Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitors Enhance Microtubule-Stabilizing and Microtubule-Destabilizing Drugs in Taxane-Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells.

ABSTRACT: Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in men in the United States. Taxane chemotherapy is a staple therapy for men with metastatic prostate cancer, yet the median survival is less than 2 years in this setting. New strategies are needed to overcome taxane resistance to improve patient survival. Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is overexpressed in many types of cancer, and several inhibitors have been designed in the past 30 years. Previously, we showed that the FASN inhibitor orlistat was able to synergize with taxanes in two established taxane-resistant (TxR) cell lines. In the current study, we investigated five FASN inhibitors-cerulenin, orlistat, triclosan, thiophenopyrimidine fasnall, and pyrazole derivative TVB-3166 for their potential to synergize with docetaxe

SUBMITTER: Souchek JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714433 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature