A novel breast cancer therapeutic strategy through Hsp90 inhibition and activation of the immune system
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PROVIDER: GSE168875 | GEO | 2023/09/21
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2013-01-10 | E-GEOD-38972 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an essential evolutionarily conserved molecular chaperone in eukaryotes. Cancer cells rely on Hsp90 to chaperone activated oncoproteins, and its involvement in numerous signaling pathways makes it an attractive target for drug development. Surprisingly, however, the impact of Hsp90 inhibitors on cancer cells is most commonly cytostatic, and efforts to enhance the anti-tumor activity of Hsp90 inhibitors in the clinic remain a significant challenge. In this study, we show that dual inhibition of Wee1 tyrosine kinase and Hsp90 causes prostate cancer cells to undergo apoptosis. Gene-expression profiling revealed that induction of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway by this drug combination coincided with transcriptional down-regulation of Survivin and Wee1, an outcome not seen in cells treated separately with either agent. At the translational level, expression of these two proteins as well as activated Akt was completely abrogated. Similar results were obtained in prostate cancer xenografts. These data establish a novel therapeutic strategy to enhance the efficacy of Hsp90 inhibitors in prostate cancer, and they provide a mechanistic rationale for stimulating the pro-apoptotic activity of Hsp90 inhibitors. In order to explore the mechanism underlying the enhanced cell death caused by Wee1 inhibitorII and 17-AAG combination, we performed microarray analysis using PC3 cells treated with Wee1 inhibitorII alone, 17-AAG alone, or the two drugs in combination.
2013-01-10 | GSE38972 | GEO
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2013-06-06 | E-GEOD-40187 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2012-08-21 | E-GEOD-35722 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2009-11-15 | GSE13401 | GEO
Project description:Background. Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is essential for the stability and the function of many client proteins, such as ERB2, C-RAF, CDK4, HIF-1 aplha and AKT. Recent reports demonstrated that inhibition of Hsp90 modulates multiple functions required for survival of human cancer, such as myeloma (Mitsiades et al, Blood:107, 1092, 2006), however, the precise mechanism of anti-cancer effect of Hsp90 inhibition is still uncertain. Aim. The aim of this study is evaluate the effect of Hsp90 inhibition, and to identify molecular pathways responsible for anti-proliferative effect on ATL cells. Method. For Hsp90 inhibition, Geldanamycin derivates, 17AAG (17-allylamino -17-demethoxygeldanamycin) and 17DMAG (17-(dimethylaminoethylamino) 17-demethoxygeldanamycin) were used in this study. Interleukin 2-independent ATL cell lines (MT-2 and MT-4) and an interleukin 2-dependent ATL cell line (TaY) were incubated, with or without Hsp90 inhibitors. Fresh ATL cells obtained from patients were also used after obtaining informed consent. Cell numbers at 48 h after incubation with or without Hsp90 inhibitors were assessed with the Cell Counting Kit-8 assay (Dojindo Molecular Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD, USA). For detection of apoptosis, we used Annexin V-biotin apoptosis detection kit (Calbiochem, La Jolla, CA, USA). Gene expression analysis was done using a DNA microarray (NCBI Gene expression omnibus; GPL 2531) and statistical analysis was done by a GeneSifter (VizXlabs, Seattle, WA, USA). Results. We found cell death induced by Hsp90 inhibitors in all the 3 ATL cell lines as well as patient specimens. Inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 17AAG in 3 ATL cell lines was 300 to 700 nM, and that of 17DMAG was 150 to 200 nM. Fresh ATL cells obtained from patients were more sensitive for either 17AAG or 17DMAG. Gene expression analysis of ATL cells revealed that up-regulation of HSPA1A encoding Hsp70, and genes related to cell cycle arrest (i.e. CDKN1A). Genes regulating cell proliferation or anti-apoptosis (i.e. MYC, BCL2 and Cyclin C), genes related to cytokine or chemokine (i.e. IL9, CCL 17, and CCL27), and notably, genes involved in Wnt/-catenin signaling pathway (i.e.TCF7L2 and TCF4), were remarkably repressed. Inhibition of AKT at the protein level was also evident, suggesting the possibility that AKT may down-regulates -catenin/ TCF7L2 pathways in response to Hsp90 inhibitors in ATL cells. Conclusion. Our results have provided new insights into the complex molecular pharmacology of Hsp90 inhibitors, and suggest that Hsp90 inhibitors might be beneficial as anti-proliferative agent in treating ATL patients. Six samples treated with Hsp90 inhibitors (17-AAG or 17-DMAG) were analyzed in biological duplicate.
2009-05-27 | E-GEOD-12257 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2016-01-15 | E-GEOD-76889 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an emerging therapeutic target in cancer. We report that Hsp90 inhibitors selectively kill DLBCLs that are biologically dependent on the BCL6 transcriptional repressor. We examined the pharmacokinetics, toxicity and efficacy of PUH71, a recently developed purine scaffold Hsp90 inhibitor. PUH71 preferentially accumulated in tumors vs. normal tissues, and unlike the widely used benzoquinone Hsp90 inhibitors, displayed no signs of organ toxicity. PUH71 selectively and potently induced the regression of BCL6-dependent DLBCLs in vivo, through reactivation of key BCL6 target genes and apoptosis. Experiment Overall Design: Six SCID mice were subcutaneously injected with human Farage DLBCL cells. When tumors reached 1 cm in diameter, four mice were administered PU-H71 (75mg/kg) by intra-peritoneal injection and two mice served as no-treatment controls. Animals were sacrificed by cervical dislocation under anesthesia at 6 and 12 h after the administration of PU-H71.
2009-11-28 | E-GEOD-13401 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: The growth and survival of NF2-deficient cells are enhanced by the activation of multiple signaling pathways including ErbB2/IGF-1R/Met, PI3K/Akt, and Ras/Raf/Mek/Erk1/2. The ubiquitously expressed chaperone protein HSP90 is known to be essential for the stabilization of these signaling molecules. We aim to evaluate the effect of the HSP90 inhibition on the signaling pathways activated in NF2-related tumors. We tested the efficacy of the newly synthesized small molecule NXD30001 which was shown to be more potent in HSP90 inhibition in vitro and less toxic in vivo than already existing HSP90 inhibitors. Experimental Design: The anti-proliferative activity of NXD30001 was tested in NF2-deficient mouse cells in vitro, and its anti-tumor efficacy was verified in an NF2-deficient allograft model in vivo. The underlying molecular alteration in vitro and in vivo was further characterized by a global transcriptome approach. Results: NXD30001 was found to induce degradation of client proteins and to suppress proliferation in NF2-deficient cells in vitro and in vivo. Differential expression analysis further identified subsets of genes implicated in cell proliferation, survival, vascularization, and Schwann cell differentiation, whose expression were altered by NXD30001 treatment. Conclusions: NXD30001 is a potent HSP90 inhibitor showing significant antitumor activity against NF2-related tumor cells in vitro and in vivo, and represents a promising option for novel NF2 therapies.
2013-06-06 | GSE40187 | GEO