PUBLICATION
Natural Product Micheliolide (MCL) Irreversibly Activates Pyruvate Kinase M2 and Suppresses Leukemia
- Authors
- Li, J., Li, S., Guo, J., Li, Q., Long, J., Ma, C., Ding, Y., Yan, C., Li, L., Wu, Z., Zhu, H., Li, K.K., Wen, L., Zhang, Q., Xue, Q., Zhao, C., Liu, N., Ivanov, I., Luo, M., Xi, R., Long, H., Wang, P.G., Chen, Y.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180418-17
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Journal of medicinal chemistry 61(9): 4155-4164 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Acetylation/drug effects
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology*
- Carcinogenesis/drug effects
- Carrier Proteins/chemistry
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism*
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Humans
- Leukemia/pathology*
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism*
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein Domains
- Protein Multimerization
- Protein Structure, Quaternary
- Sesquiterpenes, Guaiane/pharmacology*
- Substrate Specificity
- Thyroid Hormones/chemistry
- Thyroid Hormones/metabolism*
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 29641204 Full text @ J. Med. Chem.
Citation
Li, J., Li, S., Guo, J., Li, Q., Long, J., Ma, C., Ding, Y., Yan, C., Li, L., Wu, Z., Zhu, H., Li, K.K., Wen, L., Zhang, Q., Xue, Q., Zhao, C., Liu, N., Ivanov, I., Luo, M., Xi, R., Long, H., Wang, P.G., Chen, Y. (2018) Natural Product Micheliolide (MCL) Irreversibly Activates Pyruvate Kinase M2 and Suppresses Leukemia. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 61(9):4155-4164.
Abstract
Metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells is essential for tumorigenesis, in which pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), the low activity isoform of pyruvate kinase, plays a critical role. Herein, we describe the identification of a nature-product-derived micheliolide (MCL) that selectively activates PKM2 through the covalent binding at residue cysteine424 (C424), which is not contained in PKM1. This interaction promotes more tetramer formation, inhibits the lysine433 (K433) acetylation, and influences the translocation of PKM2 into the nucleus. In addition, the pro-drug dimethylaminomicheliolide (DMAMCL) with similar properties as MCL, significantly suppresses the growth of leukemia cells and tumorigenesis in a zebrafish xenograft model. Cell-based assay with knock down PKM2 expression verifies the effects of MCL are dependent on PKM2 expression. DMAMCL is currently in clinical trials in Australia and shows encouraging treatment results, our discovery may provide valuable pharmacological mechanism for the clinical treatment and benefit the development of new anti-cancer agents.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping