferation inhibition in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cellular models (SUP-B15 and KOPN-8). Initial hits were verified in control and counter screens, and those with EC50 values ranging from nanomolar to low micromolar were further characterized via mass spectrometry, NMR, and cytotoxicity measurements. Most of the active compounds were alkaloid natural products including cephalotaxine and homoharringtonine, which were validated as protein synthesis inhibitors with significant potency against several cancer cell lines. A generated BODIPY-cephalotaxine probe provides insight into the mode of action of cephalotaxine and further rationale for its weaker potency when compared to homoharringtonine. The steroidal natural products (ecdysone and muristerone A) also showed modest biological activity and protein synthesis inhibition. Altogether, these findings demonstrate that natural products continue to provide insight into structure and function of molecules with therapeutic potential against drug resistant cancer cell models.
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- Taotao Ling
- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 262 Danny Thomas Place. Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 262 Danny Thomas Place. Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 262 Danny Thomas Place. Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.
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- Dirección de Investigación Biológica/Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, Casilla de Correo 19.004. Sucursal 1, Campus UNA. 169 CDP San Lorenzo, Central XI, Paraguay.
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 262 Danny Thomas Place. Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.
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Steinberger J, Robert F, Hallé M, Williams DE, Cencic R, Sawhney N, Pelletier D, Williams P, Igarashi Y, Porco JA, Rodriguez AD, Kopp B, Bachmann B, Andersen RJ, Pelletier J. Tracing MYC Expression for Small Molecule Discovery. Cell Chem Biol 2019; 26:699-710.e6. [PMID: 30880156 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Our inability to effectively "drug" targets such as MYC for therapeutic purposes requires the development of new approaches. We report on the implementation of a phenotype-based assay for monitoring MYC expression in multiple myeloma cells. The open reading frame (ORF) encoding an unstable variant of GFP was engineered immediately downstream of the MYC ORF using CRISPR/Cas9, resulting in co-expression of both proteins from the endogenous MYC locus. Using fluorescence readout as a surrogate for MYC expression, we implemented a pilot screen in which ∼10,000 compounds were prosecuted. Among known MYC expression inhibitors, we identified cardiac glycosides and cytoskeletal disruptors to be quite potent. We demonstrate the power of CRISPR/Cas9 engineering in establishing phenotype-based assays to identify gene expression modulators.
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- Jutta Steinberger
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Molecular Sciences Research Center, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00926, USA
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada; The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Center and the Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Itoua Maïga R, Cencic R, Chu J, Waller DD, Brown LE, Devine WG, Zhang W, Sebag M, Porco JA, Pelletier J. Oxo-aglaiastatin-Mediated Inhibition of Translation Initiation. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1265. [PMID: 30718665 PMCID: PMC6361980 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37666-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Translation is a highly regulated process that is perturbed in human cancers, often through activation of the PI3K/mTOR pathway which impacts directly on the ribosome recruitment phase of translation initiation. While significant research has focused on “drugging” components of the PI3K/mTOR network, efforts have also been directed towards inhibiting eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F-dependent translation. Small molecule inhibitors of this complex have been identified, characterized, and used to validate the rationale of targeting this step to curtail tumor cell growth and modulate chemotherapy response. One such class of compounds are the rocaglates, secondary metabolites from the plant genus Aglaia, which target the RNA helicase subunit of eIF4F, eIF4A. Here we explore the ability of synthetic derivatives of aglaiastatins and an aglaroxin derivative to target the translation process in vitro and in vivo and find the synthetic derivative oxo-aglaiastatin to possess such activity. Oxo-aglaiastatin inhibited translation in vitro and in vivo and synergized with doxorubicin, ABT-199 (a Bcl-2 antagonist), and dexamethasone when tested on hematological cancer cells. The biological activity of oxo-aglaiastatin was shown to be a consequence of inhibiting eIF4A1 activity.
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- Rayelle Itoua Maïga
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada. .,Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3G 1Y6, Canada. .,Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 1A3, Canada.
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Zhang W, Liu S, Maiga RI, Pelletier J, Brown LE, Wang TT, Porco JA. Chemical Synthesis Enables Structural Reengineering of Aglaroxin C Leading to Inhibition Bias for Hepatitis C Viral Infection. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:1312-1323. [PMID: 30590924 PMCID: PMC6583776 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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As a unique rocaglate (flavagline) natural product, aglaroxin C displays intriguing biological activity by inhibiting hepatitis C viral entry. To further elucidate structure-activity relationships and diversify the pyrimidinone scaffold, we report a concise synthesis of aglaroxin C utilizing a highly regioselective pyrimidinone condensation. We have prepared more than 40 aglaroxin C analogues utilizing various amidine condensation partners. Through biological evaluation of analogues, we have discovered two lead compounds, CMLD012043 and CMLD012044, which show preferential bias for the inhibition of hepatitis C viral entry vs translation inhibition. Overall, the study demonstrates the power of chemical synthesis to produce natural product variants with both target inhibition bias and improved therapeutic indexes.
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- Wenhan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Laboratory of Vector-borne Viral Diseases, Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G1Y6, Canada
- Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G1Y6, Canada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Laboratory of Vector-borne Viral Diseases, Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Nalli AD, Brown LE, Thomas CL, Sayers TJ, Porco JA, Henrich CJ. Sensitization of renal carcinoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis by rocaglamide and analogs. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17519. [PMID: 30504817 PMCID: PMC6269514 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35908-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Rocaglamide has been reported to sensitize several cell types to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. In recent years, advances in synthetic techniques have led to generation of novel rocaglamide analogs. However, these have not been extensively analyzed as TRAIL sensitizers, particularly in TRAIL-resistant renal cell carcinoma cells. Evaluation of rocaglamide and analogs identified 29 compounds that are able to sensitize TRAIL-resistant ACHN cells to TRAIL-induced, caspase-dependent apoptosis with sub-µM potency which correlated with their potency as protein synthesis inhibitors and with loss of cFLIP protein in the same cells. Rocaglamide alone induced cell cycle arrest, but not apoptosis. Rocaglates averaged 4–5-fold higher potency as TRAIL sensitizers than as protein synthesis inhibitors suggesting a potential window for maximizing TRAIL sensitization while minimizing effects of general protein synthesis inhibition. A wide range of other rocaglate effects (e.g. on JNK or RAF-MEK-ERK signaling, death receptor levels, ROS, ER stress, eIF4E phosphorylation) were assessed, but did not contribute to TRAIL sensitization. Other than a rapid loss of MCL-1, rocaglates had minimal effects on mitochondrial apoptotic pathway proteins. The identification of structurally diverse/mechanistically similar TRAIL sensitizing rocaglates provides insights into both rocaglate structure and function and potential further development for use in RCC-directed combination therapy.
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- Ancy D Nalli
- National Cancer Institute, Molecular Targets Program, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Boston University, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Department of Chemistry, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- National Cancer Institute, Molecular Targets Program, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, Cancer Inflammation Program, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.,Basic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Boston University, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Department of Chemistry, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- National Cancer Institute, Molecular Targets Program, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA. .,Basic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
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Hu D, Jablonowski C, Cheng PH, AlTahan A, Li C, Wang Y, Palmer L, Lan C, Sun B, Abu-Zaid A, Fan Y, Brimble M, Gamboa NT, Kumbhar RC, Yanishevski D, Miller KM, Kang G, Zambetti GP, Chen T, Yan Q, Davidoff AM, Yang J. KDM5A Regulates a Translational Program that Controls p53 Protein Expression. iScience 2018; 9:84-100. [PMID: 30388705 PMCID: PMC6214872 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 09/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The p53 tumor suppressor pathway is frequently inactivated in human cancers. However, there are some cancer types without commonly recognized alterations in p53 signaling. Here we report that histone demethylase KDM5A is involved in the regulation of p53 activity. KDM5A is significantly amplified in multiple types of cancers, an event that tends to be mutually exclusive to p53 mutation. We show that KDM5A acts as a negative regulator of p53 signaling through inhibition of p53 translation via suppression of a subgroup of eukaryotic translation initiation genes. Genetic deletion of KDM5A results in upregulation of p53 in multiple lineages of cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in a p53-dependent manner. In addition, we have identified a regulatory loop between p53, miR-34, and KDM5A, whereby the induction of miR-34 leads to suppression of KDM5A. Thus, our findings reveal a mechanism by which KDM5A inhibits p53 translation to modulate cancer progression.
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- Dongli Hu
- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Qingdao Hiser Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qingdao Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 100 E 24th St NHB 2.606 Stop A5000, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 100 E 24th St NHB 2.606 Stop A5000, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, 310 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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Gerry CJ, Schreiber SL. Chemical probes and drug leads from advances in synthetic planning and methodology. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2018; 17:333-352. [PMID: 29651105 PMCID: PMC6707071 DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2018.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Screening of small-molecule libraries is a productive method for identifying both chemical probes of disease-related targets and potential starting points for drug discovery. In this article, we focus on strategies such as diversity-oriented synthesis that aim to explore novel areas of chemical space efficiently by populating small-molecule libraries with compounds containing structural features that are typically under-represented in commercially available screening collections. Drawing from more than a decade's worth of examples, we highlight how the design and synthesis of such libraries have been enabled by modern synthetic chemistry, and we illustrate the impact of the resultant chemical probes and drug leads in a wide range of diseases.
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- Christopher J Gerry
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- The Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- The Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Jovanović KK, Roche-Lestienne C, Ghobrial IM, Facon T, Quesnel B, Manier S. Targeting MYC in multiple myeloma. Leukemia 2018; 32:1295-1306. [PMID: 29467490 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-018-0036-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2017] [Revised: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell tumor marked by clonal evolution and preceded by a premalignant stage, which progresses via molecular pathway deregulation, including MYC activation. This activation relates to translocation or gain of the MYC locus and deregulation of upstream pathways such as IRF4, DIS3/LIN28B/let-7, or MAPK. Precision medicine is an approach to predict more accurately which treatment strategies for a particular disease will work in which groups of patients, in contrast to a "one-size-fits-all" approach. The knowledge of mechanisms responsible for MYC deregulation in MM enables identification of vulnerabilities and therapeutic targets in MYC-driven tumors. MYC can be targeted directly or indirectly, by interacting with several of its functions in cancer. Several such therapeutic strategies are evaluated in clinical trials in MM. In this review, we describe the mechanism of MYC activation in MM, the role of MYC in cancer progression, and the therapeutic options to targeting MYC.
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- IRCL, INSERM UMR-S1172, Univ. Lille, Lille, France.,Institute of Medical Genetics, Univ. Lille, CHU, Lille, France
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Univ. Lille,, CHU, Lille, France
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- IRCL, INSERM UMR-S1172, Univ. Lille, Lille, France.,Department of Hematology, Univ. Lille,, CHU, Lille, France
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- IRCL, INSERM UMR-S1172, Univ. Lille, Lille, France. .,Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. .,Department of Hematology, Univ. Lille,, CHU, Lille, France.
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Rocaglates as dual-targeting agents for experimental cerebral malaria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E2366-E2375. [PMID: 29463745 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713000115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cerebral malaria (CM) is a severe and rapidly progressing complication of infection by Plasmodium parasites that is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. Treatment options are currently few, and intervention with artemisinin (Art) has limited efficacy, a problem that is compounded by the emergence of resistance to Art in Plasmodium parasites. Rocaglates are a class of natural products derived from plants of the Aglaia genus that have been shown to interfere with eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A), ultimately blocking initiation of protein synthesis. Here, we show that the rocaglate CR-1-31B perturbs association of Plasmodium falciparum eIF4A (PfeIF4A) with RNA. CR-1-31B shows potent prophylactic and therapeutic antiplasmodial activity in vivo in mouse models of infection with Plasmodium berghei (CM) and Plasmodium chabaudi (blood-stage malaria), and can also block replication of different clinical isolates of P. falciparum in human erythrocytes infected ex vivo, including drug-resistant P. falciparum isolates. In vivo, a single dosing of CR-1-31B in P. berghei-infected animals is sufficient to provide protection against lethality. CR-1-31B is shown to dampen expression of the early proinflammatory response in myeloid cells in vitro and dampens the inflammatory response in vivo in P. berghei-infected mice. The dual activity of CR-1-31B as an antiplasmodial and as an inhibitor of the inflammatory response in myeloid cells should prove extremely valuable for therapeutic intervention in human cases of CM.
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Yueh H, Gao Q, Porco JA, Beeler AB. A photochemical flow reactor for large scale syntheses of aglain and rocaglate natural product analogues. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:6197-6202. [PMID: 28666859 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Herein, we report the development of continuous flow photoreactors for large scale ESIPT-mediated [3+2]-photocycloaddition of 2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-3-hydroxyflavone and cinnamate-derived dipolarophiles. These reactors can be efficiently numbered up to increase throughput two orders of magnitude greater than the corresponding batch reactions.
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- Han Yueh
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
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