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Comparative study of the mode of action of clinically approved platinum-based chemotherapeutics

Schoch, Sarah LU ; Gajewski, Sabine ; Rothfuß, Jana ; Hartwig, Andrea and Köberle, Beate (2020) In International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(18).
Abstract

Platinum drugs are among the most effective anticancer agents, but their mode of action is still not fully understood. We therefore carried out a systematic investigation on the cellular activities of cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin in A498 kidney cancer cells. Cytotoxicity was higher for cisplatin and oxaliplatin compared to carboplatin, with induction of apoptosis as the preferred mode of cell death. Gene expression profiling displayed modulation of genes related to DNA damage response/repair, cell cycle regulation and apoptosis which was more pronounced upon oxaliplatin treatment. Furthermore, repression of specific DNA repair genes was restricted to oxaliplatin. Transcriptional level observations were further analyzed on the... (More)

Platinum drugs are among the most effective anticancer agents, but their mode of action is still not fully understood. We therefore carried out a systematic investigation on the cellular activities of cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin in A498 kidney cancer cells. Cytotoxicity was higher for cisplatin and oxaliplatin compared to carboplatin, with induction of apoptosis as the preferred mode of cell death. Gene expression profiling displayed modulation of genes related to DNA damage response/repair, cell cycle regulation and apoptosis which was more pronounced upon oxaliplatin treatment. Furthermore, repression of specific DNA repair genes was restricted to oxaliplatin. Transcriptional level observations were further analyzed on the functional level. Uptake studies revealed low intracellular platinum accumulation and DNA platination upon carboplatin treatment. Removal of overall DNA platination was comparable for the three drugs. However, no processing of oxaliplatin-induced interstrand crosslinks was observed. Cisplatin and carboplatin influenced cell cycle distribution comparably, while oxaliplatin had no effect. Altogether, we found a similar mode of action for cisplatin and carboplatin, while the activity of oxaliplatin appeared to differ. This might be clinically relevant as due to the difference in mode of action oxaliplatin could be active in tumors which show resistance towards cisplatin and carboplatin.

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Cisplatin analogues, DNA damage response, Gene expression profiling, Tumor cells
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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6928
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20 pages
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MDPI AG
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1661-6596
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10.3390/ijms21186928
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  author       = {{Schoch, Sarah and Gajewski, Sabine and Rothfuß, Jana and Hartwig, Andrea and Köberle, Beate}},
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  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Molecular Sciences}},
  title        = {{Comparative study of the mode of action of clinically approved platinum-based chemotherapeutics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186928}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/ijms21186928}},
  volume       = {{21}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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