Small molecule-induced bioenergetic reprogramming directs prostate cancer inhibition via UPR signaling
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ABSTRACT: We previously identified SMIP004 (N-(4-butyl-2-methyl-phenyl) acetamide), as a novel inducer of cancer-cell selective apoptosis of human prostate cancer cells. SMIP004 decreased the levels of positive cell cycle regulators, such as cyclin A, CDK4 and SKP2 while upregulating cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p27 and p21, resulting in G1 arrest and inhibition of colony formation in soft agar. However, the mechanism of SMIP004-induced cancer cell selective apoptosis remained unknown. We used profiling to unravel a SMIP004-induced pro-apoptotic pathway, which initiates with bioenergetic reprogramming at the level of mitochondria. SMIP004 causes downregulation of aerobic glycolysis, rapid upregulation of components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, and oxidative stress. The latter, in turn, elicits cell cycle arrest by rapidly targeting cyclin D1 for proteasomal degradation, drives transcriptional downregulation of the androgen receptor, and activates pro-apoptotic signaling through the unfolded protein response and MAPK activation. Finally SMIP004 was found to potently inhibit the growth of prostate and breast cancer xenografts in mice.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE48056 | GEO | 2015/12/16
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA208824
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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