A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency

Abstract Genotoxic drugs constitute a major treatment modality for human cancers; however, cancer cells' intrinsic DNA repair capability often increases the threshold of lethality and renders these drugs ineffective. The emerging roles of HDACs in DNA repair provide new opportunities for improv...

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Main Authors: Chuan Liu, Hongyu Ding, Xiaoxi Li, Christian P Pallasch, Liya Hong, Dianwu Guo, Yi Chen, Difei Wang, Wei Wang, Yajie Wang, Michael T Hemann, Hai Jiang
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Published: Springer Nature 2015-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404580
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author Chuan Liu
Hongyu Ding
Xiaoxi Li
Christian P Pallasch
Liya Hong
Dianwu Guo
Yi Chen
Difei Wang
Wei Wang
Yajie Wang
Michael T Hemann
Hai Jiang
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Hongyu Ding
Xiaoxi Li
Christian P Pallasch
Liya Hong
Dianwu Guo
Yi Chen
Difei Wang
Wei Wang
Yajie Wang
Michael T Hemann
Hai Jiang
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description Abstract Genotoxic drugs constitute a major treatment modality for human cancers; however, cancer cells' intrinsic DNA repair capability often increases the threshold of lethality and renders these drugs ineffective. The emerging roles of HDACs in DNA repair provide new opportunities for improving traditional genotoxic drugs. Here, we report the development and characterization of CY190602, a novel bendamustine‐derived drug with significantly enhanced anticancer potency. We show that CY190602's enhanced potency can be attributed to its newly gained ability to inhibit HDACs. Using this novel DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug as a tool, we further explored HDAC's role in DNA repair. We found that HDAC activities are essential for the expression of several genes involved in DNA synthesis and repair, including TYMS, Tip60, CBP, EP300, and MSL1. Importantly, CY190602, the first‐in‐class example of such DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drugs, exhibited significantly enhanced anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo. These findings provide rationales for incorporating HDAC inhibitory moieties into genotoxic drugs, so as to overcome the repair capacity of cancer cells. Systematic development of similar DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drugs may represent a novel opportunity for improving cancer therapy.
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spelling doaj-art-30e76dfa059a43f6964843534d03e6e72025-08-24T11:44:26ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842015-03-017443844910.15252/emmm.201404580A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potencyChuan Liu0Hongyu Ding1Xiaoxi Li2Christian P Pallasch3Liya Hong4Dianwu Guo5Yi Chen6Difei Wang7Wei Wang8Yajie Wang9Michael T Hemann10Hai Jiang11Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesKey Laboratory of Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesKey Laboratory of Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesClinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of CologneHangzhou Minsheng Pharma Research Institute LtdHangzhou Minsheng Pharma Research Institute LtdCrystal Biopharmaceutical LLCDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical CenterDepartment of Chemistry, University of New MexicoDepartment of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical UniversityThe Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKey Laboratory of Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesAbstract Genotoxic drugs constitute a major treatment modality for human cancers; however, cancer cells' intrinsic DNA repair capability often increases the threshold of lethality and renders these drugs ineffective. The emerging roles of HDACs in DNA repair provide new opportunities for improving traditional genotoxic drugs. Here, we report the development and characterization of CY190602, a novel bendamustine‐derived drug with significantly enhanced anticancer potency. We show that CY190602's enhanced potency can be attributed to its newly gained ability to inhibit HDACs. Using this novel DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug as a tool, we further explored HDAC's role in DNA repair. We found that HDAC activities are essential for the expression of several genes involved in DNA synthesis and repair, including TYMS, Tip60, CBP, EP300, and MSL1. Importantly, CY190602, the first‐in‐class example of such DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drugs, exhibited significantly enhanced anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo. These findings provide rationales for incorporating HDAC inhibitory moieties into genotoxic drugs, so as to overcome the repair capacity of cancer cells. Systematic development of similar DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drugs may represent a novel opportunity for improving cancer therapy.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404580DNA repairdual‐targeting anticancer drugHDACnitrogen mustard
spellingShingle Chuan Liu
Hongyu Ding
Xiaoxi Li
Christian P Pallasch
Liya Hong
Dianwu Guo
Yi Chen
Difei Wang
Wei Wang
Yajie Wang
Michael T Hemann
Hai Jiang
A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
EMBO Molecular Medicine
DNA repair
dual‐targeting anticancer drug
HDAC
nitrogen mustard
title A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
title_full A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
title_fullStr A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
title_full_unstemmed A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
title_short A DNA/HDAC dual‐targeting drug CY190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
title_sort dna hdac dual targeting drug cy190602 with significantly enhanced anticancer potency
topic DNA repair
dual‐targeting anticancer drug
HDAC
nitrogen mustard
url https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404580
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