Li Xiao-Peng, Cao Liang-Qi, Yu Ze-Zhong, He Ke, Ding Peng-Bo, Li Ji-Sheng, Shan Yi-Yao, Su Yu-Bin, Yuan Zhong-Min, Shi Zhi
Cancer Minimally Invasive Therapies Centre, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomedicine, Guangdong Provincial Biotechnology and Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Genomic Medicine Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology, National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Pharmacol. 2024 May 24;15:1393693. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1393693. eCollection 2024.
Colorectal cancer is a common malignant tumor with high mortality, for which chemotherapy resistance is one of the main reasons. The high expression of ABCG2 in the cancer cells and expulsion of anticancer drugs directly cause multidrug resistance (MDR). Therefore, the development of new ABCG2 inhibitors that block the active causes of MDR may provide a strategy for the treatment of colorectal cancer. In this study, we find that dorsomorphin (also known as compound C or BML-275) potently inhibits the transporter activity of ABCG2, thereby preserving the chemotherapeutic agents mitoxantrone and doxorubicin to antagonize MDR in ABCG2-overexpressing colorectal cancer cells. Additionally, dorsomorphin does not alter ABCG2 protein expression. The results of molecular docking studies show that dorsomorphin is bound stably to the ABCG2-binding pocket, suggesting that dorsomorphin is a potent ABCG2 inhibitor that attenuates ABCG2-mediated MDR in colorectal cancer.
结直肠癌是一种常见的恶性肿瘤,死亡率很高,化疗耐药是主要原因之一。癌细胞中ABCG2的高表达以及抗癌药物的排出直接导致多药耐药(MDR)。因此,开发阻断MDR活性原因的新型ABCG2抑制剂可能为结直肠癌的治疗提供一种策略。在本研究中,我们发现 dorsomorphin(也称为化合物C或BML-275)能有效抑制ABCG2的转运活性,从而保留化疗药物米托蒽醌和阿霉素以拮抗ABCG2过表达的结直肠癌细胞中的MDR。此外,dorsomorphin不会改变ABCG2蛋白表达。分子对接研究结果表明,dorsomorphin与ABCG2结合口袋稳定结合,表明dorsomorphin是一种有效的ABCG2抑制剂,可减轻结直肠癌中ABCG2介导的MDR。