Xinglong Jia, Jingdan Zhang, Lulu Pan, Jingliang He, Mingrui Zhu, Lei Zhao, Xingyu Zhang, Wensi Zhao, Dong Xie, Xiaoyan Shen, Bin Liu, Minjia Tan
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Multi-omics analysis reveals RNA polymerase II degradation as a novel mechanism of PF-3758309's anti-tumor activity.
PF-3758309, a pyrrolopyrimidine-based inhibitor of p21-activated kinase 4 (PAK4), has demonstrated preclinical anti-tumor activity. However, due to poor pharmacokinetics and off-target effects, it has not advanced to clinical use. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive multi-omics analysis, including proteomics, transcriptomics, and ubiquitinomics, to investigate the mechanism of PF-3758309 in HCT116 cells. Our results revealed that PF-3758309 promotes the degradation of RNA polymerase II subunit proteins (POLR2A/B/E) via the cullin-RING ligase pathway. This process is mediated by the E3 ubiquitin ligase DNA damage-binding protein 2 (DDB2), and is independent of PAK4. Furthermore, the small-molecule inhibitor MLN4924, which blocks NEDD8-activating enzyme, reversed the degradation of POLR2A/B/E, supporting the role of ubiquitin-proteasome pathways in this process. Functional assays confirmed that PF-3758309 inhibits tumor cell growth and migration by promoting ubiquitination-dependent degradation of POLR2A/B/E. These findings uncover a previously unrecognized mechanism of PF-3758309's anti-tumor activity and provide a basis for further investigation into its therapeutic potential.
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Cell Death Discovery is a multidisciplinary, international, online-only, open access journal, dedicated to publishing research at the intersection of medicine with biochemistry, pharmacology, immunology, cell biology and cell death, provided it is scientifically sound. The unrestricted access to research findings in Cell Death Discovery will foster a dynamic and highly productive dialogue between basic scientists and clinicians, as well as researchers in industry with a focus on cancer, neurobiology and inflammation research. As an official journal of the Cell Death Differentiation Association (ADMC), Cell Death Discovery will build upon the success of Cell Death & Differentiation and Cell Death & Disease in publishing important peer-reviewed original research, timely reviews and editorial commentary.
Cell Death Discovery is committed to increasing the reproducibility of research. To this end, in conjunction with its sister journals Cell Death & Differentiation and Cell Death & Disease, Cell Death Discovery provides a unique forum for scientists as well as clinicians and members of the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industry. It is committed to the rapid publication of high quality original papers that relate to these subjects, together with topical, usually solicited, reviews, editorial correspondence and occasional commentaries on controversial and scientifically informative issues.
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