Repurposing of lansoprazole and nitazoxanide as NR2F2 inhibitors in the gastric cancer cell line GCIY: computational insights and siRNA-mediated in vitro tests
Abstract
Background: Nuclear receptors (NRs) are a superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors that mediate the cellular response to hormones, vitamins, and dietary lipids, thus orchestrating numerous physiological processes and influencing multiple disease states. Within this superfamily, NR2Fs, also known as Chicken Ovalbumin Upstream Promoter Transcription Factor (COUP-TF), are a family of nuclear orphan receptors, due to the lack of known endogenous ligands. Among them, NR2F2 transcription factor activities involve regulation of cell differentiation during organogenesis, maintenance of adult tissue homeostasis, and tumorigenesis. To date, only the CIA compounds have been identified as inhibitors of NR2F2 driven transcriptional activity in prostate cancer cell lines, with the IC50 of CIA1 falling in the lower μM range.
Methods: A comprehensive computational analysis has been conducted in order to gain insight into the inhibitory activity of the prototype CIA1 against NR2F2 at a molecular level. We leveraged the outputs of computational analysis to perform a virtual screening campaign to FDA compounds capable of binding to NR2F2. Luciferase reporter assay was used to functionally validate the interaction. RNA interference approaches were used to validate the specificity of NR2F2 activity on cell proliferation.
Results: We identified lapatinib, glyburide, nitazoxanide, and lansoprazole as modulators of NR2F2-dependent reporter activity. In the gastric cancer cell line…
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