TPD7 inhibits the non-small cell lung cancer HCC827 cell growth by regulating EGFR signalling pathway

Abstract

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 85% of lung cancer cases, and is characterized by more insensitivity to chemotherapy and poor prognosis. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been confirmed as a tumorigenic driving factor of NSCLC. Taspine has been proved effective in the inhibition of malignant tumours. Here, we found TPD7, a novel taspine derivative, exerted most inhibitory effect on EGFR-dependent HCC827 cells and investigated the underling mechanism. In addition, TPD7 could block cell cycle at G0/G1 phase of HCC827 cells by regulating the expression of cyclin D1 and cyclin E. Furthermore, TPD7 induced HCC827 cell apoptosis by regulating the expression of BCL-2 family proteins. Further study revealed that TPD7 could down-regulate the phosphorylation of EGFR and downstream members. TPD7 might present a potential EGFR inhibitor in the treatment of NSCLC.

Keywords:

• TPD7
• lung cancer
• HCC827
• EGFR
• cell growth

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

Authors’ contributions

Zhang X performes the experiment. Zhang H performes the experiment. Qi G analyzes data. Gu X writes the paper. Zhao Y reads the paper. Zhang J designes the project.

Data availability statement

Our data are not deposited in publicly available repositories.