bims-istrec Biomed News
on Integrated stress response in cancer
Issue of 2022‒01‒02
two papers selected by
Vincenzo Ciminale’s Lab
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
  1. Targeting histone deacetylase-3 blocked epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and metastatic dissemination in gastric cancer.
  2. Anticancer effects of myricetin derivatives in non-small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo.
  1. Cell Biol Toxicol. 2022 Jan 01.
    Targeting histone deacetylase-3 blocked epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and metastatic dissemination in gastric cancer.
    Sheng-Mao Wu, Yee-Jee Jan, Shih-Chuan Tsai, Hung-Chuan Pan, Chin-Chang Shen, Cheng-Ning Yang, Shu-Hua Lee, Shing-Hwa Liu, Li-Wei Shen, Chien-Shan Chiu, Jack L Arbiser, Menghsiao Meng, Meei-Ling Sheu.
      BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors (HDIs) can modulate the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) progression and inhibit the migration and invasion of cancer cells. Emerging as a novel class of anti-cancer drugs, HDIs are attracted much attention in the field of drug discovery. This study aimed to discern the underlying mechanisms of Honokiol in preventing the metastatic dissemination of gastric cancer cells by inhibiting HDAC3 activity/expression.EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Clinical pathological analysis was performed to determine the relationship between HDAC3 and tumor progression. The effects of Honokiol on pharmacological characterization, functional, transcriptional activities, organelle structure changes, and molecular signaling were analyzed using binding assays, differential scanning calorimetry, luciferase reporter assay, HDAC3 activity, ER stress response element activity, transmission electron microscopy, immune-blotting, and Wnt/β-catenin activity assays. The in vivo effects of Honokiol on peritoneal dissemination were determined by a mouse model and detected by PET/CT tomography.
    KEY RESULTS: HDAC3 over-expression was correlated with poor prognosis. Honokiol significantly abolished HDAC3 activity (Y298) via inhibition of NFκBp65/CEBPβ signaling, which could be reversed by the over-expression of plasmids of NFκBp65/CEBPβ. Treatments with 4-phenylbutyric acid (a chemical chaperone) and calpain-2 gene silencing inhibited Honokiol-inhibited NFκBp65/CEBPβ activation. Honokiol increased ER stress markers and inhibited EMT-associated epithelial markers, but decreased Wnt/β-catenin activity. Suppression of HDAC3 by both Honokiol and HDAC3 gene silencing decreased cell migration and invasion in vitro and metastasis in vivo.
    CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Honokiol acts by suppressing HDAC3-mediated EMT and metastatic signaling. By prohibiting HDAC3, metastatic dissemination of gastric cancer may be blocked. Conceptual model showing the working hypothesis on the interaction among Honokiol, HDAC3, and ER stress in the peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer. Honokiol targeting HDAC3 by ER stress cascade and mitigating the peritoneal spread of gastric cancer. Honokiol-induced ER stress-activated calpain activity targeted HDAC3 and blocked Tyr298 phosphorylation, subsequently blocked cooperating with EMT transcription factors and cancer progression. The present study provides evidence to demonstrate that HDAC3 is a positive regulator of EMT and metastatic growth of gastric cancer cells. The findings here imply that overexpressed HDAC3 is a potential therapeutic target for honokiol to reverse EMT and prevent gastric cancer migration, invasion, and metastatic dissemination. • Honokiol significantly abolished HDAC3 activity on catalytic tyrosine 298 residue site. In addition, Honokiol-induced ER stress markedly inhibited HDAC3 expression via inhibition of NFκBp65/CEBPβ signaling. • HDAC3, which is a positive regulator of metastatic gastric cancer cell growth, can be significantly inhibited by Honokiol. • Opportunities for HDAC3 inhibition may be a potential therapeutic target for preventing gastric cancer metastatic dissemination.
    Keywords:  Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Epithelial–mesenchymal transition; Histone deacetylase 3; Histone deacetylase inhibitors; Peritoneal dissemination
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10565-021-09673-2
  2. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2022 Feb;10(1): e00905
    Anticancer effects of myricetin derivatives in non-small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo.
    Mengmeng Li, Genlan Zha, Rujun Chen, Xin Chen, Qian Sun, Hao Jiang.
      Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Moreover, exploring efficient tumor-killing drugs is urgently needed. In our study, several derivative compounds of myricetin were synthesized and tested. Experiments on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) showed that S4-2-2 (5,7-dimethoxy-3-(4-(methyl(1-(naphthalen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)amino)butoxy)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one) had the strongest effect on A549 cell inhibition across all compounds. Furthermore, S4-2-2-treated A549 cells were also suppressed when transplanted into immunodeficient mice. Particularly, we found that the migration and invasiveness of A549 cells became suppressed upon treatment with S4-2-2. Furthermore, the compound significantly induced cell apoptosis, but did not affect the cell cycle of A549 cells. Finally, we revealed that S4-2-2 inhibited the biological function of NSCLC cells by regulating the protein process in the endoplasmic reticulum, and then by inducing the expression of apoptosis-related proteins. Taken together, S4-2-2 was shown to act as a potential molecular inhibitor of A549 cells.
    Keywords:  DNA-damage-inducible transcript 3; chemotherapy; endoplasmic reticulum stress; myricetin; non-small cell lung cancer
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.905
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