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Tong R, Li Y, Yu X, Zhang N, Liao Q, Pan L. The mechanism of reactive oxygen species generation, DNA damage and apoptosis in hemocytes of Litopenaeus vannamei under ammonia nitrogen exposure. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2024; 272:106958. [PMID: 38776609 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.106958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Ammonia-N poses a significant threat to aquatic animals. However, the mechanism of ROS production leading to DNA damage in hemocytes of crustaceans is still unclear. Additionally, the mechanism that cells respond to DNA damage by activating complex signaling networks has not been well studied. Therefore, we exposed shrimp to 0, 2, 10, and 20 mg/L NH4Cl for 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h, and explored the alterations in endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial fission, DNA damage, repair, autophagy and apoptosis. The findings revealed that ammonia exposure led to an increase in plasma ammonia content and neurotransmitter content (DA, 5-HT, ACh), and significant changes in gene expression of PLC and Ca2+ levels. The expression of disulfide bond formation-related genes (PDI, ERO1) and mitochondrial fission-related genes (Drp1, FIS1) were significantly increased, and the unfolded protein response was initiated. Simultaneously, ammonia-N exposure leads to an increase in ROS levels in hemocytes, resulting in DNA damage. DNA repair and autophagy were considerably influenced by ammonia-N exposure, as evidenced by changes in DNA repair and autophagy-related genes in hemocytes. Subsequently, apoptosis was induced by ammonia-N exposure, and this activation was associated with a caspase-dependent pathway and caspase-independent pathway, ultimately leading to a decrease in total hemocytes count. Overall, we hypothesized that neurotransmitters in the plasma of shrimp after ammonia-N exposure bind to receptors on hemocytes membrane, causing endoplasmic reticulum stress through the PLC-IP3R-Ca2+ signaling pathway and leading to mitochondrial fission. Consequently, this process resulted in increased ROS levels, hindered DNA repair, suppressed autophagy, and activated apoptosis. These cascading effects ultimately led to a reduction in total hemocytes count. The present study provides a molecular support for the understanding of the detrimental toxicity of ammonia-N exposure to crustaceans.
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- Ruixue Tong
- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Ramon J, Engelen Y, De Keersmaecker H, Goemaere I, Punj D, Mejía Morales J, Bonte C, Berx G, Hoste E, Stremersch S, Lentacker I, De Smedt SC, Raemdonck K, Braeckmans K. Laser-induced vapor nanobubbles for B16-F10 melanoma cell killing and intracellular delivery of chemotherapeutics. J Control Release 2024; 365:1019-1036. [PMID: 38065413 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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The most lethal form of skin cancer is cutaneous melanoma, a tumor that develops in the melanocytes, which are found in the epidermis. The treatment strategy of melanoma is dependent on the stage of the disease and often requires combined local and systemic treatment. Over the years, systemic treatment of melanoma has been revolutionized and shifted toward immunotherapeutic approaches. Phototherapies like photothermal therapy (PTT) have gained considerable attention in the field, mainly because of their straightforward applicability in melanoma skin cancer, combined with the fact that these strategies are able to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), linked with a specific antitumor immune response. However, PTT comes with the risk of uncontrolled heating of the surrounding healthy tissue due to heat dissipation. Here, we used pulsed laser irradiation of endogenous melanin-containing melanosomes to induce cell killing of B16-F10 murine melanoma cells in a non-thermal manner. Pulsed laser irradiation of the B16-F10 cells resulted in the formation of water vapor nanobubbles (VNBs) around endogenous melanin-containing melanosomes, causing mechanical cell damage. We demonstrated that laser-induced VNBs are able to kill B16-F10 cells with high spatial resolution. When looking more deeply into the cell death mechanism, we found that a large part of the B16-F10 cells succumbed rapidly after pulsed laser irradiation, reaching maximum cell death already after 4 h. Practically all necrotic cells demonstrated exposure of phosphatidylserine on the plasma membrane and caspase-3/7 activity, indicative of regulated cell death. Furthermore, calreticulin, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), three key damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in ICD, were found to be exposed from B16-F10 cells upon pulsed laser irradiation to an extent that exceeded or was comparable to the bona fide ICD-inducer, doxorubicin. Finally, we could demonstrate that VNB formation from melanosomes induced plasma membrane permeabilization. This allowed for enhanced intracellular delivery of bleomycin, an ICD-inducing chemotherapeutic, which further boosted cell death with the potential to improve the systemic antitumor immune response.
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- Jana Ramon
- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Biophotonics Research Group, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Ghent Light Microscopy Core Facility, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Biophotonics Research Group, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Biophotonics Research Group, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Molecular and Cellular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Biophotonics Research Group, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Chepanova AA, Zakharenko AL, Dyrkheeva NS, Chernyshova IA, Zakharova OD, Ilina ES, Luzina OA, Salakhutdinov NF, Lavrik OI. Influence of Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase 1 Inhibitor on the Proapoptotic and Genotoxic Effects of Anticancer Agent Topotecan. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2023; 508:25-30. [PMID: 36653585 PMCID: PMC10042932 DOI: 10.1134/s1607672922700077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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To date, various strategies have been proposed to increase the efficiency of cancer therapy. It is known that the action of DNA repair system can determine the resistance of cancer cells to DNA-damaging chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and one of these ways to increase therapeutic efficiency is the search for inhibitors of enzymes of the DNA repair system. Inhibition of the DNA repair enzyme tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase1 (Tdp1) leads to an increase in the effectiveness of the topoisomerase 1 (Top1) inhibitor, the anticancer drug topotecan. Covalent complexes Top1-DNA, which are normally short-lived and are not a threat to the cell, are stabilized under the influence of topotecan and lead to cell death. Tdp1 eliminates such stabilized complexes and thus weaken the effect of topotecan therapy. We have previously shown that the use of the usnic acid hydrazonothiazole derivative OL9-119 in combination with topotecan increased the antitumor and antimetastatic efficacy of the latter in a mouse model of Lewis lung carcinoma. In this work, it was shown that the combined use of topotecan and Tdp1 inhibitor, the hydrazonothiazole derivative of usnic acid OL9-119, leads to an increase in the DNA-damaging effect of topotecan which is used in the clinic for the treatment of cancer. The study of the proapoptotic effect of the compound OL9-119 showed that the compound itself does not induce apoptosis, but increases the proapoptotic effect of topotecan. The results of the study could be used to improve the effectiveness of anticancer therapy and/or to reduce the therapeutic dose of topotecan and, therefore, the severity of side effects.
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- A A Chepanova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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El-Abid H, Amaral C, Cunha SC, Correia-da-Silva G, Fernandes JO, Moumni M, Teixeira N. Anti-cancer properties of hydroethanolic extracts of Juniperus oxycedrus L. in breast cancer cells. J Herb Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2022.100614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Schut ARW, Vriends AL, Sacchetti A, Timbergen MJ, Alman BA, Al-Jazrawe M, Grünhagen DJ, Verhoef C, Sleijfer S, Wiemer EA. In desmoid-type fibromatosis cells sorafenib induces ferroptosis and apoptosis, which are enhanced by autophagy inhibition. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2022; 48:1527-1535. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2022.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Di Bari M, Tombolillo V, Alessandrini F, Guerriero C, Fiore M, Asteriti IA, Castigli E, Sciaccaluga M, Guarguaglini G, Degrassi F, Tata AM. M2 Muscarinic Receptor Activation Impairs Mitotic Progression and Bipolar Mitotic Spindle Formation in Human Glioblastoma Cell Lines. Cells 2021; 10:cells10071727. [PMID: 34359896 PMCID: PMC8306299 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is characterized by several genetic abnormalities, leading to cell cycle deregulation and abnormal mitosis caused by a defective checkpoint. We previously demonstrated that arecaidine propargyl ester (APE), an orthosteric agonist of M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), arrests the cell cycle of glioblastoma (GB) cells, reducing their survival. The aim of this work was to better characterize the molecular mechanisms responsible for this cell cycle arrest. Methods: The arrest of cell proliferation was evaluated by flow cytometry analysis. Using immunocytochemistry and time-lapse analysis, the percentage of abnormal mitosis and aberrant mitotic spindles were assessed in both cell lines. Western blot analysis was used to evaluate the modulation of Sirtuin2 and acetylated tubulin—factors involved in the control of cell cycle progression. Results: APE treatment caused arrest in the M phase, as indicated by the increase in p-HH3 (ser10)-positive cells. By immunocytochemistry, we found a significant increase in abnormal mitoses and multipolar mitotic spindle formation after APE treatment. Time-lapse analysis confirmed that the APE-treated GB cells were unable to correctly complete the mitosis. The modulated expression of SIRT2 and acetylated tubulin in APE-treated cells provides new insights into the mechanisms of altered mitotic progression in both GB cell lines. Conclusions: Our data show that the M2 agonist increases aberrant mitosis in GB cell lines. These results strengthen the idea of considering M2 acetylcholine receptors a novel promising therapeutic target for the glioblastoma treatment.
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- Maria Di Bari
- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.D.B.); (V.T.); (F.A.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.D.B.); (V.T.); (F.A.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.D.B.); (V.T.); (F.A.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.D.B.); (V.T.); (F.A.); (C.G.)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.F.); (I.A.A.); (G.G.); (F.D.)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.F.); (I.A.A.); (G.G.); (F.D.)
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy;
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy;
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.F.); (I.A.A.); (G.G.); (F.D.)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.F.); (I.A.A.); (G.G.); (F.D.)
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.D.B.); (V.T.); (F.A.); (C.G.)
- Research Centre of Neurobiology Daniel Bovet, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence:
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Enhancing chemotherapy response through augmented synthetic lethality by co-targeting nucleotide excision repair and cell-cycle checkpoints. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4124. [PMID: 32807787 PMCID: PMC7431578 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17958-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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In response to DNA damage, a synthetic lethal relationship exists between the cell cycle checkpoint kinase MK2 and the tumor suppressor p53. Here, we describe the concept of augmented synthetic lethality (ASL): depletion of a third gene product enhances a pre-existing synthetic lethal combination. We show that loss of the DNA repair protein XPA markedly augments the synthetic lethality between MK2 and p53, enhancing anti-tumor responses alone and in combination with cisplatin chemotherapy. Delivery of siRNA-peptide nanoplexes co-targeting MK2 and XPA to pre-existing p53-deficient tumors in a highly aggressive, immunocompetent mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma improves long-term survival and cisplatin response beyond those of the synthetic lethal p53 mutant/MK2 combination alone. These findings establish a mechanism for co-targeting DNA damage-induced cell cycle checkpoints in combination with repair of cisplatin-DNA lesions in vivo using RNAi nanocarriers, and motivate further exploration of ASL as a generalized strategy to improve cancer treatment.
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Alfarouk KO, Ahmed SBM, Elliott RL, Benoit A, Alqahtani SS, Ibrahim ME, Bashir AHH, Alhoufie STS, Elhassan GO, Wales CC, Schwartz LH, Ali HS, Ahmed A, Forde PF, Devesa J, Cardone RA, Fais S, Harguindey S, Reshkin SJ. The Pentose Phosphate Pathway Dynamics in Cancer and Its Dependency on Intracellular pH. Metabolites 2020; 10:E285. [PMID: 32664469 PMCID: PMC7407102 DOI: 10.3390/metabo10070285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The Pentose Phosphate Pathway (PPP) is one of the key metabolic pathways occurring in living cells to produce energy and maintain cellular homeostasis. Cancer cells have higher cytoplasmic utilization of glucose (glycolysis), even in the presence of oxygen; this is known as the "Warburg Effect". However, cytoplasmic glucose utilization can also occur in cancer through the PPP. This pathway contributes to cancer cells by operating in many different ways: (i) as a defense mechanism via the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) to prevent apoptosis, (ii) as a provision for the maintenance of energy by intermediate glycolysis, (iii) by increasing genomic material to the cellular pool of nucleic acid bases, (iv) by promoting survival through increasing glycolysis, and so increasing acid production, and (v) by inducing cellular proliferation by the synthesis of nucleic acid, fatty acid, and amino acid. Each step of the PPP can be upregulated in some types of cancer but not in others. An interesting aspect of this metabolic pathway is the shared regulation of the glycolytic and PPP pathways by intracellular pH (pHi). Indeed, as with glycolysis, the optimum activity of the enzymes driving the PPP occurs at an alkaline pHi, which is compatible with the cytoplasmic pH of cancer cells. Here, we outline each step of the PPP and discuss its possible correlation with cancer.
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- Khalid O. Alfarouk
- Alfarouk Biomedical Research LLC, Temple Terrace, FL 33617, USA
- American Biosciences Inc., New York, NY 10913, USA;
- Al-Ghad International College for Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 42316, Saudi Arabia
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- The Elliott-Elliott-Baucom Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA;
- The Sallie A. Burdine Breast Foundation, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA;
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- The Sallie A. Burdine Breast Foundation, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA;
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- Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia;
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- Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; (M.E.I.); (A.H.H.B.)
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- Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; (M.E.I.); (A.H.H.B.)
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia;
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- Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah 56264, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan;
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- Department of Oesphogastric and General Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK;
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- CancerResearch@UCC, Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, Cork T12 XF62, Ireland;
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- Scientific Direction, Foltra Medical Centre, Travesía de Montouto 24, 15886 Teo, Spain;
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 90126 Bari, Italy; (R.A.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Oncology, Institute for Clinical Biology and Metabolism, 01004 Vitoria, Spain;
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 90126 Bari, Italy; (R.A.C.); (S.J.R.)
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Nguyen THP, Mahalakshmi B, Velmurugan BK. Functional role of ferroptosis on cancers, activation and deactivation by various therapeutic candidates-an update. Chem Biol Interact 2020; 317:108930. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2019.108930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ramos-Pérez C, Dominska M, Anaissi-Afonso L, Cazorla-Rivero S, Quevedo O, Lorenzo-Castrillejo I, Petes TD, Machín F. Cytological and genetic consequences for the progeny of a mitotic catastrophe provoked by Topoisomerase II deficiency. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 11:11686-11721. [PMID: 31812950 PMCID: PMC6932922 DOI: 10.18632/aging.102573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Topoisomerase II (Top2) removes topological linkages between replicated chromosomes. Top2 inhibition leads to mitotic catastrophe (MC) when cells unsuccessfully try to split their genetic material between the two daughter cells. Herein, we have characterized the fate of these daughter cells in the budding yeast. Clonogenic and microcolony experiments, in combination with vital and apoptotic stains, showed that 75% of daughter cells become senescent in the short term; they are unable to divide but remain alive. Decline in cell vitality then occurred, yet slowly, uncoordinatedly when comparing pairs of daughters, and independently of the cell death mediator Mca1/Yca1. Furthermore, we showed that senescence can be modulated by ploidy, suggesting that gross chromosome imbalances during segregation may account for this phenotype. Indeed, we found that diploid long-term survivors of the MC are prone to genomic imbalances such as trisomies, uniparental disomies and terminal loss of heterozygosity (LOH), the latter affecting the longest chromosome arms.
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- Cristina Ramos-Pérez
- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.,Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Postgrado, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Present address: BenchSci Analytics Inc., Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.,Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Postgrado, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.,Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Postgrado, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.,Present address: Genomic Integrity Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.,Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Fernando Pessoa Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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What is the impact of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase on cancer: A systematic review. Eur J Pharmacol 2019; 857:172470. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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[99mTc]Tc-duramycin, a potential molecular probe for early prediction of tumor response after chemotherapy. Nucl Med Biol 2018; 66:18-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Predicting effective pro-apoptotic anti-leukaemic drug combinations using co-operative dynamic BH3 profiling. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0190682. [PMID: 29298347 PMCID: PMC5752038 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The BH3-only apoptosis agonists BAD and NOXA target BCL-2 and MCL-1 respectively and co-operate to induce apoptosis. On this basis, therapeutic drugs targeting BCL-2 and MCL-1 might have enhanced activity if used in combination. We identified anti-leukaemic drugs sensitising to BCL-2 antagonism and drugs sensitising to MCL-1 antagonism using the technique of dynamic BH3 profiling, whereby cells were primed with drugs to discover whether this would elicit mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilisation in response to BCL-2-targeting BAD-BH3 peptide or MCL-1-targeting MS1-BH3 peptide. We found that a broad range of anti-leukaemic agents–notably MCL-1 inhibitors, DNA damaging agents and FLT3 inhibitors–sensitise leukaemia cells to BAD-BH3. We further analysed the BCL-2 inhibitors ABT-199 and JQ1, the MCL-1 inhibitors pladienolide B and torin1, the FLT3 inhibitor AC220 and the DNA double-strand break inducer etoposide to correlate priming responses with co-operative induction of apoptosis. ABT-199 in combination with pladienolide B, torin1, etoposide or AC220 strongly induced apoptosis within 4 hours, but the MCL-1 inhibitors did not co-operate with etoposide or AC220. In keeping with the long half-life of BCL-2, the BET domain inhibitor JQ1 was found to downregulate BCL-2 and to prime cells to respond to MS1-BH3 at 48, but not at 4 hours: prolonged priming with JQ1 was then shown to induce rapid cytochrome C release when pladienolide B, torin1, etoposide or AC220 were added. In conclusion, dynamic BH3 profiling is a useful mechanism-based tool for understanding and predicting co-operative lethality between drugs sensitising to BCL-2 antagonism and drugs sensitising to MCL-1 antagonism. A plethora of agents sensitised cells to BAD-BH3-mediated mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilisation in the dynamic BH3 profiling assay and this was associated with effective co-operation with the BCL-2 inhibitory compounds ABT-199 or JQ1.
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Silver nanoparticles of different sizes induce a mixed type of programmed cell death in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncotarget 2017; 9:4675-4697. [PMID: 29435134 PMCID: PMC5797005 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, with the high resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, remains the fourth leading cause of cancer-death in the world. Due to the wide range of biological activity and unique properties, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are indicated as agents with potential to overcome barriers involved in chemotherapy failure. Therefore, in our study we decided to assess the ability of AgNPs to kill pancreatic cancer cells, and then to identify the molecular mechanism underlying this effect. Moreover, we evaluated the cytotoxicity of AgNPs against non-tumor cell of the same tissue (hTERT-HPNE cells) for comparison. Our results indicated that AgNPs with size of 2.6 and 18 nm decreased viability, proliferation and caused death of pancreatic cancer cells in a size- and concentration-dependent manner. Ultrastructural analysis identified that cellular uptake of AgNPs resulted in apoptosis, autophagy, necroptosis and mitotic catastrophe. These alterations were associated with increased pro-apoptotic protein Bax and decreased level of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. Moreover, AgNPs significantly elevated the level of tumor suppressor p53 protein as well as necroptosis- and autophagy-related proteins: RIP-1, RIP-3, MLKL and LC3-II, respectively. In addition, we found that PANC-1 cells were more vulnerable to AgNPs-induced cytotoxicity compared to pancreatic non-tumor cells. In conclusion, AgNPs by inducing mixed type of programmed cell death in PANC-1 cells, could provide a new therapeutic strategy to overcome chemoresistance in one of the deadliest human cancer.
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de Andrade Luz L, Rossato FA, Costa RAPE, Napoleão TH, Paiva PMG, Coelho LCBB. Cytotoxicity of the coagulant Moringa oleifera lectin (cMoL) to B16-F10 melanoma cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Zipin-Roitman A, Aqaqe N, Yassin M, Biechonski S, Amar M, van Delft MF, Gan OI, McDermott SP, Buzina A, Ketela T, Shlush L, Xie S, Voisin V, Moffat J, Minden MD, Dick JE, Milyavsky M. SMYD2 lysine methyltransferase regulates leukemia cell growth and regeneration after genotoxic stress. Oncotarget 2017; 8:16712-16727. [PMID: 28187429 PMCID: PMC5369996 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The molecular determinants governing escape of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) cells from DNA damaging therapy remain poorly defined and account for therapy failures. To isolate genes responsible for leukemia cells regeneration following multiple challenges with irradiation we performed a genome-wide shRNA screen. Some of the isolated hits are known players in the DNA damage response (e.g. p53, CHK2), whereas other, e.g. SMYD2 lysine methyltransferase (KMT), remains uncharacterized in the AML context. Here we report that SMYD2 knockdown confers relative resistance to human AML cells against multiple classes of DNA damaging agents. Induction of the transient quiescence state upon SMYD2 downregulation correlated with the resistance. We revealed that diminished SMYD2 expression resulted in the upregulation of the related methyltransferase SET7/9, suggesting compensatory relationships. Indeed, pharmacological targeting of SET7/9 with (R)-PFI2 inhibitor preferentially inhibited the growth of cells expressing low levels of SMYD2. Finally, decreased expression of SMYD2 in AML patients correlated with the reduced sensitivity to therapy and lower probability to achieve complete remission. We propose that the interplay between SMYD2 and SET7/9 levels shifts leukemia cells from growth to quiescence state that is associated with the higher resistance to DNA damaging agents and rationalize SET7/9 pharmacological targeting in AML.
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- Adi Zipin-Roitman
- Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Leidos Biomedical Research, Washington D.C., USA
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Phosphatidylethanolamine targeting for cell death imaging in early treatment response evaluation and disease diagnosis. Apoptosis 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-017-1384-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Guamán-Ortiz LM, Orellana MIR, Ratovitski EA. Natural Compounds As Modulators of Non-apoptotic Cell Death in Cancer Cells. Curr Genomics 2017; 18:132-155. [PMID: 28367073 PMCID: PMC5345338 DOI: 10.2174/1389202917666160803150639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cell death is an innate capability of cells to be removed from microenvironment, if and when they are damaged by multiple stresses. Cell death is often regulated by multiple molecular pathways and mechanism, including apoptosis, autophagy, and necroptosis. The molecular network underlying these processes is often intertwined and one pathway can dynamically shift to another one acquiring certain protein components, in particular upon treatment with various drugs. The strategy to treat human cancer ultimately relies on the ability of anticancer therapeutics to induce tumor-specific cell death, while leaving normal adjacent cells undamaged. However, tumor cells often develop the resistance to the drug-induced cell death, thus representing a great challenge for the anticancer approaches. Numerous compounds originated from the natural sources and biopharmaceutical industries are applied today in clinics showing advantageous results. However, some exhibit serious toxic side effects. Thus, novel effective therapeutic approaches in treating cancers are continued to be developed. Natural compounds with anticancer activity have gained a great interest among researchers and clinicians alike since they have shown more favorable safety and efficacy then the synthetic marketed drugs. Numerous studies in vitro and in vivo have found that several natural compounds display promising anticancer potentials. This review underlines certain information regarding the role of natural compounds from plants, microorganisms and sea life forms, which are able to induce non-apoptotic cell death in tumor cells, namely autophagy and necroptosis.
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- Luis Miguel Guamán-Ortiz
- 1 Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador ; 2 Head and Neck Cancer Research Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- 1 Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador ; 2 Head and Neck Cancer Research Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- 1 Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador ; 2 Head and Neck Cancer Research Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Michel D, Mohammed-Saeid W, Getson H, Roy C, Poorghorban M, Chitanda JM, Verrall R, Badea I. Evaluation of β-cyclodextrin-modified gemini surfactant-based delivery systems in melanoma models. Int J Nanomedicine 2016; 11:6703-6712. [PMID: 28003746 PMCID: PMC5161338 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s121156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Novel drug delivery systems are developed to improve the biological behavior of poorly soluble drugs and to improve therapeutic outcomes. In melanoma therapy, the goal is efficient drug delivery and mitigation of drug resistance. Melphalan (Mel), a currently used therapeutic agent for melanoma, requires solvent system for solubilization, leading to poor chemical stability. Moreover, drug resistance often renders the drug inefficient in clinical setting. A novel β-cyclodextrin-modified gemini surfactant (CDgemini) delivery system was developed to incorporate Mel in order to improve its physicochemical and biological behavior. Melphalan nanoparticles (Mel-NP) showed optimal particle size in the 200-250 nm range for endocytosis and induced significantly higher cell death compared with Mel (50% of inhibitory concentration [IC50] of 36 µM for the complexes vs 82 µM for Mel). The CDgemini delivery system did not alter the pathway of the cellular death triggered by Mel and caused no intrinsic toxicity to the cells. The Mel-NP complexes induced significant cell death in melanoma cells that were rendered resistant to Mel. These findings demonstrate in principle the applicability of the CDgemini delivery system as safe and efficient alternative to the current melanoma therapy, especially in chemoresistant cases.
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- Deborah Michel
- Drug Design and Discovery Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
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- Drug Design and Discovery Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
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- Drug Design and Discovery Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Drug Design and Discovery Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
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Elvas F, Boddaert J, Vangestel C, Pak K, Gray B, Kumar-Singh S, Staelens S, Stroobants S, Wyffels L. 99mTc-Duramycin SPECT Imaging of Early Tumor Response to Targeted Therapy: A Comparison with 18F-FDG PET. J Nucl Med 2016; 58:665-670. [DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.116.182014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Opydo-Chanek M, Mazur L. Comparison of in vitro antileukemic activity of obatoclax and ABT-737. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:10839-49. [PMID: 26880588 PMCID: PMC4999481 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-4943-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Obatoclax and ABT-737 belong to a new class of anticancer agents known as BH3-mimetics. These agents antagonize the anti-apoptotic members of Bcl-2 family. The Bcl-2 proteins modulate sensitivity of many types of cancer cells to chemotherapy. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to examine and compare the antileukemic activity of obatoclax and ABT-737 applied alone, and in combination with anticancer agent, mafosfamide and daunorubicin. The in vitro cytotoxic effects of the tested agents on human leukemia cells were determined using the spectrophotometric MTT test, Coulter electrical impedance method, flow cytometry annexin V-fluorescein/propidium iodide assay, and light microscopy technique. The combination index analysis was used to quantify the extent of agent interactions. BH3 mimetics significantly decreased the leukemia cell viability and synergistically enhanced the cytotoxic effects induced by mafosfamide and daunorubicin. Obatoclax affected the cell viability to a greater degree than did ABT-737. In addition, various patterns of temporary changes in the cell volume and count, and in the frequency of leukemia cells undergoing apoptosis, were found 24 and 48 h after the tested agent application. ABT-737 combined with anticancer agents induced apoptosis more effectively than obatoclax when given in the same combination regimen. The results of the present study point to the different antileukemic activities of obatoclax and ABT-737, when applied alone, and in combination with anticancer agents. A better understanding of the exact mechanisms of BH3 mimetic action is of key importance for their optional use in cancer therapy.
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- Małgorzata Opydo-Chanek
- Department of Experimental Hematology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental Hematology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Krakow, Poland
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Liao Y, Chu HP, Hu Z, Merkin JJ, Chen J, Liu Z, Degenhardt K, White E, Ryazanov AG. Paradoxical Roles of Elongation Factor-2 Kinase in Stem Cell Survival. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:19545-57. [PMID: 27466362 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.724856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein synthesis inhibition is an immediate response during stress to switch the composition of protein pool in order to adapt to the new environment. It was reported that this response could be either protective or deleterious. However, how cells choose to live or die upon protein synthesis inhibition is largely unknown. Previously, we have shown that elongation factor-2 kinase (eEF2K), a protein kinase that suppresses protein synthesis during elongation phase, is a positive regulator of apoptosis both in vivo and in vitro Consistently, here we report that knock-out of eEF2K protects mice from a lethal dose of whole-body ionizing radiation at 8 Gy by reducing apoptosis levels in both bone marrow and gastrointestinal tracts. Surprisingly, similar to the loss of p53, eEF2K deficiency results in more severe damage to the gastrointestinal tract at 20 Gy with the increased mitotic cell death in small intestinal stem cells. Furthermore, using epithelial cell lines, we showed that eEF2K is required for G2/M arrest induced by radiation to prevent mitotic catastrophe in a p53-independent manner. Specifically, we observed the elevation of Akt/ERK activity as well as the reduction of p21 expression in Eef2k(-/-) cells. Therefore, eEF2K also provides a protective strategy to maintain genomic integrity by arresting cell cycle in response to stress. Our results suggest that protective versus pro-apoptotic roles of eEF2K depend on the type of cells: eEF2K is protective in highly proliferative cells, such as small intestinal stem cells and cancer cells, which are more susceptible to mitotic catastrophe.
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- Yi Liao
- From the Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China, the Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and
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- the Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- the Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and
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- the Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and
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- the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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- From the Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China, the Affiliated Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, and
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- the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, and
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- the Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and
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Diederich M, Cerella C. Non-canonical programmed cell death mechanisms triggered by natural compounds. Semin Cancer Biol 2016; 40-41:4-34. [PMID: 27262793 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Natural compounds are the fundament of pharmacological treatments and more than 50% of all anticancer drugs are of natural origins or at least derived from scaffolds present in Nature. Over the last 25 years, molecular mechanisms triggered by natural anticancer compounds were investigated. Emerging research showed that molecules of natural origins are useful for both preventive and therapeutic purposes by targeting essential hallmarks and enabling characteristics described by Hanahan and Weinberg. Moreover, natural compounds were able to change the differentiation status of selected cell types. One of the earliest response of cells treated by pharmacologically active compounds is the change of its morphology leading to ultra-structural perturbations: changes in membrane composition, cytoskeleton integrity, alterations of the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and of the nucleus lead to formation of morphological alterations that are a characteristic of both compound and cancer type preceding cell death. Apoptosis and autophagy were traditionally considered as the most prominent cell death or cell death-related mechanisms. By now multiple other cell death modalities were described and most likely involved in response to chemotherapeutic treatment. It can be hypothesized that especially necrosis-related phenotypes triggered by various treatments or evolving from apoptotic or autophagic mechanisms, provide a more efficient therapeutic outcome depending on cancer type and genetic phenotype of the patient. In fact, the recent discovery of multiple regulated forms of necrosis and the initial elucidation of the corresponding cell signaling pathways appear nowadays as important tools to clarify the immunogenic potential of non-canonical forms of cell death induction.
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- Marc Diederich
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg, 9, rue Edward Steichen, L-2540 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Elvas F, Vangestel C, Pak K, Vermeulen P, Gray B, Stroobants S, Staelens S, Wyffels L. Early Prediction of Tumor Response to Treatment: Preclinical Validation of 99mTc-Duramycin. J Nucl Med 2016; 57:805-11. [PMID: 26837335 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.168344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Noninvasive imaging of cell death can provide an early indication of the efficacy of tumor treatment, aiding clinicians in distinguishing responding patients from nonresponding patients early on. (99m)Tc-duramycin is a SPECT tracer for cell death imaging. In this study, our aim was to validate the use of (99m)Tc-duramycin for imaging the early response of tumors to treatment. METHODS An in vitro binding assay was performed on COLO205 cells treated with 5-fluorouracil (3.1, 31, or 310 μM) and oxaliplatin (0.7 or 7 μM) or radiation (2 or 4.5 Gy). (99m)Tc-duramycin cell binding and the levels of cell death were evaluated after treatment. In vivo imaging was performed on 4 groups of CD1-deficient mice bearing COLO205 human colorectal cancer tumors. Each group included 6 tumors. The first group was given irinotecan (100 mg/kg), the second oxaliplatin (5 mg/kg), the third irinotecan (80 mg/kg) plus oxaliplatin (5 mg/kg), and the fourth vehicle (0.9% NaCl and 5% glucose). For radiotherapy studies, COLO205 tumors received 4.5 Gy, 2 fractions of 4.5 Gy in a 24-h interval, pretreatment with an 80 mg/kg dose of irinotecan combined with 2 fractions of 4.5 Gy in a 24-h interval, or no treatment (n = 5-6/group). Therapy response was evaluated by (99m)Tc-duramycin SPECT 24 h after the last dose of therapy. Blocking was used to confirm tracer specificity. Radiotracer uptake in the tumors was validated ex vivo using γ-counting, cleaved caspase-3, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) histology. RESULTS Chemotherapy and radiotherapy increased (99m)Tc-duramycin binding to COLO205 cells in a concentration/dose- and time-dependent manner, which correlated well with cell death levels (P < 0.05) as analyzed by annexin V and caspase 3/7 activity. In vivo, (99m)Tc-duramycin uptake in COLO205 xenografts was increased 2.3- and 2.8-fold (P < 0.001) in mice treated with irinotecan and combination therapy, respectively. Blocking with unlabeled duramycin demonstrated specific binding of the radiotracer. After tumor irradiation with 4.5 Gy, (99m)Tc-duramycin uptake in tumors increased significantly (1.24 ± 0.07 vs. 0.57 ± 0.08 percentage injected dose per gram in the unirradiated tumors; P < 0.001). γ-counting of radioactivity in the tumors positively correlated with cleaved caspase-3 (r = 0.85, P < 0.001) and TUNEL (r = 0.81, P < 0.001) staining. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that (99m)Tc-duramycin can be used to image induction of cell death early after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It holds potential to be translated into clinical use for early assessment of treatment response.
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- Filipe Elvas
- Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania; and
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- Laboratory of Pathology, General Hospital Sint-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania; and
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- Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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DNA is vulnerable to damage resulting from endogenous metabolites, environmental and dietary carcinogens, some anti-inflammatory drugs, and genotoxic cancer therapeutics. Cells respond to DNA damage by activating complex signalling networks that decide cell fate, promoting not only DNA repair and survival but also cell death. The decision between cell survival and death following DNA damage rests on factors that are involved in DNA damage recognition, and DNA repair and damage tolerance, as well as on factors involved in the activation of apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy and senescence. The pathways that dictate cell fate are entwined and have key roles in cancer initiation and progression. Furthermore, they determine the outcome of cancer therapy with genotoxic drugs. Understanding the molecular basis of these pathways is important not only for gaining insight into carcinogenesis, but also in promoting successful cancer therapy. In this Review, we describe key decision-making nodes in the complex interplay between cell survival and death following DNA damage.
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- Wynand P Roos
- Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center, Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 67, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center, Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 67, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center, Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 67, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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Bunel V, Antoine MH, Stévigny C, Nortier J, Duez P. New in vitro insights on a cell death pathway induced by magnolol and honokiol in aristolochic acid tubulotoxicity. Food Chem Toxicol 2016; 87:77-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Revised: 11/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Silencing erythropoietin receptor on glioma cells reinforces efficacy of temozolomide and X-rays through senescence and mitotic catastrophe. Oncotarget 2015; 6:2101-19. [PMID: 25544764 PMCID: PMC4385839 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hypoxia-inducible genes may contribute to therapy resistance in glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive and hypoxic brain tumours. It has been recently reported that erythropoietin (EPO) and its receptor (EPOR) are involved in glioma growth. We now investigated whether EPOR signalling may modulate the efficacy of the GBM current treatment based on chemotherapy (temozolomide, TMZ) and radiotherapy (X-rays). Using RNA interference, we showed on glioma cell lines (U87 and U251) that EPOR silencing induces a G2/M cell cycle arrest, consistent with the slowdown of glioma growth induced by EPOR knock-down. In vivo, we also reported that EPOR silencing combined with TMZ treatment is more efficient to delay tumour recurrence and to prolong animal survival compared to TMZ alone. In vitro, we showed that EPOR silencing not only increases the sensitivity of glioma cells to TMZ as well as X-rays but also counteracts the hypoxia-induced chemo- and radioresistance. Silencing EPOR on glioma cells exposed to conventional treatments enhances senescence and induces a robust genomic instability that leads to caspase-dependent mitotic death by increasing the number of polyploid cells and cyclin B1 expression. Overall these data suggest that EPOR could be an attractive target to overcome therapeutic resistance toward ionising radiation or temozolomide.
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Wong DYQ, Lim JH, Ang WH. Induction of targeted necrosis with HER2-targeted platinum(iv) anticancer prodrugs. Chem Sci 2015; 6:3051-3056. [PMID: 28706680 PMCID: PMC5490001 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00015g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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It is well-recognized that the failure of many chemotherapeutics arises due to an inability to induce apoptosis. Most cancers acquire a myriad of pro-survival adaptations, and the vast heterogeneity and accumulation of multiple often unrelated anti-apoptotic signaling pathways have been a major stumbling block towards the development of conventional chemotherapeutics, which can overcome drug resistance. We have developed highly potent and selective HER2-targeted Pt(iv) prodrugs bearing anti-HER2/neu peptides that induce targeted necrosis as a novel strategy to circumvent apoptosis-resistance. These Pt(iv)-peptide conjugates exhibit a unique biphasic mode of cytotoxicity comprising rapid killing of cancer cells via necrosis in the first phase followed by an extended and gradual phase of delayed cell death. We demonstrate that these Pt(iv)-peptide prodrugs are more potent than their Pt(ii) congeners in direct cell-killing and exhibit comparable long-term inhibition of proliferative capacity and with greater selectivity against HER2-positive cancer cells.
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- Daniel Yuan Qiang Wong
- Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , Singapore 117543 , Singapore . ; Tel: +65 6516 5131
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- Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , Singapore 117543 , Singapore . ; Tel: +65 6516 5131
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- Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , Singapore 117543 , Singapore . ; Tel: +65 6516 5131.,NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering , Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS) , Singapore 117456 , Singapore
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Ringer L, Sirajuddin P, Tricoli L, Waye S, Choudhry MU, Parasido E, Sivakumar A, Heckler M, Naeem A, Abdelgawad I, Liu X, Feldman AS, Lee RJ, Wu CL, Yenugonda V, Kallakury B, Dritschilo A, Lynch J, Schlegel R, Rodriguez O, Pestell RG, Avantaggiati ML, Albanese C. The induction of the p53 tumor suppressor protein bridges the apoptotic and autophagic signaling pathways to regulate cell death in prostate cancer cells. Oncotarget 2014; 5:10678-91. [PMID: 25296977 PMCID: PMC4279402 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The p53 tumor suppressor protein plays a crucial role in influencing cell fate decisions in response to cellular stress. As p53 elicits cell cycle arrest, senescence or apoptosis, the integrity of the p53 pathway is considered a key determinant of anti-tumor responses. p53 can also promote autophagy, however the role of p53-dependent autophagy in chemosensitivity is poorly understood. VMY-1-103 (VMY), a dansylated analog of purvalanol B, displays rapid and potent anti-tumor activities, however the pathways by which VMY works are not fully defined. Using established prostate cancer cell lines and novel conditionally reprogrammed cells (CRCs) derived from prostate cancer patients; we have defined the mechanisms of VMY-induced prostate cancer cell death. Herein, we show that the cytotoxic effects of VMY required a p53-dependent induction of autophagy, and that inhibition of autophagy abrogated VMY-induced cell death. Cancer cell lines harboring p53 missense mutations evaded VMY toxicity and treatment with a small molecule compound that restores p53 activity re-established VMY-induced cell death. The elucidation of the molecular mechanisms governing VMY-dependent cell death in cell lines, and importantly in CRCs, provides the rationale for clinical studies of VMY, alone or in combination with p53 reactivating compounds, in human prostate cancer.
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- Lymor Ringer
- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA,6 National Cancer Institute of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
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- 2 Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 3 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 2 Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 4 Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA,2 Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 5 Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- 1 Department of Oncology and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA,2 Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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RIP3 is downregulated in human myeloid leukemia cells and modulates apoptosis and caspase-mediated p65/RelA cleavage. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1384. [PMID: 25144719 PMCID: PMC4454320 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) associates with RIP1 in a
necrosome complex that can induce necroptosis, apoptosis, or cell proliferation.
We analyzed the expression of RIP1 and RIP3 in CD34+ leukemia cells from a
cohort of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and CD34+ cells from
healthy donors. RIP3 expression was significantly reduced in most AML samples,
whereas the expression of RIP1 did not differ significantly. When re-expressed
in the mouse DA1-3b leukemia cell line, RIP3 induced apoptosis and necroptosis
in the presence of caspase inhibitors. Transfection of RIP3 in the WEHI-3b
leukemia cell line or in the mouse embryonic fibroblasts also resulted in
increased cell death. Surprisingly, re-expression of a RIP3 mutant with an
inactive kinase domain (RIP3-kinase dead (RIP3-KD)) induced significantly more
and earlier apoptosis than wild-type RIP3 (RIP3-WT), indicating that the RIP3
kinase domain is an essential regulator of apoptosis/necroptosis in leukemia
cells. The induced in vivo expression of RIP3-KD but not RIP3-WT
prolonged the survival of mice injected with leukemia cells. The expression of
RIP3-KD induced p65/RelA nuclear factor-κB
(NF-κB) subunit caspase-dependent cleavage, and a
non-cleavable p65/RelA D361E mutant rescued these cells from apoptosis.
p65/RelA cleavage appears to be at least partially mediated by caspase-6.
These data indicate that RIP3 silencing in leukemia cells results in suppression
of the complex regulation of the apoptosis/necroptosis switch and
NF-κB activity.
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Zhang J, Lou X, Jin L, Zhou R, Liu S, Xu N, Liao DJ. Necrosis, and then stress induced necrosis-like cell death, but not apoptosis, should be the preferred cell death mode for chemotherapy: clearance of a few misconceptions. Oncoscience 2014; 1:407-22. [PMID: 25594039 PMCID: PMC4284620 DOI: 10.18632/oncoscience.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cell death overarches carcinogenesis and is a center of cancer researches, especially therapy studies. There have been many nomenclatures on cell death, but only three cell death modes are genuine, i.e. apoptosis, necrosis and stress-induced cell death (SICD). Like apoptosis, SICD is programmed. Like necrosis, SICD is a pathological event and may trigger regeneration and scar formation. Therefore, SICD has subtypes of stress-induced apoptosis-like cell death (SIaLCD) and stress-induced necrosis-like cell death (SInLCD). Whereas apoptosis removes redundant but healthy cells, SICD removes useful but ill or damaged cells. Many studies on cell death involve cancer tissues that resemble parasites in the host patients, which is a complicated system as it involves immune clearance of the alien cancer cells by the host. Cancer resembles an evolutionarily lower-level organism having a weaker apoptosis potential and poorer DNA repair mechanisms. Hence, targeting apoptosis for cancer therapy, i.e. killing via SIaLCD, will be less efficacious and more toxic. On the other hand, necrosis of cancer cells releases cellular debris and components to stimulate immune function, thus counteracting therapy-caused immune suppression and making necrosis better than SIaLCD for chemo drug development.
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- Ju Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Center for Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Cancer Institute, Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, USA
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Jarry M, Lecointre C, Malleval C, Desrues L, Schouft MT, Lejoncour V, Liger F, Lyvinec G, Joseph B, Loaëc N, Meijer L, Honnorat J, Gandolfo P, Castel H. Impact of meriolins, a new class of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, on malignant glioma proliferation and neo-angiogenesis. Neuro Oncol 2014; 16:1484-98. [PMID: 24891448 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Glioblastomas are the most frequent and most aggressive primary brain tumors in adults. The median overall survival is limited to a few months despite surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. It is now clearly established that hyperactivity of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) is one of the processes underlying hyperproliferation and tumoral growth. The marine natural products meridianins and variolins, characterized as CDK inhibitors, display a kinase-inhibitory activity associated with cytotoxic effects. In order to improve selectivity and efficiency of these CDK inhibitors, a series of hybrid compounds called meriolins have been synthesized. METHODS The potential antitumoral activity of meriolins was investigated in vitro on glioma cell lines (SW1088 and U87), native neural cells, and a human endothelial cell line (HUV-EC-C). The impact of intraperitoneal or intratumoral administrations of meriolin 15 was evaluated in vivo on 2 different nude mice-xenografted glioma models. RESULTS Meriolins 3, 5, and 15 exhibited antiproliferative properties with nanomolar IC50 and induced cell-cycle arrest and CDK inhibition associated with apoptotic events in human glioma cell lines. These meriolins blocked the proliferation rate of HUV-EC-C through cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. In vivo, meriolin 15 provoked a robust reduction in tumor volume in spite of toxicity for highest doses, associated with inhibition of cell division, activation of caspase 3, reduction of CD133 cells, and modifications of the vascular architecture. CONCLUSION Meriolins, and meriolin 15 in particular, exhibit antiproliferative and proapoptotic activities on both glioma and intratumoral endothelial cells, constituting key promising therapeutic lead compounds for the treatment of glioblastoma.
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- Marie Jarry
- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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- Inserm U982, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Astrocyte and Vascular Niche, Biomedical Research Institute (IRIB), PRES Normandy, TC2N network, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (M.J., C.L., L.D., M.-T.S., V.L., P.G., H.C.); Neuro-oncology department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France (C.M., J.H.); Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028/CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France (C.M., J.H.); University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (C.M., J.H.); Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, University of Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France (F.L., G.L., B.J., N.L.); Protein Phosphorylation & Human Disease Group & USR3151, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France (N.L., L.M.); ManRos Therapeutics, Roscoff, France (L.M.)
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Elgström E, Ljungberg O, Eriksson SE, Orbom A, Strand SE, Ohlsson TG, Nilsson R, Tennvall J. Change in cell death markers during (177)Lu-mAb radioimmunotherapy-induced rejection of syngeneic rat colon carcinoma. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2014; 29:143-52. [PMID: 24693940 DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2013.1576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To monitor cell death in tumors during the rejection process after treatment with an antibody radiolabeled with a β-emitter. METHODS Tumors during rejection after treatment with (177)Lu-labeled antibody BR96 and after administration of unlabeled BR96 were compared with untreated tumors from the same immunocompetent syngeneic rat tumor model. Cell death was monitored with the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay and immunohistochemical staining of activated caspase-3 and γH2AX. These data were evaluated together with histopathological morphology, BR96-binding antigen expression, and (177)Lu radioactivity distribution imaged by digital autoradiography. RESULTS The untreated tumors showed staining for all the markers, mainly in and around the necrotic areas. One to 2 days p.i. large areas were stained with anti-γH2AX, followed by a slight decrease. Staining of activated caspase-3 was intense and extensive 1-2 days p.i., while found in and around necrotic areas 3-8 days p.i. TUNEL staining was similar to activated caspase-3 staining 1-2 days p.i. but more extensive than activated caspase-3 staining 3-4 days p.i. Digital autoradiography revealed activity concentration in granulation tissue from 1 day p.i. CONCLUSION Following radioimmunotherapy in an immunocompetent syngeneic colon carcinoma model, tumor cells did not only die through caspase-3-dependent apoptosis, but also by other mechanisms.
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- Erika Elgström
- 1 Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , Lund, Sweden
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Zong D, Zielinska-Chomej K, Juntti T, Mörk B, Lewensohn R, Hååg P, Viktorsson K. Harnessing the lysosome-dependent antitumor activity of phenothiazines in human small cell lung cancer. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1111. [PMID: 24625970 PMCID: PMC3973193 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Phenothiazines are a family of heterocyclic compounds whose clinical utility includes treatment of psychiatric disorders as well as chemotherapy-induced emesis. Various studies have demonstrated that these compounds possess cytotoxic activities in tumor cell lines of different origin. However, there is considerable confusion regarding the molecular basis of phenothiazine-induced cell death. Lung cancer (LC) remains one of the most prevalent and deadly malignancies worldwide despite considerable efforts in the development of treatment strategies, especially new targeted therapies. In this work, we evaluated the potential utility of phenothiazines in human LC. We show that phenothiazines as single treatment decreased cell viability and induced cell death preferentially in small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) over non small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cell lines. Sensitivity to phenothiazines was not correlated with induction of apoptosis but due to phenothiazine-induced lysosomal dysfunction. Interestingly, the higher susceptibility of SCLC cells to phenothiazine-induced cell death correlated with an intrinsically lower buffer capacity in response to disruption of lysosomal homeostasis. Importantly, this effect in SCLC occurred despite mutation in p53 and was not influenced by intrinsic sensitivity/resistance toward conventional chemotherapeutic agents. Our data thus uncovered a novel context-dependent activity of phenothiazines in SCLC and suggest that phenothiazines could be considered as a treatment regimen of this disease, however, extended cell line analyses as well as in vivo studies are needed to make such conclusion.
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Biomics Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kuang C, Golden KL, Simon CR, Damrath J, Buttitta L, Gamble CE, Lee CY. A novel fizzy/Cdc20-dependent mechanism suppresses necrosis in neural stem cells. Development 2014; 141:1453-64. [PMID: 24598157 DOI: 10.1242/dev.104786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Cancer stem cells likely survive chemotherapy or radiotherapy by acquiring mutations that inactivate the endogenous apoptotic machinery or by cycling slowly. Thus, knowledge about the mechanisms linking the activation of an alternative cell death modality and the cell cycle machinery could have a transformative impact on the development of new cancer therapies, but the mechanisms remain completely unknown. We investigated the regulation of alternative cell death in Drosophila larval brain neural stem cells (neuroblasts) in which apoptosis is normally repressed. From a screen, we identified two novel loss-of-function alleles of the Cdc20/fizzy (fzy) gene that lead to premature brain neuroblast loss without perturbing cell proliferation in other diploid cell types. Fzy is an evolutionarily conserved regulator of anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). Neuroblasts carrying the novel fzy allele or exhibiting reduced APC/C function display hallmarks of necrosis. By contrast, neuroblasts overexpressing the non-degradable form of canonical APC/C substrates required for cell cycle progression undergo mitotic catastrophe. These data strongly suggest that Fzy can elicit a novel pro-survival function of APC/C by suppressing necrosis. Neuroblasts experiencing catastrophic cellular stress, or overexpressing p53, lose Fzy expression and undergo necrosis. Co-expression of fzy suppresses the death of these neuroblasts. Consequently, attenuation of the Fzy-dependent survival mechanism functions downstream of catastrophic cellular stress and p53 to eliminate neuroblasts by necrosis. Strategies that target the Fzy-dependent survival mechanism might lead to the discovery of new treatments or complement the pre-existing therapies to eliminate apoptosis-resistant cancer stem cells by necrosis.
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- Chaoyuan Kuang
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Actin is required for cellular death. Acta Histochem 2013; 115:775-82. [PMID: 23683404 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Actin is one of the most abundant cytoskeletal proteins, which takes part in many cellular processes. This review provides information on the history, forms and localization of actin and its role, in particular in cellular death processes. We discuss the relationships between reorganization of actin filaments and apoptosis, mitotic catastrophe and differentiation. Finally, we discuss the translocation and accumulation of actin in the nuclear area. Moreover, owing to the difficulties of F-actin localization by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the phalloidin-based method of its detection using streptavidin-coated quantum dots is presented in this review.
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Subamolide a induces mitotic catastrophe accompanied by apoptosis in human lung cancer cells. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2013; 2013:828143. [PMID: 23533526 PMCID: PMC3595678 DOI: 10.1155/2013/828143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This study investigated the anticancer effects of subamolide A (Sub-A), isolated from Cinnamomum subavenium, on human nonsmall cell lung cancer cell lines A549 and NCI-H460. Treatment of cancer cells with Sub-A resulted in decreased cell viability of both lung cancer cell lines. Sub-A induced lung cancer cell death by triggering mitotic catastrophe with apoptosis. It triggered oxidant stress, indicated by increased cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and decreased glutathione level. The elevated ROS triggered the activation of ataxia-telangiectasia mutation (ATM), which further enhanced the ATF3 upregulation and subsequently enhanced p53 function by phosphorylation at Serine 15 and Serine 392. The antioxidant, EUK8, significantly decreased mitotic catastrophe by inhibiting ATM activation, ATF3 expression, and p53 phosphorylation. The reduction of ATM and ATF3 expression by shRNA decreased Sub-A-mediated p53 phosphorylation and mitotic catastrophe. Sub-A also caused a dramatic 70% reduction in tumor size in an animal model. Taken together, cell death of lung cancer cells in response to Sub-A is dependent on ROS generation, which triggers mitotic catastrophe followed by apoptosis. Therefore, Sub-A may be a novel anticancer agent for the treatment of nonsmall cell lung cancer.
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Tseng HH, Chuah QY, Yang PM, Chen CT, Chao JC, Lin MD, Chiu SJ. Securin enhances the anti-cancer effects of 6-methoxy-3-(3',4',5'-trimethoxy-benzoyl)-1H-indole (BPR0L075) in human colorectal cancer cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36006. [PMID: 22563433 PMCID: PMC3338557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BPR0L075 [6-methoxy-3-(3′,4′,5′-trimethoxy-benzoyl)-1H-indole] is a novel anti-microtubule drug with anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic activities in vitro and in vivo. Securin is required for genome stability, and is expressed abundantly in most cancer cells, promoting cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. In this study, we found that BPR0L075 efficiently induced cell death of HCT116 human colorectal cancer cells that have higher expression levels of securin. The cytotoxicity of BPR0L075 was attenuated in isogenic securin-null HCT116 cells. BPR0L075 induced DNA damage response, G2/M arrest, and activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint in HCT116 cells. Interestingly, BPR0L075 induced phosphorylation of securin. BPR0L075 withdrawal resulted in degradation of securin, mitotic exit, and mitotic catastrophe, which were attenuated in securin-null cells. Inhibition of cdc2 decreased securin phosphorylation, G2/M arrest and cell death induced by BPR0L075. Moreover, BPR0L075 caused cell death through a caspase-independent mechanism and activation of JNK and p38 MAPK pathways. These findings provided evidence for the first time that BPR0L075 treatment is beneficial for the treatment of human colorectal tumors with higher levels of securin. Thus, we suggest that the expression levels of securin may be a predictive factor for application in anti-cancer therapy with BPR0L075 in human cancer cells.
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- Ho-Hsing Tseng
- Department of Life Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan R.O.C.
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- Department of Life Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan R.O.C.
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan R.O.C.
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- Department of Life Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan R.O.C.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetic, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan R.O.C.
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- Department of Life Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan R.O.C.
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