Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic

The prognosis for patients with metastatic melanoma remains very poor. Constitutive signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation has been correlated to metastasis, poor patient survival, larger tumor size, and acquired resistance against vemurafenib (PLX-4032), suggesting it...

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Autores: Alcolea-Devesa, V. (Verónica)|||/items/cab0ef13-974a-41de-a2ef-387ee6a66179, Karelia, D.N. (Deepkamal N.)|||/items/edf869ed-3e2f-4d4d-9c8e-25148aec02f6, Pandey, M.K. (Manoj K.)|||/items/eb505420-f8a5-406f-9985-7e86ab23e7b1, Plano-Amatriain, D. (Daniel)|||/items/238881e4-7d5e-4598-924d-4392e3b7e02e, Singh, P. (Parvesh)|||/items/19da0f56-a508-4cb8-9818-194759fd680d, Palop-Cubillo, J.A. (Juan Antonio)|||/items/bfa23090-c589-4aeb-89e5-bbe9aa243a90, Amin, S. (Shantu)|||/items/b86c35fa-3721-497b-aefb-61241e844eb1, Sanmartin-Grijalba, C. (Carmen)|||/items/d36bd105-ab64-427d-9745-5812cf5e7af7, Sharma, A.K. (Arun K.)|||/items/60dd0409-6d27-487a-9afe-ef5167a4f185
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/62969
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/62969
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Selenium
Isoselenourea
Melanoma
STAT3
Apoptosis
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spelling Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeuticAlcolea-Devesa, V. (Verónica)|||/items/cab0ef13-974a-41de-a2ef-387ee6a66179Karelia, D.N. (Deepkamal N.)|||/items/edf869ed-3e2f-4d4d-9c8e-25148aec02f6Pandey, M.K. (Manoj K.)|||/items/eb505420-f8a5-406f-9985-7e86ab23e7b1Plano-Amatriain, D. (Daniel)|||/items/238881e4-7d5e-4598-924d-4392e3b7e02eSingh, P. (Parvesh)|||/items/19da0f56-a508-4cb8-9818-194759fd680dPalop-Cubillo, J.A. (Juan Antonio)|||/items/bfa23090-c589-4aeb-89e5-bbe9aa243a90Amin, S. (Shantu)|||/items/b86c35fa-3721-497b-aefb-61241e844eb1Sanmartin-Grijalba, C. (Carmen)|||/items/d36bd105-ab64-427d-9745-5812cf5e7af7Sharma, A.K. (Arun K.)|||/items/60dd0409-6d27-487a-9afe-ef5167a4f185SeleniumIsoselenoureaMelanomaSTAT3ApoptosisThe prognosis for patients with metastatic melanoma remains very poor. Constitutive signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation has been correlated to metastasis, poor patient survival, larger tumor size, and acquired resistance against vemurafenib (PLX-4032), suggesting its potential as a molecular target. We recently designed a series of isoseleno- and isothio-urea derivatives of several biologically active heterocyclic scaffolds. The cytotoxic effects of lead isoseleno- and isothio-urea derivatives (compounds 1 and 3) were studied in a panel of five melanoma cell lines, including B-RAFV600E-mutant and wild-type (WT) cells. Compound 1 (IC50 range 0.8–3.8 µM) showed lower IC50 values than compound 3 (IC50 range 8.1–38.7 µM) and the mutant B-RAF specific inhibitor PLX-4032 (IC50 ranging from 0.4 to >50 µM), especially at a short treatment time (24 h). These effects were long-lasting, since melanoma cells did not recover their proliferative potential after 14 days of treatment. In addition, we confirmed that compound 1 induced cell death by apoptosis using Live-and-Dead, Annexin V, and Caspase3/7 apoptosis assays. Furthermore, compound 1 reduced the protein levels of STAT3 and its phosphorylation, as well as decreased the expression of STAT3-regulated genes involved in metastasis and survival, such as survivin and c-myc. Compound 1 also upregulated the cell cycle inhibitor p21. Docking studies further revealed the favorable binding of compound 1 with the SH2 domain of STAT3, suggesting it acts through STAT3 inhibition. Taken together, our results suggest that compound 1 induces apoptosis by means of the inhibition of the STAT3 pathway, non-specifically targeting both B-RAF-mutant and WT melanoma cells, with much higher cytotoxicity than the current therapeutic drug PLX-4032.MDPI AGDadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra20222022-03-0220192019-01-0120192019-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10171/62969reponame:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarrainstname:Universidad de NavarraInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/629692026-06-21T12:47:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
title Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
spellingShingle Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
Alcolea-Devesa, V. (Verónica)|||/items/cab0ef13-974a-41de-a2ef-387ee6a66179
Selenium
Isoselenourea
Melanoma
STAT3
Apoptosis
title_short Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
title_full Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
title_fullStr Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
title_full_unstemmed Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
title_sort Identification of a novel quinoxaline-isoselenourea targeting the STAT3 pathway as a potential melanoma therapeutic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alcolea-Devesa, V. (Verónica)|||/items/cab0ef13-974a-41de-a2ef-387ee6a66179
Karelia, D.N. (Deepkamal N.)|||/items/edf869ed-3e2f-4d4d-9c8e-25148aec02f6
Pandey, M.K. (Manoj K.)|||/items/eb505420-f8a5-406f-9985-7e86ab23e7b1
Plano-Amatriain, D. (Daniel)|||/items/238881e4-7d5e-4598-924d-4392e3b7e02e
Singh, P. (Parvesh)|||/items/19da0f56-a508-4cb8-9818-194759fd680d
Palop-Cubillo, J.A. (Juan Antonio)|||/items/bfa23090-c589-4aeb-89e5-bbe9aa243a90
Amin, S. (Shantu)|||/items/b86c35fa-3721-497b-aefb-61241e844eb1
Sanmartin-Grijalba, C. (Carmen)|||/items/d36bd105-ab64-427d-9745-5812cf5e7af7
Sharma, A.K. (Arun K.)|||/items/60dd0409-6d27-487a-9afe-ef5167a4f185
author Alcolea-Devesa, V. (Verónica)|||/items/cab0ef13-974a-41de-a2ef-387ee6a66179
author_facet Alcolea-Devesa, V. (Verónica)|||/items/cab0ef13-974a-41de-a2ef-387ee6a66179
Karelia, D.N. (Deepkamal N.)|||/items/edf869ed-3e2f-4d4d-9c8e-25148aec02f6
Pandey, M.K. (Manoj K.)|||/items/eb505420-f8a5-406f-9985-7e86ab23e7b1
Plano-Amatriain, D. (Daniel)|||/items/238881e4-7d5e-4598-924d-4392e3b7e02e
Singh, P. (Parvesh)|||/items/19da0f56-a508-4cb8-9818-194759fd680d
Palop-Cubillo, J.A. (Juan Antonio)|||/items/bfa23090-c589-4aeb-89e5-bbe9aa243a90
Amin, S. (Shantu)|||/items/b86c35fa-3721-497b-aefb-61241e844eb1
Sanmartin-Grijalba, C. (Carmen)|||/items/d36bd105-ab64-427d-9745-5812cf5e7af7
Sharma, A.K. (Arun K.)|||/items/60dd0409-6d27-487a-9afe-ef5167a4f185
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author2 Karelia, D.N. (Deepkamal N.)|||/items/edf869ed-3e2f-4d4d-9c8e-25148aec02f6
Pandey, M.K. (Manoj K.)|||/items/eb505420-f8a5-406f-9985-7e86ab23e7b1
Plano-Amatriain, D. (Daniel)|||/items/238881e4-7d5e-4598-924d-4392e3b7e02e
Singh, P. (Parvesh)|||/items/19da0f56-a508-4cb8-9818-194759fd680d
Palop-Cubillo, J.A. (Juan Antonio)|||/items/bfa23090-c589-4aeb-89e5-bbe9aa243a90
Amin, S. (Shantu)|||/items/b86c35fa-3721-497b-aefb-61241e844eb1
Sanmartin-Grijalba, C. (Carmen)|||/items/d36bd105-ab64-427d-9745-5812cf5e7af7
Sharma, A.K. (Arun K.)|||/items/60dd0409-6d27-487a-9afe-ef5167a4f185
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital Universidad de Navarra
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Selenium
Isoselenourea
Melanoma
STAT3
Apoptosis
topic Selenium
Isoselenourea
Melanoma
STAT3
Apoptosis
description The prognosis for patients with metastatic melanoma remains very poor. Constitutive signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation has been correlated to metastasis, poor patient survival, larger tumor size, and acquired resistance against vemurafenib (PLX-4032), suggesting its potential as a molecular target. We recently designed a series of isoseleno- and isothio-urea derivatives of several biologically active heterocyclic scaffolds. The cytotoxic effects of lead isoseleno- and isothio-urea derivatives (compounds 1 and 3) were studied in a panel of five melanoma cell lines, including B-RAFV600E-mutant and wild-type (WT) cells. Compound 1 (IC50 range 0.8–3.8 µM) showed lower IC50 values than compound 3 (IC50 range 8.1–38.7 µM) and the mutant B-RAF specific inhibitor PLX-4032 (IC50 ranging from 0.4 to >50 µM), especially at a short treatment time (24 h). These effects were long-lasting, since melanoma cells did not recover their proliferative potential after 14 days of treatment. In addition, we confirmed that compound 1 induced cell death by apoptosis using Live-and-Dead, Annexin V, and Caspase3/7 apoptosis assays. Furthermore, compound 1 reduced the protein levels of STAT3 and its phosphorylation, as well as decreased the expression of STAT3-regulated genes involved in metastasis and survival, such as survivin and c-myc. Compound 1 also upregulated the cell cycle inhibitor p21. Docking studies further revealed the favorable binding of compound 1 with the SH2 domain of STAT3, suggesting it acts through STAT3 inhibition. Taken together, our results suggest that compound 1 induces apoptosis by means of the inhibition of the STAT3 pathway, non-specifically targeting both B-RAF-mutant and WT melanoma cells, with much higher cytotoxicity than the current therapeutic drug PLX-4032.
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