ArticleCell chemical biology2021
Targeting SUMOylation dependency in human cancer stem cells through a unique SAE2 motif revealed by chemical genomics.
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- ROS-SUMO Crosstalk in Oxidative Stress: Disease Mechanisms and Reproductive Health.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Small modifier, big decision: switching to SUMO mode adds weight to cancer stemness in mammary tumors.Molecular oncology · 2025Article
- Targeted inhibition of SUMOylation: treatment of tumors.Human cell · 2024Review
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- Sam68 is a druggable vulnerability point in cancer stem cells.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2024Review
- SUMOylation inhibitor TAK-981 (subasumstat) synergizes with 5-azacytidine in preclinical models of acute myeloid leukemia.Haematologica · 2024Article
- The PML hub: An emerging actor of leukemia therapies.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2023Article
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- Lessons from assembling a microbial natural product and pre-fractionated extract library in an academic laboratory.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Article
- Signalling mechanisms and cellular functions of SUMO.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2022Review
- Protocol for serial organoid formation assay using primary colorectal cancer tissues to evaluate cancer stem cell activity.STAR protocols · 2022Article
- Protein sumoylation in normal and cancer stem cells.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Natural products (NPs) encompass a rich source of bioactive chemical entities. Here, we used human cancer stem cells (CSCs) in a chemical genomics campaign with NP chemical space to interrogate extracts from diverse strains of actinomycete for anti-cancer properties. We identified a compound (McM25044) capable of selectively inhibiting human CSC function versus normal stem cell counterparts. Biochemical and molecular studies revealed that McM025044 exerts inhibition on human CSCs through the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) cascade, found to be hyperactive in a variety of human cancers. McM025044 impedes the SUMOylation pathway via direct targeting of the SAE1/2 complex. Treatment of patient-derived CSCs resulted in reduced levels of SUMOylated proteins and suppression of progenitor and stem cell capacity measured in vitro and in vivo. Our study overcomes a barrier in chemically inhibiting oncogenic SUMOylation activity and uncovers a unique role for SAE2 in the biology of human cancers.
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