Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Targeting FROUNT with disulfiram suppresses macrophage accumulation and its tumor-promoting properties

  • Yuya Terashima,
  • Etsuko Toda,
  • Meiji Itakura,
  • Mikiya Otsuji,
  • Sosuke Yoshinaga,
  • Kazuhiro Okumura,
  • Francis H. W. Shand,
  • Yoshihiro Komohara,
  • Mitsuhiro Takeda,
  • Kana Kokubo,
  • Ming-Chen Chen,
  • Sana Yokoi,
  • Hirofumi Rokutan,
  • Yutaka Kofuku,
  • Koji Ohnishi,
  • Miki Ohira,
  • Toshihiko Iizasa,
  • Hirofumi Nakano,
  • Takayoshi Okabe,
  • Hirotatsu Kojima,
  • Akira Shimizu,
  • Shiro Kanegasaki,
  • Ming-Rong Zhang,
  • Ichio Shimada,
  • Hiroki Nagase,
  • Hiroaki Terasawa,
  • Kouji Matsushima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14338-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The cytoplasmic protein FROUNT can bind to chemokine receptors and enhance chemokine signalling. Here, the authors show that inhibiting FROUNT in macrophages either by knockdown of the gene or using the anti-alcoholism drug disulfiram, results in a reduction in tumour growth.