Project description:Purpose: 5-FU resistance is considered to be a possible reason for the failure of conventional drug treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). Recently, salinomycin (SAL), as a selective inhibitor of cancer stem cells (CSCs), has been used to sensitize and attenuate a variety of solid tumor chemotherapy drugs. In our study, our goal was to combine SAL with 5-FU to explore whether increase the sensitivity of CRC to 5-FU and the molecular mechanism that involved in enhancing 5-FU sensitivity and promoting tumor cell chemotherapeutic death. Methods: ComboSyn software was used to study whether dual drug combinations synergistically promote each other and their dosage. CCK8, EdU and Annexin V/PI assays were used to study the cell proliferation and apoptosis of SW480 and HCT116 cells in response to SAL single-drug and dual-drug co-treatment. Cell cycle staining was used to assess cycle arrest. Wound healing and migration and invasion experiments were used to identify changes in migration and invasion capabilities under the influence of different drugs. Transcriptome sequencing is used to explore the molecular mechanisms of drugs. ROS fluorescence staining and MDA level measurement were used to confirm the changes in ferroptosis levels of SW480 and HCT116 cells after drug treatment. Nude xenograft mice were used to detect antitumor in vivo. Changes in the protein level expression of ferroptosis GPX4 and SLC7A11 were also determined in the treated cells.Results: SAL alone and combination of 5-FU were found to significantly increase cell mortality and apoptosis. At the same time, our results show that the blending of SAL and 5-FU not only inhibits the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CRC colorectal cancer cell lines in vivo and in vitro, but also promotes ferroptosis of CRC cell lines by downregulating the expression of GPX4 and SLC7A11. It may provide more and novel solutions and treatment perspectives for 5-FU or other drug-resistant chemotherapy strategies for CRC patients.Conclusions: SAL inhibiting colorectal cancer whose effect is achieved by reducing GPX4 and SLC7A11 protein levels to mediate ferroptosis activation in collaboration with 5-fluorouracil.

Project description:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most intractable malignancies and systematic chemotherapies are the most commonly-used standard treatment for PDAC patients diagonosed at advanced stages. However, drug resistance may arise as early as several weeks after chemotherapy initiation, thus limiting the therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy reagents. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that acquired tolerance to apoptotic cell death induced by cytotoxic drugs is one of the critical reasons for the failure of chemotherapy. Ferroptosis was originally identified as a unique form of programmed cell death, which is characterized by shrunk mitochondria accompanied with condensed membranes and decreased crista, in drug screens searching for small molecules that can selectively kill RAS-expressing cancer cells. Unlike apoptosis, ferroptosis is driven by iron-catalyzed excessive lipid peroxidation, ultimately leading to the rupture of plasma membrane and cell death. Recent studies indicated that ferroptosis induction can be a promising therapeutic strategy in cancer treatment since it not only can kill tumor cells directly but also can synergize with chemotherapy ,radiotherapy,targeted therapy and immunotherapy. However, transformed malignant cells can acquired resistance to ferroptosis through adaptative changes in their epigenome, genome, transcriptome, translatome or proteome. Multiple mechanisms, such as decreased coenzyme Q10 production mediated by the upregulation of apoptosis-inducing factor mitochondria-associated 2 (AIFM2/FSP1) and elevated expression of cytoprotective genes as a result of the activation of antioxidant transcription factor NFE2L2/NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 2), have been demonstrated to confer ferroptosis resistance. However, transformed malignant cells can acquired resistance to ferroptosis through adaptative changes in their epigenome, genome, transcriptome, translatome or proteome. Multiple mechanisms, such as decreased coenzyme Q10 production mediated by the upregulation of apoptosis-inducing factor mitochondria-associated 2 (AIFM2/FSP1) and elevated expression of cytoprotective genes as a result of the activation of antioxidant transcription factor NFE2L2/NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 2), have been demonstrated to confer ferroptosis resistance. Therefore, unravelling the underlying mechanisms responsible for reduced sensitivity to ferroptosis inducers, such as erastin or RSL3, may pave the way for designing effective therapeutic regimens for PDAC patients.

Project description:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most intractable malignancies and systematic chemotherapies are the most commonly-used standard treatment for PDAC patients diagonosed at advanced stages. However, drug resistance may arise as early as several weeks after chemotherapy initiation, thus limiting the therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy reagents. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that acquired tolerance to apoptotic cell death induced by cytotoxic drugs is one of the critical reasons for the failure of chemotherapy. Ferroptosis was originally identified as a unique form of programmed cell death, which is characterized by shrunk mitochondria accompanied with condensed membranes and decreased crista, in drug screens searching for small molecules that can selectively kill RAS-expressing cancer cells. Unlike apoptosis, ferroptosis is driven by iron-catalyzed excessive lipid peroxidation, ultimately leading to the rupture of plasma membrane and cell death. Recent studies indicated that ferroptosis induction can be a promising therapeutic strategy in cancer treatment since it not only can kill tumor cells directly but also can synergize with chemotherapy ,radiotherapy,targeted therapy and immunotherapy. However, transformed malignant cells can acquired resistance to ferroptosis through adaptative changes in their epigenome, genome, transcriptome, translatome or proteome. Multiple mechanisms, such as decreased coenzyme Q10 production mediated by the upregulation of apoptosis-inducing factor mitochondria-associated 2 (AIFM2/FSP1) and elevated expression of cytoprotective genes as a result of the activation of antioxidant transcription factor NFE2L2/NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 2), have been demonstrated to confer ferroptosis resistance. However, transformed malignant cells can acquired resistance to ferroptosis through adaptative changes in their epigenome, genome, transcriptome, translatome or proteome. Multiple mechanisms, such as decreased coenzyme Q10 production mediated by the upregulation of apoptosis-inducing factor mitochondria-associated 2 (AIFM2/FSP1) and elevated expression of cytoprotective genes as a result of the activation of antioxidant transcription factor NFE2L2/NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 2), have been demonstrated to confer ferroptosis resistance.

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Glutathione S-transferase Theta 2 causes drug resistance by inhibiting arsenic trioxide-induced ferroptosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

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