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Title: | Combined drug action of 2-phenylimidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazole derivatives on cancer cells according to their oncogenic molecular signatures |
Author: | Furlan, Alessandro Roux, Benjamin Lamballe, Fabienne Conti, Filippo Issaly, Nathalie Daian, Fabrice Guillemot, Jean-François Richelme, Sylvie Contensin, Magali Bosch Cartes, Joan Passarella, Daniele Piccolo, Oreste Dono, Rosanna Maina, Flavio |
Keywords: | Càncer Cèl·lules canceroses Medicaments antineoplàstics Dianes farmacològiques Desenvolupament de medicaments Tiazoles Expressió gènica Cancer Cancer cells Antineoplastic agents Drug targeting Drug development Thiazoles Gene expression |
Issue Date: | 5-Oct-2012 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Abstract: | The development of targeted molecular therapies has provided remarkable advances into the treatment of human cancers. However, in most tumors the selective pressure triggered by anticancer agents encourages cancer cells to acquire resistance mechanisms. The generation of new rationally designed targeting agents acting on the oncogenic path(s) at multiple levels is a promising approach for molecular therapies. 2-phenylimidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazole derivatives have been highlighted for their properties of targeting oncogenic Met receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling. In this study, we evaluated the mechanism of action of one of the most active imidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazol-2-ylphenyl moiety-based agents, Triflorcas, on a panel of cancer cells with distinct features. We show that Triflorcas impairs in vitro and in vivo tumorigenesis of cancer cells carrying Met mutations. Moreover, Triflorcas hampers survival and anchorage-independent growth of cancer cells characterized by 'RTK swapping' by interfering with PDGFRβ phosphorylation. A restrained effect of Triflorcas on metabolic genes correlates with the absence of major side effects in vivo. Mechanistically, in addition to targeting Met, Triflorcas alters phosphorylation levels of the PI3K-Akt pathway, mediating oncogenic dependency to Met, in addition to Retinoblastoma and nucleophosmin/B23, resulting in altered cell cycle progression and mitotic failure. Our findings show how the unusual binding plasticity of the Met active site towards structurally different inhibitors can be exploited to generate drugs able to target Met oncogenic dependency at distinct levels. Moreover, the disease-oriented NCI Anticancer Drug Screen revealed that Triflorcas elicits a unique profile of growth inhibitory-responses on cancer cell lines, indicating a novel mechanism of drug action. The anti-tumor activity elicited by 2-phenylimidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazole derivatives through combined inhibition of distinct effectors in cancer cells reveal them to be promising anticancer agents for further investigation. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046738 |
It is part of: | PLoS One, 2012, vol. 7, num. 10, p. e46738 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/61564 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046738 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Farmacologia, Toxicologia i Química Terapèutica) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB)) |
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