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AbstractIntroduction: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a malignancy with poor prognosis and high mortality with a very low 5-year survival rate. Currently, apoptosis and autophagy are the central mechanisms of programmed cell death (PCD) that maintain cellular homeostasis and regulate cell fate. With the recent emergence of ‘ferroptosis’ as a new type of PCD and its close association with the pathophysiological processes of many diseases including tumors, it is viewed as a potential mechanism to improve systemic treatment of PC. Considering the opportunity to regulate both apoptosis and ferroptosis by a single agent, our group has developed a cancer-targeted small molecule consisting of a sigma-2 ligand (a known apoptotic inducer) delivery moiety linked to an inhibitor of the cystine importer xCT (dm-Erastin, a known ferroptotic inducer) and named it as Sigma-2-Erastin (S2E) or ACXT-3102. The study presented here is aimed at determining the efficacy of ACXT-3102 in PC and defining its underlying mechanism of action.Methods: Using in vitro and in vivo tumor xenograft models of human PC, we determined the effects of ACXT-3102 treatments in regulating PCD of PC cells and defined the signaling pathway involved in mediating the effects.Results: As assessed by TitreGlo assays, we observed dose-dependent inhibition of PC cell (BxPC-3, AsPC-1 & PANC-1) viability. Following the WES-analysis of signaling proteins, we observed that ACXT-3102 induces PC cell death by combinatorial regulation of apoptotic and ferroptotic PCD via lipid ROS-DUSP6-MAPK/ERK-mediated signaling pathway. Interestingly, the results of this study demonstrated a hyperactivation of MAPK/ERK signaling by increased phosphorylation instead of inhibition involved in inducting apoptotic cell death as represented by significant increases in expression of cleaved Capase-3/7 and PARP. In addition, ACXT-3102 treatments deceased GPX4 expression along with an increase in lipid ROS production as key markers of inducing ferroptotic cell death. Results from the murine model of human tumor xenografts using AsPC-1 cells further demonstrated significant decreases in tumor volume and increases in survival proportions in ACXT-3102-treated mice.Conclusions: ACXT-3102, an orally administered conjugate of sigma-2 ligand and Erastin induces PCD of human PC by uniquely regulating apoptosis and ferroptosis together. Therefore, ACXT-3102 offers a novel and improved therapeutic strategy for treating patients of fatal human carcinomas, especially those, which are difficult to diagnose at an early stage.Citation Format: Kumar S. Bishnupuri, Kenneth F. Newcomer, Qingqing Gong, Li Ye, Suwanna Vangveravong, Rony Takchi, Bradley T. Keller, Dirk M. Spitzer, William G. Hawkins. Sigma-2-Erastin inhibits PC tumor growth through lipid ROS-DUSP6-MAPK signaling [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 3322.

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