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Pantoprazole an FDAapproved protonpump inhibitor suppresses colorectal cancer growth by targeting Tcelloriginated protein kinase
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Xiaoyu Zeng1,*, Lin Liu1,*, Mengzhu Zheng2,*, Huimin Sun3, Juanjuan Xiao1, Tao Lu1, Guangqian Huang1, Pianpian Chen4, Jianmin Zhang1, Feng Zhu1, Hua Li2,5, Qiuhong Duan1
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, PR China
2School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, PR China
3Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710032, PR China
4Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, PR China
5School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, PR China
*These authors have contributed equally to this work
Correspondence to:
Feng Zhu, e-mail: [email protected]
Hua Li, e-mail: [email protected]
Qiuhong Duan, e-mail: [email protected]
Keywords: pantoprazole, PPI, TOPK, cell transformation, colon carcinoma
Received: November 11, 2015 Accepted: February 25, 2016 Published: March 8, 2016
ABSTRACT
T-cell-originated protein kinase (TOPK) is highly expressed in several cancer cells and promotes tumorigenesis and progression, and therefore, it is an important target for drug treatment of tumor. Pantoprazole (PPZ) was identified to be a TOPK inhibitor from FDA-approved drug database by structure based virtual ligand screening. Herein, the data indicated that pantoprazole inhibited TOPK activities by directly binding with TOPK in vitro and in vivo. Ex vivo studies showed that pantoprazole inhibited TOPK activities in JB6 Cl41 cells and HCT 116 colorectal cancer cells. Moreover, knockdown of TOPK in HCT 116 cells decreased their sensitivities to pantoprazole. Results of an in vivo study demonstrated that i.p. injection of pantoprazole in HCT 116 colon tumor-bearing mice effectively suppressed cancer growth. The TOPK downstream signaling molecule phospho-histone H3 in tumor tissues was also decreased after pantoprazole treatment. In short, pantoprazole can suppress growth of colorectal cancer cells as a TOPK inhibitor both in vitro and in vivo.