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Bhattacharya A, Dasgupta AK. Multifaceted perspectives of detecting and targeting solid tumors. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 389:1-66. [PMID: 39396844 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2024.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2024]
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Solid tumors are the most prevalent form of cancer. Considerable technological and medical advancements had been achieved for the diagnosis of the disease. However, detection of the disease in an early stage is of utmost importance, still far from reality. On the contrary, the treatment and therapeutic area to combat solid tumors are still in its infancy. Conventional treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy pose challenges due to their indiscriminate impact on healthy and cancerous cells. Contextually, efficient drug targeting is a pivotal approach in solid tumor treatment. This involves the precise delivery of drugs to cancer cells while minimizing harm to healthy cells. Targeted drugs exhibit superior efficacy in eradicating cancer cells while impeding tumor growth and mitigate side effects by optimizing absorption which further diminishes the risk of resistance. Furthermore, tailoring targeted therapies to a patient's tumor-specific molecular profile augments treatment efficacy and reduces the likelihood of relapse. This chapter discuss about the distinctive characteristics of solid tumors, the possibility of early detection of the disease and potential therapeutic angle beyond the conventional approaches. Additionally, the chapter delves into a hitherto unknown attribute of magnetic field effect to target cancer cells which exploit the relatively less susceptibility of normal cells compared to cancer cells to magnetic fields, suggesting a future potential of magnetic nanoparticles for selective cancer cell destruction. Lastly, bioinformatics tools and other unconventional methodologies such as AI-assisted codon bias analysis have a crucial role in comprehending tumor biology, aiding in the identification of futuristic targeted therapies.
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- Abhishek Bhattacharya
- Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Luo Y, Deng L. DPMGCDA: Deciphering circRNA-Drug Sensitivity Associations with Dual Perspective Learning and Path-Masked Graph Autoencoder. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:4359-4372. [PMID: 38745420 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Accumulating evidence has indicated that the expression of circular RNAs (circRNAs) can affect the cellular sensitivity to drugs and significantly influence drug efficacy. However, traditional experimental approaches for validating these associations are resource-intensive and time-consuming. To address this challenge, we propose a computational framework termed DPMGCDA leveraging dual perspective learning and path-masked graph autoencoder to predict circRNA-drug sensitivity associations. Initially, we construct circRNA-circRNA fusion similarity networks and drug-drug fusion similarity networks using similarity network fusion, ensuring a comprehensive integration of information. Based on the above, we built the circRNA homogeneous graph, the drug homogeneous graph, and the circRNA-drug heterogeneous graph. Next, we form the initial node features in the circRNA-drug heterogeneous graph from the homogeneous graph-level perspective and the combined feature-level perspective and complete the prediction of potential associations using the path-masked graph autoencoder in both perspectives. The predictions under both perspectives are finally combined to obtain the final prediction score. Transductive setting experiments and inductive setting experiments all demonstrate that our method, DPMGCDA, outperforms state-of-the-art approaches. Additionally, we verify the necessity of employing dual perspective learning through ablation tests and analyze the effective encoding capability of the path-masked graph autoencoder for features through embedding visualization. Moreover, case studies on four drugs corroborate DPMGCDA's ability to identify potential circRNAs associated with new drugs.
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- Yue Luo
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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Lu S, Liang Y, Li L, Liao S, Zou Y, Yang C, Ouyang D. Inferring circRNA-drug sensitivity associations via dual hierarchical attention networks and multiple kernel fusion. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:796. [PMID: 38129810 PMCID: PMC10734204 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09899-w] [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: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Increasing evidence has shown that the expression of circular RNAs (circRNAs) can affect the drug sensitivity of cells and significantly influence drug efficacy. Therefore, research into the relationships between circRNAs and drugs can be of great significance in increasing the comprehension of circRNAs function, as well as contributing to the discovery of new drugs and the repurposing of existing drugs. However, it is time-consuming and costly to validate the function of circRNA with traditional medical research methods. Therefore, the development of efficient and accurate computational models that can assist in discovering the potential interactions between circRNAs and drugs is urgently needed. In this study, a novel method is proposed, called DHANMKF , that aims to predict potential circRNA-drug sensitivity interactions for further biomedical screening and validation. Firstly, multimodal networks were constructed by DHANMKF using multiple sources of information on circRNAs and drugs. Secondly, comprehensive intra-type and inter-type node representations were learned using bi-typed multi-relational heterogeneous graphs, which are attention-based encoders utilizing a hierarchical process. Thirdly, the multi-kernel fusion method was used to fuse intra-type embedding and inter-type embedding. Finally, the Dual Laplacian Regularized Least Squares method (DLapRLS) was used to predict the potential circRNA-drug sensitivity associations using the combined kernel in circRNA and drug spaces. Compared with the other methods, DHANMKF obtained the highest AUC value on two datasets. Code is available at https://github.com/cuntjx/DHANMKF .
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- Shanghui Lu
- Faculty of Innovation Enginee, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, 999078, Macao, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, China
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Hechi University, No.42, Longjiang, 546300, Guangxi, China
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- Faculty of Innovation Enginee, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, 999078, Macao, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, China.
- Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
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- Faculty of Innovation Enginee, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, 999078, Macao, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, China
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- Faculty of Innovation Enginee, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, 999078, Macao, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Hechi University, No.42, Longjiang, 546300, Guangxi, China
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- School of Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing, Hechi University, No.42, Longjiang, 546300, Guangxi, China
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- Faculty of Innovation Enginee, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, 999078, Macao, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, China
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Yan M, Cao H, Tao K, Xiao B, Chu Y, Ma D, Huang X, Han Y, Ji T. HDACs alters negatively to the tumor immune microenvironment in gynecologic cancers. Gene 2023; 885:147704. [PMID: 37572797 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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The role of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in the tumor immune microenvironment of gynecologic tumors remains unexplored. We integrated data from The Cancer Genome Atlas and Human Protein Atlas to examine HDAC expression in breast, cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancers. Elevated HDAC expression correlated with poor prognosis and highly malignant cancer subtypes. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis revealed positive associations between HDAC expression and tumor proliferation signature, while negative associations were found with tumor inflammation signature. Increased HDAC expression was linked to reduced infiltration of natural killer (NK), NKT, and CD8+ T cells, along with negative associations with the expression of PSMB10, NKG7, CCL5, CD27, HLA-DQA1, and HLA-DQB1. In a murine 4T1 breast cancer model, treatment with suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA; HDAC inhibitor) and PD-1 antibody significantly inhibited tumor growth and infiltration of CD3+ and CD8+ T cells. Real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed upregulated expressions of Psmb10, Nkg7, Ccl5, Cd8a, Cxcr6, and Cxcl9 genes, while Ctnnb1 and Myc genes were inhibited, indicating tumor suppression and immune microenvironment activation. Our study revealed that HDACs play tumor-promoting and immunosuppressive roles in gynecologic cancers, suggesting HDAC inhibitors as potential therapeutic agents for these cancers.
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- Miao Yan
- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Epimutations and Their Effect on Chromatin Organization: Exciting Avenues for Cancer Treatment. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 15:cancers15010215. [PMID: 36612210 PMCID: PMC9818548 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15010215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The three-dimensional architecture of genomes is complex. It is organized as fibers, loops, and domains that form high-order structures. By using different chromosome conformation techniques, the complex relationship between transcription and genome organization in the three-dimensional organization of genomes has been deciphered. Epigenetic changes, such as DNA methylation and histone modification, are the hallmark of cancers. Tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis are linked to these epigenetic modifications. Epigenetic inhibitors can reverse these altered modifications. A number of epigenetic inhibitors have been approved by FDA that target DNA methylation and histone modification. This review discusses the techniques involved in studying the three-dimensional organization of genomes, DNA methylation and histone modification, epigenetic deregulation in cancer, and epigenetic therapies targeting the tumor.
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Cross JM, Coulson ME, Smalley JP, Pytel WA, Ismail O, Trory JS, Cowley SM, Hodgkinson JT. A 'click' chemistry approach to novel entinostat (MS-275) based class I histone deacetylase proteolysis targeting chimeras. RSC Med Chem 2022; 13:1634-1639. [PMID: 36545434 PMCID: PMC9749924 DOI: 10.1039/d2md00199c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Click chemistry was utilised to prepare a library of PROTACs based on entinostat a class I histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor in clinical trials. A novel PROTAC JMC-137 was identified as a HDAC1/2 and HDAC3 degrader in HCT116 cells. However, potency was compromised compared to previously identified class I HDAC PROTACs highlighting the importance in the choice of HDAC ligand, functional group for linker attachment and positioning in PROTAC design.
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- Jasmine M Cross
- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK
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Yang J, Song C, Zhan X. The role of protein acetylation in carcinogenesis and targeted drug discovery. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:972312. [PMID: 36171897 PMCID: PMC9510633 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.972312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Protein acetylation is a reversible post-translational modification, and is involved in many biological processes in cells, such as transcriptional regulation, DNA damage repair, and energy metabolism, which is an important molecular event and is associated with a wide range of diseases such as cancers. Protein acetylation is dynamically regulated by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) in homeostasis. The abnormal acetylation level might lead to the occurrence and deterioration of a cancer, and is closely related to various pathophysiological characteristics of a cancer, such as malignant phenotypes, and promotes cancer cells to adapt to tumor microenvironment. Therapeutic modalities targeting protein acetylation are a potential therapeutic strategy. This article discussed the roles of protein acetylation in tumor pathology and therapeutic drugs targeting protein acetylation, which offers the contributions of protein acetylation in clarification of carcinogenesis, and discovery of therapeutic drugs for cancers, and lays the foundation for precision medicine in oncology.
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- Jingru Yang
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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Wang J, Li J, Zhang X, Zhang M, Hu X, Yin H. Molecular mechanisms of histone deacetylases and inhibitors in renal fibrosis progression. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:986405. [PMID: 36148005 PMCID: PMC9485629 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.986405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Renal fibrosis is a common progressive manifestation of chronic kidney disease. This phenomenon of self-repair in response to kidney damage seriously affects the normal filtration function of the kidney. Yet, there are no specific treatments for the condition, which marks fibrosis as an irreversible pathological sequela. As such, there is a pressing need to improve our understanding of how fibrosis develops at the cellular and molecular levels and explore specific targeted therapies for these pathogenic mechanisms. It is now generally accepted that renal fibrosis is a pathological transition mediated by extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, abnormal activation of myofibroblasts, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of renal tubular epithelial cells under the regulation of TGF-β. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) appear to play an essential role in promoting renal fibrosis through non-histone epigenetic modifications. In this review, we summarize the mechanisms of renal fibrosis and the signaling pathways that might be involved in HDACs in renal fibrosis, and the specific mechanisms of action of various HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) in the anti-fibrotic process to elucidate HDACi as a novel therapeutic tool to slow down the progression of renal fibrosis.
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Pramanik SD, Kumar Halder A, Mukherjee U, Kumar D, Dey YN, R M. Potential of histone deacetylase inhibitors in the control and regulation of prostate, breast and ovarian cancer. Front Chem 2022; 10:948217. [PMID: 36034650 PMCID: PMC9411967 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.948217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are enzymes that play a role in chromatin remodeling and epigenetics. They belong to a specific category of enzymes that eliminate the acetyl part of the histones' -N-acetyl lysine, causing the histones to be wrapped compactly around DNA. Numerous biological processes rely on HDACs, including cell proliferation and differentiation, angiogenesis, metastasis, gene regulation, and transcription. Epigenetic changes, specifically increased expression and activity of HDACs, are commonly detected in cancer. As a result, HDACi could be used to develop anticancer drugs. Although preclinical outcomes with HDACs as monotherapy have been promising clinical trials have had mixed results and limited success. In both preclinical and clinical trials, however, combination therapy with different anticancer medicines has proved to have synergistic effects. Furthermore, these combinations improved efficacy, decreased tumor resistance to therapy, and decreased toxicity. In the present review, the detailed modes of action, classification of HDACs, and their correlation with different cancers like prostate, breast, and ovarian cancer were discussed. Further, the different cell signaling pathways and the structure-activity relationship and pharmaco-toxicological properties of the HDACi, and their synergistic effects with other anticancer drugs observed in recent preclinical and clinical studies used in combination therapy were discussed for prostate, breast, and ovarian cancer treatment.
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- Siddhartha Das Pramanik
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, IIT-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Dr. B.C. Roy College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
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- Dr. B.C. Roy College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Narayan Institute of Pharmacy, Gopal Narayan Singh University, Sasaram, Bihar, India
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- Dr. B.C. Roy College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI Education SDN.BHD., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Li R, Tian Y, Yang Z, Ji Y, Ding J, Yan A. Classification models and SAR analysis on HDAC1 inhibitors using machine learning methods. Mol Divers 2022:10.1007/s11030-022-10466-w. [PMID: 35737257 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-022-10466-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) 1, a member of the histone deacetylases family, plays a pivotal role in various tumors. In this study, we collected 7313 human HDAC1 inhibitors with bioactivities to form a dataset. Then, the dataset was divided into a training set and a test set using two splitting methods: (1) Kohonen's self-organizing map and (2) random splitting. The molecular structures were represented by MACCS fingerprints, RDKit fingerprints, topological torsions fingerprints and ECFP4 fingerprints. A total of 80 classification models were built by using five machine learning methods, including decision tree (DT), random forest, support vector machine, eXtreme Gradient Boosting and deep neural network. Model 15A_2 built by the XGBoost algorithm based on ECFP4 fingerprints showed the best performance, with an accuracy of 88.08% and an MCC value of 0.76 on the test set. Finally, we clustered the 7313 HDAC1 inhibitors into 31 subsets, and the substructural features in each subset were investigated. Moreover, using DT algorithm we analyzed the structure-activity relationship of HDAC1 inhibitors. It may conclude that some substructures have a significant effect on high activity, such as N-(2-amino-phenyl)-benzamide, benzimidazole, AR-42 analogues, hydroxamic acid with a middle chain alkyl and 4-aryl imidazole with a midchain of alkyl whose α carbon is chiral.
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- Rourou Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of International Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China.
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Gu X, Peng XY, Zhang H, Han B, Jiao MR, Chen QS, Zhang QW. Discovery of Indole-Containing Benzamide Derivatives as HDAC1 Inhibitors with In Vitro and In Vivo Antitumor Activities. PHARMACEUTICAL FRONTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Targeting histone deacetylases (HDACs) has become an important focus in cancer inhibition. The pharmacophore of HDAC inhibitors (HDACis) reported so far is composed of three parts: a zinc-binding group (ZBG), a hydrophobic cavity-binding linker, and a surface-recognition cap interacting with HDAC surface located at the rim of active site cavity. This study aims to discover novel HDAC1 inhibitors with potent antitumor activities through modifying the cap and ZBG based on the structures of two marketed oral HDACis: chidamide and entinostat (MS-275). In this work, a series of benzamide derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their antitumor activity. The structures of novel compounds were confirmed by 1H NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) and ESI-MS (electrospray ionization mass spectrometry), and all target compounds were tested in both HDAC1 enzymatic inhibitory activity and cellular antiproliferative activity. Our data showed that the potent compound 3j exhibited good HDAC1 enzyme inhibitory activity and high antitumor cell proliferation activity against a selected set of cancer cells (PC-3, HCT-116, HUT-78, Jurkat E6–1, A549, Colo205, and MCF-7 cells) with no observed effects on human normal cells. In particular, compound 3j inhibited HDAC1 over the other tested HDAC isoforms (HDAC2, HDAC6, and HDAC8). Encouraged by this, the safety characteristics, molecular docking, preliminary pharmacokinetic characteristics, and antitumor effect in vivo of compound 3j were further investigated. Our data showed that compound 3j demonstrated acceptable safety profiles and favorable oral pharmacokinetic properties. Moreover, compound 3j could bind well with HDAC1 and showed significant antitumor activity in a PC-3 tumor xenograft model in vivo, though not as potent as positive control entinostat (MS-275). In summary, 3j might have therapeutic potential for the treatment of human cancers.
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- Xiu Gu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Zhang L. E2112-Does a negative phase III trial of endocrine therapy plus histone deacetylase inhibitor in hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer represent a death knell? Thorac Cancer 2022; 13:1237-1239. [PMID: 35352486 PMCID: PMC9058311 DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.14399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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- Liyi Zhang
- Sun Yat‐sen University Cancer CenterState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer MedicineGuangzhouChina
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Upregulation of p75NTR by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Sensitizes Human Neuroblastoma Cells to Targeted Immunotoxin-Induced Apoptosis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073849. [PMID: 35409209 PMCID: PMC8998832 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are novel chemotherapy agents with potential utility in the treatment of neuroblastoma, the most frequent solid tumor of childhood. Previous studies have shown that the exposure of human neuroblastoma cells to some HDAC inhibitors enhanced the expression of the common neurotrophin receptor p75NTR. In the present study we investigated whether the upregulation of p75NTR could be exploited to render neuroblastoma cells susceptible to the cytotoxic action of an anti-p75NTR antibody conjugated to the toxin saporin-S6 (p75IgG-Sap). We found that two well-characterized HDAC inhibitors, valproic acid (VPA) and entinostat, were able to induce a strong expression of p75NTR in different human neuroblastoma cell lines but not in other cells, with entinostat, displaying a greater efficacy than VPA. Cell pretreatment with entinostat enhanced p75NTR internalization and intracellular saporin-S6 delivery following p75IgG-Sap exposure. The addition of p75IgG-Sap had no effect on vehicle-pretreated cells but potentiated the apoptotic cell death that was induced by entinostat. In three-dimensional neuroblastoma cell cultures, the subsequent treatment with p75IgG-Sap enhanced the inhibition of spheroid growth and the impairment of cell viability that was produced by entinostat. In athymic mice bearing neuroblastoma xenografts, chronic treatment with entinostat increased the expression of p75NTR in tumors but not in liver, kidney, heart, and cerebellum. The administration of p75IgG-Sap induced apoptosis only in tumors of mice that were pretreated with entinostat. These findings define a novel experimental strategy to selectively eliminate neuroblastoma cells based on the sequential treatment with entinostat and a toxin-conjugated anti-p75NTR antibody.
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Bora V, Patel D, Johar K, Goyal RK, Patel BM. Systemic study of selected histone deacetylase inhibitors in cardiac complications associated with cancer cachexia. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2022; 100:240-251. [PMID: 34614370 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2021-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cancer cachexia is mainly characterized by wasting of skeletal muscles and fat and body weight loss, along with severe complications of major organs like liver, heart, brain and bone. There can be diminishing performance of these major organs as cancer cachexia progresses, one such drastic effect on the cardiac system. In the present study, differential effect of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) on cardiac complications associated with cancer cachexia is studied. Two models were used to induce cancer cachexia: B16F1 induced metastatic cancer cachexia and Lewis lung carcinoma cell - induced cancer cachexia. Potential of Class I HDACi entinostat, Class II HDACi MC1568, and nonspecific HDACi sodium butyrate on cardiac complications were evaluated using the cardiac hypertrophy markers, hemodynamic markers, and cardiac markers along with histopathological evaluation of heart sections by Periodic acid-Schiff staining, Masson's trichrome staining, Picro-sirius red staining, and haematoxylin and eosin staining. Immunohistochemistry evaluation by vimentin and caspase 3 protein expression was evaluated. Entinostat showed promising results by attenuating the cardiac complications, and MC1568 treatment further exacerbated the cardiac complications, while non-conclusive effect were recorded after treatment with sodium butyrate. This study will be helpful in evaluating other HDACi for potential in cardiac complications associated with cancer cachexia.
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- Vivek Bora
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382481, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382481, India
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- Department of Zoology, BMTC, Human Genetics, USSC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380009, India
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- Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences Research University, Delhi, 110017, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382481, India
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Myszor IT, Sigurdsson S, Viktorsdottir AR, Agerberth B, Eskelinen EL, Ogmundsdottir MH, Gudmundsson GH. The Novel Inducer of Innate Immunity HO53 Stimulates Autophagy in Human Airway Epithelial Cells. J Innate Immun 2022; 14:477-492. [PMID: 35078192 PMCID: PMC9485994 DOI: 10.1159/000521602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aroylated phenylenediamines (APDs) are novel modulators of innate immunity with respect to enhancing the expression of antimicrobial peptides and maintaining epithelial barrier integrity. Here, we present a new study on induction of autophagy in human lung epithelial cells by the APD HO53. Interestingly, HO53 affected autophagy in a dose-dependent manner, demonstrated by increased microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light-chain 3B (LC3B) processing in mature polarized bronchial epithelial cells. The quantification of LC3B puncta showed increased autophagy flux and formation of autophagosomes visualized by transmission electron microscopy. The phenotypic changes indicated that autophagy induction was associated with activation of 5′ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), nuclear translocation of transcription factor EB (TFEB), and changes in expression of autophagy-related genes. The kinetics of the explored signaling pathways indicated on activation of AMPK followed by the nuclear translocation of TFEB. Moreover, our data suggest that HO53 modulates epigenetic changes related to induction of autophagy manifested by transcriptional regulation of histone-modifying enzymes. These changes were reflected by decreased ubiquitination of histone 2B at the lysine 120 residue that is associated with autophagy induction. Taken together, HO53 modulates autophagy, a part of the host defense system, through a complex mechanism involving several pathways and epigenetic events.
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- Iwona T. Myszor
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Feng Y, Lu Y, Li J, Zhang H, Li Z, Feng H, Deng X, Liu D, Shi T, Jiang W, He Y, Zhang J, Wang Z. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel o-aminobenzamide derivatives as potential anti-gastric cancer agents in vitro and in vivo. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 227:113888. [PMID: 34628244 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although gastric cancer has become a major public health problem, oral agents applied in clinics for gastric cancer therapy are scarce. Therefore, to explore new oral chemical entities with high efficiency and low toxicity, 41 o-aminobenzamide derivatives based on the scaffolds of MS-275 and SAHA were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their anti-gastric cancer abilities in vitro and in vivo. Structure-activity relationships were discussed, leading to the identification of compounds F8 (IC50 = 0.28 μM against HGC-27 cell) and T9 (IC50 = 1.84 μM against HGC-27 cell) with improved cytotoxicity, anti-gastric cancer proliferation potency, induction of cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest ability, inhibition of cell migration and invasion. What is worth mentioning is that compound F8 was more efficient and less toxic than the positive drug capecitabine in vivo on the HGC-27-xenograft model. Meanwhile, compound F8 exhibited suitable pharmacokinetic properties and less acute toxicity (LD50 > 1000 mg/kg). Besides, western blotting analysis, IHC analysis, differentially expressed proteins analysis and ABPP experiment indicated that compound F8 could modulate molecular pathways involved in apoptosis and cell cycle progression. Consequently, compound F8 is a strong candidate for the development of human gastric cancer therapy.
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- Yiyue Feng
- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, China
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- Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, China.
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Zhang Z, Zhang Q, Zhang H, Jiao M, Guo Z, Peng X, Fu L, Li J. Discovery of quinazolinyl-containing benzamides derivatives as novel HDAC1 inhibitors with in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities. Bioorg Chem 2021; 117:105407. [PMID: 34653945 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A series of quinazolinyl-containing benzamide derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) inhibitory activities. Compounds 11a surpassed the known class I selective HDAC inhibitor MS-275 in both HDAC1 enzymatic inhibitory activity and cellular anti-proliferative activity against a selected set of cancer cell types (Hut78, K562, Hep3B and HCT116 cells) with no observed effects on human normal cells. In particular, compound 11a inhibited HDAC1 over the other tested HDACs isoforms (HDAC2, HDAC6 and HDAC8) with acceptable safety profiles. Moreover, compound 11a displayed favorable oral pharmacokinetic properties and showed significant antitumor activity in the A549 tumor xenograft model in vivo.
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- Zixue Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China.
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China; School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Academy of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China.
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of aminobenzamides containing purine moiety as class I histone deacetylases inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 56:116599. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Routholla G, Pulya S, Patel T, Adhikari N, Abdul Amin S, Paul M, Bhagavatula S, Biswas S, Jha T, Ghosh B. Design, synthesis and binding mode of interaction of novel small molecule o-hydroxy benzamides as HDAC3-selective inhibitors with promising antitumor effects in 4T1-Luc breast cancer xenograft model. Bioorg Chem 2021; 117:105446. [PMID: 34717237 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) is one of the most promising targets to develop anticancer therapeutics. In continuation of our quest for selective HDAC3 inhibitors, a series of small molecules having o-hydroxy benzamide as the novel zinc binding group (ZBG) has been introduced for the first time that can be able to produce good HDAC3-selectivity over other HDACs. The most promising HDAC3 inhibitors, 11a and 12b, displayed promising in vitro anticancer activities with less toxicity to normal kidney cells. These compounds significantly upregulate histone acetylation and induce apoptosis with a G2/M phase arrest in B16F10 cells. Compound 11a exhibited potent antitumor efficacy in 4T1-Luc breast cancer xenograft mouse model in female Balb/c mice. It also showed significant tumor growth suppression with no general toxicity and extended survival rates post-tumor resection. It significantly induced higher ROS generation, leading to apoptosis. No considerable toxicity was noticed in major organs isolated from the compound 11a-treated mice. Compound 11a also induced the upregulation of acH3K9, acH4K12, caspase-3 and caspase-7 as analyzed by immunoblotting with treated tumor tissue. Overall, HDAC3 selective inhibitor 11a might be a potential lead for the clinical translation as an emerging drug candidate.
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- Ganesh Routholla
- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, P. O. Box 17020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, P. O. Box 17020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Nanomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Nanomedicine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, P. O. Box 17020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India.
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India.
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Schmidt O, Nehls N, Prexler C, von Heyking K, Groll T, Pardon K, Garcia HD, Hensel T, Gürgen D, Henssen AG, Eggert A, Steiger K, Burdach S, Richter GHS. Class I histone deacetylases (HDAC) critically contribute to Ewing sarcoma pathogenesis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2021; 40:322. [PMID: 34654445 PMCID: PMC8518288 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-021-02125-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Background Histone acetylation and deacetylation seem processes involved in the pathogenesis of Ewing sarcoma (EwS). Here histone deacetylases (HDAC) class I were investigated. Methods Their role was determined using different inhibitors including TSA, Romidepsin, Entinostat and PCI-34051 as well as CRISPR/Cas9 class I HDAC knockouts and HDAC RNAi. To analyze resulting changes microarray analysis, qRT-PCR, western blotting, Co-IP, proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, invasion assays and xenograft-mouse models were used. Results Class I HDACs are constitutively expressed in EwS. Patients with high levels of individual class I HDAC expression show decreased overall survival. CRISPR/Cas9 class I HDAC knockout of individual HDACs such as HDAC1 and HDAC2 inhibited invasiveness, and blocked local tumor growth in xenograft mice. Microarray analysis demonstrated that treatment with individual HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) blocked an EWS-FLI1 specific expression profile, while Entinostat in addition suppressed metastasis relevant genes. EwS cells demonstrated increased susceptibility to treatment with chemotherapeutics including Doxorubicin in the presence of HDACi. Furthermore, HDACi treatment mimicked RNAi of EZH2 in EwS. Treated cells showed diminished growth capacity, but an increased endothelial as well as neuronal differentiation ability. HDACi synergizes with EED inhibitor (EEDi) in vitro and together inhibited tumor growth in xenograft mice. Co-IP experiments identified HDAC class I family members as part of a regulatory complex together with PRC2. Conclusions Class I HDAC proteins seem to be important mediators of the pathognomonic EWS-ETS-mediated transcription program in EwS and in combination therapy, co-treatment with HDACi is an interesting new treatment opportunity for this malignant disease. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13046-021-02125-z.
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- Oxana Schmidt
- Children's Cancer Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Children's Cancer Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Children's Cancer Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Children's Cancer Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Munich, München, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, School of Medicine, Technische Universität München and Comparative Experimental Pathology (CEP), Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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- Children's Cancer Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Experimental Pharmacology & Oncology Berlin-Buch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, School of Medicine, Technische Universität München and Comparative Experimental Pathology (CEP), Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Children's Cancer Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Munich, München, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany.
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Connolly RM, Zhao F, Miller KD, Lee MJ, Piekarz RL, Smith KL, Brown-Glaberman UA, Winn JS, Faller BA, Onitilo AA, Burkard ME, Budd GT, Levine EG, Royce ME, Kaufman PA, Thomas A, Trepel JB, Wolff AC, Sparano JA. E2112: Randomized Phase III Trial of Endocrine Therapy Plus Entinostat or Placebo in Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer. A Trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:3171-3181. [PMID: 34357781 PMCID: PMC8478386 DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.00944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Endocrine therapy resistance in advanced breast cancer remains a significant clinical problem that may be overcome with the use of histone deacetylase inhibitors such as entinostat. The ENCORE301 phase II study reported improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) with the addition of entinostat to the steroidal aromatase inhibitor (AI) exemestane in advanced hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS E2112 is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study that enrolled men or women with advanced HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer whose disease progressed after nonsteroidal AI. Participants were randomly assigned to exemestane 25 mg by mouth once daily and entinostat (EE) or placebo (EP) 5 mg by mouth once weekly. Primary end points were PFS by central review and OS. Secondary end points included safety, objective response rate, and lysine acetylation change in peripheral blood mononuclear cells between baseline and cycle 1 day 15. RESULTS Six hundred eight patients were randomly assigned during March 2014-October 2018. Median age was 63 years (range 29-91), 60% had visceral disease, and 84% had progressed after nonsteroidal AI in metastatic setting. Previous treatments included chemotherapy (60%), fulvestrant (30%), and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (35%). Most common grade 3 and 4 adverse events in the EE arm included neutropenia (20%), hypophosphatemia (14%), anemia (8%), leukopenia (6%), fatigue (4%), diarrhea (4%), and thrombocytopenia (3%). Median PFS was 3.3 months (EE) versus 3.1 months (EP; hazard ratio = 0.87; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.13; P = .30). Median OS was 23.4 months (EE) versus 21.7 months (EP; hazard ratio = 0.99; 95% CI, 0.82 to 1.21; P = .94). Objective response rate was 5.8% (EE) and 5.6% (EP). Pharmacodynamic analysis confirmed target inhibition in entinostat-treated patients. CONCLUSION The combination of exemestane and entinostat did not improve survival in AI-resistant advanced HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
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- Roisin M. Connolly
- The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
- Cancer Research at UCC, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
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- Heartland NCORP, Missouri Baptist Medical Centre, Saint Louis, MO
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
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Xi Y, Jingying D, Chenglong L, Hong Z, Rong Z, Xiaodong W, Chunsen W, Xiaobing H. Epigenetic Therapy Promotes the Ratio of Th1/Th17 Lineage to Reverse Immune Evasion and Treat Leukemia Relapse Post-allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Non-APL AML Patients. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 7:595395. [PMID: 34504867 PMCID: PMC8421566 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.595395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To reverse the early-stage relapse post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, we investigated the safety and efficacy of a new epigenetic regimen (chidamide and decitabine plus thymalfasin simultaneously) on acute myeloid leukemia patients (excluding acute promyelocytic leukemia). Twenty-four patients were enrolled in this observational study during April 2015 to May 2018. The most common adverse event was reversible CTCAE grade 2 thrombocytopenia (20/24). Strikingly, all 24 patients had response to this epigenetic regimen accompanied with decreased measurable residual disease. The overall survival rate is 79.2% (19/24), with a relapse-free survival rate of 79.2% (19/24). During this regimen treatment, Th1 cells and CD3+CD4-CD8+T cells increased, and Th17 cells decreased gradually. The status of high Th1 and low Th17 cells was still observed on the 3rd month after discontinuation of this regimen. Interestingly, the significantly elevated ratio of Th1/Th17 seemed to reflect the treatment-related immune effect, which may be a valuable marker to be monitored in the early-relapse stage for evaluating the efficacy and prognosis.
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- Yang Xi
- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Sirous H, Campiani G, Calderone V, Brogi S. Discovery of novel hit compounds as potential HDAC1 inhibitors: The case of ligand- and structure-based virtual screening. Comput Biol Med 2021; 137:104808. [PMID: 34478925 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) as an important family of epigenetic regulatory enzymes are implicated in the onset and progression of carcinomas. As a result, HDAC inhibition has been proven as a compelling strategy for reversing the aberrant epigenetic changes associated with cancer. However, non-selective profile of most developed HDAC inhibitors (HDACIs) leads to the occurrence of various side effects, limiting their clinical utility. This evidence provides a solid ground for ongoing research aimed at identifying isoform-selective inhibitors. Among the isoforms, HDAC1 have particularly gained increased attention as a preferred target for the design of selective HDACIs. Accordingly, in this paper, we have developed a reliable virtual screening process, combining different ligand- and structure-based methods, to identify novel benzamide-based analogs with potential HDAC1 inhibitory activity. For this purpose, a focused library of 736,160 compounds from PubChem database was first compiled based on 80% structural similarity with four known benzamide-based HDAC1 inhibitors, Mocetinostat, Entinostat, Tacedinaline, and Chidamide. Our inclusive in-house 3D-QSAR model, derived from pharmacophore-based alignment, was then employed as a 3D-query to discriminate hits with the highest predicted HDAC1 inhibitory activity. The selected hits were subjected to subsequent structure-based approaches (induced-fit docking (IFD), MM-GBSA calculations and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation) to retrieve potential compounds with the highest binding affinity for HDAC1 active site. Additionally, in silico ADMET properties and PAINS filtration were also considered for selecting an enriched set of the best drug-like molecules. Finally, six top-ranked hit molecules, CID_38265326, CID_56064109, CID_8136932, CID_55802151, CID_133901641 and CID_18150975 were identified to expose the best stability profiles and binding mode in the HDAC1 active site. The IFD and MD results cooperatively confirmed the interactions of the promising selected hits with critical residues within HDAC1 active site. In summary, the presented computational approach can provide a set of guidelines for the further development of improved benzamide-based derivatives targeting HDAC1 isoform.
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- Hajar Sirous
- Bioinformatics Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 81746-73461 Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Excellence of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2018-2022, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, I-56126 Pisa, Italy.
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Ahmadi SE, Rahimi S, Zarandi B, Chegeni R, Safa M. MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies. J Hematol Oncol 2021; 14:121. [PMID: 34372899 PMCID: PMC8351444 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-021-01111-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to the multi-functionality of MYC, its expression is regulated at multiple levels. Deregulation of this oncogene can give rise to a variety of cancers. In this review, MYC regulation and the mechanisms by which MYC adjusts cellular functions and its implication in hematologic malignancies are summarized. Further, we also discuss potential inhibitors of MYC that could be beneficial for treating hematologic malignancies.
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- Seyed Esmaeil Ahmadi
- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Laboratory Sciences Program, College of Health and Human Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
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- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Routholla G, Pulya S, Patel T, Abdul Amin S, Adhikari N, Biswas S, Jha T, Ghosh B. Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking analysis of novel linker-less benzamide based potent and selective HDAC3 inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2021; 114:105050. [PMID: 34120025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A series of novel linker-less benzamides with different aryl and heteroaryl cap groups have been designed, synthesized, and screened as potent histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors with promising anticancer activity. Two lead compounds 5e and 5f were found as potent and highly selective HDAC3 inhibitors over other Class-I HDACs and HDAC6. Compound 5e bearing a 6-quinolinyl moiety as the cap group was found to be a highly potent HDAC3 inhibitor (IC50 = 560 nM) and displayed 46-fold selectivity for HDAC3 over HDAC2, and 33-fold selectivity for HDAC3 over HDAC1. The synthesized compounds possess antiproliferative activities against different cancer cell lines and significantly less cytotoxic to normal cells. Molecular Docking studies of compounds 5e and 5f reveal a similar binding mode of interactions as CI994 at the HDAC3 active site. These observations agreed with the in vitro HDAC3 inhibitory activities. Significant enhancement of the endogenous acetylation level on H3K9 and H4K12 was found when B16F10 cells were treated with compounds 5e and 5f in a dose-dependent manner. The compounds induced apoptotic cell death in Annexin-V/FITC-PI assay and caused cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase of cell cycle in B16F10 cells. These compounds may serve as potential HDAC3 inhibitory anticancer therapeutics.
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- Ganesh Routholla
- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, P. O. Box 17020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, P. O. Box 17020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, P. O. Box 17020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Shamirpet, Hyderabad 500078, India.
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Disruption of FOXO3a-miRNA feedback inhibition of IGF2/IGF-1R/IRS1 signaling confers Herceptin resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2699. [PMID: 33976188 PMCID: PMC8113606 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23052-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Resistance to Herceptin represents a significant challenge for successful treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. Here, we show that in Herceptin-sensitive cells, FOXO3a regulates specific miRNAs to control IGF2 and IRS1 expression, retaining basic IGF2/IGF-1R/IRS1 signaling. The basic activity maintains expression of PPP3CB, a subunit of the serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B, to restrict FOXO3a phosphorylation (p-FOXO3a), inducing IGF2- and IRS1-targeting miRNAs. However, in Herceptin-resistant cells, p-FOXO3a levels are elevated due to transcriptional suppression of PPP3CB, disrupting the negative feedback inhibition loop formed by FOXO3a and the miRNAs, thereby upregulating IGF2 and IRS1. Moreover, we detect significantly increased IGF2 in blood and IRS1 in the tumors of breast cancer patients with poor response to Herceptin-containing regimens. Collectively, we demonstrate that the IGF2/IGF-1R/IRS1 signaling is aberrantly activated in Herceptin-resistant breast cancer via disruption of the FOXO3a-miRNA negative feedback inhibition. Such insights provide avenues to identify predictive biomarkers and effective strategies overcoming Herceptin resistance.
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are part of the epigenetic machinery that regulates transcriptional processes. The current paradigm is that HDACs silence gene expression via regulation of histone protein lysine deacetylation, or by forming corepressor complexes with transcription factors. However, HDACs are more than just nuclear proteins, and they can interact and deacetylate a growing number of nonhistone proteins to regulate cellular function. Cancer-field studies have shown that deranged HDAC activity results in uncontrolled proliferation, inflammation, and fibrosis; all pathologies that also may occur in kidney disease. Over the past decade, studies have emerged suggesting that HDAC inhibitors may prevent and potentially treat various models of acute kidney injury. This review focuses on the physiology of kidney HDACs and highlights the recent advances using HDAC inhibitors to potentially treat kidney disease patients.
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- Kelly A Hyndman
- Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
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Ghiboub M, Elfiky AMI, de Winther MPJ, Harker NR, Tough DF, de Jonge WJ. Selective Targeting of Epigenetic Readers and Histone Deacetylases in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. J Pers Med 2021; 11:336. [PMID: 33922725 PMCID: PMC8145108 DOI: 10.3390/jpm11050336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) and bromodomain-containing proteins (BCPs) play a key role in chromatin remodeling. Based on their ability to regulate inducible gene expression in the context of inflammation and cancer, HDACs and BCPs have been the focus of drug discovery efforts, and numerous small-molecule inhibitors have been developed. However, dose-limiting toxicities of the first generation of inhibitors, which typically target multiple HDACs or BCPs, have limited translation to the clinic. Over the last decade, an increasing effort has been dedicated to designing class-, isoform-, or domain-specific HDAC or BCP inhibitors, as well as developing strategies for cell-specific targeted drug delivery. Selective inhibition of the epigenetic modulators is helping to elucidate the functions of individual epigenetic proteins and has the potential to yield better and safer therapeutic strategies. In accordance with this idea, several in vitro and in vivo studies have reported the ability of more selective HDAC/BCP inhibitors to recapitulate the beneficial effects of pan-inhibitors with less unwanted adverse events. In this review, we summarize the most recent advances with these strategies, discussing advantages and limitations of these approaches as well as some therapeutic perspectives, focusing on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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- Mohammed Ghiboub
- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 BK Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (M.G.); (A.M.I.E.)
- Adaptive Immunity Research Unit, Medicines Research Centre, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK; (N.R.H.); (D.F.T.)
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 BK Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (M.G.); (A.M.I.E.)
- Adaptive Immunity Research Unit, Medicines Research Centre, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK; (N.R.H.); (D.F.T.)
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
- Department of Medicine, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Adaptive Immunity Research Unit, Medicines Research Centre, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK; (N.R.H.); (D.F.T.)
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- Adaptive Immunity Research Unit, Medicines Research Centre, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK; (N.R.H.); (D.F.T.)
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 BK Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (M.G.); (A.M.I.E.)
- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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Nepali K, Liou JP. Recent developments in epigenetic cancer therapeutics: clinical advancement and emerging trends. J Biomed Sci 2021; 28:27. [PMID: 33840388 PMCID: PMC8040241 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-021-00721-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epigenetic drug discovery field has evidenced significant advancement in the recent times. A plethora of small molecule inhibitors have progressed to clinical stage investigations and are being explored exhaustively to ascertain conclusive benefits in diverse malignancies. Literature precedents indicates that substantial amount of efforts were directed towards the use of epigenetic tools in monotherapy as well as in combination regimens at the clinical level, however, the preclinical/preliminary explorations were inclined towards the identification of prudent approaches that can leverage the anticancer potential of small molecule epigenetic inhibitors as single agents only. This review article presents an update of FDA approved epigenetic drugs along with the epigenetic inhibitors undergoing clinical stage investigations in different cancer types. A detailed discussion of the pragmatic strategies that are expected to steer the progress of the epigenetic therapy through the implementation of emerging approaches such as PROTACS and CRISPR/Cas9 along with logical ways for scaffold fabrication to selectively approach the enzyme isoforms in pursuit of garnering amplified antitumor effects has been covered. In addition, the compilation also presents the rational strategies for the construction of multi-targeting scaffold assemblages employing previously identified pharmacophores as potential alternatives to the combination therapy.
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- Kunal Nepali
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan.
- Biomedical Commercialization Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan.
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Harachi M, Masui K, Cavenee WK, Mischel PS, Shibata N. Protein Acetylation at the Interface of Genetics, Epigenetics and Environment in Cancer. Metabolites 2021; 11:216. [PMID: 33916219 PMCID: PMC8066013 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11040216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Metabolic reprogramming is an emerging hallmark of cancer and is driven by abnormalities of oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Accelerated metabolism causes cancer cell aggression through the dysregulation of rate-limiting metabolic enzymes as well as by facilitating the production of intermediary metabolites. However, the mechanisms by which a shift in the metabolic landscape reshapes the intracellular signaling to promote the survival of cancer cells remain to be clarified. Recent high-resolution mass spectrometry-based proteomic analyses have spotlighted that, unexpectedly, lysine residues of numerous cytosolic as well as nuclear proteins are acetylated and that this modification modulates protein activity, sublocalization and stability, with profound impact on cellular function. More importantly, cancer cells exploit acetylation as a post-translational protein for microenvironmental adaptation, nominating it as a means for dynamic modulation of the phenotypes of cancer cells at the interface between genetics and environments. The objectives of this review were to describe the functional implications of protein lysine acetylation in cancer biology by examining recent evidence that implicates oncogenic signaling as a strong driver of protein acetylation, which might be exploitable for novel therapeutic strategies against cancer.
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- Mio Harachi
- Department of Pathology, Division of Pathological Neuroscience, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan; (M.H.); (N.S.)
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Pathological Neuroscience, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan; (M.H.); (N.S.)
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Pathological Neuroscience, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan; (M.H.); (N.S.)
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Prioritization of Novel Agents for Patients with Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) New Agents for Rhabdomyosarcoma Task Force. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10071416. [PMID: 33915882 PMCID: PMC8037615 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10071416] [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: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma diagnosed in children and adolescents. Patients that are diagnosed with advanced or relapsed disease have exceptionally poor outcomes. The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) convened a rhabdomyosarcoma new agent task force in 2020 to systematically evaluate novel agents for inclusion in phase 2 or phase 3 clinical trials for patients diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, following a similar effort for Ewing sarcoma. The task force was comprised of clinicians and basic scientists who collectively identified new agents for evaluation and prioritization in clinical trial testing. Here, we report the work of the task force including the framework upon which the decisions were rendered and review the top classes of agents that were discussed. Representative agents include poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in combination with cytotoxic agents, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitors in combination with type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGFR1) inhibitors, histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, and novel cytotoxic agents.
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Feng S, De Carvalho DD. Clinical advances in targeting epigenetics for cancer therapy. FEBS J 2021; 289:1214-1239. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.15750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Shengrui Feng
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network Toronto ON Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto ON Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network Toronto ON Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto ON Canada
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Singh A, Chang TY, Kaur N, Hsu KC, Yen Y, Lin TE, Lai MJ, Lee SB, Liou JP. CAP rigidification of MS-275 and chidamide leads to enhanced antiproliferative effects mediated through HDAC1, 2 and tubulin polymerization inhibition. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 215:113169. [PMID: 33588178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The study focuses on the prudent design and synthesis of anilide type class I HDAC inhibitors employing a functionalized pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine skeleton as the surface recognition part. Utilization of the bicyclic aromatic ring to fabricate the target compounds was envisioned to confer rigidity to the chemical architecture of MS-275 and chidamide. In-vitro enzymatic and cellular assays led to the identification of compound 7 as a potent inhibitor of HDAC1 and 2 isoform that exerted substantial cell growth inhibitory effects against human breast MDA-MB-231, cervical HeLa, breast MDA-MB-468, colorectal DLD1, and colorectal HCT116 cell lines with an IC50 values of 0.05-0.47 μM, better than MS-275 and chidamide. In addition, the anilide 7 was also endowed with a superior antiproliferative profile than MS275 and chidamide towards the human cutaneous T cell lymphoma (HH and HuT78), leukemia (HL60 and KG-1), and HDACi sensitive/resistant gastric cell lines (YCC11 and YCC3/7). Exhaustive exploration of the construct 7 confirmed it to be a microtubule-targeting agent that could trigger the cell-cycle arrest in mitosis. In pursuit of extracting the benefits of evidenced microtubule-destabilizing activity of the anilide 7, it was further evaluated against non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines as well as the multiple-drug resistant uterine cancer cell line (MES-SA/Dx5) and overwhelmingly positive results in context of inhibitory effects were attained. Furthermore, molecular modelling studies were performed and some key interactions of the anilide 7 with the amino acid residues of the active site of HDAC1 isoform and tubulin were figured out.
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- Arshdeep Singh
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Master Program in Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Biomedical Commercialization Center, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Biomedical Commercialization Center, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Master Program in Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Ph.D. Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Biomedical Commercialization Center, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
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Su M, Gong X, Liu F. An update on the emerging approaches for histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor drug discovery and future perspectives. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2021; 16:745-761. [PMID: 33530771 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2021.1877656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION HDACs catalyze the removal of acetyl groups from the ε-N-acetylated lysine residues of various protein substrates including both histone and nonhistone proteins. Different HDACs have distinct biological functions and are recruited to specific regions of the genome. HDAC inhibitors have attracted much attention in recent decades; indeed, there have been more than thirty HDAC inhibitors investigated in clinic trials with five approvals being achieved. AREAS COVERED This review covers the emerging approaches for HDAC inhibitor drug discovery from the past five years and includes discussion of structure-based rational design, isoform selectivity, and dual mechanism/multi-targeting. Chemical structures in addition to the in vitro and in vivo inhibiting activity of these compounds have also been discussed. EXPERT OPINION The exact role and biological functions of HDACs is still under investigation with a variety of HDAC inhibitors having been designed and evaluated. HDAC inhibitors have shown promise in treating cancer, AD, metabolic disease, viral infection, and multiple sclerosis, but there is still a lot of room for clinical improvement. In the future, more efforts should be put into (i) HDAC isoform identification (ii) the optimization of selectivity, activity, and pharmacokinetics; and (iii) unconventional approaches for discovering different effective scaffolds and pharmacophores.
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- Ma Su
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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Recent progress on HDAC inhibitors with dual targeting capabilities for cancer treatment. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 208:112831. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Li H, Xu X, Zhang Y, Tang X, Li W. Tetrandrine enhances antitumor effects of the histone deacetylase inhibitor MS-275 in human cancer in a Bax- and p53-dependent manner. Eur J Pharmacol 2020; 888:173575. [PMID: 32950498 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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MS-275 (Entinostat), is an oral histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor with a high specificity for class 1 HDACs. As single agent, MS-275 exerts only modest antitumor activity against most solid malignancies. The use of MS-275 in combination with other anticancer agents is currently being evaluated to determine whether this approach can achieve superior therapeutic efficacy. Tetrandrine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from the root of a Chinese medicinal herb, is safe and exhibits low toxicity, showing great potential to enhance chemotherapeutic efficacy. In the present study, we investigated the synergistic antitumor effects of MS-275 in combination with tetrandrine. Based on the results of in vitro experiments, the application of MS-275 in combination with tetrandrine induced selective apoptotic death in various cancer cells but spared normal cells. Mechanistically, the combination treatment induced a dramatic accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and a pretreatment with the ROS scavenger N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) significantly prevented the cellular apoptosis induced by MS-275/tetrandrine. Moreover, molecular assays indicated that Bax and p53 were the key regulators of MS-275/tetrandrine induced apoptosis. The results of the in vivo studies were consistent with the results of the in vitro studies. Based on our findings, tetrandrine enhanced the antitumor effects of MS-275 in a Bax- and p53-dependent manner. The combination of MS-275 and tetrandrine may represent a novel and promising therapeutic strategy for cancer.
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- Han Li
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, PR China.
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Dcona MM, Mitra K, Hartman MCT. Photocontrolled activation of small molecule cancer therapeutics. RSC Med Chem 2020; 11:982-1002. [PMID: 33479692 PMCID: PMC7513389 DOI: 10.1039/d0md00107d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Conventional treatment of the disease is comprised of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery among other treatment approaches. Chemotherapy is plagued by multiple side-effects caused due to non-specific drug action. Light-based therapies offer an alternative treatment approach that can be fine tuned to achieve the desired effect to treat the disease and address challenges posed by chemotherapeutic side-effects. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is one of the light mediated treatment modalities that has been successfully applied to treat superficial malignancies with high-efficiency, although its dependence on normoxic conditions limits its efficiency to treat deep-seated tumors. On the other hand, light-sensitive drug-mimetics and drug-release platforms have been deemed efficient in preclinical settings to induce cancer cell death with minimal collateral damage. Drawing from about a decade's worth of examples, we highlight the application of photosensitive molecules as an alternative therapeutic option to PDT and describe their designs that influence the biology of the cancer cells, in turn affecting their viability with high spatio-temporal control.
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- M Michael Dcona
- Department of Internal Medicine , Virginia Commonwealth University , 1201 East Marshall Street , Richmond , 23298 , Virginia , USA .
- Massey Cancer Center , 401 College St. , Richmond , 23219 , Virginia , USA
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- Massey Cancer Center , 401 College St. , Richmond , 23219 , Virginia , USA
- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Commonwealth University , 1001 W Main St , Richmond , 23284 , Virginia , USA
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- Massey Cancer Center , 401 College St. , Richmond , 23219 , Virginia , USA
- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Commonwealth University , 1001 W Main St , Richmond , 23284 , Virginia , USA
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Mazloom A, Ghalehsari N, Gazivoda V, Nimkar N, Paul S, Gregos P, Rateshwar J, Khan U. Role of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Gastrointestinal Malignancies. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E2533. [PMID: 32781500 PMCID: PMC7463795 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9082533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of several solid and hematological malignancies. ICIs are not only able to produce long and durable responses, but also very well tolerated by patients. There are several approved indications of use of ICIs in treatment of metastatic gastrointestinal malignancies including gastric, esophageal, colorectal and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, ICIs can be used in microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) and high tumor mutational burden (TMB) tumors in chemotherapy-resistant setting. Despite having good efficacy and superior safety profile, ICIs are clinically active in small subset of patients, therefore, there is a huge unmet need to enhance their efficacy and discover new predictive biomarkers. There are several ongoing clinical trials that are exploring the role of ICIs in various gastrointestinal cancers either as single agent or in combination with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted agents or other immunotherapeutic agents. In this review, we discuss the published and ongoing trials for ICIs in gastrointestinal malignancies, including esophageal, gastric cancer, pancreatic, hepatocellular, biliary tract, colorectal and anal cancers. Specifically, we focus on the use of ICIs in each line of therapy and discuss the future directions of these agents in each type of gastrointestinal cancer.
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- Anita Mazloom
- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital—Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; (A.M.); (N.G.); (N.N.); (S.P.); (P.G.); (J.R.)
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Gumusay O, Vitiello PP, Wabl C, Corcoran RB, Bardelli A, Rugo HS. Strategic Combinations to Prevent and Overcome Resistance to Targeted Therapies in Oncology. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2020; 40:e292-e308. [PMID: 32453634 DOI: 10.1200/edbk_280845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent advances in the understanding of underlying molecular signaling mechanisms of cancer susceptibility and progression have led to an increase in the use of targeted therapies for cancer treatment. Despite improvements in survival with new treatment options in oncology, resistance to therapy is a major obstacle to the long-term effectiveness of targeted agents in metastatic cancer treatment, culminating in insensitivity to treatment and tumor outgrowth. Adaptive resistance can play an important role in primary and upfront resistance to therapy as well as in secondary or acquired resistance. By focusing on colorectal and breast tumors, we discuss how therapeutic combinations based on specific drivers of tumor biology can be used to overcome resistance. We present how monitoring tumor dynamics over time may allow early adaptation of treatment. Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and the majority of these cancers are sensitive to endocrine therapy (ET) blocking the production of or response to estrogen. However, primary and acquired resistance limits efficacy. Recent combinations of agents targeted to pathways that drive tumor growth resistance with ET have resulted in remarkable improvements in disease response and control, improving survival in some settings. In this review, we summarize adaptive resistance mechanisms, approaches to combination strategies, and dynamic tumor monitoring to improve efficacy and overcome resistance. We provide examples of combination therapy to enhance the efficacy of targeted therapies in breast and colorectal tumors.
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- Ozge Gumusay
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Gaziosmanpasa University Faculty of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Candiolo (TO), Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, Unità di Oncologia Medica, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Candiolo (TO), Italy.,Candiolo Cancer Institute, Candiolo (TO), Italy
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
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Computer-Driven Development of an in Silico Tool for Finding Selective Histone Deacetylase 1 Inhibitors. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25081952. [PMID: 32331470 PMCID: PMC7221830 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25081952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a class of epigenetic modulators overexpressed in numerous types of cancers. Consequently, HDAC inhibitors (HDACIs) have emerged as promising antineoplastic agents. Unfortunately, the most developed HDACIs suffer from poor selectivity towards a specific isoform, limiting their clinical applicability. Among the isoforms, HDAC1 represents a crucial target for designing selective HDACIs, being aberrantly expressed in several malignancies. Accordingly, the development of a predictive in silico tool employing a large set of HDACIs (aminophenylbenzamide derivatives) is herein presented for the first time. Software Phase was used to derive a 3D-QSAR model, employing as alignment rule a common-features pharmacophore built on 20 highly active/selective HDAC1 inhibitors. The 3D-QSAR model was generated using 370 benzamide-based HDACIs, which yielded an excellent correlation coefficient value (R2 = 0.958) and a satisfactory predictive power (Q2 = 0.822; Q2F3 = 0.894). The model was validated (r2ext_ts = 0.794) using an external test set (113 compounds not used for generating the model), and by employing a decoys set and the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, evaluating the Güner-Henry score (GH) and the enrichment factor (EF). The results confirmed a satisfactory predictive power of the 3D-QSAR model. This latter represents a useful filtering tool for screening large chemical databases, finding novel derivatives with improved HDAC1 inhibitory activity.
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Nepali K, Chang TY, Lai MJ, Hsu KC, Yen Y, Lin TE, Lee SB, Liou JP. Purine/purine isoster based scaffolds as new derivatives of benzamide class of HDAC inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 196:112291. [PMID: 32325365 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This study reports the design, synthesis and evaluation of a series of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors containing purine/purine isoster as a capping group and an N-(2-aminophenyl)-benzamide unit. In vitro cytotoxicity studies reveal that benzamide 14 suppressed the growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231 (IC50 = 1.48 μM), MDA-MB-468 (IC50 = 0.65 μM), and liver cancer cells HepG2 (IC50 = 2.44 μM), better than MS-275 (5) and Chidamide (6). Compared to the well-known HDAC inhibitor SAHA, 14 showed a higher toxicity (IC50 = 0.33 μM) in three leukemic cell lines, K-562, KG-1 and THP-1. Moreover, 14 was found to be equally virulent in the HDAC-sensitive and -resistant gastric cell lines, YCC11 and YCC3/7, respectively, indicating the potential of 14 to overcome HDACi resistance. Furthermore, substantial inhibitory effects more pronounced than MS-275 (5) and Chidamide (6) were displayed by 14 towards HDAC1, 2 and 3 isoforms with IC50 values of 0.108, 0.585 and 0.563 μM respectively. Compound 14 also exhibited a potent antitumor efficacy in human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer xenograft mouse model, providing a potential lead for the development of anticancer agents.
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- Kunal Nepali
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology Research and Development, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Master Program in Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Master Program in Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology Research and Development, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; TMU Biomedical Commercialization Center, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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- Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology Research and Development, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Master Program in Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology Research and Development, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; TMU Biomedical Commercialization Center, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Sarkar R, Banerjee S, Amin SA, Adhikari N, Jha T. Histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) inhibitors as anticancer agents: A review. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 192:112171. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Myasoedova VA, Sukhorukov V, Grechko AV, Zhang D, Romanenko E, Orekhov V, Orekhov AN. Inhibitors of DNA Methylation and Histone Deacetylation as Epigenetically Active Drugs for Anticancer Therapy. Curr Pharm Des 2020; 25:635-641. [PMID: 30950345 DOI: 10.2174/1381612825666190405144026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Gene expression is regulated and tightly controlled by epigenetic mechanisms. Alterations of these mechanisms are frequently observed in various diseases, particularly, in various types of cancer. Malignant transformation is caused by the impairment of the mechanisms of cell differentiation and cell cycle control associated with epigenetic changes. Altered patterns of epigenetic modification associated with malignancies can potentially be reversed by some agents that act on the key proteins responsible for DNA/histone modification and chromatin remodelling. Examples of such substances include the inhibitors of DNA methyltransferases or histone deacetylase. During the recent years, a number of such substances have been evaluated as potential therapeutic agents against certain types of cancer in preclinical and clinical studies, and some of them have been approved for treatment of hematological cancers. Application of epidrugs for therapy of solid tumors remains, however, more challenging. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the most studied mechanisms of epigenetic modification and the available epigenetically active drugs.
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- Veronika A Myasoedova
- Laboratory of Angiopathology, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow 125315, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Angiopathology, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow 125315, Russian Federation.,Research Institute of Human Morphology, Moscow 117418, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Moscow 109240, Russian Federation
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- Belozersky Institute of Physical and Clinical Biology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Angiopathology, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow 125315, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Angiopathology, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow 125315, Russian Federation.,Institute for Atherosclerosis Research, Skolkovo Innovative Center, Moscow 121609, Russian Federation
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Deng B, Luo Q, Halim A, Liu Q, Zhang B, Song G. The Antiangiogenesis Role of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors: Their Potential Application to Tumor Therapy and Tissue Repair. DNA Cell Biol 2019; 39:167-176. [PMID: 31808715 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2019.4877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Angiogenesis, a process of new blood vessel formation from existing blood vessels, plays an important role in tumor growth and the tissue repair process. It is generally acknowledged that angiogenesis might contribute two both processes. In tumor growth, angiogenesis often increases oncogenic signaling, and in tissue repair, it decreases the stiffness of wound tissue and potentially exacerbates scar formation, resulting in pain and poor function. These poor outcomes are due to an increase in the expression of important genes involved in angiogenesis, such as hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) and its transcriptional target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Therefore, this adverse effect of angiogenesis should be taken into consideration. Limiting vessel growth instead of boosting growth may be beneficial for favorable long-term healing outcomes. Posttranslational modifications, including acetylation, which is mediated by histone acetyltransferases, and deacetylation, which is mediated by histone deacetylases (HDACs), are critical to HIF-1α function. Most studies have indicated that HDAC inhibitors (HDACIs) show great promise as antiangiogenic agents in the early phase of clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the role of the HDACs HIF-1α and VEGF in angiogenesis. Furthermore, we also discuss the molecular and cellular underpinnings of the effects of HDACIs on antiangiogenesis, which creates new avenues for anticancer therapeutics and the repair of wounded tissue.
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- Bin Deng
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Medical Electronics and Information Technology, College of Bioinformatics, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Ribeiro ML, Reyes-Garau D, Armengol M, Fernández-Serrano M, Roué G. Recent Advances in the Targeting of Epigenetic Regulators in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Front Genet 2019; 10:986. [PMID: 31681423 PMCID: PMC6807552 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the last 10 years, major advances have been made in the diagnosis and development of selective therapies for several blood cancers, including B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL), a heterogeneous group of malignancies arising from the mature B lymphocyte compartment. However, most of these entities remain incurable and current treatments are associated with variable efficacy, several adverse events, and frequent relapses. Thus, new diagnostic paradigms and novel therapeutic options are required to improve the prognosis of patients with B-NHL. With the recent deciphering of the mutational landscapes of B-cell disorders by high-throughput sequencing, it came out that different epigenetic deregulations might drive and/or promote B lymphomagenesis. Consistently, over the last decade, numerous epigenetic drugs (or epidrugs) have emerged in the clinical management of B-NHL patients. In this review, we will present an overview of the most relevant epidrugs tested and/or used so far for the treatment of different subtypes of B-NHL, from first-generation epigenetic therapies like histone acetyl transferases (HDACs) or DNA-methyl transferases (DNMTs) inhibitors to new agents showing selectivity for proteins that are mutated, translocated, and/or overexpressed in these diseases, including EZH2, BET, and PRMT. We will dissect the mechanisms of action of these epigenetic inhibitors, as well as the molecular processes underlying their lack of efficacy in refractory patients. This review will also provide a summary of the latest strategies being employed in preclinical and clinical settings, and will point out the most promising lines of investigation in the field.
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- Marcelo L. Ribeiro
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Laboratory of Immunopharmacology and Molecular Biology, Sao Francisco University Medical School, Braganca Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Kurmasheva RT, Bandyopadhyay A, Favours E, Del Pozo V, Ghilu S, Phelps DA, Erickson SW, Peer CJ, Figg WD, Smith MA, Houghton PJ. Evaluation of entinostat alone and in combination with standard-of-care cytotoxic agents against rhabdomyosarcoma xenograft models. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2019; 66:e27820. [PMID: 31099166 PMCID: PMC6685061 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Entinostat, a selective class I histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been reported to enhance the activity of cytotoxic agents and suppress expression of PAX3-FOXO1 in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS). PROCEDURES Entinostat was tested against three rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines using 96-hour drug exposure. Entinostat alone or in binary combination with vincristine, actinomycin D or cyclophosphamide was tested in ARMS and two embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) xenograft models. Tumor growth was measured at weekly intervals. Drug-induced changes in acetylated histone H3(K9) and entinostat pharmacokinetics were determined. RESULTS In vitro, the IC50 concentration of entinostat ranged from 280 to 1300 nM. In vivo, entinostat significantly inhibited the growth of only Rh10 xenografts. For most studies, entinostat did not potentiate the activity of the cytotoxic agent. Exceptions included the vincristine and entinostat combination for Rh10 and the entinostat and actinomycin D combination for Rh10 and Rh18, although the effects were modest. For Rh18, the combination of entinostat with vincristine showed evidence of an antagonistic interaction compared with single-agent vincristine. Pharmacokinetic studies showed the average Cmax was 569.4 ng/mL (1.51 μM) with Tmax at 15 minutes, and total exposure (AUC0-12 h ) was 435.6 h × ng/mL. Entinostat treatment increased acetylated histone H3. CONCLUSIONS Entinostat demonstrated modest antitumor activity in only one of four models at dose and shedule that gave drug exposures relevant to human treatment. The addition of entinostat to standard-of-care cytotoxic agents was in most instances no more effective than the cytotoxic agents used alone. Entinostat demonstrated target inhibition with increased histone 2A acetylation.
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio, Texas
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio, Texas
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio, Texas
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio, Texas
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- Clinical Pharmacology Program, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio, Texas
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Ma S, Liu T, Xu L, Wang Y, Zhou J, Huang T, Li P, Liu H, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Cui Y, Zang X, Wang Y, Guan F. Histone deacetylases inhibitor MS-275 suppresses human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell growth and progression via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:22400-22410. [PMID: 31120582 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a malignant tumor with low survival rate, so new therapies are urgently needed. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play a critical role in tumorigenesis, and HDACs inhibition is a potential therapeutic target in ESSC. In our study, we evaluated the effect and molecular mechanism of MS-275 (an inhibitor of HDACs) on ESCC cells. We found that HDAC1 and HDAC2 were overexpressed in ESCC tissues and related with clinical pathological features of patients with ESCC. MS-275 markedly reduced HDAC1 and HDAC2 expression, whereas increased the level of AcH3 and AcH2B. MS-275 suppressed proliferation and clonogenicity of ESCC cells in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, MS-275 induced apoptosis, arrested cell cycle, and inhibited migration, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and sphere-forming ability of ESCC cells in vitro. Moreover, p-Akt1 and p-mTOR were downregulated by MS-275. Finally, MS-275 significantly inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Taken together, HDAC1 and HDAC2 are associated with the progression of ESCC, and MS-275 hinders the progression and stemness of ESCC cells by suppressing the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. Our findings show that MS-275 inhibits ESCC cells growth in vitro and in vivo, which is a potential drug for the ESCC therapy.
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- Shanshan Ma
- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Clinical Laboratory, Zhumadian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhumadian, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Henan University People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Myszor IT, Parveen Z, Ottosson H, Bergman P, Agerberth B, Strömberg R, Gudmundsson GH. Novel aroylated phenylenediamine compounds enhance antimicrobial defense and maintain airway epithelial barrier integrity. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7114. [PMID: 31068616 PMCID: PMC6506505 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43350-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Aroylated phenylenediamines (APDs) are novel inducers of innate immunity enhancing cathelicidin gene expression in human bronchial epithelial cell lines. Here we present two newly developed APDs and aimed at defining the response and signaling pathways for these compounds with reference to innate immunity and antimicrobial peptide (AMP) expression. Induction was initially defined with respect to dose and time and compared with the APD Entinostat (MS-275). The induction applies to several innate immunity effectors, indicating that APDs trigger a broad spectrum of antimicrobial responses. The bactericidal effect was shown in an infection model against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by estimating bacteria entering cells. Treatment with a selected APD counteracted Pseudomonas mediated disruption of epithelial integrity. This double action by inducing AMPs and enhancing epithelial integrity for one APD compound is unique and taken as a positive indication for host directed therapy (HDT). The APD effects are mediated through Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation. Utilization of induced innate immunity to fight infections can reduce antibiotic usage, might be effective against multidrug resistant bacteria and is in line with improved stewardship in healthcare.
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- Iwona T Myszor
- Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 101, Iceland
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- Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 101, Iceland
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, S-14183, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, S-14186, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, S-14186, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, S-14183, Huddinge, Sweden
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Maiti A, Qi Q, Peng X, Yan L, Takabe K, Hait NC. Class I histone deacetylase inhibitor suppresses vasculogenic mimicry by enhancing the expression of tumor suppressor and anti-angiogenesis genes in aggressive human TNBC cells. Int J Oncol 2019; 55:116-130. [PMID: 31059004 PMCID: PMC6561627 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2019.4796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells form angiogenesis-independent vessel-like structures to survive, known as vasculogenic mimicry (VM), contributing to a poor prognosis for cancer patients. Nuclear localized class I histone deacetylases (HDACs) enzymes, particularly HDACs 1, 2, 3 deacetylate chromatin histones, are overexpressed in cancers and epigenetically regulate the expression of genes involved in cancer initiation and progression. The specific HDAC inhibitor, entinostat, has been shown to attenuate tumor progression and metastasis in TNBC. In this study, we hypothesized that entinostat would enhance the expression of anti-angiogenic and tumor suppressor genes and would thus suppress VM structures in TNBC cells in a 3D Matrigel cell culture preclinical model. Our data indicated that invasive triple-negative MDA-MB-231, LM2-4 and BT-549 breast cancer cells, but not poorly invasive luminal MCF-7 cells, efficiently underwent matrix-associated VM formation. Approximately 80% of TNBC cells with the stem cell phenotype potential formed vessel-like structures when mixed with Matrigel and cultured in the low attachment tissue culture plate. The molecular mechanisms of VM formation are rather complex, while angiogenesis inhibitor genes are downregulated and pro-angiogenesis genes are upregulated in VM-forming cells. Our data revealed that treatment of the TNBC VM phenotype cells with entinostat epigenetically led to the re-expression of the anti-angiogenic genes, serpin family F member 1 (SERPINF1) and thrombospondin 2 (THBS2), and to that of the tumor suppressor genes, phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) and p21, and reduced VM structures. We also found that treatment of the TNBC VM phenotype cells with entinostat downregulated the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), and that of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related genes, Vimentin and β-catenin. METABIRC and TCGA breast cancer cohort mRNA expression data analysis revealed that a high expression of the anti-angiogenesis-associated genes, THBS2, SERPINF1 and serpin family B member 5 (SERPINB5), and of the tumor suppressor gene, PTEN, was associated with a better overall survival (OS) of breast cancer patients. Taken together, the findings of this study demonstrate that HDACs 1, 2, 3 partly contribute to VM formation in TNBC cells; thus, HDACs may be an important therapeutic target for TNBC.
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- Aparna Maiti
- Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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Ma Y, Baltezor M, Rajewski L, Crow J, Samuel G, Staggs VS, Chastain KM, Toretsky JA, Weir SJ, Godwin AK. Targeted inhibition of histone deacetylase leads to suppression of Ewing sarcoma tumor growth through an unappreciated EWS-FLI1/HDAC3/HSP90 signaling axis. J Mol Med (Berl) 2019; 97:957-972. [PMID: 31025088 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-019-01782-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ewing sarcoma (ES) are aggressive pediatric bone and soft tissue tumors driven by EWS-ETS fusion oncogenes, most commonly EWS-FLI1. Treatment of ES patients consists of up to 9 months of alternating courses of 2 chemotherapeutic regimens. Furthermore, EWS-ETS-targeted therapies have yet to demonstrate clinical benefit, thereby emphasizing a clinical responsibility to search for new therapeutic approaches. Our previous in silico drug screening identified entinostat as a drug hit that was predicted to reverse the ES disease signatures and EWS-FLI1-mediated gene signatures. Here, we establish preclinical proof of principle by investigating the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of entinostat in preclinical ES models, as well as characterizing the mechanisms of action and in vivo pharmacokinetics of entinostat. ES cells are preferentially sensitive to entinostat in an EWS-FLI1 or EWS-ERG-dependent manner. Entinostat induces apoptosis of ES cells through G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) elevation, DNA damage, homologous recombination (HR) repair impairment, and caspase activation. Mechanistically, we demonstrate for the first time that HDAC3 is a transcriptional target of EWS-FLI1 and that entinostat inhibits growth of ES cells through suppressing a previously unexplored EWS-FLI1/HDAC3/HSP90 signaling axis. Importantly, entinostat significantly reduces tumor burden by 97.4% (89.5 vs. 3397.3 mm3 of vehicle, p < 0.001) and prolongs the median survival of mice (15.5 vs. 8.5 days of vehicle, p < 0.001), in two independent ES xenograft mouse models, respectively. Overall, our studies demonstrate promising activity of entinostat against ES, and support the clinical development of the entinostat-based therapies for children and young adults with metastatic/relapsed ES. KEY MESSAGES: • Entinostat potently inhibits ES both in vitro and in vivo. • EWS-FLI1 and EWS-ERG confer sensitivity to entinostat treatment. • Entinostat suppresses the EWS-FLI1/HDAC3/HSP90 signaling. • HDAC3 is a transcriptional target of EWS-FLI1. • HDAC3 is essential for ES cell viability and genomic stability maintenance.
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- Yan Ma
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 4005B Wahl Hall East, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Lead Development Optimization Shared Resource, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Biotechnology Innovation and Optimization Center, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Lead Development Optimization Shared Resource, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Biotechnology Innovation and Optimization Center, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 4005B Wahl Hall East, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Health Services & Outcomes Research, Children's Mercy Kansas City and School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.,University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 4005B Wahl Hall East, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA. .,University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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