Impairment of Nucleolin Activity and Phosphorylation by a Trachylobane Diterpene from Psiadia punctulata in Cancer Cells

Human nucleolin (hNcl) is a multifunctional protein involved in the progression of various cancers and plays a key role in other pathologies. Therefore, there is still unsatisfied demand for hNcl modulators. Recently, we demonstrated that the plant ent-kaurane diterpene oridonin inhibits hNcl but, unfortunately, this compound is quite toxic for healthy cells. Trachylobane diterpene 6,19-dihydroxy-ent-trachiloban-17-oic acid (compound 12) extracted from Psiadia punctulata (DC.) Vatke (Asteraceae) emerged as a ligand of hNcl from a cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA)-based screening of a small library of diterpenes. Effective interaction between this compound and the protein was demonstrated to occur both in vitro and inside two different types of cancer cells. Based on the experimental and computational data, a model of the hNcl/compound 12 complex was built. Because of this binding, hNcl mRNA chaperone activity was significantly reduced, and the level of phosphorylation of the protein was affected. At the biological level, cancer cell incubation with compound 12 produced a cell cycle block in the subG0/G1 phase and induced early apoptosis, whereas no cytotoxicity towards healthy cells was observed. Overall, these results suggested that 6,19-dihydroxy-ent-trachiloban-17-oic could represent a selective antitumoral agent and a promising lead for designing innovative hNcl inhibitors also usable for therapeutic purposes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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International journal of molecular sciences - 23(2022), 19 vom: 27. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bellone, Maria Laura [VerfasserIn]
Fiengo, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Cerchia, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Cotugno, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Bader, Ammar [VerfasserIn]
Lavecchia, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
De Tommasi, Nunziatina [VerfasserIn]
Piaz, Fabrizio Dal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer cell apoptosis
Diterpenes
Diterpenes, Kaurane
Journal Article
Ligands
Nucleolin
Phosphoproteins
Plant diterpenes
Post-translational modification
Protein–drug interaction
RNA, Messenger
RNA-Binding Proteins

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Date Completed 17.10.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms231911390

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347477542