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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 74, Issue 9, Pages 2617-2629Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2081
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- NIDDK NIH [K01DK076742, R03DK089130]
- Avon Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) [90047965]
- [NCI NIH R01CA131294]
- [NCI NIH RO1 CA142604]
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Withaferin A (WFA) is a steroidal lactone with antitumor effects manifested at multiple levels that are mechanistically obscure. Using a phospho-kinase screening array, we discovered that WFA activated phosphorylation of the S6 kinase RSK (ribosomal S6 kinase) in breast cancer cells. Pursuing this observation, we defined activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-RSK and ETS-like transcription factor 1 (Elk1)-CHOP (C-EBP homologous protein) kinase pathways in upregulating transcription of the death receptor 5 (DR5). Through this route, WFA acted as an effective DR5 activator capable of potentiating the biologic effects of celecoxib, etoposide, and TRAIL. Accordingly, WFA treatment inhibited breast tumor formation in xenograft and mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-neu mouse models in a manner associated with activation of the ERK/RSK axis, DR5 upregulation, and elevated nuclear accumulation of Elk1 and CHOP. Together, our results offer mechanistic insight into how WFA inhibits breast tumor growth. (C) 2014 AACR.
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