TPPP3 Associated with Prognosis and Immune Infiltrates in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma
BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Authors: Yang, Zheng; Li, Xiaohong; Li, Jingyu; Su, Qisheng; Qiu, Yuling; Zhang, Zunni; Zhang, Liqian; Mo, Wuning
Abstract
Tubulin polymerization promoting protein family member 3 (TPPP3) is a kind of protein that can mediate the dynamics and stability of microtubules. However, the correlations of TPPP3 between prognosis and immune infiltrates in different tumors are still unclear. The analysis of TPPP3 expression was performed via Oncomine and Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA) website. We also used GEPIA to assess the impact of TPPPT3 on clinical outcomes. The related pathways involved in TPPP3 were analyzed by gene-set enrichment analysis (GSEA), and the correlation between TPPP3 and immune infiltration was studied by Tumor Immune Estimation Resource2.0 (TIMER 2.0). The TPPP3 expression was significantly reduced in head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSC) compared to adjacent tissues. In addition, the low expression of TPPP3 in HNSC was significantly associated with prognosis. The pathways closely related to the low expression of TPPP3 are "Antigen Processing and Presentation," "Primary Immunodeficiency," and so on. The TPPP3 expression was negatively correlated with the level of CD8+ T cell, B cell, and myeloid dendritic cell infiltration in HNSC. The TPPP3 expression is closely related to multiple immunomarkers in CD8+ T cell and Myeloid dendritic cells. These data indicate that TPPP3 is associated with multiple cancers and involves multiple immune-related pathways, and TPPP3 is associated with immune infiltration levels. Besides, the TPPP3 expression may help regulate tumor-associated CD8 + T cells, DC cells in HNSC. We conclude TPPP3 can be considered as a biomarker for predicting head and neck squamous cell carcinoma prognosis and immune infiltration.
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel HDAC inhibitors with improved pharmacokinetic profile in breast cancer
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Authors: Yao, Dahong; Li, Chenyang; Jiang, Jin; Huang, Jian; Wang, Jinhui; He, Zhendan; Zhang, Jin
Abstract
The dysfunction of histone deacetylase (HDACs) is closely related to tumorigenesis and development, which has been emerged as an attractive drug design target for cancer therapy. In the present study, we designed and synthesized a series of novel HDAC inhibitors using a substituted quinazoline as the capping group and attaching 3, 5-dimethylbenyl as a potential metabolic site protector. 23g and 23h were demonstrated potent HDAC inhibitory activities and anti-proliferative effects against MDA-MB-231 cells. In addition, 23g and 23h both could significantly increase the acetylation level of intracellular proteins, especially in alpha-Tubulin and HSP90. 23g and 23h displayed a slight different anti-tumor mechanism, 23g mainly induced apoptosis while 23h induced obviously ER-Stress. Furthermore, 23g and 23h both induced autophagy and migration inhibition. In pharmacokinetics assay, 23g showed a significant improvement of pharmacokinetic profile for oral administration. Additionally, 23g presented more potent anti-proliferation and anti-migration activity than SAHA in zebrafish MDA-MB-231 cell line-derived xenograft model. Together, these results demonstrate that 23g is a novel oral HDAC inhibitor with a potential capacity of treating breast cancer. (C) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.