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Published OnlineFirst September 17, 2019; DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0387 MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS | SMALL MOLECULE THERAPEUTICS A Novel Salicylanilide Derivative Induces Autophagy Cell Death in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer via ER Stress-Activated PERK Signaling Pathway Chia-Ling Hsieh1,2, Hsu-Shan Huang3, Kuan-Chou Chen4,5,6, Teigi Saka4, Chih-Ying Chiang1, Leland W.K. Chung7, and Shian-Ying Sung1,2,8,9 ABSTRACT ◥ Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is cur- CRPC cells, and it was associated with the suppressed AKT/ rently incurable. Cancer growth and progression is intimately mTOR signaling pathways, a major negative regulator of autop- affected by its interaction with host microenvironment. Cotargeting hagy. Moreover, an expanded morphology of the endoplasmic of the stroma and prostate cancer is therefore an emerging ther- reticulum (ER), increased expression of the ER stress markers apeutic strategy for metastatic CRPC. Cancer-induced osteoclas- GRP78 and PERK, and eIF2a phosphorylation were observed. togenesis is known to contribute to CRPC bone metastasis. This Blockage of autophagy and PERK pathways using small molecule study is to extend pharmacologic value of our synthesized LCC03, a inhibitors or shRNA knockdown reversed LCC03-induced derivative of 5-(20,40-difluorophenyl)-salicylanilide that has pre- autophagy and cell death, thus indicating that the PERK–eIF2a viously testified for its osteoclastogenesis activity, by exploring its pathway contributed to the LCC03-induced autophagy. Further- additional cytotoxic properties and underlying mechanism in more, treatment of tumor-bearing mice with intraperitoneal CRPC cells. LCC03 was chemically synthesized and examined for administered LCC03 suppressed the growth of CRPC xenografts cell growth inhibition in a serial of CRPC cell lines. We dem- in mouse bone without systemic toxicity. The dual action of onstrated that LCC03 dose-dependently suppressed proliferation 5-(20,40-difluorophenyl)-salicylanilide on targeting both the and retarded cell-cycle progression in CRPC cells. The classical osteoclasts and the tumor cells strongly indicates that LCC03 autophagy features, including autophagosome formation and is a promising anticancer candidate for preventing and treating LC3-II conversion, were dramaticallyshowninLCC03-treated metastatic CRPC. Introduction ton (1). Bone metastasis and skeletal complications are the major contributing factors to morbidity and mortality in patients with Despite high response rates to androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer. Over time, the conventional treatment is ineffec- men with advanced prostate cancer, nearly all types of prostate tive, and the patients die of CRPC; the survival time is less than cancer are eventually progression to the androgen-independent 19 months. Although new therapies (and drugs), including tubulin stage, which is termed castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). targeting chemotherapy (cabazitaxel), immunotherapy (sipuleucel-T), CRPC is an incurable stage of prostate cancer, in which approx- the steroidogenesis inhibitor (abiraterone), AR antagonist (enzalu- imately 90% of patients develop metastases, mainly in the skele- tamide), and a-emitting radiotherapy (radium-223), have shown promising results in impairing the tumor growth and extending survival, a considerable proportion of patients with CRPC become 1The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medical Science and unresponsive or become resistant to these treatment after a short Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 2TMU Research Center of period (2). The development of novel therapeutics that target 3 Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Grad- distinct mechanisms of action is necessary to overcome resistance uate Institute of Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of in patients with CRPC. Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 4Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays pivotal roles in cell homeo- University, Taipei, Taiwan. 5Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Taipei stasis and survival, which involved in biosynthesis of lipids, regulation Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 6Department of Urology, Taipei Medical of intracellular calcium concentration and metabolism of carbohy- University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 7Department of Med- drates, and synthesis and folding of proteins. The accumulation of 8 icine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Joint Clinical misfolded proteins within the ER lumen induces ER stress that triggers fi Research Center, Of ce of Human Research, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, the unfolded protein response (UPR), an evolutionarily adaptive Taiwan. 9Clinical Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. mechanism for restoring ER homeostasis; thus, UPR protects cells against the toxic accumulation of misfolded proteins (3). Under Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Molecular Cancer environmental stress, such as nutrient deprivation or hypoxia, malig- Therapeutics Online (http://mct.aacrjournals.org/). nant cells are particularly prone to protein misfolding and UPR Corresponding Author: Shian-Ying Sung, The Ph.D. Program for Translational activation, which lead to tumor progression and survival (4). However, Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan. Phone: 88-62269-72035, ext. 105; in contrast to cytoprotection, recent studies have highlighted the role E-mail: [email protected] of severe or unresolved ER stress in cell death (5); unsolved ER stress has been previously associated with various human diseases, including Mol Cancer Ther 2019;XX:XX–XX atherosclerosis (6), neurodegenerative disorders (7), and type 2 dia- doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0387 betes (8). Therefore, the pharmacologic modulation of cellular Ó2019 American Association for Cancer Research. responses toward ER stress-induced cell death pathway may prevent AACRJournals.org | OF1 Downloaded from mct.aacrjournals.org on September 25, 2021. © 2019 American Association for Cancer Research. Published OnlineFirst September 17, 2019; DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0387 Hsieh et al. tumor development and growth, thus representing an attractive using an ECL Kit (Advansta) and an AI 600 chemiluminescent therapy for different cancers (9), including prostate cancer. imaging and analysis system (GE Healthcare Life Sciences). Each blot Cancer growth and progression is intimately affected by its inter- was performed at least twice. action with the adjacent host microenvironment, that comprised of various stromal cell types, growth factors, and extracellular matrices, Gene knockdown and thus presents an attractive target for therapeutic intervention (10). Small hairpin RNA (shRNA) expression plasmids, including Salicylanilides are a key class of aromatic pharmacophore, comprising pLKO.1-shPERK (TRCN0000262373, target sequence TGCATCT- amides of salicylic acid and aniline. Salicylanilides derivatives have GCCTGGTTACTTAA), pLKO.1-shAtg7 (TRCN0000007584, target been reported to possess myriad pharmacological activities, such as sequence GCCTGCTGAGGAGCTCTCCAT; TRCN0000007587, antimicrobial [against bacterial (11), mycobacteria (12), viruses (13), target sequence CCCAGCTATTGGAACACTGTA), and a mam- and fungi (14)], anti-inflammatory (15), and antitumor proper- malian nontargeting shRNA control pLKO.1-shGFP (sh-ctr, ties (16). Recently, a novel function of 5-(20,40-difluorophenyl)-sali- TRCN0000072178, target sequence, CAACAGCCACAACGTCTA- cylanilide derivatives as potent inhibitors of osteoclastogenesis has also TAT) were obtained from the National RNAi Core Facility (Institute of been discovered (17–19). Because pathological osteoclast activation is Molecular Biology). The recombinant lentivirus was generated by associated with an increased risk of tumor progression (20), subse- transfecting shRNA plasmids along with the packaging plasmids quent skeletal complications and death due to metastatic CRPC, in this pCMV-cR8.91(Gag/Pol/Rev) and pMD.G (VSV-G envelope) in study, the additional pharmacological value of 5-(20,40-difluorophe- 293FT cells and used for infecting the PC3 and C4-2 cells according nyl)-salicylanilide was examined by determining its effect and eluci- to a previously described protocol (23). The extent of gene knockdown dating mechanism of action underlying its direct cytotoxicity to CRPC was determined through an immunoblotting assay. cells. Transmission electron microscopy Sample preparation for TEM were prepared with aid from the Materials and Methods Imaging Core at Taipei Medical University. Briefly, the cells grown on Cell lines and cell culture plastic chamber slides were fixed using 2% paraformaldehyde (PFA) Human prostate cancer cell lines: PC3, DU145, C4-2, and and 2.5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer (pH 7.4) CWR22Rv1 were originally obtained from ATCC. Human benign for 30 minutes at room temperature and then subjected to postfixation prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) epithelial cell line BPH-1 was a kind gift of with 2% osmium tetroxide. After dehydration in ascending grades of Dr. Su-Hwa Lin (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ethanol and propylene oxide, the samples were embedded in Epon. Center). No further authentication