Project description:The overall survival of lung cancer patients remains dismal despite the availability of targeted therapies. Oncofetal protein SALL4 is a novel cancer target. We herein report that SALL4 was aberrantly expressed in a subset of lung cancer patients with poor survival. SALL4 silencing by RNA interference or SALL4 peptide inhibitor treatment led to impaired lung cancer cell growth. Expression profiling on SALL4-knockdown cells demonstrated that both the EGFR and IGF1R signaling pathways were affected. Further studies revealed that SALL4 suppresses these pathways indirectly by repressing CBL-B. Connectivity Map analysis revealed HDAC inhibitor MS-275 as a potential drug in treating SALL4-expressing cancers and this was confirmed using 17 lung cancer cell lines. In summary, we report for the first time that MS-275 can target the novel SALL4/CBL-B pathway in lung cancer. This lays the foundation for future clinical studies to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of MS-275 in SALL4-positive lung cancer patients. Cells from human lung carcinoma cell line H661 with wildtype scrambled controls or Sall4 knockdown were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:The overall survival of lung cancer patients remains dismal despite the availability of targeted therapies. Oncofetal protein SALL4 is a novel cancer target. We herein report that SALL4 was aberrantly expressed in a subset of lung cancer patients with poor survival. SALL4 silencing by RNA interference or SALL4 peptide inhibitor treatment led to impaired lung cancer cell growth. Expression profiling on SALL4-knockdown cells demonstrated that both the EGFR and IGF1R signaling pathways were affected. Further studies revealed that SALL4 suppresses these pathways indirectly by repressing CBL-B. Connectivity Map analysis revealed HDAC inhibitor MS-275 as a potential drug in treating SALL4-expressing cancers and this was confirmed using 17 lung cancer cell lines. In summary, we report for the first time that MS-275 can target the novel SALL4/CBL-B pathway in lung cancer. This lays the foundation for future clinical studies to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of MS-275 in SALL4-positive lung cancer patients.
Project description:Because insufficiency of the Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) limits skeletal growth, there is a great deal of effort to activate Runx2 for clinical use. In this study, we found that MS-275, the class I-specific HDAC inhibitor, activates Runx2 both transcriptionally and translationally. Therefore, we performed NGS analysis to gain accurate patterns of gene expression in mouse calvaria tissue through MS-275 administration. As a result, we could get insight that treatment of MS-275 increases genes related with osteoblast differentiation and cell proliferation, and decreases genes in field of causing apoptosis.
Project description:Illumina High-Throughput ChIP Sequencing profiling was performed using the H3K9K14ac antibody in NB4 cells treated with the compounds ATRA, MS-275,MC2392 (a hybrid molecule of ATRA with a 2-aminoanilide tail of the HDAC inhibitor MS-275) or solvent, DMSO. We find that MC2392 induces changes in H3 acetylation at a small subset of PML-RARα binding sites but also in regions not regulated by ATRA. Moreover, MC2392 alters expression of a number of stress-responsive and apoptotic genes.
Project description:Methods: We performed mRNA sequence analysis by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq to assess the impact of Class1 HDAC inhibitor MS-275 in regulating gene expression in BRIN-BD11 pancreatic beta cells. The transcriptome libraries were constructed using the NEB adapters and were sequenced on at 150 nucleotide read length using the paired-end chemistry. The raw reads were subjected to Adapter and low quality reads removal by Trimmomatic -0.36v. The sequence reads that passed quality filters was mapped to the Rattus_norvegicus Rnor_6.0 using STAR , counted using feature count module of sub reads package and was normalized in DESeq2-3. Differentially expressed genes were selected based on log2-ratio change with p-value <0.05 (Student‘s t test, unpaired). Hierarchical clustering was performed with the programs Cluster (uncentered correlation; average linkage clustering) and Treeview. Results: We mapped 136,002,940 (136 million reads) reads per sample to rat genome (Rnor_6.0) and observed 97% alignment to the reference rat genome. We found that 1858 genes were up regulated and 624 genes got down regulated on MS-275 treatment (log fold change ≥±2 p value < 0.05). Inference: Gene ontology reveals that the upregulated pathways upon MS-275 treatment include endocytosis, cAMP signaling, insulin secretion, Wnt signaling PI3K-Akt signaling and thermogenesis while the downregulated genes include histone modification, chromosome organization and cell cycle regulation. The study represents first detailed mRNA profiling of BRIN-BD11 pancreatic beta cell in context of modulation of expression upon treatment with Class1 HDAC inhibitor MS-275.
Project description:Esophageal cancers (ECs) are highly aggressive tumors with poor prognosis and few treatment options. This study investigated the possibility of treating esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) cells by inhibitors of broad and specific histone deacetylases (HDACi; SAHA, MS-275, FK228) and/or of DNMT (Azacytidine, AZA). Drug targets (HDAC1,2,3 and DNMT1) were present in non-neoplastic (HET-1A), ESCC (OE21) and EAC (OE33) cell lines. All cell lines responded to HDACi by reduced HDAC activity and increased histone acetylation as well as to AZA by up-regulation of p21. Expression of drug targets remained largely unaffected by HDACi and AZA treatment. Importantly, cell viability, apoptosis, cell cycle dynamics and DNA damage were only affected by HDACi and/or AZA in ESCC and EAC, but not the non-neoplastic cells. This was specifically seen for the combination of MS-275 and AZA, leading to enhanced cancer cell selectivity and drug efficiency. By transcriptome analyses of MS-275, AZA and MS-275/AZA treated cells, known (e.g. p21) as well as novel regulated genes significantly associated with the cellular effects post HDACi and/or AZA treatment in ESCC and EAC cells were identified. Finally, human EC tissue specimens frequently expressed the actionable drug targets HDAC1/2/3 and DNMT1. In summary, a combined HDACi (MS-275)/AZA treatment is cancer cell selective and efficient in vitro. Since the majority of ECs express the drug targets in situ, this paves the way for further investigations of HDACi/AZA treatment in esophageal cancer cells and their translation into a clinico-pathological setting. To elucidate the transcriptome response to HDAC inhibitors of normal esophageal cells and esophageal tumor cells, total RNA was isolated from non-neoplastic esophageal epithelial cells (Het1A cells) a well as from two esophageal tumor cell lines (OE21 and OE33), respectively. Cells were treated with either MS-275, Azacytidine (AZA) or in combination of both. DMSO treatment was used as control in each case. Total RNA was isolated from cells 24 h after treatment and experiments were performed in biological triplicates.
Project description:Outcomes for metastatic bone sarcomas, Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma, are dismal and remain unchanged for decades. Oxidative stress attenuates melanoma metastasis, and melanoma cells must reduce oxidative stress to metastasize. To explore this in sarcomas, we screened libraries of approved compounds for agents sensitizing sarcoma cells to oxidative stress. This identified the class I HDAC inhibitor MS-275 as enhancing sensitivity to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mechanistically, MS-275 inhibits YB-1 deacetylation, decreasing physical binding between YB-1 and the 5UTR of NFE2L2, thereby non-transcriptionally reducing translation and expression of the master antioxidant factor, NRF2, which reduces cellular ROS. Indeed, global acetylomics revealed that MS-275 promotes rapid acetylation of the YB-1 RNA binding protein at lysine-81, blocking RNA binding and translational activation of NFE2L2, encoding NRF2, as well as known YB-1 mRNA targets, HIF1A and the stress granule nucleator, G3BP1. MS-275 dramatically reduced sarcoma metastasis in vivo, but an MS-275-resistant YB-1 K81-to-alanine (K81A) mutant restored metastatic capacity and NRF2, HIF1α, and G3BP1 synthesis in MS-275 treated mice. These studies describe a novel function for MS-275 through enhanced YB-1 acetylation, thus inhibiting YB-1 translational control of key cytoprotective factors and its pro-metastatic activity.
Project description:Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining MS-275 with isotretinoin in treating patients who have metastatic or advanced solid tumors or lymphomas. MS-275 may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Isotretinoin may help cancer cells develop into normal cells. MS-275 may increase the effectiveness of isotretinoin by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drug. MS-275 and isotretinoin may also stop the growth of solid tumors or lymphomas by stopping blood flow to the cancer. Combining MS-275 with isotretinoin may kill more cancer cells
Project description:Esophageal cancers (ECs) are highly aggressive tumors with poor prognosis and few treatment options. This study investigated the possibility of treating esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) cells by inhibitors of broad and specific histone deacetylases (HDACi; SAHA, MS-275, FK228) and/or of DNMT (Azacytidine, AZA). Drug targets (HDAC1,2,3 and DNMT1) were present in non-neoplastic (HET-1A), ESCC (OE21) and EAC (OE33) cell lines. All cell lines responded to HDACi by reduced HDAC activity and increased histone acetylation as well as to AZA by up-regulation of p21. Expression of drug targets remained largely unaffected by HDACi and AZA treatment. Importantly, cell viability, apoptosis, cell cycle dynamics and DNA damage were only affected by HDACi and/or AZA in ESCC and EAC, but not the non-neoplastic cells. This was specifically seen for the combination of MS-275 and AZA, leading to enhanced cancer cell selectivity and drug efficiency. By transcriptome analyses of MS-275, AZA and MS-275/AZA treated cells, known (e.g. p21) as well as novel regulated genes significantly associated with the cellular effects post HDACi and/or AZA treatment in ESCC and EAC cells were identified. Finally, human EC tissue specimens frequently expressed the actionable drug targets HDAC1/2/3 and DNMT1. In summary, a combined HDACi (MS-275)/AZA treatment is cancer cell selective and efficient in vitro. Since the majority of ECs express the drug targets in situ, this paves the way for further investigations of HDACi/AZA treatment in esophageal cancer cells and their translation into a clinico-pathological setting.