Carotenuto Marianeve, de Antonellis Pasqualino, Chiarolla Cristina Maria, Attanasio Carmela, Damiani Valentina, Boffa Iolanda, Aiese Nadia, Pedone Emilia, Accordi Benedetta, Basso Giuseppe, Navas Luigi, Imbimbo Ciro, Zollo Massimo
Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologia Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy.
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2015 Feb;388(2):257-69. doi: 10.1007/s00210-014-1035-8. Epub 2014 Aug 20.
Nm23-H1 is a metastasis suppressor gene whose overexpression is associated with both reduced cell motility in various cancers and increased metastatic potential in neuroblastomas, osteosarcomas, and hematological malignances. We previously reported that Nm23-H1 exerts tumor suppressor action in prostate cancer cells and that h-Prune, which is overexpressed in various tumor types, binds Nm23-H1. Moreover, blockage of the Nm23-H1/h-Prune interaction with a competitive permeable peptide (CPP) attenuates migration of breast and neuroblastoma cells. This series of events suggests that the Nm23-H1/h-Prune protein complex regulates cancer progression and that its specific impairment could be a new therapeutic strategy in oncology. We found that CPP leads to inhibition of the AKT/mTORv and NF-kBv signaling pathways and also activates apoptosis. To obtain a proof-of-concept of our hypothesis, we used a xenograft model of prostate cancer to evaluate whether impairment of this complex using CPP results in an anti-tumoral effect. Using a mouse orthotopic model with bioluminescent imaging, we show evidences that CPP reduces prostate cancer metastases formation. In conclusion, CPP being able to impair formation of the h-Prune/Nm23-H1 complex holds promise for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Nm23-H1是一种转移抑制基因,其过表达与多种癌症中细胞运动性降低以及神经母细胞瘤、骨肉瘤和血液恶性肿瘤中转移潜能增加有关。我们之前报道过,Nm23-H1在前列腺癌细胞中发挥肿瘤抑制作用,并且在多种肿瘤类型中过表达的h-Prune与Nm23-H1结合。此外,用竞争性可渗透肽(CPP)阻断Nm23-H1/h-Prune相互作用可减弱乳腺癌细胞和神经母细胞瘤细胞的迁移。这一系列事件表明,Nm23-H1/h-Prune蛋白复合物调节癌症进展,其特异性损伤可能是肿瘤学中的一种新治疗策略。我们发现CPP导致AKT/mTOR和NF-κB信号通路受到抑制,并且还激活细胞凋亡。为了验证我们假设的概念,我们使用前列腺癌异种移植模型来评估使用CPP损伤这种复合物是否会产生抗肿瘤作用。使用具有生物发光成像的小鼠原位模型,我们证明CPP可减少前列腺癌转移灶的形成。总之,能够损伤h-Prune/Nm23-H1复合物形成的CPP有望用于治疗前列腺癌。