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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Mebendazole Impedes the Proliferation and Migration of Pancreatic Cancer Cells through SK1 Inhibition Dependent Pathway.

Khem Raj Limbu, Rashmi Bhandari Chhetri, Yoon Sin Oh, Dong Jae Baek, Eun-Young Park

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cancers · 2025
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  5. Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling Pathway in Pancreatic Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  7. Drug repurposing for cancer therapy.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Khem Raj LimbuCollege of Pharmacy, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 58554, Republic of Korea.
Rashmi Bhandari ChhetriCollege of Pharmacy, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 58554, Republic of Korea.
Yoon Sin OhDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Eulji University, Seongnam 13135, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3995-4429
Dong Jae BaekCollege of Pharmacy, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 58554, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6100-488X
Eun-Young ParkCollege of Pharmacy, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 58554, Republic of Korea.
Mokpo National University · KREulji University · KR

Funding

Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (2020R1A2C1012156 and 2020R1F1A1068316) (2020R1A2C1012156 and 2020R1F1A1068316)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the highest mortality rates and requires the development of highly efficacious medications that can improve the efficiency of existing treatment methods. In particular, in PDAC, resistance to conventional chemotherapy reduces the effectiveness of anticancer drugs, decreasing the therapeutic efficiency. Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), produced by sphingosine kinase (SK), plays a vital role in cancer growth, metastasis, chemotherapy, and drug resistance. Focusing on the structural characteristics of mebendazole (MBZ), we studied whether MBZ would affect metastasis, invasion, and drug resistance in cancer by lowering S1P production through inhibition of SK activity. MBZ selectively inhibited SK1 more than SK2 and regulated the levels of sphingolipids. MBZ inhibited the proliferation and migration of cancer cells in other PDAC cell lines. To determine whether the effect of MBZ on cancer cell growth and migration is S1P-mediated, S1P was treated, and the growth and migration of cancer cells were observed. It was found that MBZ inhibited S1P-induced cancer cell growth, and MBZ showed a growth inhibitory effect by regulating the JAK2/STAT3/Bcl-2 pathway. The phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a transcription factor that regulates migration, was inhibited by MBZ, so it was found that the effect of MBZ regulates the migration of cancer cells through the S1P/FAK/vimentin pathway. In conclusion, our study suggests that the anthelmintic MBZ can be used as a potential therapeutic agent for treating PDAC and for structural synthesis studies of its analogs.

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LysophospholipidsPancreatic NeoplasmsCell ProliferationHumansMebendazolePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)SphingosineLysophospholipidsMebendazolePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Sphingosinesphingosine 1-phosphatemebendazolepancreatic ductal adenocarcinomasphingosine 1-phosphatesphingosine kinase

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PMID36500220
PMCPMC9739667
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