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ONCOTARGET
Volume 7, Issue 39, Pages 64342-64359Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11841
Keywords
tumor cell death; non-apoptotic death; cell-permeable peptides; RasGAP
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_160181/1, 31003A_141242/1, 158116]
- Swiss South African Joint Research Programme [IZLSZ3_148907/1]
- Swiss Cancer League [KFS - 02543-02-2010]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_141242, IZLSZ3_148907, 31003A_160181] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Tumor cell resistance to apoptosis, which is triggered by many anti-tumor therapies, remains a major clinical problem. Therefore, development of more efficient therapies is a priority to improve cancer prognosis. We have previously shown that a cell-permeable peptide derived from the p120 Ras GTPase-activating protein (RasGAP), called TAT-RasGAP(317-326), bears anti-malignant activities in vitro and in vivo, such as inhibition of metastatic progression and tumor cell sensitization to cell death induced by various anti-cancer treatments. Recently, we discovered that this RasGAP-derived peptide possesses the ability to directly kill some cancer cells. TAT-RasGAP(317-326) can cause cell death in a manner that can be either partially caspase-dependent or fully caspase-independent. Indeed, TAT-RasGAP(317-326)-induced toxicity was not or only partially prevented when apoptosis was inhibited. Moreover, blocking other forms of cell death, such as necroptosis, parthanatos, pyroptosis and autophagy did not hamper the killing activity of the peptide. The death induced by TAT-RasGAP(317-326) can therefore proceed independently from these modes of death. Our finding has potentially interesting clinical relevance because activation of a death pathway that is distinct from apoptosis and necroptosis in tumor cells could lead to the generation of anti-cancer drugs that target pathways not yet considered for cancer treatment.
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