Target fishing and mechanistic insights of the natural anticancer drug candidate chlorogenic acid

Autor: Qinghua Wang, Tingting Du, Zhihui Zhang, Qingyang Zhang, Jie Zhang, Wenbin Li, Jian-Dong Jiang, Xiaoguang Chen, Hai-Yu Hu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, Vol 14, Iss 10, Pp 4431-4442 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-3835
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2024.07.005
Popis: Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is a natural product that effectively inhibits tumor growth, demonstrated in many preclinical models, and phase II clinical trials for patients with glioma. However, its direct proteomic targets and anticancer molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Herein, we developed a novel bi-functional photo-affinity probe PAL/CGA and discovered mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1 (ACAT1) was one of the main target proteins of CGA by using affinity-based protein profiling (AfBPP) chemical proteomic approach. We performed in-depth studies on ACAT1/CGA interactions via multiple assays including SPR, ITC, and cryo-EM. Importantly, we demonstrated that CGA impaired cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting the phosphorylation of tetrameric ACAT1 on Y407 residue through a novel mode of action in vitro and in vivo. Our study highlights the use of AfBPP platforms in uncovering unique druggable modalities accessed by natural products. And identifying the molecular target of CGA sheds light on the future clinical application of CGA for cancer therapy.
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