Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Pineda, Sandy S., Cabezas-Sainz, Pablo, Winnen, Brit, Morales, Rodrigo A.V., Brust, Andreas, Sánchez, Laura, Alewood, Paul F., Ramm, Grant A., Miles, John, and King, Glenn F. (2018) Gomesin inhibits melanoma growth by manipulating key signaling cascades that control cell death and proliferation. Scientific Reports, 8.

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Abstract

Consistent with their diverse pharmacology, peptides derived from venomous animals have been developed as drugs to treat disorders as diverse as hypertension, diabetes and chronic pain. Melanoma has a poor prognosis due in part to its metastatic capacity, warranting further development of novel targeted therapies. This prompted us to examine the anti-melanoma activity of the spider peptides gomesin (AgGom) and a gomesin-like homolog (HiGom). AgGom and HiGom dose-dependently reduced the viability and proliferation of melanoma cells whereas it had no deleterious effects on non-transformed neonatal foreskin fibroblasts. Concordantly, gomesin-treated melanoma cells showed a reduced G0/G1 cell population. AgGom and HiGom compromised proliferation of melanoma cells via activation of the p53/p21 cell cycle check-point axis and the Hippo signaling cascade, together with attenuation of the MAP kinase pathway. We show that both gomesin peptides exhibit antitumoral activity in melanoma AVATAR-zebrafish xenograft tumors and that HiGom also reduces tumour progression in a melanoma xenograft mouse model. Taken together, our data highlight the potential of gomesin for development as a novel melanoma-targeted therapy.

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Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2045-2322
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Funders:	Perpetual, Australian Research Council (ARC), Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Madrid Government of Spain (MGS), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Projects and Grants:	Perpetual IMPACT IDIPAP2015/1585, ARC DP1095728, ARC DP130103813, MGS T1-BIO-1854, NHMRC APP1131732, NHMRC APP1136889
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2019 04:39
FoR Codes:	32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3204 Immunology > 320499 Immunology not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920102 Cancer and Related Disorders @ 100%
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