Metformin Induces Resistance of Cancer Cells to the Proteasome Inhibitor Bortezomib

Autor: Camille Schlesser, Thomas Meul, Georgios Stathopoulos, Silke Meiners
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Biomolecules, Vol 12, Iss 6, p 756 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-273X
DOI: 10.3390/biom12060756
Popis: The anti-diabetic drug metformin is currently tested for the treatment of hematological and solid cancers. Proteasome inhibitors, e.g., Bortezomib, are approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma but are also studied for lung cancer therapy. We here analyzed the interaction of the two drugs in two cell lines, namely the mantle cell lymphoma Jeko-1 and the non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) H1299 cells, using proliferation and survival assays, native-gel analysis for proteasome activity and assembly, and expression analysis of proteasome assembly factors. Our results demonstrate that metformin treatment induces resistance of cancer cells to the proteasome inhibitor Bortezomib by impairing the activity and assembly of the 26S proteasome complexes. These effects of metformin on proteasome inhibitor sensitivity in cancer cells are of potential relevance for patients that receive proteasome inhibitor therapy.
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