Molecular mechanisms underlying N1, N11-diethylnorspermine-induced apoptosis in a human breast cancer cell line.
Holst, Martina LU ; Staaf, Johan LU
; Jönsson, Göran B
LU
; Hegardt, Cecilia
LU
and Oredsson, Stina
LU
(2008)
In Anti-Cancer Drugs
19(9).
p.871-883
- Abstract
- Polyamine analogue treatment results in growth inhibition and sometimes in cell death. Therefore, polyamine analogues are considered in the treatment of cancer; however, the cellular properties that govern sensitivity are not known. The objective of this study was to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind apoptosis induced by the polyamine analogue N, N-diethylnorspermine (DENSPM). Four different breast cancer cell lines were treated with DENSPM. Cell death was evaluated with flow cytometry and a caspase 3 assay. The levels of a number of proapoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins in subcellular compartments were evaluated with western blot. In the most sensitive cell line, DENSPM treatment induced the release of cytochrome c from... (More)
- Polyamine analogue treatment results in growth inhibition and sometimes in cell death. Therefore, polyamine analogues are considered in the treatment of cancer; however, the cellular properties that govern sensitivity are not known. The objective of this study was to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind apoptosis induced by the polyamine analogue N, N-diethylnorspermine (DENSPM). Four different breast cancer cell lines were treated with DENSPM. Cell death was evaluated with flow cytometry and a caspase 3 assay. The levels of a number of proapoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins in subcellular compartments were evaluated with western blot. In the most sensitive cell line, DENSPM treatment induced the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, resulting in activation of caspase 3 but without decreasing the mitochondrial transmembrane potential. However, in the three other cell lines DENSPM treatment did not induce extensive cell death. This is partly explained by the high levels of antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bad and low levels of proapoptotic proteins Bax and procaspase 3 in these three cell lines. The results are also partly explained by the degree of activation of the catabolic enzyme spermidine/spermine-N-acetyltransferase and polyamine pool reduction achieved by DENSPM treatment. Our results show that the protein profile of proapoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins may contribute to the outcome to treatment with the polyamine analogue DENSPM. The results also indicate that it should be possible to find molecular markers for sensitivity to DENSPM that could be used in the clinic to predict sensitivity to a polyamine analogue. (Less)
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- Holst, Martina
LU
; Staaf, Johan
LU
; Jönsson, Göran B
LU
; Hegardt, Cecilia
LU
and Oredsson, Stina
LU
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- 2008
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- 9
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- 871 - 883
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- Rapid Communications
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- scopus:52649141739
- pmid:18766001
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- 0959-4973
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- 10.1097/CAD.0b013e32830f902b
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