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Hesperadin suppresses pancreatic cancer through ATF4/GADD45A axis at nanomolar concentrations

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ONCOGENE
Volume 41, Issue 25, Pages 3394-3408

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SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41388-022-02328-4

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Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81802396, 82072652]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [SBK2019022491, BK20180117]
  3. General Project of Nanjing Medical Science and Technology Development Project [YKK17077]
  4. Nanjing Science and Technology Development Plan Project [201715023]
  5. Nanjing Medical Science and Technology Development Key Project [ZKX18022]
  6. Nanjing Science and technology project [201911038]

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This study identified Hesperadin as a potent anti-cancer compound against pancreatic cancer (PC) by inhibiting cell growth and inducing apoptotic cell death. Mechanistic studies revealed that Hesperadin increased GADD45A expression via ATF4, leading to apoptosis. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated the correlation between ATF4 and GADD45A expression. PC xenograft studies confirmed the inhibitory effect of Hesperadin on PC cell growth in vivo.
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a fatal disease with poor survival and limited therapeutic strategies. In this study, we identified Hesperadin as a potent anti-cancer compound against PC, from a high-throughput screening of a commercial chemical library associated with cell death. Hesperadin induced potent growth inhibition in PC cell lines and patient-derived tumor organoids in a dose- and time-dependent manner, with IC50 values in the nanomolar range. Cellular studies showed that Hesperadin caused mitochondria damage in PC cells, resulting in reactive oxygen species production, ER stress and apoptotic cell death. Transcriptomic analysis using RNA-sequencing data identified GADD45A as a potential target of Hesperadin. Mechanistic studies showed that Hesperadin could increase GADD45A expression in PC cells via ATF4, leading to apoptosis. Moreover, immunohistochemical staining of 92 PC patient samples demonstrated the correlation between ATF4 and GADD45A expression. PC xenograft studies demonstrated that Hesperadin could effectively inhibit the growth of PC cells in vivo. Together, these findings suggest that Hesperadin is a novel drug candidate for PC.

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