School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
College of Biomedical Engineering, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 21;8(1):3398. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21768-1.
Dithiocarbamate has been tested for its effective anti-tumor activity, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We previously prepared a novel diththiocarbamate derivative, DpdtC with an ability of catalase inhibition. Here, we for the first time investigated the growth inhibition effects of DpdtC on HER2-amplified cancer cells and elucidated its mechanism of action. Results showed that DpdtC exerted the potent anti-tumor effects against HER2-overexpressed SK-OV-3 and SK-BR-3 cells, especially on SK-OV-3 cells with a higher NDRG1 level, which was also confirmed in the SK-OV-3 xenograft model. Interestingly, we observed that NDRG1 was up-regulated, while membrane expression of HER2 was regressed in SK-OV-3 cells upon DpdtC treatment. In agreement, silencing endogenous NDRG1 also increased the expression of HER2 in SK-OV-3 cells, while overexpressing NDRG1 decreased HER2 expression in SK-BR-3 cells. Furthermore, our results showed the formation of the EGFR/HER2 heterodimer was attenuated and phosphorylation of ERK1/2 was inhibited in SK-OV-3 cells when treated with DpdtC. Collectively, these observations demonstrated that NDRG1 plays an important role in mediating the inhibition effects of DpdtC in HER2-overexpressed cancer cells via selective targeting of the HER2-ERK1/2 pathway. Hence, our investigation suggests that up-regulation of NDRG1 by DpdtC is a promising therapeutic approach in HER2-overexpressed cancers.
二硫代氨基甲酸盐已被测试其有效的抗肿瘤活性,但潜在的机制仍不清楚。我们以前制备了一种新型的二硫代氨基甲酸盐衍生物 DpdtC,具有过氧化氢酶抑制能力。在这里,我们首次研究了 DpdtC 对 HER2 过表达癌细胞的生长抑制作用,并阐明了其作用机制。结果表明,DpdtC 对 HER2 过表达的 SK-OV-3 和 SK-BR-3 细胞具有很强的抗肿瘤作用,特别是对 NDRG1 水平较高的 SK-OV-3 细胞,这在 SK-OV-3 异种移植模型中也得到了证实。有趣的是,我们观察到 DpdtC 处理后 SK-OV-3 细胞中 NDRG1 上调,而 HER2 的膜表达则下调。一致地,沉默内源性 NDRG1 也增加了 SK-OV-3 细胞中 HER2 的表达,而过表达 NDRG1 则降低了 SK-BR-3 细胞中 HER2 的表达。此外,我们的结果表明,DpdtC 处理 SK-OV-3 细胞时,EGFR/HER2 异二聚体的形成减弱,ERK1/2 的磷酸化受到抑制。总之,这些观察结果表明,NDRG1 在介导 DpdtC 在 HER2 过表达癌细胞中的抑制作用中发挥重要作用,通过选择性靶向 HER2-ERK1/2 途径。因此,我们的研究表明,DpdtC 上调 NDRG1 是治疗 HER2 过表达癌症的一种有前途的方法。