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Arsenic targets Pin1 and cooperates with retinoic acid to inhibit cancer-driving pathways and tumor-initiating cells

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Kozono, Shingo, Lin, Yu-Min, Seo, Hyuk-Soo, Pinch, Benika, Lian, Xiaolan, Qiu, Chenxi, Herbert, Megan K., Chen, Chun-Hau +9 more·2018·Nature Communications

Abstract

Arsenic trioxide (ATO) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) combination safely cures fatal acute promyelocytic leukemia, but their mechanisms of action and efficacy are not fully understood. ATRA inhibits leukemia, breast, and liver cancer by targeting isomerase Pin1, a master regulator of oncogenic signaling networks. Here we show that ATO targets Pin1 and cooperates with ATRA to exert potent anticancer activity. ATO inhibits and degrades Pin1, and suppresses its oncogenic function by noncovalent binding to Pin1’s active site. ATRA increases cellular ATO uptake through upregulating aquaporin-9. ATO and ATRA, at clinically safe doses, cooperatively ablate Pin1 to block numerous cancer-driving pathways and inhibit the growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells and tumor-initiating cells in cell and animal models including patient-derived orthotopic xenografts, like Pin1 knockout, which is substantiated by comprehensive protein and microRNA analyses. Thus, synergistic targeting of Pin1 by ATO and ATRA offers an attractive approach to combating breast and other cancers.

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Kozono, S., Lin, Y.-M., Seo, H.-S., Pinch, B., Lian, X., Qiu, C., Herbert, M. K., Chen, C.-H., Tan, L., Gao, Z. J., Massefski, W., Doctor, Z. M., Jackson, B. P., Chen, Y., Dhe-Paganon, S., Lu, K. P., & Zhou, X. Z.
Affiliations
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Fujian Medical University (CN)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Dartmouth College (US)
Corresponding author
  • Lu, Kun Ping
  • Zhou, Xiao Zhen
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2018-08-09
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
3069-3069
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2886147882
Cited by
168
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 5
FWCI
6.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01CA167677, R01CA205153)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Keywords
arsenic trioxide, all-trans retinoic acid, Pin1, isomerase, drug synergy, AQP9, triple-negative breast cancer, cancer stem cells, acute promyelocytic leukemia, protein degradation, microRNA, patient-derived xenografts
MeSH terms
NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase, Arsenic Trioxide, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Female, Fibroblasts, Humans, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Neoplasm Transplantation, Neoplasms, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Tretinoin, Signal Transduction, Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Mice, Knockout, Gene Expression Profiling, Proteomics, Cell Proliferation, Mice

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