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Identification of glutathione transferase (GST P1) inhibitors via a high-throughput screening assay and implications as alternative treatment options for breast cancers

Pereira, Sarah A. P.
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Vesin, Jonathan  
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Chambon, Marc  
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July 24, 2025
PLoS ONE

Glutathione S-transferase P1-1 (GST P1) is an important drug target as it is implicated in drug resistance. GST P1-1 inhibitors are typically non-productive analogues of glutathione which covers broad chemical space; hence it is likely that several clinically used drugs may unknowingly act as GST P1-1 inhibitors. We developed a high-throughput screening assay for GST P1-1 and screened 5830 compounds. From the screening, 24 potent GST P1-1 inhibitors were identified and assessed for cytotoxicity in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines. Ethacrynic acid (a known GST P1-1 inhibitor), ZM 39923, PRT 4165, 10058-F4, and cryptotanshinone were shown to be the most active. A competitive GST P1-1 assay was performed to identify the inhibition type of these five compounds. Another in vitro cytotoxicity experiment was conducted to explore the differences in the cytotoxicity profiles of the combinations tested. Western blot analysis was used to identify the presence of GST P1-1 in the breast cancer cell lines tested. The implications of these results concerning alternative treatment options for breast cancers are discussed.

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research article
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0319904
Author(s)
Pereira, Sarah A. P.
Vesin, Jonathan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Chambon, Marc  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Turcatti, Gerardo  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Saraiva, M. Lúcia M. F. S.
Dyson, Paul J  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Editors
Shakoori, Abdul Rauf
Date Issued

2025-07-24

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

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PLoS ONE
Volume

20

Issue

7

Start page

e0319904

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REVIEWED

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LCOM  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

UIDB/QUI/50006/2020

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

UIDP/50006/2020

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July 29, 2025
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