Augmentation of Anticancer Drug Efficacy in Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by a Peripherally Acting Competitive N-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) Receptor Antagonist

Autor: Seppo Auriola, Kasper B. Hansen, Mikko Gynther, Yevheniia Ishchenko, Darryl S. Pickering, Birgitte Nielsen, Aleksanteri Petsalo, Younes Larsen, Liwei Han, Jacob C. Hansen, Silke Kayser, Ilaria Proietti Silvestri, Tarja Malm, Lennart Bunch
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60:9885-9904
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01624
Popis: The most common solid tumors show intrinsic multidrug resistance (MDR) or inevitably acquire suchwhen treated with anticancer drugs. In this work, we describe the discovery of a peripherally restricted, potent, competitive NMDA receptor antagonist 1l by a structure-activity-study of the broad-acting ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist 1a. Subsequently, we demonstrate that 1l augments the cytotoxic action of sorafenib in murine hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. The underlying biological mechanism was shown to be interference with the lipid signaling pathway, leading to reduced expression of MDR transporters and therebyan increased accumulation of sorafenib in the cancer cells. Interference with lipid signaling pathwaysby NMDA receptor inhibition is a novel and promising strategy for reversing transporter-mediated chemoresistance in cancer cells.
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