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  3. Inhibition of glycolysis by a novel EGFR/HER2 inhibitor KU004 suppresses the growth of HER2+ cancer

Inhibition of glycolysis by a novel EGFR/HER2 inhibitor KU004 suppresses the growth of HER2+ cancer

  • Exp Cell Res. 2017 Aug 15;357(2):211-221. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.05.019.
Chongchong Tian 1,  Ziqiao Yuan 1,  Dengqiu Xu 1,  Pingping Ding 1,  Tao Wang 2,  Luyong Zhang 3,  Zhenzhou Jiang 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Screening, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
  • 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Screening, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China.
  • 3 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Screening, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance (China Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China. Electronic address: lyzhang@cpu.edu.cn.
  • 4 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Screening, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China. Electronic address: beaglejiang@cpu.edu.cn.
PMID: 28532652 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.05.019
Abstract

Upregulation of glycolysis was often observed in human HER2-overexpressing cancers. In this study, we demonstrated that KU004, a dual novel EGFR/HER2 inhibitor, disrupted Cancer cell proliferation via modulation of glycolysis. KU004, inhibited the Warburg effect by suppressing Hexokinase II (HK2) expression at the transcriptional and post-translational levels. Further study demonstrated that the downregulation of HKII by KU004 was mainly mediated by the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Furthermore, the role of HKII downregulation in KU004-mediated antitumor effect was also confirmed in our in vivo xenograft model. Collectively, these data suggest that multifaceted targeting the aberrant glucose metabolism along with the upstream HER2 may be an effective approach for clinical treatment against HER2+ Cancer.

Keywords

Glycolysis; HER2; Hexokinase II; KU004.

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