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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a novel indoleamine 2,3-dioxigenase 1 (IDO1) and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) dual inhibitor
Fan, Qing-Zhu,Zhou, Ji,Zhu, Yi-Bao,He, Lian-Jun,Miao, Dong-Dong,Zhang, Sheng-Peng,Liu, Xiao-Ping,Zhang, Chao
, (2020/11/02)
Targeting the Trp-Kyn pathway is an attractive approach for cancer immunotherapy. Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) enzymes are reactive oxygen species (ROS) modulators that are involved in the tumor cell growth and survival processes. The 4-phenylimidazole scaffold is well-established as useful for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibition, while piperlongumine (PL) and its derivatives have been reported to be inhibitors of TrxR. To take advantage of both immunotherapy and TrxR inhibition, we designed a first-generation dual IDO1 and TrxR inhibitor (ZC0101) using the structural combination of 4-phenylimidazole and PL scaffolds. ZC0101 exhibited better dual inhibition against IDO1 and TrxR in vitro and in cell enzyme assays than the uncombined forms of 4-phenylimidazole and PL. It also showed antiproliferative activity in various cancer cell lines, and a selective killing effect between normal and cancer cells. Furthermore, ZC0101 effectively induced apoptosis and ROS accumulation in cancer cells. Knockdown of TrxR1 and IDO1 expression induced cellular enzyme inhibition and ROS accumulation effects during ZC0101 treatment, but only reduced TrxR1 expression was able to improve ZC0101′s antiproliferation effect. This proof-of-concept study provides a novel strategy for cancer treatment. ZC0101 represents a promising lead compound for the development of novel antitumor agents that can also be used as a valuable probe to clarify the relationships and mechanisms of cancer immunotherapy and ROS modulators.
Activity-based protein profiling reveals GSTO1 as the covalent target of piperlongumine and a promising target for combination therapy for cancer
Li, Li,Zhao, Yue,Cao, Ran,Li, Lin,Cai, Gaihong,Li, Jiaojiao,Qi, Xiangbing,Chen, She,Zhang, Zhiyuan
, p. 4407 - 4410 (2019/04/26)
Through systematic target identification for piperlongumine, a cancer-selective killing molecule, we identified GSTO1 as its major covalent target for cancer cell death induction. We also reveal that GSTO1 inhibition is a promising combination strategy with other anti-cancer agents by drug combination screening in which piperlongumine exhibits broad-spectrum synergistic effects with a large proportion of the tested anti-cancer agents, especially with PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway inhibitors.