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The Marine-Derived Cyclopentapeptide Turnagainolide B Suppresses Melanoma via Autophagic Flux Disruption and Inhibits Tumorigenesis In Vivo

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G. Wan
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Keyu Zhao
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Min Wang
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Ren‐He Xu
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Meiling Jin *
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Liwei Liu *
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Melanoma remains highly lethal with frequent resistance to current therapies. Here we identify a marine-derived cyclopentapeptide, turnagainolide B, as a potent anti-melanoma agent that selectively kills B16-F10 melanoma cells (IC50 = 50 μM) with low toxicity to normal skin cells. Using bioassay-guided isolation, we also obtained a new analogue, turnagainolide H, and elucidated their structures and biosynthetic pathways. Mechanistically, turnagainolide B induces a previously undescribed “dual-hit” autophagic signature: it simultaneously promotes autophagy initiation (via PI3K/mTOR suppression, evidenced by ATG5 and LC3B-II upregulation) and blocks autophagic degradation (evidenced by p62 accumulation). Co-treatment with chloroquine partially rescued cell viability and decreased LC3B levels, confirming that cell death depends on active autophagic flux disruption. Transcriptomic analysis, together with AI target prediction and docking, identified PI3K as a potential direct target, with downregulation of PI3K, mTOR, and BNIP3 supporting an imbalanced autophagic state. In a syngeneic mouse melanoma model, turnagainolide B significantly suppressed tumor growth, reduced melanin content and Ki67 expression, and enhanced CD8+ T cell infiltration. Collectively, this work expands the chemical diversity of the turnagainolide family, uncovers a unique “dual-hit” autophagic mechanism, and establishes turnagainolide B as a promising lead for melanoma therapy.
Keywords:
marine natural product
turnagainolide B
melanoma
autophagy
bioactive
tumorigenesis

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Marine Drugs
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ningbo university
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Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
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university of macau
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chinese academy of sciences
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