Discovery of a chemical compound that suppresses expression of BEX2, a dormant cancer stem cell-related protein.
BEX2
Cholangiocarcinoma
Dormant cancer stem cell
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal
Biochemical and biophysical research communications
ISSN: 1090-2104
Titre abrégé: Biochem Biophys Res Commun
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0372516
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 01 2021
22 01 2021
Historique:
received:
06
11
2020
accepted:
06
11
2020
pubmed:
8
1
2021
medline:
23
4
2021
entrez:
7
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are believed to cause cancer metastasis and recurrence. BEX2 (brain expressed X-linked gene 2) is a CSC-related gene that is expressed in dormant CSCs in cholangiocarcinoma and induces resistance against chemotherapy. The aim of the present study was to identify small compounds that have activity to inhibit BEX2 expression and result in the attenuation of CSC-related phenotypes. We screened 9600 small chemical compounds in high-throughput screening using cholangiocarcinoma cell line HuCCT1 expressing BEX2 protein fused with NanoLuc, and identified a compound, BMPP (1, 3-Benzenediol, [4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]). BMPP was found to exert decreasing effects on BEX2 protein expression and G
Identifiants
pubmed: 33412384
pii: S0006-291X(20)32071-4
doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.022
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antineoplastic Agents
0
BEX2 protein, human
0
Nerve Tissue Proteins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
132-139Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.