Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11147/11583
Title: Target-driven design of a coumarinyl chalcone scaffold based novel EF2 kinase inhibitor suppresses breast cancer growth in vivo
Authors: Önder, Ferah Cömert
Kahraman, Nermin
Atıcı, Esen Bellur
Çağır, Ali
Kandemir, Hakan
Tatar, Gizem
Taşkın Tok, Tuğba
Keywords: Elongation factor 2 kinase
EF2K
Molecular modeling
Breast cancer
Apoptosis
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Abstract: Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF-2K) is an unusual alpha kinase involved in protein synthesis through phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 (EF2). eEF-2K is highly overexpressed in breast cancer, and its activity is associated with significantly shortened patient survival and proven to be a potential molecular target in breast cancer. The crystal structure of eEF-2K remains unknown, and there is no potent, safe, and effective inhibitor available for clinical applications. We designed and synthesized several generations of potential inhibitors. The effect of the inhibitors at the binding pocket of eEF-2K was analyzed after developing a 3D target model by using a domain of another a-kinase called myosin heavy-chain kinase A (MHCKA) that closely resembles eEF-2K. In silico studies showed that compounds with a coumarin-chalcone core have high predicted binding affinities for eEF-2K. Using in vitro studies in highly aggressive and invasive (MDA-MB-436, MDA-MB-231, and BT20) and noninvazive (MCF-7) breast cancer cells, we identified a lead compound that was highly effective in inhibiting eEF-2K activity at submicromolar concentrations and at inhibiting cell proliferation by induction of apoptosis with no toxicity in normal breast epithelial cells. In vivo systemic administration of the lead compound encapsulated in single lipid-based liposomal nanoparticles twice a week significantly suppressed growth of MDA-MB-231 tumors in orthotopic breast cancer models in nude mice with no observed toxicity. In conclusion, our study provides a highly potent and in vivo effective novel small-molecule eEF-2K inhibitor that may be used as a molecularly targeted therapy breast cancer or other eEF-2K-dependent tumors.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.1c00030
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/11583
ISSN: 2575-9108
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