Transcription profiling of human cell cancer line treated with bortezomib or Eeyarestatin I (EerI) reveals ERAD inhibitors integrate ER stress with an epigenetic mechanism to activate BH3 only protein NOXA in cancer cells

ABSTRACT: The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) has recently emerged as a major target for drug development in cancer therapy. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib has clinical activity in multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. Here we report that Eeyarestatin I (EerI), a chemical inhibitor that blocks ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD), has anti-tumor and biologic activities similar to bortezomib, and can synergize with bortezomib. Like bortezomib, EerI-induced cytotoxicity requires the upregulation of the BH3 only pro-apoptotic protein NOXA. We further demonstrate that both EerI and bortezomib activate NOXA via an unanticipated mechanism that requires cooperation between two processes: First, these agents elicit an integrated stress response program at the ER to activate the CREB/ATF tra

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: WeiPing Chen 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14003 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress