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ArticlePloS one2013

Pharmacological reversal of histone methylation presensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to nucleoside drugs: in vitro optimization and novel nanoparticle delivery studies.

Sau Wai Hung, Hardik Mody, Sean Marrache, Yangzom D Bhutia, Franklin Davis, Jong Hyun Cho, Jason Zastre, Shanta Dhar, Chung K Chu, Rajgopal Govindarajan

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sau Wai HungDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America.
Hardik Mody
Sean Marrache
Yangzom D Bhutia
Franklin Davis
Jong Hyun Cho
Jason Zastre
Shanta Dhar
Chung K Chu
Rajgopal Govindarajan
University of Georgia · US

Funding

Recruitment of a Bioinorganic Chemistry Faculty MemberP30GM092378 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI JOHNSON, MICHAEL K. · 2009 to 2010
$684k
Epigenetic therapy with 3-deazaneplanocin A and gemcitabine for pancreatic cancerR03CA161832 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI GOVINDARAJAN, RAJGOPAL · 2011 to 2012
$149k
NCI NIH HHS 1R03CA161832-01NCI NIH HHS R03 CA161832NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM092378NIGMS NIH HHS P30GM092378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the potential of an investigational histone methylation reversal agent, 3-deazaneplanocin A (DZNep), in improving the chemosensitivity of pancreatic cancer to nucleoside analogs (i.e., gemcitabine). DZNep brought delayed but selective cytotoxicity to pancreatic cancer cells without affecting normal human pancreatic ductal epithelial (HPDE) cells. Co-exposure of DZNep and gemcitabine induced cytotoxic additivity or synergism in both well- and poorly-differentiated pancreatic cell lines by increased apoptosis. In contrast, DZNep exerted antagonism with gemcitabine against HPDE cells with significant reduction in cytotoxicity compared with the gemcitabine-alone regimen. DZNep marginally depended on purine nucleoside transporters for its cytotoxicity, but the transport dependence was circumvented by acyl derivatization. Drug exposure studies revealed that a short priming with DZNep followed by gemcitabine treatment rather than co-treatment of both agents to produce a maximal chemosensitization response in both gemcitabine-sensitive and gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer cells. DZNep rapidly and reversibly decreased trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 but increased trimethylation of lysine 9 in an EZH2- and JMJD1A/2C-dependent manner, respectively. However, DZNep potentiation of nucleoside analog chemosensitization was found to be temporally coupled to trimethylation changes in lysine 27 and not lysine 9. Polymeric nanoparticles engineered to chronologically release DZNep followed by gemcitabine produced pronounced chemosensitization and dose-lowering effects. Together, our results identify that an optimized DZNep exposure can presensitize pancreatic cancer cells to anticancer nucleoside analogs through the reversal of histone methylation, emphasizing the promising clinical utilities of epigenetic reversal agents in future pancreatic cancer combination therapies.

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Drug Delivery SystemsAdenosineAnimalsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCells, CulturedDelayed-Action PreparationsDeoxycytidineDNA MethylationDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmDrug SynergismGemcitabineHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistone MethyltransferasesHumans3-deazaneplanocinAdenosineAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticDelayed-Action PreparationsDeoxycytidineGemcitabineHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistone MethyltransferasesNucleosides

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PMID23940717
PMCPMC3735519
OpenAlexW2076062347

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