Chaetospirolactone reverses the apoptotic resistance towards TRAIL in pancreatic cancer
- Department of Oncology, Jining NO.1 People's Hospital, Jining, 272011, Shandong (China)
- Department of Medical Oncology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, 261041, Shandong (China)
Highlights: • CSL reverses TRAIL-mediated apoptotic resistance. • DR4 is induced by CSL. • H3 lysine 27 trimethylation by EZH2 is inhibited by CSL. The pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive tumors. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) can trigger apoptosis by interaction with death receptors. However, in TRAIL-resistant pancreatic cancer, responsiveness to TRAIL treatment is terribly poor. In current work, we have demonstrated that a natural product chaetospirolactone (CSL) isolated from an endophytic fungus Chaetomium sp. NF00754 can enhance the susceptibility of TRAIL-resistant pancreatic cancer cells to apoptosis. CSL can induce apoptosis in TRAIL-treated pancreatic cancer cells. Furthermore, combined CSL and TRAIL treatment significantly inhibits viability and migration of pancreatic cancer cells. Combinatorial TRAIL and CSL treatment repressed xenograft tumor growth without substantially toxic side effects. CSL can specifically upregulate expression of death receptor 4 (DR4). Further study revealed that CSL represses the activities of an epigenetic regulator enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and consistently reduces histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) to allow DR4 transcription. Taken together, CSL treatment may reverse TRAIL resistance in pancreatic cancer cells via epigenetic regulation of DR4 implying that administration of CSL might represent a putative strategy for pancreatic cancer therapy.
- OSTI ID:
- 23134452
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 495, Issue 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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