New HSP27 inhibitors efficiently suppress drug resistance development in cancer cells

Drug resistance is an important open problem in cancer treatment. In recent years, the heat shock protein HSP27 (HSPB1) was identified as a key player driving resistance development. HSP27 is overexpressed in many cancer types and influences cellular processes such as apoptosis, DNA repair, recombination, and formation of metastases. As a result cancer cells are able to suppress apoptosis and develop resistance to cytostatic drugs. To identify HSP27 inhibitors we follow a novel computational drug repositioning approach. We exploit a similarity between a predicted HSP27 binding site to a viral thymidine kinase to generate lead inhibitors for HSP27. Six of these leads were verified experimentally. They bind HSP27 and down-regulate its chaperone activity. Most importantly, all six compounds inhibit development of drug resistance in cellular assays. One of the leads - chlorpromazine - is an antipsychotic, which has a positive effect on survival time in human breast cancer. In summary, we make two important contributions: First, we put forward six novel leads, which inhibit HSP27 and tackle drug resistance. Second, we demonstrate the power of computational drug repositioning.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 7(2016), 42 vom: 18. Okt., Seite 68156-68169

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Heinrich, Jörg C [VerfasserIn]
Donakonda, Sainitin [VerfasserIn]
Haupt, V Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Lennig, Petra [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yixin [VerfasserIn]
Schroeder, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antipsychotic Agents
BVDU
Binding site
Chlorpromazine
Cytostatic Agents
Drug repositioning
Drug repurposing
HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins
HSPB1
Journal Article
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.02.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.11905

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264326121