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Mebendazole Impedes the Proliferation and Migration of Pancreatic Cancer Cells through SK1 Inhibition Dependent Pathway

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Limbu, Khem Raj, Chhetri, Rashmi Bhandari, Oh, Yoon Sin, Baek, Dong Jae, Park, Eun-Young·2022·Molecules

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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the highest mortality rates and requires the development of highly efficacious medications that can improve the efficiency of existing treatment methods. In particular, in PDAC, resistance to conventional chemotherapy reduces the effectiveness of anticancer drugs, decreasing the therapeutic efficiency. Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), produced by sphingosine kinase (SK), plays a vital role in cancer growth, metastasis, chemotherapy, and drug resistance. Focusing on the structural characteristics of mebendazole (MBZ), we studied whether MBZ would affect metastasis, invasion, and drug resistance in cancer by lowering S1P production through inhibition of SK activity. MBZ selectively inhibited SK1 more than SK2 and regulated the levels of sphingolipids. MBZ inhibited the proliferation and migration of cancer cells in other PDAC cell lines. To determine whether the effect of MBZ on cancer cell growth and migration is S1P-mediated, S1P was treated, and the growth and migration of cancer cells were observed. It was found that MBZ inhibited S1P-induced cancer cell growth, and MBZ showed a growth inhibitory effect by regulating the JAK2/STAT3/Bcl-2 pathway. The phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a transcription factor that regulates migration, was inhibited by MBZ, so it was found that the effect of MBZ regulates the migration of cancer cells through the S1P/FAK/vimentin pathway. In conclusion, our study suggests that the anthelmintic MBZ can be used as a potential therapeutic agent for treating PDAC and for structural synthesis studies of its analogs.

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  • Mebendazole might modulate cancer cell migration through the S1P/FAK/vimentin pathway.

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Authors
Limbu, K. R., Chhetri, R. B., Oh, Y. S., Baek, D. J., & Park, E.-Y.
Affiliations
  • Mokpo National University (KR)
  • Eulji University (KR)
Corresponding author
  • Baek, Dong Jae
  • Park, Eun-Young
Venue
Molecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-11-22
Volume
27
Issue
23
Pages
8127
ISSN
1420-3049 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4310038672
Cited by
12
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2
FWCI
0.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Molecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (2020R1A2C1012156 and 2020R1F1A1068316) ((2020R1A2C1012156 and 2020R1F1A1068316))
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Keywords
mebendazole, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, sphingosine-1-phosphate, sphingosine kinase 1, SK2, tumor cell proliferation, cell migration, chemoresistance, focal adhesion kinase, vimentin, sphingolipids
MeSH terms
Humans, Lysophospholipids, Mebendazole, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Sphingosine, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), Cell Proliferation

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