Human Gene Set: SCHOEN_NFKB_SIGNALING


Standard name SCHOEN_NFKB_SIGNALING
Systematic name M1983
Brief description Genes down-regulated in A375 cells (melanoma) treated with KINK-1, a small molecule inhibitor of NFKB.
Full description or abstract BACKGROUND: Increasing the efficacy of chemotherapeutics by reducing chemoresistance may be a useful strategy in cancer therapy. Constitutive activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) is a hallmark of various cancers, including melanoma, which is almost universally resistant to chemotherapy. NF-kappaB is regulated by inhibitory kappaB (IkappaB) proteins, which are in turn phosphorylated by the IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex. METHODS: The effect on NF-kappaB activity of a novel small-molecule inhibitor of the beta subunit of IKK (KINK-1; kinase inhibitor of nuclear factor-kappaB-1) was assessed by measuring phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of IkappaB by immunoblotting, DNA binding by electrophoretic mobility shift assays, and nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB using immunofluorescence. Regulation of NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression was determined by microarray analysis, real-time and semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and Western blot analyses. The effects of KINK-1 (alone and in combination with cytostatic agents) on melanoma cells were characterized by assessing proliferation, soft agar colony formation, and markers of apoptosis. The antitumoral efficacy of KINK-1 in combination with the cytostatic agents doxorubicin or camptothecin (all injected intraperitoneally) was tested in vivo by measuring lung weight and counting metastases in C57BL6 mice (groups of six) bearing metastases of melanoma cells. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results KINK-1 strongly suppressed both constitutive and induced NF-kappaB activity in melanoma cells. It reduced the expression of NF-kappaB-dependent gene products that regulate proliferation, cytokine production, and antiapoptotic responses but exhibited little antiproliferative or proapoptotic activity at the cellular level. However, KINK-1 markedly increased the activities of some cytostatic agents in vitro and abrogated doxorubicin-induced NF-kappaB activation. Combined treatment of C57BL6 mice that had been injected with melanoma cells with KINK-1 and doxorubicin or camptothecin reduced metastases and pulmonary tumor mass compared with either treatment alone (mean lung weight 19 days after injection of melanoma cells of mice treated with 3 mg/kg KINK-1 alone, 1 mg/kg doxorubicin alone, and 1 mg/kg doxorubicin plus 3 mg/kg KINK-1 = 260 mg, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 216 to 305 mg; 268 mg, 95% CI = 224 to 313 mg; and 181 mg, 95% CI = 171 to 192 mg, respectively, P < .001 from t tests comparing mean lung weight of double-treated mice to that in mice treated with either compound alone). CONCLUSION: Inhibition of constitutive and induced IKKbeta-activity through treatment with KINK-1 might increase tumor susceptibility to chemotherapy.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 18544741   Authors: Schön M,Wienrich BG,Kneitz S,Sennefelder H,Amschler K,Vöhringer V,Weber O,Stiewe T,Ziegelbauer K,Schön MP
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