J 2022

Thiosemicarbazones and selected tyrosine kinase inhibitors synergize in pediatric solid tumors: NDRG1 upregulation and impaired prosurvival signaling in neuroblastoma cells

KRCHNIAKOVÁ, Mária; Silvia PAUKOVČEKOVÁ; Petr CHLAPEK; Jakub NERADIL; Jan ŠKODA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Thiosemicarbazones and selected tyrosine kinase inhibitors synergize in pediatric solid tumors: NDRG1 upregulation and impaired prosurvival signaling in neuroblastoma cells

Authors

KRCHNIAKOVÁ, Mária; Silvia PAUKOVČEKOVÁ; Petr CHLAPEK; Jakub NERADIL; Jan ŠKODA and Renata VESELSKÁ

Edition

Frontiers in Pharmacology, Lausanne, Frontiers Media SA, 2022, 1663-9812

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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URL

Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.976955

UT WoS

000858525100001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85138384228

Keywords in English

pediatric solid tumors; neuroblastoma; tyrosine kinase inhibitors; thiosemicarbazones; receptor tyrosine kinases; NDRG1

Links

LX22NPO5102, research and development project. MUNI/A/1325/2021, interní kód Repo. MUNI/A/1522/2020, interní kód Repo. NV17-33104A, research and development project.
Changed: 17/12/2022 04:24, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

V originále

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are frequently used in combined therapy to enhance treatment efficacy and overcome drug resistance. The present study analyzed the effects of three inhibitors, sunitinib, gefitinib, and lapatinib, combined with iron-chelating agents, di-2-pyridylketone-4,4-dimethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (Dp44mT) or di-2-pyridylketone-4-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (DpC). Simultaneous administration of the drugs consistently resulted in synergistic and/or additive activities against the cell lines derived from the most frequent types of pediatric solid tumors. The results of a detailed analysis of cell signaling in the neuroblastoma cell lines revealed that TKIs inhibited the phosphorylation of the corresponding receptor tyrosine kinases, and thiosemicarbazones downregulated the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor, leading to a strong induction of apoptosis. Marked upregulation of the metastasis suppressor N-myc downstream regulated gene-1 (NDRG1), which is known to be activated and upregulated by thiosemicarbazones in adult cancers, was also detected in thiosemicarbazone-treated neuroblastoma cells. Importantly, these effects were more pronounced in the cells treated with drug combinations, especially with the combinations of lapatinib with thiosemicarbazones. Therefore, these results provide a rationale for novel strategies combining iron-chelating agents with TKIs in therapy of pediatric solid tumors.
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