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Simões-Pires CA, Zwick V, Cretton S, Cuendet M. Simultaneous Measurement of HDAC1 and HDAC6 Activity in HeLa Cells Using UHPLC-MS. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28829415 DOI: 10.3791/55878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The search for new histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors is of increasing interest in drug discovery. Isoform selectivity has been in the spotlight since the approval of romidepsin, a class I HDAC inhibitor for cancer therapy, and the clinical investigation of HDAC6-specific inhibitors for multiple myeloma. The present method is used to determine the inhibitory activity of test compounds on HDAC1 and HDAC6 in cells. The isoform activity is measured using the ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) analysis of specific substrates incubated with treated and untreated HeLa cells. The method has the advantage of reflecting the endogenous HDAC activity within the cell environment, in contrast to cell-free biochemical assays conducted on isolated isoforms. Moreover, because it is based on the quantification of synthetic substrates, the method does not require the antibody recognition of endogenous acetylated proteins. It is easily adaptable to several cell lines and an automated process. The method has already proved useful in finding HDAC6-selective compounds in neuroblasts. Representative results are shown here with the standard HDAC inhibitors trichostatin A (non-specific), MS275 (HDAC1-specific), and tubastatin A (HDAC6-specific) using HeLa cells.
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- Section des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Universités des Geneva-Lausanne (EPGL)
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- Section des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Universités des Geneva-Lausanne (EPGL)
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- Section des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Universités des Geneva-Lausanne (EPGL);
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El-Houjeiri L, Saad W, Hayar B, Aouad P, Tawil N, Abdel-Samad R, Hleihel R, Hamie M, Mancinelli A, Pisano C, El Hajj H, Darwiche N. Antitumor Effect of the Atypical Retinoid ST1926 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Nanoparticle Formulation Prolongs Lifespan and Reduces Tumor Burden of Xenograft Mice. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 16:2047-2057. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2016] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zwick V, Simões-Pires CA, Nurisso A, Petit C, Dos Santos Passos C, Randazzo GM, Martinet N, Bertrand P, Cuendet M. Synthesis of a selective HDAC6 inhibitor active in neuroblasts. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:4955-4959. [PMID: 27650925 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In recent years, the role of HDAC6 in neurodegeneration has been partially elucidated, which led some authors to propose HDAC6 inhibitors as a therapeutic strategy to treat neurodegenerative diseases. In an effort to develop a selective HDAC6 inhibitor which can cross the blood brain barrier (BBB), a modified hydroxamate derivative (compound 3) was designed and synthetized. This compound was predicted to have potential for BBB penetration based on in silico and in vitro evaluation of passive permeability. When tested for its HDAC inhibitory activity, the IC50 value of compound 3 towards HDAC6 was in the nM range in both enzymatic and cell-based assays. Compound 3 showed a cell-based selectivity profile close to that of tubastatin A in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells, and a good BBB permeability profile.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vincent Zwick
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, H3C 3J7 Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Institut de chimie, UMR CNRS 7272, UNSA, F-06108 Nice, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 521106, B28, 86073 Poitiers, France; Réseau Epigénétique du Cancéropôle Grand Ouest, France
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Zwick V, Simões-Pires C, Cuendet M. Cell-based multi-substrate assay coupled to UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS for a quick identification of class-specific HDAC inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2016; 31:209-214. [PMID: 27149362 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2016.1180595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDAC) are involved in several diseases including cancer, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders, and the search for inhibitors is a current topic in drug discovery. Four HDAC inhibitors have already been approved by the FDA for cancer therapy and others are under clinical studies. However, the clinical utility of some of them is limited because of unfavorable toxicities associated with their broad range of HDAC inhibitory effects. Toxicity could be decreased by using HDAC inhibitors with improved specificity. To date, the most popular screening assays are based on fluorescence-labeled substrates incubated with an enzymatic source (cells extracts or recombinant isoforms). Here, we describe a high-throughput cell-based UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS assay able to rapidly predict activity against HDAC1 and HDAC6 in a cell environment. This method is predicted to be a useful tool to accelerate the search for class-selective HDAC inhibitors in drug discovery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vincent Zwick
- a School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne , Geneva , Switzerland
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- a School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne , Geneva , Switzerland
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- a School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne , Geneva , Switzerland
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Basma H, Ghayad SE, Rammal G, Mancinelli A, Harajly M, Ghamloush F, Dweik L, El-Eit R, Zalzali H, Rabeh W, Pisano C, Darwiche N, Saab R. The synthetic retinoid ST1926 as a novel therapeutic agent in rhabdomyosarcoma. Int J Cancer 2015; 138:1528-37. [PMID: 26453552 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most frequent soft tissue sarcoma in children. Despite multiple attempts at intensifying chemotherapeutic approaches to treatment, only moderate improvements in survival have been made for patients with advanced disease. Retinoic acid is a differentiation agent that has shown some antitumor efficacy in RMS cells in vitro; however, the effects are of low magnitude. E-3-(4'-hydroxyl-3'-adamantylbiphenyl-4-yl) acrylic acid (ST1926) is a novel orally available synthetic atypical retinoid, shown to have more potent activity than retinoic acid in several types of cancer cells. We used in vitro and in vivo models of RMS to explore the efficacy of ST1926 as a possible therapeutic agent in this sarcoma. We found that ST1926 reduced RMS cell viability in all tested alveolar (ARMS) and embryonal (ERMS) RMS cell lines, at readily achievable micromolar concentrations in mice. ST1926 induced an early DNA damage response (DDR), which led to increase in apoptosis, in addition to S-phase cell cycle arrest and a reduction in protein levels of the cell cycle kinase CDK1. Effects were irrespective of TP53 mutational status. Interestingly, in ARMS cells, ST1926 treatment decreased PAX3-FOXO1 fusion oncoprotein levels, and this suppression occurred at a post-transcriptional level. In vivo, ST1926 was effective in inhibiting growth of ARMS and ERMS xenografts, and induced a prominent DDR. We conclude that ST1926 has preclinical efficacy against RMS, and should be further developed in this disease in clinical trials.
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- Hussein Basma
- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, EDST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, EDST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Medicinal Investigational Research, Biogem Research Institute, Ariano Irpino, Italy
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- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Medicinal Investigational Research, Biogem Research Institute, Ariano Irpino, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Children's Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.,Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Wanka L, Iqbal K, Schreiner PR. The lipophilic bullet hits the targets: medicinal chemistry of adamantane derivatives. Chem Rev 2013; 113:3516-604. [PMID: 23432396 PMCID: PMC3650105 DOI: 10.1021/cr100264t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Lukas Wanka
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Giessen, Germany; Fax +49(641)9934309
- Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314-6399, USA
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- Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1050 Forest Hill Road, Staten Island, NY 10314-6399, USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Giessen, Germany; Fax +49(641)9934309
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