The C-terminal HSP90 inhibitor NCT-58 kills trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer stem-like cells

Soeun Park; Yoon Jae Kim; Jung Min Park; Minsu Park; Kee Dal Nam; Lee Farrand; Cong Truong Nguyen; Minh Thanh La; Jihyae Ann; Jeewoo Lee; Ji Young Kim; Jae Hong Seo

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The C-terminal HSP90 inhibitor NCT-58 kills trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer stem-like cells

Soeun Park, Yoon Jae Kim, Jung Min Park, Minsu Park, Kee Dal Nam, Lee Farrand, Cong Truong Nguyen, Minh Thanh La, Jihyae Ann, Jeewoo Lee, Ji Young Kim, Jae Hong Seo

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N-terminal HSP90 inhibitors in development have had issues arising from heat shock response (HSR) induction and off-target effects. We sought to investigate the capacity of NCT-58, a rationally-synthesized C-terminal HSP90 inhibitor, to kill trastuzumab-resistant HER2-positive breast cancer stem-like cells. NCT-58 does not induce the HSR due to its targeting of the C-terminal region and elicits anti-tumor activity via the simultaneous downregulation of HER family members as well as inhibition of Akt phosphorylation. NCT-58 kills the rapidly proliferating bulk tumor cells as well as the breast cancer stem-like population, coinciding with significant reductions in stem/progenitor markers and pluripotent transcription factors. NCT-58 treatment suppressed growth and angiogenesis in a trastuzumab-resistant xenograft model, concomitant with downregulation of ICD-HER2 and HSF-1/HSP70/HSP90. These findings warrant further investigation of NCT-58 to address trastuzumab resistance in heterogeneous HER2-positive cancers.

Original language	English
Article number	354
Journal	Cell Death Discovery
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-021-00743-2
Publication status	Published - 2021 Dec

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The C-terminal HSP90 inhibitor NCT-58 kills trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer stem-like cells. / Park, Soeun; Kim, Yoon Jae; Park, Jung Min; Park, Minsu; Nam, Kee Dal; Farrand, Lee; Nguyen, Cong Truong; La, Minh Thanh; Ann, Jihyae; Lee, Jeewoo; Kim, Ji Young; Seo, Jae Hong.

In: Cell Death Discovery, Vol. 7, No. 1, 354, 12.2021.

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