Design, synthesis, and bioactivity evaluation of novel Bcl-2/HDAC dual-target inhibitors for the treatment of multiple myeloma
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Authors: Zhou, Ruolan; Fan, Shaoyu; Zhang, Minmin; Zhang, Qingsen; Hu, Jian; Wang, Mingping; Wang, Chongqing; Zhu, Ju; Shen, Aijun; Chen, Xin; Zheng, Canhui
Abstract
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common haematological malignancy. Almost all patients with MM eventually relapse, and most recommended treatment protocols for the patients with relapsed refractory MM comprise a combination of drugs with different mechanisms of action. Therefore novel drugs are in urgent need in clinic. Bcl-2 inhibitors and HDAC inhibitors were proved their anti-MM effect in clinic or under clinical trials, and they were further discovered to have synergistic interactions. In this study, a series of Bcl-2/HDAC dual-target inhibitors were designed and synthesized. Among them, compounds 7e-7g showed good inhibitory activities against HDAC6 and high binding affinities to Bcl-2 protein simultaneously. They also displayed good growth inhibitory activities against human MM cell line RPMI-8226, which proved their potential value for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
The USP10-HDAC6 axis confers cisplatin resistance in non-small cell lung cancer lacking wild-type p53
CELL DEATH & DISEASE
Authors: Hu, Chen; Zhang, Mu; Moses, Niko; Hu, Cong-li; Polin, Lisa; Chen, Wei; Jang, Hyejeong; Heyza, Joshua; Malysa, Agnes; Caruso, Joseph A.; Xiang, Shengyan; Patrick, Steve; Stemmer, Paul; Lou, Zhenkun; Bai, Wenlong; Wang, Chuangui; Bepler, Gerold; Xiaohong Mary Zhang
Abstract
Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 10 (USP10) stabilizes both tumor suppressors and oncogenes in a context-dependent manner. However, the nature of USP10's role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. By analyzing The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, we have shown that high levels of USP10 are associated with poor overall survival in NSCLC with mutant p53, but not with wild-type p53. Consistently, genetic depletion or pharmacological inhibition of USP10 dramatically reduces the growth of lung cancer xenografts lacking wild-type p53 and sensitizes them to cisplatin. Mechanistically, USP10 interacts with, deubiquitinates, and stabilizes oncogenic protein histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6). Furthermore, reintroducing either USP10 or HDAC6 into a USP10-knockdown NSCLC H1299 cell line with null-p53 renders cisplatin resistance. This result suggests the existence of a "USP10-HDAC6-cisplatin resistance" axis. Clinically, we have found a positive correlation between USP10 and HDAC6 expression in a cohort of NSCLC patient samples. Moreover, we have shown that high levels of USP10 mRNA correlate with poor overall survival in a cohort of advanced NSCLC patients who received platinum-based chemotherapy. Overall, our studies suggest that USP10 could be a potential biomarker for predicting patient response to platinum, and that targeting USP10 could sensitize lung cancer patients lacking wild-type p53 to platinum-based therapy.