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ArticleActa pharmacologica Sinica2026

Tigecycline suppresses colon cancer stem cells and impairs tumor engraftment by targeting SNAI1-regulated epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

Antonio Jesús Ruiz-Malagón, María Jesús Rodríguez-Sojo, Jorge García-García, Ailec Ho-Plagaro, Federico García, Teresa Vezza, Eduardo Redondo-Cerezo, Carmen Griñán-Lisón, Juan Antonio Marchal, María Elena Rodríguez-Cabezas and 2 more

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Article in Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Antonio Jesús Ruiz-Malagón *Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain.
María Jesús Rodríguez-Sojo *Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain.
Jorge García-GarcíaInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
Ailec Ho-PlagaroInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
Federico GarcíaInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
Teresa VezzaInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
Eduardo Redondo-CerezoInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
Carmen Griñán-LisónInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
Juan Antonio MarchalInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18012, Granada, Spain.
María Elena Rodríguez-CabezasDepartment of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain. merodri@ugr.es.
Alba Rodríguez-NogalesDepartment of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain. albarn@ugr.es.
Julio GálvezDepartment of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain. jgalvez@ugr.es.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a key role in the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). The high heterogeneity of CSCs has hindered the clinical application of CSC-targeting therapies. Tetracyclines are drugs with therapeutic potentials beyond their antibiotic activity. We previously demonstrated the efficacy of tigecycline, a third-generation tetracycline, against a model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer, primarily focusing on its immunomodulatory role with a preliminary assessment of its impact on stemness. In this study we characterize the effects of tigecycline on colon CSCs in vitro and in a CRC xenograft model, with special attention on the signaling pathways involved and the modulation of the gut microbiota. We generated secondary colonospheres from two colon tumor cell lines HCT116 and CMT93, and evaluated the effect of tigecycline on CSCs properties. We showed that tigecycline (25, 50 μM) effectively reduced colon CD133

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Colonic NeoplasmsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionNeoplastic Stem CellsSnail Family Transcription FactorsTigecyclineAnimalsCell Line, TumorGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHCT116 CellsHumansMiceXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysSNAI1 protein, humanSnail Family Transcription FactorsTigecyclinecolorectal cancer stem cellsepithelial-mesenchymal transitionmicrobiotasecondary colonospheresSNAI1tigecycline

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PMID40940504
PMCPMC12764785

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