Zhang Lei, Niu Tianhui, Huang Yafei, Zhu Haichuan, Zhong Wu, Lin Jian, Zhang Yan
State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
1] Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China [2] Aviation Medicine Research Laboratory, The General Hospital of the Air Force, Beijing, China.
Sci Rep. 2015 Jul 8;5:12003. doi: 10.1038/srep12003.
Malignant gliomas are the most common malignant tumors in the central nervous system (CNS). Up to date, the prognosis of glioma is still very poor, effective therapy with less side-effect is very necessary. Herein, we identify a compound named as "331" selectively induced cell death in glioma cells but not in astrocytes. Compound 331 upregulated miR-494 and downregulated CDC20 in glioma cells but not in astrocytes. These results suggest that compound 331 could be a potential drug selectively targeting glioma cells through upregulating miR-494 and downregulating CDC20.
恶性胶质瘤是中枢神经系统(CNS)中最常见的恶性肿瘤。迄今为止,胶质瘤的预后仍然很差,因此非常需要副作用较小的有效治疗方法。在此,我们鉴定出一种名为“331”的化合物,它能选择性地诱导胶质瘤细胞死亡,而对星形胶质细胞无此作用。化合物331在胶质瘤细胞中上调miR-494并下调CDC20,但在星形胶质细胞中无此现象。这些结果表明,化合物331可能是一种潜在药物,通过上调miR-494和下调CDC20来选择性地靶向胶质瘤细胞。