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Tarasov VV, Chubarev VN, Ashraf GM, Dostdar SA, Sokolov AV, Melnikova TI, Sologova SS, Grigorevskich EM, Makhmutovа A, Kinzirsky AS, Klochkov SG, Aliev G. How Cancer Cells Resist Chemotherapy: Design and Development of Drugs Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions. Curr Top Med Chem 2019; 19:394-412. [DOI: 10.2174/1568026619666190305130141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background:Resistance toward chemotherapeutics is one of the main obstacles on the way to effective cancer treatment. Personalization of chemotherapy could improve clinical outcome. However, despite preclinical significance, most of the potential markers have failed to reach clinical practice partially due to the inability of numerous studies to estimate the marker’s impact on resistance properly.Objective:The analysis of drug resistance mechanisms to chemotherapy in cancer cells, and the proposal of study design to identify bona fide markers.Methods:A review of relevant papers in the field. A PubMed search with relevant keywords was used to gather the data. An example of a search request: drug resistance AND cancer AND paclitaxel.Results:We have described a number of drug resistance mechanisms to various chemotherapeutics, as well as markers to underlie the phenomenon. We also proposed a model of a rational-designed study, which could be useful in determining the most promising potential biomarkers.Conclusion:Taking into account the most reasonable biomarkers should dramatically improve clinical outcome by choosing the suitable treatment regimens. However, determining the leading biomarkers, as well as validating of the model, is a work for further investigations.
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- Vadim V. Tarasov
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8-2 Trubetskaya St., Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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Garattini E, Terao M. Increasing recognition of the importance of aldehyde oxidase in drug development and discovery. Drug Metab Rev 2011; 43:374-86. [DOI: 10.3109/03602532.2011.560606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Sequential topoisomerase targeting and analysis of mechanisms of resistance to topotecan in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia. Anticancer Drugs 2008; 19:411-20. [PMID: 18454051 DOI: 10.1097/cad.0b013e3282f5218b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Resistance to topoisomerase I (TOP1)-targeting drugs such as topotecan often involves upregulation of topoisomerase II (TOP2), with accompanying increased sensitivity to TOP2-targeting drugs such as etoposide. This trial was designed to investigate sequential topoisomerase targeting in the treatment of patients with high-risk acute myelogenous leukemia. An initial cohort of patients received topotecan and cytosine arabinoside daily for 5 days. Serial samples of circulating mononuclear cells were examined to evaluate peak elevations of TOP2-alpha protein expression. In subsequent cohorts, etoposide was administered daily for 3 days, beginning 6 h after initiation of the topotecan infusion. The etoposide dose was escalated to determine a maximum-tolerated dose. Circulating mononuclear cells were analyzed for TOP1 mutations and ABCG2 protein expression. In addition, systemic and intracellular topotecan concentrations were measured. Thirty-one patients were enrolled. On the basis of TOP1-alpha protein levels in three patients with peripheral blast counts greater than 50%, etoposide administration began 6 h after initiation of the topotecan/cytosine arabinoside infusion. Using this schedule of administration, the maximum-tolerated dose of etoposide was 90 mg/m. No TOP1 mutations were identified, but increases in ABCG2 expression during the infusion were observed in mononuclear cells from two of four evaluable patients. Administration of etoposide 6 h after initiation of a topotecan/cytosine arabinoside infusion is feasible and is associated with clinical activity. Analysis of TOP2-alpha protein levels in this small number of patients indicated that peak increases occurred earlier than expected based on earlier publications. Upregulation of ABCG2 was detected in circulating cells and may represent an inducible form of drug resistance that should be investigated further.
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Ma LC, Kuo CC, Liu JF, Chen LT, Chang JY. Transcriptional repression of O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase gene rendering cells hypersensitive to N,N'-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosurea in camptothecin-resistant cells. Mol Pharmacol 2008; 74:517-26. [PMID: 18492797 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.043620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a DNA repair protein that removes alkyl-adducts from the O(6)-guanine in DNA and is a crucial defense against O(6)-alkylating agent-induced cytotoxicity. We demonstrated here that two camptothecin (CPT)-resistant cell lines (CPT30 and KB100) were more sensitive to N,N'-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosurea (BCNU) than their parental cells. Enhanced sensitivity to BCNU in these two CPT-resistant cells involved transcriptional repression of the MGMT gene. The mechanism of MGMT gene down-regulation in CPT-resistant cells was not through gene abnormality, mRNA stability, and CpG island hypermethylation. However, the high level of methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2) and dimethylation of H3K9 in the promoter region were found in CPT30 and KB100 cells. Furthermore, increased MeCP2 binding on MGMT promoter was also found to be correlated with MGMT gene-silencing in short-term CPT treatment; thus, enhanced BCNU sensitivity was found in CPT-treated cells. Taken together, we suggest that CPT is able to suppress the transcription of the MGMT gene through recruiting of MeCP2 and H3K9 dimethylation, thus causing a synergistic interaction with BCNU. These findings provide a possible explanation regarding why the combination of CPT and BCNU results in a better objective response than single-use alone. In addition, this study supports a new indication for treating patients who are receiving refractory CPT derivatives with BCNU.
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- Li-Chen Ma
- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 2F, 367, Sheng Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan, Republic of China
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IPdR (5-iodo-2-pyrimidinone-2'-deoxyribose) is a novel orally available, halogenated thymidine (TdR) analog and is a potential radiosensitizer for use in human tumors, such as rectal, pancreas, sarcoma and glioma tumors. IPdR is a prodrug that is efficiently converted to IUdR (5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine), an intravenous radiosensitizer by a hepatic aldehyde oxidase, resulting in high IPdR and IUdR plasma levels in mice for > or = 1 h after oral IPdR. Athymic mice tolerated oral IPdR to doses up to 1500 mg/kg/day t.i.d. for 6 - 14 days without significant systemic toxicities. A number of in vivo preclinical studies have demonstrated that IPdR is a superior radiosensitizer compared with IUdR given as a continuous infusion in terms of safety and efficacy with a significantly lower toxicity profile, including gastrointestinal and hematologic side effects. A preclinical study has shown that IPdR is effective in inducing human colon cancer xenograft radiosensitization in drug-resistant DNA mismatch repair-proficient and -deficient tumor models, as well as in human globlastoma xenograft. In anticipation of performing a clinical Phase I trial in humans, investigators also studied the drug pharmacokinetics and host toxicities in two non-rodent, animal species during a 14-day treatment course. Dose-limiting systemic toxicities (diarrhea, emesis, weight loss and decreased motor activity) were observed in ferrets receiving IPdR at 1500 mg/kg/day on a 14-day schedule that were not found previously in athymic mice. Recently, a once-daily IPdR dosing up to 2000/mg/kg for 28 days in Fischer-344 rats showed reversible mild-to-moderate systemic toxicities without any severe or life-threatening toxicities. However, in all preclinical toxicity studies so far, no significant hematologic, biochemical or histopathologic changes have been found. Hepatic aldehyde oxidase activity was reduced in a dose-dependent fashion in the ferret liver, suggesting partial enzyme inactivation by this IPdwR schedule, but that is not found in Fischer-344 rats. The plasma pharmacokinetic profile in Rhesus monkeys showing biexponential clearance are similar to previously published data in athymic mice. In this paper, the authors review the development, mechanism of action, preclinical data and rationale for clinical studies.
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- Muhammad Wasif Saif
- Yale University School of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Kinsella TJ, Kinsella MT, Hong S, Johnson JP, Burback B, Tosca PJ. Toxicology and pharmacokinetic study of orally administered 5-iodo-2-pyrimidinone-2'deoxyribose (IPdR) x 28 days in Fischer-344 rats: impact on the initial clinical phase I trial design of IPdR-mediated radiosensitization. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2007; 61:323-34. [PMID: 17562042 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-007-0518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE A toxicology and pharmacokinetic study of orally administered (po) IPdR (5-3iodo-2-pyrimidinone-2'deoxyribose, NSC-726188) was performed in Fischer-344 rats using a once daily (qd) x 28 days dosing schedule as proposed for an initial phase I clinical trial of IPdR as a radiosensitizer. METHODS For the toxicology assessment, 80 male and female rats (10/sex/dosage group) were randomly assigned to groups receiving either 0, 0.2, 1.0 or 2.0 g kg(-1)day(-1) of po IPdR x 28 days and one-half were observed to day 57 (recovery group). Animals were monitored for clinical signs during and following treatment with full necropsy of one-half of each dosage group at day 29 and 57. For the plasma pharmacokinetic assessment, 40 rats (10/sex/dosage group) were randomly assigned to groups receiving either 0.2 or 1.0 g kg(-1)day(-1) of po IPdR x 28 days with multiple blood samplings on days 1 and 28 and single blood sampling on days 8 and 15. RESULTS No drug-related deaths occurred. Higher IPdR doses resulted in transient weight loss and transient decreased hemoglobins but had no effect on white cells or platelets. Complete serum chemistry evaluation showed transient mild decreases in total protein, alkaline phosphatase, and serum globulin. Necropsy evaluation at day 29 showed minimal to mild histopathologic changes in bone marrow, lymph nodes and liver; all reversed by day 59. There were no sex-dependent differences in plasma pharmacokinetics of IPdR noted and the absorption and elimination kinetics of IPdR were found to be linear over the dose range studied. CONCLUSIONS A once-daily dosing schedule of po IPdR for 28 days with doses up to 2.0 g kg(-1)day(-1) appeared to be well tolerated in Fischer-344 rats. Drug-related weight loss and microscopic changes in bone marrow, lymph nodes and liver were observed. These changes were all reversed by day 57. IPdR disposition was linear over the dose range used. However, based on day 28 kinetics it appears that IPdR elimination is enhanced following repeated administration. These toxicology and pharmacokinetic data were used when considering the design of our initial phase I trial of po IPdR as a clinical radiosensitizer.
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- Timothy J Kinsella
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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St-Amant C, Lussier S, Lehoux J, Laberge RM, Boissonneault G. Altered phosphorylation of topoisomerase I following overexpression in an ovarian cancer cell line. Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 84:55-66. [PMID: 16462890 DOI: 10.1139/o05-157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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There is a growing interest regarding the use of camptothecins (CPTs) for the management of ovarian cancer. Since topoisomerase I has been established as a prime target of these drugs in other experimental models, it was important to determine whether sensitivity to CPTs in ovarian cancer cells is also correlated with the cellular level of this enzyme. Despite the 7-fold increase in topoisomerase expression achieved by adenovirus-mediated expression, the sensitivity to a CPT derivative (topotecan), was not improved compared with control cells harboring an endogenous level of the enzyme. This observation is in accordance with the similar level of topoisomerase I activity found in control and overexpressing cells and suggests that these cells may efficiently regulate the enzyme activity. Indeed, topoisomerase I overexpressing cells are characterized by a lack of alkaline phosphatase sensitivity and elimination of the hyperphosphorylated form of the protein. Taken together, these observations strongly suggest that an alteration in the phosphorylation state of topoisomerase I could limit its activity and prevent improvement of CPT response in ovarian cancer cells. In addition, a limited extent of topoisomerase I phosphorylating activity was found in nuclear extract of OVCAR-3 cells. Hence, providing enhancement in topoisomerase I expression may not result in improvement of CPT response in ovarian cancer cells because of an efficient control of the phosphorylation state of the enzyme.
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- Christiane St-Amant
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Arakawa Y, Suzuki H, Saito S, Yamada H. Novel missense mutation of the DNA topoisomerase I gene in SN-38-resistant DLD-1 cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2006; 5:502-8. [PMID: 16546964 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-05-0246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Irinotecan hydrochloride, a camptothecin derivative, is one of the most effective drugs for colorectal cancer, and SN-38 is its main active metabolite. Development of resistance is a major obstacle to the clinical application of this drug. We established an SN-38-resistant subline from DLD-1 human colon cancer cells by continuous exposure to SN-38 and studied the mechanisms of resistance. The resistant subline (designated as DLDSNR6) had 10- to 100-fold higher resistance to camptothecin derivatives but showed no cross-resistance to doxorubicin, mitomycin C, and etoposide. DLDSNR6 cells carried a missense mutation in one allele of the DNA topoisomerase I gene that substituted glycine for serine at amino acid residue 365 accompanied by loss of the latter part of the remaining wild-type allele. Topoisomerase I expression was equal in DLDSNR6 and DLD-1 cells, but the nuclear extract of DLDSNR6 cells showed lower topoisomerase I catalytic activity. Moreover, exposure to camptothecin caused less accumulation of topoisomerase I-DNA complexes in DLDSNR6 cells than in DLD-1 cells. These findings suggest that the mutation interfered with both the catalytic activity of topoisomerase I and the stability of the ternary complex between topoisomerase I, DNA, and SN-38. This SN-38-resistant DLDSNR6 cell line may be useful for understanding the mechanisms of topoisomerase I function and drug-enzyme interactions.
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- Yasuhiro Arakawa
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Nishi-Shimbashi 3-25-8 Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan.
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Klecker RW, Cysyk RL, Collins JM. Zebularine metabolism by aldehyde oxidase in hepatic cytosol from humans, monkeys, dogs, rats, and mice: Influence of sex and inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:62-6. [PMID: 16143537 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Revised: 07/27/2005] [Accepted: 07/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To aid in the clinical evaluation of zebularine, a potential oral antitumor agent, we initiated studies on the metabolism of zebularine in liver cytosol from humans and other mammals. Metabolism by aldehyde oxidase (AO, EC 1.2.3.1) was the major catabolic route, yielding uridine as the primary metabolite, which was metabolized further to uracil by uridine phosphorylase. The inhibition of zebularine metabolism was studied using raloxifene, a known potent inhibitor of AO, and 5-benzylacyclouridine (BAU), a previously undescribed inhibitor of AO. The Michaelis-Menten kinetics of aldehyde oxidase and its inhibition by raloxifene and BAU were highly variable between species.
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- Raymond W Klecker
- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA.
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Kuo CC, Liu JF, Chang JY. DNA repair enzyme, O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase, modulates cytotoxicity of camptothecin-derived topoisomerase I inhibitors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 316:946-54. [PMID: 16258022 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.095919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Two camptothecin-resistant cell lines, CPT30 and KB100, were established and characterized previously in our laboratory. Because enhanced sensitivity to 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and decreased expression of O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein were observed in these lines, we hypothesized that MGMT may be a determinant of cytotoxicity associated with camptothecin-derived DNA topoisomerase I inhibitors (CPTs). We used the Tet-On system to induce expression of MGMT in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and RNA interference to knock down MGMT expression in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma HONE-1 cells in order to identify any correlations between MGMT expression and CPTs cytotoxicity. CHO-derived Tet-On-inducible cells (S12+) showed MGMT overexpression and statistically significant more resistance to BCNU, camptothecin, 7-ethyl-10-hydrocamptothecin (SN38), and topotecan than parental CHO cells (p < 0.05), but there was less resistance to CPTs than to BCNU. Knockdown of MGMT expression with small interfering RNA in HONE-1 cells conferred increased sensitivity to BCNU and CPTs compared with mock control. Furthermore, alteration of MGMT expression coincides with CPT-induced cell death and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. There were no differences in protein levels and catalytic activity of topoisomerase I between MGMT-proficient and MGMT-deficient cells from the Tet-On-inducible and small interfering RNA (siRNA) systems. Resistance to CPTs coincided with decreased amounts of protein-linked DNA breaks generated by CPTs in MGMT-proficient cells and vice versa in MGMT-deficient cells. Our data indicate that MGMT can modulate cytotoxicity of CPT-derived topoisomerase I inhibitors.
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- Ching-Chuan Kuo
- Division of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yu D, Khan E, Khaleque MA, Lee J, Laco G, Kohlhagen G, Kharbanda S, Cheng YC, Pommier Y, Bharti A. Phosphorylation of DNA topoisomerase I by the c-Abl tyrosine kinase confers camptothecin sensitivity. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:51851-61. [PMID: 15448168 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404396200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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DNA topoisomerase I (topo I) is involved in the regulation of DNA supercoiling, gene transcription, recombination, and DNA repair. The anticancer agent camptothecin specifically targets topo I. The mechanisms responsible for the regulation of topo I in cells, however, are not known. This study demonstrates that c-Abl-dependent phosphorylation up-regulates topo I activity. The c-Abl SH3 domain bound directly to the N-terminal region of topo I. The results demonstrate that c-Abl phosphorylated topo I at Tyr268 in core subdomain II. c-Abl-mediated phosphorylation of topo I Tyr268 in vitro and in cells conferred activation of the topo I isomerase function. Moreover, activation of c-Abl by treatment of cells with ionizing radiation was associated with c-Abl-dependent phosphorylation of topo I and induction of topo I activity. The functional significance of the c-Abl/topo I interaction is supported by the findings that (i) mutant topo I(Y268F) exhibited loss of c-Abl-induced topo I activity, and (ii) c-Abl-/- cells were deficient in the accumulation of protein-linked DNA breaks. In addition, loss of topo I phosphorylation in c-Abl-deficient cells conferred resistance to camptothecin-induced apoptosis. These findings collectively support a model in which c-Abl-mediated phosphorylation of topo I is functionally important to topo I activity and sensitivity to topo I poisons.
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- Donghui Yu
- Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Saleem A, Dutta J, Malegaonkar D, Rasheed F, Rasheed Z, Rajendra R, Marshall H, Luo M, Li H, Rubin EH. The topoisomerase I- and p53-binding protein topors is differentially expressed in normal and malignant human tissues and may function as a tumor suppressor. Oncogene 2004; 23:5293-300. [PMID: 15107820 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Topors was identified recently as a human protein that binds to topoisomerase I and p53. Topors contains a highly conserved RING domain and localizes in promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies. Relatively little is known regarding topors expression patterns or function. We now demonstrate that topors mRNA and protein are widely expressed in normal human tissues. By contrast, topors mRNA and protein levels are decreased or undetectable in colon adenocarcinomas relative to normal colon tissue, and expression of the topors protein is not detectable in several colon cancer cell lines. The human TOPORS gene is located on chromosome 9p21, with loss of heterozygosity in this region frequently observed in several different malignancies. While we were unable to detect loss of heterozygosity of the TOPORS gene in 16 sporadic colon cancer cases, increased methylation of a CpG island in the TOPORS promoter was evident in colon adenocarcinoma specimens relative to matched normal tissues. Additional studies indicate that forced expression of topors inhibits cellular proliferation and is associated with an accumulation of cells in the G(0)/G(1) phase of the cell cycle. This effect is independent of the topors RING domain and maps to a C-terminal region of the protein. These results suggest that topors functions as a negative regulator of cell growth, and possibly as a tumor suppressor.
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- Ahamed Saleem
- Department of Pharmacology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Mackman RL, Cihlar T. Prodrug Strategies in the Design of Nucleoside and Nucleotide Antiviral Therapeutics. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(04)39023-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Edwards TK, Saleem A, Shaman JA, Dennis T, Gerigk C, Oliveros E, Gartenberg MR, Rubin EH. Role for nucleolin/Nsr1 in the cellular localization of topoisomerase I. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36181-8. [PMID: 10967121 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006628200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nucleolin functions in ribosome biogenesis and contains an acidic N terminus that binds nuclear localization sequences. In previous work we showed that human nucleolin associates with the N-terminal region of human topoisomerase I (Top1). We have now mapped the topoisomerase I interaction domain of nucleolin to the N-terminal 225 amino acids. We also show that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleolin ortholog, Nsr1p, physically interacts with yeast topoisomerase I, yTop1p. Studies of isogenic NSR1(+) and Deltansr1 strains indicate that NSR1 is important in determining the cellular localization of yTop1p. Moreover, deletion of NSR1 reduces sensitivity to camptothecin, an antineoplastic topoisomerase I inhibitor. By contrast, Deltansr1 cells are hypersensitive to the topoisomerase II-targeting drug amsacrine. These findings indicate that nucleolin/Nsr1 is involved in the cellular localization of Top1 and that this localization may be important in determining sensitivity to drugs that target topoisomerases.
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- T K Edwards
- Departments of Medicine/Pharmacology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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Chang JY, Guo X, Chen HX, Jiang Z, Fu Q, Wang HK, Bastow KF, Zhu XK, Guan J, Lee KH, Cheng YC. Unique biochemical, cytotoxic, and antitumor activity of camptothecin and 4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin conjugates. Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 59:497-508. [PMID: 10660116 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00363-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Two compounds having a camptothecin (CPT) analog conjugated to the 4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin analog were evaluated for their biochemical and biological activities. W1[camptothecin-(para)-4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin] had no activity against topoisomerase II (TOP II), but inhibited topoisomerase I (TOP I) with an IC(50) value 2-fold higher than CPT. W2 [camptothecin-(ortho)-4beta-amino-4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin] had inhibitory activity against TOP I and TOP II with IC(50) values 1.5-fold higher than either CPT or etoposide (VP-16). Both conjugates had similar cytotoxicity against the KB cell line, although the protein-linked DNA breaks (PLDBs) generated by W2 in KB cells were about 4-fold more than those of W1. No cross-resistance with the two conjugates was seen in a VP-16-resistant KB subline, which showed down-regulation of TOP II and overexpression of the multiple drug resistance-associated protein, or in a vincristine-resistant KB subline with overexpression of gp-170/mdr-1. The CPT-resistant KB variant (KB CPT 100), which has a reduction in TOP I content and another mechanism that occurs post-PLDB formation, was partially resistant to both compounds. W1 was not affected by this post-PLDB resistance mechanism. Cell cycle analysis demonstrated that W1 and W1 had similar cell cycle effects on KB and KB CPT 100 cells, which accumulated in S-phase upon drug treatment. These results suggested that W1 and W2 exerted their cytotoxicity through TOP I. In CPT-resistant cells, however, an unidentified target also may be involved in the cytotoxic action of W1 and TOP II may still be a target for W1. In vivo, W1 was more effective against the growth of human prostate cancer cells in nude mice than VP-16, CPT, or W2. Given its antitumor activity and unique biochemical mechanism of action, W1 warrants exploration as an antitumor compound.
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- J Y Chang
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Pommier Y, Pourquier P, Urasaki Y, Wu J, Laco GS. Topoisomerase I inhibitors: selectivity and cellular resistance. Drug Resist Updat 1999; 2:307-318. [PMID: 11504505 DOI: 10.1054/drup.1999.0102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Topoisomerase I (top1) inhibitors (camptothecins and other structurally diverse compounds) are effective and promising anticancer agents. Determinants of selectivity toward cancer cells and resistance are multifactorial. These factors can be separated in three groups. The first is related to alterations in drug distribution and metabolism. The second group includes both quantitative and qualitative (mutations) differences in top I. The third group includes resistance and sensitivity factors downstream from the cleavage complexes. They include DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints and apoptosis, and are probably key to the relative selectivity of camptothecins toward cancer cells and to clinical resistance. Copyright 1999 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
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- Yves Pommier
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Nieves-Neira W, Pommier Y. Apoptotic response to camptothecin and 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) in the 8 human breast cancer cell lines of the NCI Anticancer Drug Screen: multifactorial relationships with topoisomerase I, protein kinase C, Bcl-2, p53, MDM-2 and caspase pathways. Int J Cancer 1999; 82:396-404. [PMID: 10399957 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990730)82:3<396::aid-ijc13>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Derivatives of camptothecins, topoisomerase I inhibitors and 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01), a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor and cell cycle checkpoint abrogator, are promising anticancer drugs. We characterized the apoptotic response to camptothecin and UCN-01 for the 8 human breast carcinoma cell lines (MCF-7, MCF-7/ADR, T47D, HS578T, BT549, MDA-N, MDA MB231, MDA435) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Anticancer Drug Screen. MCF-7 and T47D cells exhibited marked resistance to apoptosis, whereas MCF-7/ADR (NCI/ADR-RES) and HS578T cells exhibited the most pronounced apoptotic response. Apoptotic response was not correlated with growth inhibition measured by sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay, indicating that apoptosis is not the only mechanism of drug-induced cell death. Measurements of topoisomerase I levels and cleavage complexes and of PKC isoforms demonstrated that primary target inhibition was not correlated with apoptotic response. Several key apoptotic pathways were evaluated. Only MCF-7 cells had wild-type p53, indicating that p53 is not required for drug-induced apoptosis. MCF-7 cells also showed the highest MDM-2 expression (along with T47D cells, which were also resistant to apoptosis). Bcl-2, Mcl-1 and caspases 2 and 3 protein levels varied widely, whereas Bax expression was comparable among cell lines. Interestingly, Bcl-2, Mcl-1 and Bcl-X(L) cumulative expressions were inversely correlated with apoptotic response. Our results provide a comparative molecular characterization for the breast cancer cell lines of the NCI Anticancer Drug Screen and demonstrate the diversity of cellular responses to drugs (apoptosis vs. cell cycle arrest) and the importance of multifactorial analyses for modulating/predicting the apoptotic response to chemotherapy.
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- W Nieves-Neira
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Chen ZS, Sumizawa T, Furukawa T, Ono K, Tani A, Komatsu M, Akiyama S. An enhanced active efflux of CPT-11 and SN-38 in cisplatin-resistant human KB carcinoma cells. Cancer Lett 1999; 138:13-22. [PMID: 10378768 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(98)00367-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cisplatin-resistant KCP-4 cells were 12.4- and 31.6-fold more resistant to CPT-11 and SN-38 than parental KB-3-1 cells, respectively. We studied the mechanism of cross-resistance to CPT-11 and SN-38. Our previous study showed that multidrug resistance protein (MRP), canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (cMOAT) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) were not expressed in KCP-4 cells (Chen, Z.-S. et al., Exp. Cell Res., 240 (1998) 312-320, and Chuman, Y. et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 226 (1996) 158-165). The accumulation of both CPT-11 and SN-38 in KCP-4 cells was lower than that in KB-3-1 cells. The ATP-dependent efflux of CPT-11 and SN-38 from KCP-4 cells was enhanced compared with that from KB-3-1 cells. DNA topoisomerase (topo) I expression, topo I activity, topo I-mediated cleavable complex, and the sensitivity to SN-38 of DNA topo I in KCP-4 were similar to those in KB-3-1 cells. Furthermore, the conversion of CPT-11 to SN-38 in the two cell lines was also similar. The transport of LTC4 in KCP-4 membrane vesicles was competitively inhibited by bis-(glutathionato)-platinum (II) (GS-Pt), CPT-11 and SN-38. These findings suggested that an unknown transporter distinct from P-gp, MRP or cMOAT is expressed in KCP-4 cells and transports CPT-11 and SN-38.
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- Z S Chen
- Department of Cancer Chemotherapy, Institute for Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Samejima K, Svingen PA, Basi GS, Kottke T, Mesner PW, Stewart L, Durrieu F, Poirier GG, Alnemri ES, Champoux JJ, Kaufmann SH, Earnshaw WC. Caspase-mediated cleavage of DNA topoisomerase I at unconventional sites during apoptosis. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:4335-40. [PMID: 9933635 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.7.4335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that topoisomerase I is cleaved late during apoptosis, but have not identified the proteases responsible or examined the functional consequences of this cleavage. Here, we have shown that treatment of purified topoisomerase I with caspase-3 resulted in cleavage at DDVD146 downward arrowY and EEED170 downward arrowG, whereas treatment with caspase-6 resulted in cleavage at PEDD123 downward arrowG and EEED170 downward arrowG. After treatment of Jurkat T lymphocytic leukemia cells with anti-Fas antibody or A549 lung cancer cells with topotecan, etoposide, or paclitaxel, the topoisomerase I fragment comigrated with the product that resulted from caspase-3 cleavage at DDVD146 downward arrowY. In contrast, two discrete topoisomerase I fragments that appeared to result from cleavage at DDVD146 downward arrowY and EEED170 downward arrowG were observed after treatment of MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells with paclitaxel. Topoisomerase I cleavage did not occur in apoptotic MCF-7 cells, which lack caspase-3. Cell fractionation and band depletion studies with the topoisomerase I poison topotecan revealed that the topoisomerase I fragment remains in proximity to the chromatin and retains the ability to bind to and cleave DNA. These observations indicate that topoisomerase I is a substrate of caspase-3 and possibly caspase-6, but is cleaved at sequences that differ from those ordinarily preferred by these enzymes, thereby providing a potential explanation why topoisomerase I cleavage lags behind that of classical caspase substrates such as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and lamin B1.
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- K Samejima
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Haluska P, Rubin E, Verschraegen CF. Topoisomerase-I inhibitors in gynecologic tumors. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 1999; 13:43-61, vii-viii. [PMID: 10080069 DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8588(05)70153-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The first section of this article reviews recent studies that have clarified both the cellular role of topoisomerase I and the mechanisms of cytotoxicity of the topoisomerase inhibitors, the camptothecins. Different analogs of this new class of antitumor drug have been studied using various dose schedules in the treatment of refractory or recurrent gynecologic cancer. Response rates are between 13% and 25%. The main toxic effects are hematologic and gastrointestinal, the latter remains problematic. Radiotherapy, alkylate, platinum analogues, and topoisomerase II inhibitors are currently being studied in combination with camptothecins.
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- P Haluska
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University M.D. New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
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Altered Expression and Activity of Topoisomerases During All-Trans Retinoic Acid-Induced Differentiation of HL-60 Cells. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.8.2863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractRegulation of topoisomerase II (TOPO II) isozymes and β is influenced by the growth and transformation state of cells. Using HL-60 cells induced to differentiate by all-trans retinoic acid (RA), we have investigated the expression and regulation of TOPO II isozymes as well as the levels of topoisomerase I (TOPO I). During RA-induced differentiation of human leukemia HL-60 cells, levels of TOPO I remained unchanged, whereas the levels and phosphorylation of TOPO II and TOPO IIβ proteins were increased twofold to fourfold and fourfold to eightfold, respectively. The elevation of TOPO II ( and β) protein levels and phosphorylation was apparent at 48 hours of treatment with RA and persisted through 96 hours. The increased level of TOPO IIβ protein was also detected in differentiated cells subsequently cultured for 96 hours in RA-free medium. Pulse chase experiments in cells labeled with 35S-methionine showed that the rate of degradation of TOPO IIβ protein in control cells was about twofold faster than that in the differentiated RA-treated cells. The level of decatenation activity of kDNA was comparable in nuclear extracts from control or RA-treated cells. Whereas etoposide (1 to 10 μmol/L) -induced DNA cleavage was not significantly different, apoptosis was significantly lower (P = .012) in RA-treated versus control cells after exposure to 10 μmol/L etoposide. Consistent with unaltered levels of TOPO I, camptothecin (CPT) -induced DNA cleavage was similar in control or RA-treated cells. However, apoptosis after exposure to 1 to 10 μmol/L CPT was significantly lower (P = .003 to P < .001) in RA-treated versus control cells. Results suggest that TOPO IIβ protein levels are posttranscriptionally regulated and that degradation of TOPO IIβ is decreased during RA-induced differentiation. Furthermore, whereas the total level of TOPO II ( + β) is increased with RA, the level of TOPO II catalytic activity and etoposide-stabilized DNA cleavage activity remains unaltered. Thus, TOPO IIβ may have a specific role in transcription of genes involved in differentiation with RA treatment.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Altered Expression and Activity of Topoisomerases During All-Trans Retinoic Acid-Induced Differentiation of HL-60 Cells. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.8.2863.420k20_2863_2870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Regulation of topoisomerase II (TOPO II) isozymes and β is influenced by the growth and transformation state of cells. Using HL-60 cells induced to differentiate by all-trans retinoic acid (RA), we have investigated the expression and regulation of TOPO II isozymes as well as the levels of topoisomerase I (TOPO I). During RA-induced differentiation of human leukemia HL-60 cells, levels of TOPO I remained unchanged, whereas the levels and phosphorylation of TOPO II and TOPO IIβ proteins were increased twofold to fourfold and fourfold to eightfold, respectively. The elevation of TOPO II ( and β) protein levels and phosphorylation was apparent at 48 hours of treatment with RA and persisted through 96 hours. The increased level of TOPO IIβ protein was also detected in differentiated cells subsequently cultured for 96 hours in RA-free medium. Pulse chase experiments in cells labeled with 35S-methionine showed that the rate of degradation of TOPO IIβ protein in control cells was about twofold faster than that in the differentiated RA-treated cells. The level of decatenation activity of kDNA was comparable in nuclear extracts from control or RA-treated cells. Whereas etoposide (1 to 10 μmol/L) -induced DNA cleavage was not significantly different, apoptosis was significantly lower (P = .012) in RA-treated versus control cells after exposure to 10 μmol/L etoposide. Consistent with unaltered levels of TOPO I, camptothecin (CPT) -induced DNA cleavage was similar in control or RA-treated cells. However, apoptosis after exposure to 1 to 10 μmol/L CPT was significantly lower (P = .003 to P < .001) in RA-treated versus control cells. Results suggest that TOPO IIβ protein levels are posttranscriptionally regulated and that degradation of TOPO IIβ is decreased during RA-induced differentiation. Furthermore, whereas the total level of TOPO II ( + β) is increased with RA, the level of TOPO II catalytic activity and etoposide-stabilized DNA cleavage activity remains unaltered. Thus, TOPO IIβ may have a specific role in transcription of genes involved in differentiation with RA treatment.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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van Ark-Otte J, Kedde MA, van der Vijgh WJ, Dingemans AM, Jansen WJ, Pinedo HM, Boven E, Giaccone G. Determinants of CPT-11 and SN-38 activities in human lung cancer cells. Br J Cancer 1998; 77:2171-6. [PMID: 9649129 PMCID: PMC2150393 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Irinotecan (CPT-11) is a semisynthetic camptothecin derivative with a broad spectrum of anti-tumour activity. Carboxylesterase (CE) catalyses the conversion of CPT-11 to SN-38 (7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin), the active form of CPT-11. The antiproliferative effects of CPT-11 and SN-38, CE-activity and topoisomerase I protein expression were investigated in five human small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines and four human non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines. Antiproliferative activity, expressed as IC50 values, was determined using the MTT assay. CPT-11 was significantly more active in SCLC than in NSCLC cell lines (P = 0.0036), whereas no significant difference between histological types was observed with SN-38. A significant correlation (r2 = 0.52, P = 0.028) was observed between CE activity and chemosensitivity to CPT-11 but not to SN-38, and significantly higher CE activity was observed in SCLC compared with NSCLC cell lines (P = 0.025). Western blotting experiments showed topoisomerase I protein expressions within a factor of 2, and a granular nuclear staining was detectable in all cell lines by immunocytochemistry of cytospins. No correlation was observed between protein expression and sensitivity to CPT-11 or SN-38. Cellular and medium concentrations of CPT-11 and SN-38 were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in one SCLC cell line with high CE activity and high sensitivity to CPT-11, and one NSCLC cell line with low sensitivity to CPT-11 and CE activity. Intracellular concentrations of CPT-11 and SN-38 were higher in the SCLC cell line, and this was associated with an increase in cellular uptake of CPT-11 compared with the medium, and an increased intracellular formation of SN-38. In conclusion, CE activity appears to be associated with higher sensitivity to CPT-11 in human lung cancer cell lines and may partly explain the difference in the in vitro sensitivity to CPT-11 between SCLC and NSCLC cells. The assessment of CE activity in clinical material of lung cancer patients undergoing treatment with CPT-11 may be warranted. However, other mechanisms may influence sensitivity to CPT-11, possibly including drug transport.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacokinetics
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology
- Camptothecin/analogs & derivatives
- Camptothecin/pharmacokinetics
- Camptothecin/pharmacology
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/pathology
- Cell Division/drug effects
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/biosynthesis
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/metabolism
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacokinetics
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Humans
- Irinotecan
- Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- J van Ark-Otte
- University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sorensen M, Sehested M, Christensen IJ, Larsen JK, Jensen PB. Low-level resistance to camptothecin in a human small-cell lung cancer cell line without reduction in DNA topoisomerase I or drug-induced cleavable complex formation. Br J Cancer 1998; 77:2152-61. [PMID: 9649127 PMCID: PMC2150415 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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To study the evolution of camptothecin (CPT) resistance, we have established two small-cell lung cancer cell lines with low (3.2-fold, NYH/CAM15) and high (18-fold, NYH/CAM50) resistance to CPT by stepwise drug exposure. NYH/CAM50 cells had reduced topoisomerase I (topo I) content and activity, and consequently CPT-induced DNA single strand breaks (SSBs) were reduced, as measured by alkaline elution. In contrast, NYH/CAM15 cells had identical topo I content and activity as compared with wild-type (wt) cells. CPT-mediated SSBs and the rate of their reversal after drug removal were also equal in wt and NYH/CAM15 cells, as were doubling time, the fraction of cells in S-phase and DNA synthesis rate in response to CPT. As the conversion of DNA SSBs to DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) is thought to represent a critical event leading to cell death, we measured DNA DSBs by neutral elution. In contrast to DNA SSBs, CPT induced fewer DNA DSBs in NYH/CAM15 than in wt cells. DNA flow cytometry showed that, in CPT-treated cells, the G1 phase was emptied as cells accumulated in late S- and G2M phase. A Spearman rank correlation showed that depletion of G1 and accumulation in late S and G2M correlated to CPT sensitivity in these three cell lines. In conclusion, acquired resistance to CPT can occur without a reduction in either topo I enzyme or CPT-induced cleavable complex formation, while a decrease in the level of CPT-induced DNA DSBs may be of major importance in the early stages of CPT resistance.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacokinetics
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Camptothecin/pharmacokinetics
- Camptothecin/pharmacology
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/enzymology
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/pathology
- Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Cell Division/drug effects
- DNA Damage
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/metabolism
- DNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- DNA, Neoplasm/drug effects
- DNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Lung Neoplasms/enzymology
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- M Sorensen
- Laboratory of Experimental Medical Oncology, The Finsen Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jansen WJ, Hulscher TM, van Ark-Otte J, Giaccone G, Pinedo HM, Boven E. CPT-11 sensitivity in relation to the expression of P170-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance-associated protein. Br J Cancer 1998; 77:359-65. [PMID: 9472629 PMCID: PMC2151280 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The relevance of P170-glycoprotein (P-gp) and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) for the sensitivity to CPT-11 was investigated in human malignant cell lines as well as in human tumour xenografts. In vitro, the P-gp-positive sublines BRO/mdr1.1 (transfected with MDR1) and 2780AD were slightly cross-resistant against carboxylesterase-activated CPT-11. Cross-resistance against SN-38 was present in 2780AD cells, but not in BRO/mdr1.1 cells. The P-gp modulators BIBW22BS, verapamil and dexniguldipine partly reversed the resistance against CPT-11 in the P-gp-positive sublines. BIBW22BS was the most effective modulator in the reversal of the resistance against carboxylesterase-activated CPT-11 as well as against SN-38 in the 2780AD subline. In contrast to doxorubicin and vincristine, the BRO/mdr1.1 xenografts were at least as sensitive to CPT-11 as the BRO xenografts. The 2780AD xenografts were slightly less sensitive than the parent tumours, but there was no difference in topoisomerase I DNA unwinding activity. Therefore, the high retention of the multidrug-resistant phenotype of 2780AD cells in vivo may be the cause of the low cross-resistance against CPT-11. The MRP-positive subline GLC4/ADR was cross-resistant against carboxylesterase-activated CPT-11 and SN-38. GLC4/ADR cells, however, demonstrated a twofold lower topoisomerase I activity than GLC4 cells. Cross-resistance against the camptothecin derivatives was not apparent in the MRP-transfected subline of SW1573/S1. In conclusion, P-gp-positive cells show a low cross-resistance against CPT-11/SN38, which is only apparent with high P-gp expression in vivo. MRP does not seem to play a role in the sensitivity to CPT-11.
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- W J Jansen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Joto N, Ishii M, Minami M, Kuga H, Mitsui I, Tohgo A. DX-8951f, a water-soluble camptothecin analog, exhibits potent antitumor activity against a human lung cancer cell line and its SN-38-resistant variant. Int J Cancer 1997; 72:680-6. [PMID: 9259410 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970807)72:4<680::aid-ijc21>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We previously reported that DX-8951f, a novel water-soluble camptothecin analog, significantly inhibits the growth of various human and murine tumors in vitro and in vivo. The antitumor effects and topoisomerase I inhibitory activity of DX-8951f are stronger than those of other current camptothecin analogs. In this study, we established an SN-38-resistant cell line, PC-6/SN2-5, from the human oat cell carcinoma PC-6 cell line by a stepwise selection system, investigated the mechanism of resistance of this cell line and then compared the antitumor activity of camptothecin analogs against the cell line. PC-6/SN2-5 cells were resistant to SN-38 (32-fold) and SK&F 104864 (topotecan; 14-fold), but barely resistant to CPT-11 (3-fold) and DX-8951f (2-fold). Topoisomerase I protein levels and topoisomerase I activities of parental cells were similar to those of resistant cells. Determination of the cellular drug concentration by either flow cytometric analysis or the high-performance liquid chromatography method confirmed that the cellular accumulation of SN-38 and topotecan was significantly reduced in PC-6/SN2-5 cells, whereas that of DX-8951f was only slightly reduced. Furthermore, DX-8951f stabilized the cleavable complex formations in intact PC-6/SN2-5 cells as well as in parental cells, but SN-38 and topotecan did not in the resistant cells. Our data suggest that PC-6/SN2-5 cells may have acquired resistance to camptothecin analogs by a decrease in intracellular drug accumulation and that DX-8951f may have the potency to overcome such a type of resistance mechanism induced by camptothecin compounds.
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- N Joto
- New Product Research Laboratories IV, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Kellner U, Hutchinson L, Seidel A, Lage H, Danks MK, Dietel M, Kaufmann SH. Decreased drug accumulation in a mitoxantrone-resistant gastric carcinoma cell line in the absence of P-glycoprotein. Int J Cancer 1997; 71:817-24. [PMID: 9180151 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970529)71:5<817::aid-ijc20>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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An established gastric-carcinoma cell line, EPG85-257P, is extremely sensitive to mitoxantrone (IC50, 0.12 ng/ml). Stepwise selection with mitoxantrone for 3 years resulted in a cell line (EPG85-257RN) that is 7,056-fold resistant to mitoxantrone (IC50, 846 ng/ml) and displays cross-resistance to the topoisomerase(topo)-II poisons ametantrone (411x), etoposide (112x) and teniposide (60x) as well as the topo-I poisons 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (331x) and topotecan (58x). We now show that this resistance is multifactorial. Western blotting revealed a 5-fold decrease in topo-IIalpha polypeptide in the mitoxantrone-resistant cells. Immunohistochemistry and Western blotting failed to demonstrate P-glycoprotein overexpression. Formation of trapped topo-II-DNA complexes in the resistant cells required higher mitoxantrone concentrations than in parental cells, even though nuclei isolated from the EPG85-257RN cells formed cleavage complexes normally. In agreement with these observations, which suggest the possibility of a defect in mitoxantrone accumulation, examination of mitoxantrone accumulation in both cell lines by confocal laser microscopy revealed that the EPG85-257RN cells accumulate less mitoxantrone at steady state. From these results, we propose that mitoxantrone accumulation, along with alterations in topo-IIalpha expression, contribute to the resistance to mitoxantrone observed in these cells.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/analysis
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Blotting, Western
- DNA Adducts/metabolism
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/analysis
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Genes, MDR/genetics
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Mitoxantrone/metabolism
- Mitoxantrone/therapeutic use
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Stomach Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Stomach Neoplasms/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- U Kellner
- Institute for General Pathology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.
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AbstractTopotecan (TPT) is a topoisomerase I (topo I) poison that has shown promising antineoplastic activity in solid tumors and acute leukemia. In the present study, a band depletion assay was used to evaluate the ability of TPT to stabilize topo I-DNA adducts in human leukemia cell lines and in clinical leukemia samples ex vivo. This assay showed that 50% of the cellular topo I in HL-60 human myelomonocytic leukemia cells became covalently bound to DNA at an extracellular TPT concentration of 4 μmol/L. In contrast, in 13 clinical specimens of human leukemia harvested before treatment of patients with TPT, the TPT concentration required to stabilize 50% of the cellular topo I in topo I-DNA complexes ranged from 3 to greater than 100 μmol/L (median, 30 μmol/L). Flow microfluorimetry showed that cellular TPT accumulation varied over only a twofold range and failed to provide evidence for transport-mediated resistance in the clinical samples. These observations raise the possibility that formation of topo I-DNA adducts is diminished in many specimens of refractory/relapsed acute leukemia by a mechanism that might alter topo I sensitivity to TPT.
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Jansen WJ, Zwart B, Hulscher ST, Giaccone G, Pinedo HM, Boven E. CPT-11 in human colon-cancer cell lines and xenografts: characterization of cellular sensitivity determinants. Int J Cancer 1997; 70:335-40. [PMID: 9033637 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970127)70:3<335::aid-ijc15>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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CPT-11, a new semisynthetic derivative of camptothecin, is active in a number of tumor types in the clinic, including colon cancer. CPT-11 is a drug that is converted into the active metabolite SN-38 by a carboxylesterase. Experiments were performed to obtain more insight in the cellular characteristics in 5 unselected human colon-cancer cell lines that account for the differential sensitivity to CPT-11 and SN-38. In vitro, the sensitivity to CPT-11 and SN-38 was highest in LS174T and COLO 320 cells, intermediate in SW1398 cells and lowest in COLO 205 and WiDr cells. SN-38 was 130 to 570 times more active than CPT-11. CPT-11 induced complete remissions in 6 out of 12 COLO 320 tumors grown as subcutaneous xenografts, but was not effective in WiDr tumors. The cellular carboxylesterase activity did not relate to the sensitivity to CPT-11. The enzyme activity was higher in normal mouse tissues, i.e., serum and liver, than in COLO 320 or WiDr xenografts, indicating that tumor carboxylesterase is of minor importance for CPT-11 efficacy. The topoisomerase-1 mRNA expression in tumor cells was not predictive of the antiproliferative effects of CPT-11 or SN-38. We observed a positive relationship between the DNA topoisomerase-1 activity and the cellular sensitivity to carboxylesterase-activated CPT-11 (r = 0.75, p < 0.1) as well as to SN-38 (r = 0.89, p < 0.05). The higher topoisomerase-1 activity in COLO 320 cells and tumors when compared with that in WiDr cells and tumors reflected the differences in sensitivity to the drug(s). In conclusion, the DNA topoisomerase-1 activity was the best determinant for CPT-11/SN-38 sensitivity in this panel of unselected human colon-cancer cell lines.
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- W J Jansen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Kawato Y, Terasawa H. 2 Recent Advances in the Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology of Camptothecin. PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6468(08)70105-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Herben VM, ten Bokkel Huinink WW, Dubbelman AC, Mandjes IA, Groot Y, van Gortel-van Zomeren DM, Beijnen JH. Phase I and pharmacological study of sequential intravenous topotecan and oral etoposide. Br J Cancer 1997; 76:1500-8. [PMID: 9400949 PMCID: PMC2228184 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We performed a phase I and pharmacological study to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) of a cytotoxic regimen of the novel topoisomerase I inhibitor topotecan in combination with the topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide, and to investigate the clinical pharmacology of both compounds. Patients with advanced solid tumours were treated at 4-week intervals, receiving topotecan intravenously over 30 min on days 1-5 followed by etoposide given orally twice daily on days 6-12. Topotecan-etoposide dose levels were escalated from 0.5/20 to 1.0/20, 1.0/40, and 1.25/40 (mg m-2 day-1)/(mg bid). After encountering DLT, additional patients were treated at 3-week intervals with the topotecan dose decreased by one level to 1.0 mg m-2 and etoposide administration prolonged from 7 to 10 days to allow further dose intensification. Of 30 patients entered, 29 were assessable for toxicity in the first course and 24 for response. The DLT was neutropenia. At doses of topotecan-etoposide 1.25/40 (mg m-2)/(mg bid) two out of six patients developed neutropenia grade IV that lasted more than 7 days. Reduction of the treatment interval to 3 weeks and prolonging etoposide dosing to 10 days did not permit further dose intensification, as a time delay to retreatment owing to unrecovered bone marrow rapidly emerged as the DLT. Post-infusion total plasma levels of topotecan declined in a biphasic manner with a terminal half-life of 2.1 +/- 0.3 h. Total body clearance was 13.8 +/- 2.7 l h-1 m-2 with a steady-state volume of distribution of 36.7 +/- 6.2 l m-2. N-desmethyltopotecan, a metabolite of topotecan, was detectable in plasma and urine. Mean maximal concentrations ranged from 0.23 to 0.53 nmol l-1, and were reached at 3.4 +/- 1.0 h after infusion. Maximal etoposide plasma concentrations of 0.75 +/- 0.54 and 1.23 +/- 0.57 micromol l-1 were reached at 2.4 +/- 1.2 and 2.3 +/- 1.0 h after ingestion of 20 and 40 mg respectively. The topotecan area under the plasma concentration vs time curve (AUC) correlated with the percentage decrease in white blood cells (WBC) (r2 = 0.70) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) (r2 = 0.65). A partial response was observed in a patient with metastatic ovarian carcinoma. A total of 64% of the patients had stable disease for at least 4 months. The recommended dose for use in phase II clinical trials is topotecan 1.0 mg m-2 on days 1-5 and etoposide 40 mg bid on days 6-12 every 4 weeks.
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- V M Herben
- Department of Medical Oncology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital/Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
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Murren JR, Beidler DR, Cheng YC. Camptothecin resistance related to drug-induced down-regulation of topoisomerase I and to steps occurring after the formation of protein-linked DNA breaks. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 803:74-92. [PMID: 8993502 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb26378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- J R Murren
- Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Y Pommier
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Adjei PN, Kaufmann SH, Leung WY, Mao F, Gores GJ. Selective induction of apoptosis in Hep 3B cells by topoisomerase I inhibitors: evidence for a protease-dependent pathway that does not activate cysteine protease P32. J Clin Invest 1996; 98:2588-96. [PMID: 8958222 PMCID: PMC507717 DOI: 10.1172/jci119078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Progress in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a common tumor worldwide, has been disappointing. Inhibitors of topoisomerases are being widely studied as potential inducers of tumor cell apoptosis. Our aims were to determine whether topoisomerase-directed drugs would induce apoptosis in a human HCC cell line (Hep 3B) and, if so, to investigate the mechanism. The topoisomerase I poison camptothecin (CPT) induced apoptosis of Hep 3B cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. In contrast, the topoisomerase II poison etoposide failed to induce apoptosis despite the apparent stabilization of topoisomerase II-DNA complexes. Unexpectedly, CPT-induced apoptosis in this cell type occurred without any detectable cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase or lamin B, polypeptides that are commonly cleaved in other cell types undergoing apoptosis. Likewise, Hep 3B cell apoptosis occurred without a detectable increase in interleukin-1beta-converting enzyme (ICE)-like or cysteine protease P32 (CPP32)-like protease activity. In contrast, trypsin-like protease activity (cleavage of Boc-Val-Leu-Lys-chloromethylaminocoumarin in situ) increased threefold in cells treated with CPT but not etoposide. Tosyl-lysyl chloromethyl ketone inhibited the trypsin-like protease activity and diminished CPT-induced apoptosis. These data demonstrate that (a) apoptosis is induced in Hep 3B cells after stabilization of topoisomerase I-DNA complexes but not after stabilization of topoisomerase II-DNA complexes as measured by alkaline filter elution; (b) Hep 3B cell apoptosis occurs without activation of ICE-like and CPP32-like protease activity; and (c) a trypsin-like protease activity appears to contribute to apoptosis in this cell type.
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- P N Adjei
- Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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The glucose-regulated stress response in mammalian cells is characterized by the increased synthesis of glucose-regulated proteins (GRPs). In this study, we found that GRP-inducing conditions in culture led to induction of resistance to the topoisomerase I-targeted drug camptothecin in human colon cancer HT-29 and ovarian cancer A2780 cells. The induction of camptothecin resistance was accompanied by decreased levels of camptothecin-induced cleavable complexes, as measured by a topoisomerase I band depletion assay. However, topoisomerase I protein levels were the same in both stressed and non-stressed cells. Furthermore, when isolated nuclei from stressed and non-stressed cells were treated with camptothecin, similar levels of cleavable complexes were obtained, suggesting that the activity of topoisomerase I did not change in stressed cells. In contrast, intracellular accumulation of camptothecin decreased in stressed cells. Our results indicate that stress-induced camptothecin resistance could be explained by reduced camptothecin accumulation, leading to decreased numbers of cleavable complexes, without quantitative or qualitative changes in topoisomerase I levels. In addition, cell cycle analysis revealed that the GRP-inducing treatments resulted in an accumulation of G1/G0-phase cells. As camptothecin shows an S-phase-specific cytotoxicity, the G1/G0-phase accumulation is another mechanism for camptothecin resistance. Since a glucose-regulated response is produced by hypoxia and nutrient deprivation that occur naturally in solid tumors, the resistance observed here can occur in some solid tumors and can be an obstacle to chemotherapy.
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- A Tomida
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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O'Reilly S, Rowinsky EK. The clinical status of irinotecan (CPT-11), a novel water soluble camptothecin analogue: 1996. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 1996; 24:47-70. [PMID: 8869798 DOI: 10.1016/1040-8428(96)00211-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- S O'Reilly
- Division of Medical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-8934, USA
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- E H Rubin
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854, USA
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Sorensen M, Sehested M, Jensen PB. Characterisation of a human small-cell lung cancer cell line resistant to the DNA topoisomerase I-directed drug topotecan. Br J Cancer 1995; 72:399-404. [PMID: 7640225 PMCID: PMC2034011 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1995.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Camptothecins are DNA topoisomerase I-directed anti-tumour drugs with a novel mechanism of action. Topotecan (TPT), a hydrophilic derivative of camptothecin, is currently undergoing phase II clinical trials in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Human SCLC OC-NYH cells were made more than 6-fold resistant to topotecan by stepwise drug exposure and resistance was stable for 70 passages without drug. NYH/TPT cells had half the topoisomerase I level and activity of wild-type cells. However, no difference in camptothecin or topotecan inhibition of topoisomerase I-mediated DNA relaxation was found, indicating that the enzyme itself was unchanged in the resistant cell. In NYH/TPT cells, topoisomerase II alpha and beta levels were increased approximately 2-fold. Accordingly, the topoisomerase II-directed drug etoposide (VP-16) induced an increased number of DNA single-strand breaks in NYH/TPT cells. However, sensitivity to different topoisomerase II-targeting agents in NYH/TPT cells varied from increased to decreased, indicating a role for as yet unidentified factors acting on the pathway to cell death after topoisomerase II-induced DNA damage has occurred. Of 20 anti-cancer agents tested, only hydroxyurea showed marked collateral hypersensitivity in NYH/TPT cells.
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- M Sorensen
- Department of Pathology, Sundby Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nagai S, Yamauchi M, Andoh T, Nishizawa M, Satta T, Kodera Y, Kondou K, Akiyama S, Ito K, Takagi H. Establishment and characterization of human gastric and colonic xenograft lines resistant to CPT-11 (a new derivative of camptothecin). J Surg Oncol 1995; 59:116-24. [PMID: 7776652 DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930590209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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CPT-11-resistant human gastric and colonic xenograft lines were established by direct intratumoral injection of CPT-11 into subcutaneous SC-1-NU and CC-2-NU tumors in nude mice once a week for 10 months. The resistance of these xenograft lines to CPT-11 was confirmed by growth inhibition rate, to be 36.3% and 45.4%, respectively, compared to each parent cell line. DNA topoisomerase I activity of the nuclear extracts of SC-1-NU/CPT-11 and CC-2-NU/CPT-11, as assayed by relaxation of supercoiled DNA Col-E1, was significantly less than those of the parent lines. The cellular levels of topoisomerase I in those resistant lines measured by Western blot analysis were 0.57- and 0.79-fold lower than those of the parental lines, respectively. However, the activity of DNA topoisomerase II of those resistant cell lines assayed by decatenation of kinetoplast DNA was higher than that of the parental lines and the cellular levels of topoisomerase II in the resistant lines measured by Western blot analysis were 10.8- and 8.1-fold higher than those of the parent lines. Intracellular accumulation of CPT-11 in CPT-11-resistant tumors was not changed as compared to that of the parental lines, but hydrolysis of CPT-11 to more active SN-38 was reduced in the resistant tumors.
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- S Nagai
- Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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Pantazis P, Vardeman D, Mendoza J, Early J, Kozielski A, DeJesus A, Giovanella B. Sensitivity of camptothecin-resistant human leukemia cells and tumors to anticancer drugs with diverse mechanisms of action. Leuk Res 1995; 19:43-55. [PMID: 7837817 DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(94)00060-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Human leukemia U-937 cell clones resistant to 9-nitrocamptothecin (9NC) appear after exposure to increase 9NC-concentrations. Drug resistance is irreversible, regardless of whether the 9NC-resistant (U-937/CR150) cells grow in media with or without 9NC. U-937/CR150 cells are more sensitive than wild type U-937 (U-937/wt) cells to topoisomerase II-directed drugs, amsacrine, daunorubicin, and etoposide. The mitotic inhibitor, vincristine, induces hyperdiploidy in U-937/wt, but not in U-937/CR150 cells, whereas the antimetabolites, cytarabine and methotrexate, and the nitrosourea, carmustine, elicit similar responses in both U-937/wt and U-937/CR150 cells. U-937/CR150-generated tumors in nude mice are sensitive to etoposide. The clinical implications of increased sensitivity of 9NC-resistant tumors to some anticancer drugs are discussed.
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- P Pantazis
- Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research, St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, TX 77003
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Burris HA, Fields SM. Topoisomerase I Inhibitors: An Overview of the Camptothecin Analogs. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8588(18)30176-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Muggia FM, Burris HA. Clinical development of topoisomerase-interactive drugs. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1994; 29B:1-31. [PMID: 8996599 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)61129-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- F M Muggia
- Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089, USA
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O'Dwyer PJ, LaCreta FP, Haas NB, Halbherr T, Frucht H, Goosenberg E, Yao KS. Clinical, pharmacokinetic and biological studies of topotecan. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1994; 34 Suppl:S46-52. [PMID: 8070027 DOI: 10.1007/bf00684863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The topoisomerase I inhibitor topotecan is a potent water-soluble camptothecin derivative with activity in a wide variety of preclinical models. Topotecan exhibits schedule dependency in vivo, with the greatest activity being observed on repeated dose schedules. On the basis of the initial clinical studies that showed a short plasma half-life, we attempted to prolong drug exposure by giving topotecan as a 24-h infusion weekly. In a phase I trial, we treated 32 patients at doses ranging from 1.0 to 2.0 mg/m2. The patient population had not been heavily pretreated with chemotherapy and was of good performance status. The incidence of neutropenia, which was dose-limiting, increased sharply with relatively small increments in dose. Doses greater than 1.5 mg/m2 were associated with nadirs that developed after one to three weekly treatments. A patient with metastatic colorectal cancer had a prolonged partial response. The plasma pharmacokinetics of topotecan (lactone and open forms) was characterized in 21 patients. Mean plasma steady-state drug levels were proportional to the dose and were within the range required to exert cytotoxicity in preclinical models. Plasma elimination curves were fit to a one-compartment model, in which the harmonic mean half-life of topotecan was 3.5 h. The ratio of the lactone to the total drug concentrations was constant throughout, which suggests that for this schedule the total drug concentration may be used as a measure of active lactone exposure. This conclusion is supported by the pharmacodynamic analysis, which revealed a positive correlation of both lactone and total drug steady-state concentrations with bone marrow toxicity. The further investigation of this and other infusional schedules in phase II trials will be conducted. The steady-state concentrations of total drug will be measured in several of these trials to establish its potential role in adaptive dosing using this schedule. Such a strategy is justified by the interpatient variability in toxicity and the steep dose-response curve observed in this study. Preliminary evidence of interpatient variability in the mRNA expression of topoisomerase I in the peripheral mononuclear cells and colon mucosa is presented. Trials are under way using biological endpoints for further selection of patients in whom the use of topoisomerase inhibitors may be therapeutically beneficial.
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- P J O'Dwyer
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
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Andoh T, Okada K. Drug resistance mechanisms of topoisomerase I drugs. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1994; 29B:93-103. [PMID: 8996603 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)61133-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- T Andoh
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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Rubin E, Pantazis P, Bharti A, Toppmeyer D, Giovanella B, Kufe D. Identification of a mutant human topoisomerase I with intact catalytic activity and resistance to 9-nitro-camptothecin. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41964-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cloning of Chinese hamster DNA topoisomerase I cDNA and identification of a single point mutation responsible for camptothecin resistance. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74414-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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