Histone deacetylase inhibitor 2-hexyl-4-pentynoic acid enhances hydroxyurea therapeutic effect in triple-negative breast cancer cells.

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Elsevier
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Mutat Res Genet Toxicol Environ Mutagen, 2022, 873, pp. 503422
Issue Date:
2022-01
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) treatment has only limited effect, and it causes a significant number of deaths. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) are emerging as promising anti-tumor agents in many types of cancers. We thus hypothesized that 2-hexyl-4-pentynoic acid (HPTA), a novel HDACi, could sensitize TNBC to hydroxyurea (HU, a ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor). In the present study, we investigated the effect of HPTA, alone or in combination with HU on cell survival, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), key homologous recombination (HR) repair proteins and cell cycle progression in MDA-MB-468 and MDA-MB-231 human TNBC cell lines. HPTA and HU synergistically inhibited the survival of TNBC cell lines and resulted in the accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). HPTA can sensitize TNBC cells to HU by inhibiting replication protein A2 (RPA2) hyperphosphorylation-mediated HR repair, and lessen cell accumulation in S-phase by inhibiting ATR-CHK1 signaling pathway. Taken together, our data suggested that HPTA enhances HU therapeutic effect by blocking the HR repair and regulating cell cycle progression in TNBC.
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