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Target Misfolded Protein Clearance Pathway for Cancer Therapy
- Source :
- Proceedings, Vol 40, Iss 1, p 45 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2020.
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Abstract
- The role of RNA-dependent protein kinase R (PKR) and its association with misfolded protein expression in cancer cells are unclear. Herein we report that PKR regulates misfolded protein clearance by preventing it release through exosomes and promoting lysosomal degradation of misfolded prion proteins in cancer cells. We demonstrated that PKR contributes to the lysosome function and regulates misfolded prion protein clearance. We hypothesized that PKR-associated lysosome function is critical for cancer but not normal cell survival, representing an effective approach for highly targeted cancer therapy. In screening a compound library, we identified two PKR-associated compound 1 did not affect normal cells but selectively induced cell death in cancer cells depending on their PKR expression status. Pac 1 significantly inhibited the growth of human lung and breast xenograft tumors in mice with no toxicity. Pac 1 binds to PI4K2A and disrupts the PKR/PI4K2A associated lysosome complex, contributing to destabilization of cancer cell lysosomes and triggering cell death. We observed that PKR and PI4K2A play significant prognostic roles in breast cancer patients. These results demonstrate that targeting of a PI4K2A/PKR lysosome complex may be an effective approach for cancer therapy.
- Subjects :
- Programmed cell death
Chemistry
viruses
virus diseases
Cancer
lcsh:A
pkr
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
medicine.disease
environment and public health
Protein kinase R
Microvesicles
PI4K2A
enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates)
medicine.anatomical_structure
Breast cancer
Lysosome
Cancer cell
lysosome
medicine
Cancer research
lcsh:General Works
pac 1
pi4k2a
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The 3rd International conference on Natural Products for Cancer Prevention and Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....331a9a61102ed5f8d053564248181c16