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Activation of cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Restricts Melanoma Growth and Invasion by Interfering with the EGF/EGFR Pathway

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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
卷 142, 期 1, 页码 201-211

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.06.011

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  1. European Union (DRUGSFORD) [HEALTHF2-2012-304963]
  2. Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro grant [IG 2017-19928]
  3. Telethon grant [GGP19287]
  4. University Hospital of Zurich Biobank [M121224, M130425, M0000921]

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Despite ongoing drug resistance mechanisms in metastatic melanoma, utilizing two polymeric-linked dimeric cGMP analogs as protein kinase G activators demonstrated significant anti-cancer effects, with PA5 showing the most potent inhibitory impact on melanoma cells. By interfering with the EGF pathway, PA5 reduced EGFR phosphorylation and activated, phosphorylated forms of protein kinase B and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 in melanoma cells, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic strategy for melanoma.
Drug resistance mechanisms still characterize metastatic melanoma, despite the new treatments that have been recently developed. Targeting of the cGMP/protein kinase G pathway is emerging as a therapeutic approach in cancer research. In this study, we evaluated the anticancer effects of two polymeric-linked dimeric cGMP analogs able to bind and activate protein kinase G, called protein kinase G activators (PAs) 4 and 5. PA5 was identified as the most effective compound on melanoma cell lines as well as on patient-derived metastatic melanoma cells cultured as three-dimensional spheroids and in a zebrafish melanoma model. PA5 was able to significantly reduce cell viability, size, and invasion of melanoma spheroids. Importantly, PA5 showed a tumor-specific outcome because no toxic effect was observed in healthy melanocytes exposed to the cGMP analog. We defined that by triggering protein kinase G, PA5 interfered with the EGF pathway as shown by lower EGFR phosphorylation and reduction of activated, phosphorylated forms of protein kinase B and extracellular signal. regulated kinase 1/2 in melanoma cells. Finally, PA5 significantly reduced the metastatic process in zebrafish. These studies open future perspectives for the cGMP analog PA5 as a potential therapeutic strategy for melanoma.

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