To synthesize PTI, the photosensitizer conjugated TfR targeting peptide moiety (Palmitic-K(PpIX)-HAIYPRH) is unitized to encapsulate the transcription interrupter of ICG-001...Furthermore, the elevated CCL4 can recruit the dendritic cells to present tumor-specific antigens and promote T cells activation and infiltration, and the downregulated PD-L1 can avoid the immune evasion of tumor cells and activate systemic anti-tumor immunity to eradicate lung metastasis. This work may inspire the development of antibody antibody-free strategy to activate systemic immune response in consideration of immunosuppressive conditions.
Moreover, GLI1 knockdown combined with ICG-001 synergistically induced apoptosis and increased drug sensitivity of MCL cells to doxorubicin and ibrutinib. Overall, the combined targeting of both the Hh/GLI1 and Wnt/β-catenin pathways was more effective in suppressing proliferation, inducing G0/G1 cycle retardation, promoting apoptosis, and increasing drug sensitivity of MCL cells than mono treatments. These findings emphasize the potential of combinatorial therapy for treating MCL patients.
In the TNBC cells, AQP5 modulates the expression levels of EMT-related proteins through activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, thus enhancing the cell proliferation, migration and invasion while inhibiting the cell apoptosis.
In conclusion, our findings suggest that combined application of ICG-001 and anti-PD-1 antibody exhibits significantly enhanced antitumor efficacy. Hence, combining a WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway inhibitor with anti-PD-1 therapy may be a promising treatment strategy for patients with HCC.
The therapeutic potential of targeting the β-catenin/CBP interaction has been demonstrated in a variety of preclinical tumor models with a small molecule inhibitor, ICG-001, characterized as a β-catenin/CBP antagonist...We finally elicit the deletion of a looping of IRS1-a key insulin signaling gene-significantly impeding pancreatic cancer cell growth, indicating that looping-mediated insulin signaling might act as an oncogenic pathway to promote pancreatic cancer progression. Our work shows that targeting aberrant insulin chromatin looping in pancreatic cancer might provide a therapeutic benefit.
The results determined molecular docking of ICG001 to the CDC20 protein resulted in the highest binding affinity. Our results demonstrated that CCT3 and its interacting partners could serve as potential biomarkers due to their association with the survival outcome of AA patients with TNBC and ICG 001 could be the therapeutic lead for these biomarkers.
We also observed differential gene expression and induced immune cell infiltration in tumors pretreated with ICG-001 and then treated with CAR T cells as compared with single treatment groups or when ICG-001 treatment was administered after CAR T cell therapy. We conclude that specific Wnt/CBP/β-catenin antagonism results in pleotropic changes in the glioma TME, including glioma stem cell differentiation, modulation of the stroma, and immune cell activation and recruitment, thereby suggesting a possible role for enhancing immunotherapy in glioma patients.
Consistent with this notion, β-catenin inhibition using XAV939 or ICG-001 partially prevented centrinone-induced death and rescued the growth two APC-mutant organoid lines tested. Our study reveals a novel role for canonical WNT signaling in regulating centrosome loss-induced growth defect/death in a subset of APC-mutant colorectal cancer independently of the classical p53 pathway.
9 months ago
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CTNNB1 (Catenin (cadherin-associated protein), beta 1) • APC (APC Regulator Of WNT Signaling Pathway) • PLK4 (Polo Like Kinase 4)
Experimental and bioinformatic data confirmed the relation between Wnt signaling and glycolytic enzymes in tongue cancer cells and HNSCC clinical samples. Overall, the inhibition of glucose metabolism by Wnt signaling inhibitors is a promising mode of action against tongue cancer cells.
We investigated the biological aspects related to LSC heterogeneity in CML patients and demonstrated the ability of specific small molecule CBP/β-catenin antagonists to safely eliminate deeply quiescent therapy resistant CSC. These observations may represent an attractive generalizable therapeutic strategy that could help develop better protocols to eradicate the quiescent LSC population.
In agreement, NFATc1 or NFATc2 specific gene silencing in 3 T-ALL GC resistant cell line models and primary cells increases dexamethasone response, by restoring GR canonical transcriptional activity through the increase expression of BIM GR target gene (p value <0.05). Overall, we revealed for the first time the involvement of NFATc1 and NFATc2 transcription factors in supporting GC resistance in T-ALL cells by the modulation of cholesterol biosynthesis and Wnt/β-catenin signaling, both processes well-described in sustaining chemotherapy resistance, paving the rationale to alternative therapeutic options for T-ALL GC resistant pediatric patients.
1 year ago
Clinical
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NFATC1 (Nuclear Factor Of Activated T Cells 1) • DHCR7 (7-Dehydrocholesterol Reductase) • HMGCS1 (3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-CoA Synthase 1) • WNT3 (Wnt Family Member 3)
PRI-724-treated NASH mice not only recovered from NASH-related liver fibrosis through the effect of PRI-724 down-regulating the expression of pro-fibrotic genes and up-regulating the expression of anti-fibrotic genes, but they also recovered from NASH-induced liver disorder. PRI-724, a selective CBP/β-catenin inhibitor, thus shows a potent therapeutic effect for NASH-related liver fibrosis and for decreasing adipose tissue in the liver.
ICG-001 enhanced cisplatin-mediated cytotoxicity. Autophagy inhibition by ATG5 silencing enhanced ICG-001-mediated suppression of cell viability, tumor spheroid formation, and protein expression of cyclin A and CD44. This study clarified the mechanism and revealed the clinical potential of ICG-001 against endometrial cancer.
Here we show that co-treatment with abiraterone and ICG001, a β-catenin inhibitor, overcomes therapeutic resistance and significantly inhibited markers of stem cell and cellular proliferation in abiraterone-resistant prostate cancer cells. In addition, combined treatment inhibited tumor growth in an in vivo abiraterone-resistant xenograft model, blocked stemness, migration, invasion, and colony formation ability of cancer cells. This study opens new therapeutic opportunity for advanced-stage castration-resistant prostate cancer patients.
1 year ago
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AR (Androgen receptor) • SOX9 (SRY-Box Transcription Factor 9)
Rebalancing the equilibrium between CBP/β-catenin versus p300/β-catenin associated transcription, utilizing the small molecule CBP/beta-catenin antagonist ICG-001, enhances mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, metabolic function, and neuronal differentiation and may be able to ameliorate the cognitive decline seen in neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease.
We previously developed ZG111, a potent ClpP agonist derived from ICG-001, inhibits the proliferation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cell lines in vitro and in vivo by degrading respiratory chain complex proteins...Finally, ZG36 treatment inhibited 3-D cell growth in vitro and suppressed the tumorigenesis of AML cells in xenografted mice models. Collectively, we developed a new class of human ClpP agonists that can be used as potential antileukemic therapies.
Mixtures of PRI-724 and vismodegib affected cell cycle distribution, greatly reduced cell migration, and downregulated the transcript level of CSC markers, especially POU5F1 encoding OCT4. Combinations of PRI-724 with erlotinib or HS-173 were more potent in inducing apoptosis.
over 1 year ago
Journal
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POU5F1 (POU Class 5 Homeobox 1) • ANXA5 (Annexin A5)
Agaricus Blazei Extract FA-2-b-β inhibits cell proliferation, promotes apoptosis, regulates the cell cycle, reduces mitochondrial energy supply, and down-regulate MDR1 expression to reverse the resistance of CEM/C1, which all suggest it is through regulating the Wnt signaling pathway in T-ALL.
over 1 year ago
Journal • IO biomarker
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MYC (V-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog) • BCL2 (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2) • ABCB1 (ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily B Member 1) • CTNNB1 (Catenin (cadherin-associated protein), beta 1) • ABCG2 (ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily G Member 2)
these data support the hypothesis that the emergence of differentiated tumour cells from postchemotherapy shock after chemotherapy is due to ectopic activation of WNT signalling pathway genes.
We observed that EGCG displayed greater efficacy than ICG-001 (β-catenin), SP600125 (JNK) and MK-2206 (AKT) inhibitors, and its effects were equivalent to verteporfin (YAP) or SB525334 (Smad) for regulating expression of key fibrotic mediators. These data indicate that EGCG exhibits anti-fibrotic effects in fibroid cells. These results provide insight into mechanisms behind the observed clinical efficacy of EGCG against uterine fibroids.
Then, we used ICG001 to block the Wnt/β-catenin signal transduction pathway, and the results revealed that ICG001 could reduce the promoting effect of low KDM6A expression on aggressiveness and EMT in GC cells...The EMT is inhibited by regulating theWnt/β-catenin signaling by KDM6A, which reduces GC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. KDM6A may be a viable target for GC in clinical therapy.
Furthermore, resistance to paclitaxel was associated with higher responses to PRI-724, a CBP-β-CATENIN inhibitor. Neither WT nor KO epithelial subtypes were resistant to olaparib exposure. Therefore, we conclude that Wnt10b is essential to educate highly metastatic breast cancer stromal cells to promote growth, metastatic colonization, and resistance to paclitaxel.
over 1 year ago
PARP Biomarker • Metastases
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CTNNB1 (Catenin (cadherin-associated protein), beta 1) • HMGA2 (High mobility group AT-hook 2) • WNT5B (Wnt Family Member 5B)
Finally, the pathway inhibitors LY294002 and ICG001 were used to validate the role of the PI3K/Akt and Wnt/β‑catenin pathways in MC‑LR‑accelerated cell proliferation. Taken together, these data showed that MC‑LR promoted CRC cell proliferation by activating the PI3K/Akt/Wnt/β‑catenin pathway. The present study provided a novel insight into the toxicological mechanism of MC‑LR.
We find the WNT/-catenin inhibitors pyrvinium, ICG-001 and PKF118-310 attenuate growth of CRC cell lines in vitro with BRAF-mutant lines being relatively more sensitive...The selective and potent VEGFR inhibitor axitinib was most effective against BRAF-mutant CRC cell lines in vitro but addition of vemurafenib did not significantly increase these effects...The magnitude of these effects was comparable to that induced by a combination of vemurafenib and cetuximab. This was associated with additive effects on release from tumour cells and tumour microenvironment cell types of substances that would normally aid tumour progression. Taken together, this preclinical data indicates that the efficacy of BRAF inhibitor therapy in CRC could be increased by co-targeting either WNT/β-catenin or VEGFRs with small molecule inhibitors.
Lastly, using an in vivo lung metastasis assay, we showed that ICG-001 transient overexpression of miR-134 or stable overexpression of miR-134 could significantly reduce the lung metastasis of NPC cells. Taken together, we present here evidence that modulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway could inhibit the metastasis of NPC through the miR-134/ITGB1 axis.
Functional rescue experiments demonstrated that overexpression of WNT10B reversed the tumor suppressive roles of CTB-193M12.5 knockdown, while Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibitor ICG-001 abolished the oncogenic roles of CTB-193M12.5 overexpression. CTB-193M12.5 was a highly expressed and poor prognosis-related lncRNA in HCC. CTB-193M12.5 functioned as an oncogenic lncRNA through promoting NSD1-mediated WNT10B/Wnt/β-catenin signaling activation.
over 2 years ago
Journal
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AFP (Alpha-fetoprotein) • NSD1 (Nuclear Receptor Binding SET Domain Protein 1)
ZnO NPs combined with ICG-001, a β-catenin inhibitor, showed a synergistic inhibitory effect on OS lung metastasis and a longer survival time. In addition, tissue microarray (TMA) of OS patients also detected much higher β-catenin expression which indicated the role of β-catenin in OS development. In summary, our current study not only proved that ZnO NPs can inhibit OS metastasis by degrading β-catenin in HIF-1α/BNIP3/LC3B-mediated mitophagy pathway, but also provided a far-reaching potential of ZnO NPs in clinical OS treatment with metastasis.
The β-catenin small-molecule inhibitor, ICG-001, is proposed to prevent β-catenin in the nucleus from being able to perform CBP-dependent stemness-related transcription during canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. We suggest that β-catenin inhibitor and cisplatin combination resulted into significant regression of tumor growth in BRCA mutant TNBC cells.
over 2 years ago
BRCA Biomarker • PARP Biomarker
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BRCA1 (Breast cancer 1, early onset) • BRCA (Breast cancer early onset)
Functional analyses using GSCs derived from a murine de novo GBM model induced by oncogenic genes transduction using the Sleeping-Beauty transposon system revealed that expression of Stat5b was induced by culturing under hypoxia together with Lgr5, repressed by Hif2α knockdown, and reduced by Lgr5 knockdown or a Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibitor ICG-001 treatment...Disruption of Stat5b in an orthotopic transplantation model significantly prolongs event-free survival. These results suggest that Stat5b, regulated by hypoxia and the Wnt pathway, plays an important role in the maintenance and tumorigenicity of GSCs and may be a promising therapeutic molecular target to attack GSCs.
over 2 years ago
Preclinical • Journal
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EPAS1 (Endothelial PAS domain protein 1) • STAT5B (Signal Transducer And Activator Of Transcription 5B)
The unique mutational processes in NAFLD-liver and NAFLD-HCC alludes to a "field effect". Whereby, distinct aberrations and shift in driver events reveal a gain-of-function role of CTNNB1 mutations in immune exclusion via TNFRSF19 inhibition of SASP-like features.
Therefore, ICG-001 may potentially become an essential component of treatment de-escalation regimens for HPV-positive HNSCC. Further studies are warranted for additional assessment of the mechanistic background of our in vitro findings.
In parallel, we showed the efficacy of TAS-120/ICG-001 FGFR-Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor combination liposomes decorated with GPR77 and CD10 targeting antibodies to switch the acquired activated CAFs phenotype to a quiescent one. Co-administration of both liposomes in low drug doses significantly enhanced the infiltration of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and improved the antitumor efficacy of αPD-L1 antibody in LLC syngeneic mice model of lung cancer. In conclusion, simultaneous blockage of the tumoral exosome-mediated activation of fibroblasts and FGFR-Wnt/β-catenin signaling may constitute an outstanding immunotherapeutic modality.
Together, our data identify activation of the β-catenin pathway as a major mechanism contributing to abiraterone resistance and demonstrate that combined treatment with abiraterone and ICG001 appears to be an effective regimen for treatment of abiraterone-resistant cancer cells. This opens new therapeutic modality for advance-stage castration-resistant prostate cancer patients.
ICG-001 is a specific inhibitor for β-catenin/CBP but not for β-catenin/p300...Taken together, AP-1 possibly coordinates β-catenin coactivator usage in PANC-1 cells. These results would further our understanding of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling divergence.