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27.06.2022 | Original Article
ACLY inhibitors induce apoptosis and potentiate cytotoxic effects of sorafenib in thyroid cancer cells
verfasst von:
Shou-Sen Huang, Chung-Hsin Tsai, Chi-Yu Kuo, Ying-Syuan Li, Shih-Ping Cheng
Erschienen in:
Endocrine
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Ausgabe 1/2022
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Abstract
Purpose
ATP-citrate lyase (ACLY) is a critical enzyme at the intersection of glucose and lipid metabolism. ACLY is often upregulated or activated in cancer cells to accelerate lipid synthesis and promote tumor progression. In this study, we aimed to explore the possibility of utilizing ACLY inhibition as a new strategy in the treatment of thyroid cancer.
Methods
Bioinformatics analysis of the public datasets was performed. Thyroid cancer cells were treated with two different ACLY inhibitors, SB-204990 and NDI-091143.
Results
Bioinformatics analysis revealed that ACLY expression was increased in anaplastic thyroid cancer. In thyroid cancer cell lines FTC-133 and 8505C, ACLY inhibitors suppressed monolayer cell growth and clonogenic ability in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. Flow cytometry analysis showed that ACLY inhibitors increased the proportion of sub-G1 cells in the cell cycle and the number of annexin V-positive cells. Immunoblotting confirmed caspase-3 activation and PARP1 cleavage following treatment with ACLY inhibitors. Compromised cell viability could be partially rescued by co-treatment with the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK. Additionally, we showed that ACLY inhibitors impeded three-dimensional growth and cell invasion in thyroid cancer cells. Isobolograms and combination index analysis indicated that ACLY inhibitors synergistically potentiated the cytotoxicity rendered by sorafenib.
Conclusions
Targeting ACLY holds the potential for being a novel therapeutic strategy for thyroid cancer.