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ArticleCancer letters2025

A necrosis inducer promotes an immunogenic response and destroys ovarian cancers in mouse xenografts and patient ascites organoids.

Darjan Duraki, Musarrat Jabeen, Chengjian Mao, Lawrence Wang, Santanu Ghosh, Xinyi Dai, Junyao Zhu, Matthew W Boudreau, Erik R Nelson, Paul J Hergenrother and 2 more

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Article in Cancer letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Darjan DurakiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Musarrat JabeenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Chengjian MaoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Lawrence WangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Santanu GhoshDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Xinyi DaiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Junyao ZhuDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Matthew W BoudreauDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Erik R NelsonDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Paul J HergenrotherDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Georgina ChengCancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Gynecologic Oncology, Carle Health, Urbana IL, 61801, USA; Department of Clinical Sciences, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
David J ShapiroDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. Electronic address: djshapir@illinois.edu.

Funding

Developing a Suite of Targeted Anticancer DrugsR35CA283859 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Paul Hergenrother · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
A Pathway for Necrotic Cell DeathR01CA265333 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI SHAPIRO, DAVID J · 2022 to 2025
$1.8M
Impact of cholesterol and its metabolites on breast cancer progressionR01CA234025 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI NELSON, ERIK RUSSELL · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Ovarian CancerR01CA258746 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HERGENROTHER, PAUL · 2022 to 2023
$1.2M
Targeting Oncogenic Drivers in CancerF99CA253731 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI BOUDREAU, MATTHEW W · 2020 to 2021
$93k
NCI NIH HHS F99 CA253731NCI NIH HHS R01 CA234025NCI NIH HHS R01 CA258746NCI NIH HHS R01 CA265333NCI NIH HHS R35 CA283859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most ovarian cancer patients present with advanced disease and there are few targeted therapies; consequently, five-year survival for ovarian cancer remains below 50%. We described the anticipatory unfolded protein response (a-UPR) hyperactivator, ErSO, which induced profound and often complete regression of breast cancer in mouse models. Here we explore the effectiveness of ErSO against ovarian cancer. ErSO induced death of human PEO4 and Caov-3 ovarian cancer cells in vitro. In mouse xenografts, injected ErSO induced rapid complete, or near complete, regression of orthotopic metastatic PEO4 tumors and of Caov-3 ovarian tumors. Ovarian cancer patients often develop malignant ascites containing ovarian cancer organoids that drive metastasis. ErSO showed activity against 7/7 fresh patient derived ascites organoids (PDAOs). Low nanomolar ErSO destroyed 2/7 PDAOs. ErSO-mediated cell death in PDAOs occurred through the same a-UPR activation mechanism seen in cell culture. Moreover, ErSO family compound-induced a-UPR activation in ovarian cancer cells triggers necrotic cell death and release of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), which strongly activated human macrophage and induced monocyte migration. These studies suggest ErSO has unusual potential for treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.

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AscitesOrganoidsOvarian NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceNecrosisXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysImmunogenic cell deathOrganoidOvarian cancerPatient ascitesUnfolded protein response

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PMID40311911
PMCPMC12203437

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