Abstract Title:

Sulforaphane inhibits pancreatic cancer through disrupting Hsp90-p50(Cdc37) complex and direct interactions with amino acids residues of Hsp90.

Abstract Source:

J Nutr Biochem. 2012 Dec ;23(12):1617-26. Epub 2012 Mar 23. PMID: 22444872

Abstract Author(s):

Yanyan Li, G Elif Karagöz, Young Ho Seo, Tao Zhang, Yiqun Jiang, Yanke Yu, Afonso M S Duarte, Steven J Schwartz, Rolf Boelens, Kate Carroll, Stefan G D Rüdiger, Duxin Sun

Article Affiliation:

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA; Department of Food Science and Technology, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.

Abstract:

Sulforaphane [1-isothiocyanato-4-(methyl-sulfinyl) butane)], an isothiocyanate derived from cruciferous vegetables, has been shown to possess potent chemopreventive activity. We analyzed the effect of sulforaphane on the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells. Sulforaphane inhibited pancreatic cancer cell growth in vitro with IC(50)s of around 10-15μM and induced apoptosis. In pancreatic cancer xenograft mouse model, administration of sulforaphane showed remarkable inhibition of tumor growth without apparent toxicity noticed. We found that sulforaphane induced the degradation of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) client proteins and blocked the interaction of Hsp90 with its cochaperone p50(Cdc37) in pancreatic cancer cells. Using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) with an isoleucine-specific labeling strategy, we overcame the protein size limit of conventional NMR and studied the interaction of sulforaphane with full-length Hsp90dimer (170 kDa) in solution. NMR revealed multiple chemical shifts in sheet 2 and the adjacent loop in Hsp90 N-terminal domain after incubation of Hsp90 with sulforaphane. Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry further mapped a short peptide in this region that was tagged with sulforaphane. These data suggest a new mechanism of sulforaphane that disrupts protein-protein interaction in Hsp90 complex for its chemopreventive activity.

Study Type : In Vitro Study

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