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PMID | (25605917) | ||||||||||||
Authors | Li Y, Rogoff HA, Keates S, Gao Y, Murikipudi S, Mikule K, Leggett D, Li W, Pardee AB, Li CJ | ||||||||||||
Title | Suppression of cancer relapse and metastasis by inhibiting cancer stemness. | ||||||||||||
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Abstract Text | Partial or even complete cancer regression can be achieved in some patients with current cancer treatments. However, such initial responses are almost always followed by relapse, with the recurrent cancer being resistant to further treatments. The discovery of therapeutic approaches that counteract relapse is, therefore, essential for advancing cancer medicine. Cancer cells are extremely heterogeneous, even in each individual patient, in terms of their malignant potential, drug sensitivity, and their potential to metastasize and cause relapse. Indeed, hypermalignant cancer cells, termed cancer stem cells or stemness-high cancer cells, that are highly tumorigenic and metastatic have been isolated from cancer patients with a variety of tumor types. Moreover, such stemness-high cancer cells are resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiation. Here we show that BBI608, a small molecule identified by its ability to inhibit gene transcription driven by Stat3 and cancer stemness properties, can inhibit stemness gene expression and block spherogenesis of or kill stemness-high cancer cells isolated from a variety of cancer types. Moreover, cancer relapse and metastasis were effectively blocked by BBI608 in mice. These data demonstrate targeting cancer stemness as a novel approach to develop the next generation of cancer therapeutics to suppress cancer relapse and metastasis. |
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Gene Name | Source | Synonyms | Protein Domains | Gene Description | Gene Role |
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Therapy Name | Drugs | Efficacy Evidence | Clinical Trials |
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Napabucasin | Napabucasin | 1 | 9 |
Drug Name | Trade Name | Synonyms | Drug Classes | Drug Description |
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Napabucasin | BB608|BBI608|BBI-608 | STAT3 Inhibitor 26 | Napabucasin (BBI608) is a small molecule inhibitor of cancer stemness that reduces activated Stat3 signaling, which is often activated by FGFRs, thereby decreasing proliferation of cancer stem cells, and possibly resulting in decreased cancer metastasis (PMID: 25605917, PMID: 23935373, PMID: 32694160). |
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