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ArticleCell death & disease2022

ROR activation by Nobiletin enhances antitumor efficacy via suppression of IκB/NF-κB signaling in triple-negative breast cancer.

Eunju Kim, Yoon-Jin Kim, Zhiwei Ji, Jin Muk Kang, Marvin Wirianto, Keshav Raj Paudel, Joshua A Smith, Kaori Ono, Jin-Ah Kim, Kristin Eckel-Mahan and 5 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eunju KimDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yoon-Jin KimDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Zhiwei JiCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jin Muk KangDepartment of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Marvin WiriantoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Keshav Raj PaudelDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3591-2080
Joshua A SmithDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Kaori OnoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jin-Ah KimLester & Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Kristin Eckel-MahanInstitute of Molecular Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Xiaobo ZhouCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Hyun Kyoung LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Ji Young YooDepartment of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Seung-Hee YooDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA. seung-hee.yoo@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9930-560X
Zheng ChenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, 77030, USA. zheng.chen.1@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2464-5474
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USBaylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center · US

Funding

Concerted Enhancement Of Core And Output Rhythms To Promote Healthy AgingR01AG065984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CHEN, ZHENG · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Regulation and function of the circadian factor Period2R01GM114424 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI YOO, SEUNG-HEE · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
Role of RORs in age-related circadian and metabolic alterationsR56AG063746 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CHEN, ZHENG · 2019 to 2019
$510k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG065984NIA NIH HHS R56 AG063746NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by poor response to standard therapies and therefore unfavorable clinical outcomes. Better understanding of TNBC and new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. ROR nuclear receptors are multifunctional transcription factors with important roles in circadian pathways and other processes including immunity and tumorigenesis. Nobiletin (NOB) is a natural compound known to display anticancer effects, and our previous studies showed that NOB activates RORs to enhance circadian rhythms and promote physiological fitness in mice. Here, we identified several TNBC cell lines being sensitive to NOB, by itself or in combination. Cell and xenograft experiments showed that NOB significantly inhibited TNBC cell proliferation and motility in vitro and in vivo. ROR loss- and gain-of-function studies showed concordant effects of the NOB-ROR axis on MDA-MB-231 cell growth. Mechanistically, we found that NOB activates ROR binding to the ROR response elements (RRE) of the IκBα promoter, and NOB strongly inhibited p65 nuclear translocation. Consistent with transcriptomic analysis indicating cancer and NF-κB signaling as major pathways altered by NOB, p65-inducible expression abolished NOB effects, illustrating a requisite role of NF-κB suppression mediating the anti-TNBC effect of NOB. Finally, in vivo mouse xenograft studies showed that NOB enhanced the antitumor efficacy in mammary fat pad implanted TNBC, as a single agent or in combination with the chemotherapy agent Docetaxel. Together, our study highlights an anti-TNBC mechanism of ROR-NOB via suppression of NF-κB signaling, suggesting novel preventive and chemotherapeutic strategies against this devastating disease.

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FlavonesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansI-kappa B KinaseMiceNF-kappa BSignal TransductionXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysFlavonesI-kappa B KinaseNF-kappa Bnobiletin

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PMID35440077
PMCPMC9018867
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