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Mendonca MS, Turchan WT, Alpuche ME, Watson CN, Estabrook NC, Chin-Sinex H, Shapiro JB, Imasuen-Williams IE, Rangel G, Gilley DP, Huda N, Crooks PA, Shapiro RH. DMAPT inhibits NF-κB activity and increases sensitivity of prostate cancer cells to X-rays in vitro and in tumor xenografts in vivo. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 112:318-326. [PMID: 28782644 PMCID: PMC6322835 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Constitutive activation of the pro-survival transcription factor NF-κB has been associated with resistance to both chemotherapy and radiation therapy in many human cancers, including prostate cancer. Our lab and others have demonstrated that the natural product parthenolide can inhibit NF-κB activity and sensitize PC-3 prostate cancers cells to X-rays in vitro; however, parthenolide has poor bioavailability in vivo and therefore has little clinical utility in this regard. We show here that treatment of PC-3 and DU145 human prostate cancer cells with dimethylaminoparthenolide (DMAPT), a parthenolide derivative with increased bioavailability, inhibits constitutive and radiation-induced NF-κB binding activity and slows prostate cancer cell growth. We also show that DMAPT increases single and fractionated X-ray-induced killing of prostate cancer cells through inhibition of DNA double strand break repair and also that DMAPT-induced radiosensitization is, at least partially, dependent upon the alteration of intracellular thiol reduction-oxidation chemistry. Finally, we demonstrate that the treatment of PC-3 prostate tumor xenografts with oral DMAPT in addition to radiation therapy significantly decreases tumor growth and results in significantly smaller tumor volumes compared to xenografts treated with either DMAPT or radiation therapy alone, suggesting that DMAPT might have a potential clinical role as a radiosensitizing agent in the treatment of prostate cancer.
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- Marc S Mendonca
- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA; Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA.
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA; Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA; Richard L. Roudebush, VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
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- Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA; Richard L. Roudebush, VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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Mendonca MS, Turchan WT, Day ME, Watson CN, Estabrook NC, Chin-Sinex H, Shapiro JB, Imasuen I, Rangel G, Gilley DP, Huda N, Crooks PA, Shapiro RH. (P001) DMAPT Inhibits NF-KAPPA B Activity and Increases Sensitivity of Prostate Cancer Cells to X-Rays In Vitro and in Tumor Xenografts In Vivo. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.02.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Choudhury SR, Cui Y, Narayanan A, Gilley DP, Huda N, Lo CL, Zhou FC, Yernool D, Irudayaraj J. Optogenetic regulation of site-specific subtelomeric DNA methylation. Oncotarget 2016; 7:50380-50391. [PMID: 27391261 PMCID: PMC5226589 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Telomere length homeostasis, critical for chromosomal integrity and genome stability, is controlled by intricate molecular regulatory machinery that includes epigenetic modifications. Here, we examine site-specific and spatiotemporal alteration of the subtelomeric methylation of CpG islands using optogenetic tools to understand the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of telomere length maintenance. Human DNA methyltransferase3A (DNMT3A) were assembled selectively at chromosome ends by fusion to cryptochrome 2 protein (CRY2) and its interacting complement, the basic helix loop helix protein-1 (CIB1). CIB1 was fused to the telomere-associated protein telomere repeat binding factor-1 (TRF1), which localized the protein complex DNMT3A-CRY2 at telomeric regions upon excitation by blue-light monitored by single-molecule fluorescence analyses. Increased methylation was achieved selectively at subtelomeric CpG sites on the six examined chromosome ends specifically after blue-light activation, which resulted in progressive increase in telomere length over three generations of HeLa cell replications. The modular design of the fusion constructs presented here allows for the selective substitution of other chromatin modifying enzymes and for loci-specific targeting to regulate the epigenetic pathways at telomeres and other selected genomic regions of interest.
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- Samrat Roy Choudhury
- Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Bindley Laboratory of Structural Biology, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Stark Institute of Neuroscience Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Bindley Laboratory of Structural Biology, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Bergh ST, Koziel MG, Huang SC, Thomas RA, Gilley DP, Siegel A. The nucleotide sequence of tobacco rattle virus RNA-2 (CAM strain). Nucleic Acids Res 1985; 13:8507-18. [PMID: 3841203 PMCID: PMC322148 DOI: 10.1093/nar/13.23.8507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of the smaller genomic strand (RNA-2) of the bipartite tobacco rattle virus (CAM strain) has been determined. RNA-2 is capped at the 5' terminus and contains 1799 nucleotide residues. There is a single 223 codon long open reading frame extending from nucleotide 574 to 1242 which designates a protein of Mr 23,654. The derived amino acid composition, in percent, matches that previously determined for the virus capsid protein. The long open reading frame is flanked by 5' and 3' untranslated regions of 573 and 554 nucleotides, respectively. The 5' leader sequence contains two different sets of direct repeats, one of 119 nucleotides and the other of 76. It also contains 13 apparently unused AUG codons, four of which lie in the same frame as the capsid protein cistron. The 3' terminal sequence of RNA-2 is identical to that of the larger genomic strand (RNA-1) for 459 nucleotides.
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