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Mendoza-Fuentes A, González-Burgos E, Aparicio Trejo OE, Delgado-Lamas G, Rodríguez-Chávez JL, Pedraza-Chaverri J, Gómez-Serranillos MP, Araiza-Olivera D. The cytotoxicity effect of 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene from Heterotheca inuloides and semisynthetic cadalenes derivates towards breast cancer cells: involvement of oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15586. [PMID: 37361049 PMCID: PMC10289085 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Heterotheca inuloides, traditionally employed in Mexico, has demonstrated anticancer activities. Although it has been proven that the cytotoxic effect is attributed to cadinane-type sesquiterpenes such as 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene, the mechanism of action by which these agents act in tumor lines and their regulation remain unknown. This study was undertaken to investigate for first time the cytotoxic activity and mechanism of action of 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene and two semi-synthetic cadinanes derivatives towards breast cancer cells. Methods Cell viability and proliferation were assayed by thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and Trypan blue dye exclusion assay. Cell migration measure was tested by wound-healing assay. Moreover, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation generation were measured by 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) assay and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) assay, respectively. Furthermore, expression of caspase-3, Bcl-2 and GAPDH were analyzed by western blot. Results The results showed that 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene inhibited MCF7 cell viability in a concentration and time dependent manner. The cytotoxic potency of semisynthetic derivatives 7-(phenylcarbamate)-3,4-dihydrocadalene and 7-(phenylcarbamate)-cadalene was remarkably lower. Moreover, in silico studies showed that 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene, and not so the semi-synthetic derivatives, has optimal physical-chemical properties to lead a promising cytotoxic agent. Further examination on the action mechanism of 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene suggested that this natural product exerted cytotoxicity via oxidative stress as evidenced in a significantly increase of intracellular ROS levels and in an induction of lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, the compound increased caspase-3 and caspase-9 activities and slightly inhibited Bcl-2 levels. Interestingly, it also reduced mitochondrial ATP synthesis and induced mitochondrial uncoupling. Conclusion Taken together, 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocadalene is a promising cytotoxic compound against breast cancer via oxidative stress-induction.
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- Alan Mendoza-Fuentes
- Institute of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, United States
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Gao Y, Liu T, Liu J, Yang Y, Sun K, Li Z, Zhai X, Zuo D. ZYY-B-2, a novel ALK inhibitor, overcomes resistance to ceritinib by inhibiting P-gp function and induces apoptosis through mitochondrial pathway in ceritinib-resistant H2228 cells. Chem Biol Interact 2023; 379:110516. [PMID: 37116853 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110516] [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: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Targeting the Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EML4-ALK) fusion gene is a promising therapeutic strategy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. With the advent of the first- and second-generation ALK inhibitors, the mortality rate of lung cancer has shown a downward trend, but almost inevitably, patients will eventually develop resistance, which severely limits the clinical application. Hence, developing new ALK inhibitors which can overcome resistance is essential. Here, we synthesized a novel ALK inhibitor 1-[4-[[5-Chloro-4-[[2-[(1-methylethyl)sulfonyl]phenyl]amino]-2-pyrimidinyl]amino]-3-methoxyphenyl]-3-[2-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-2-oxoethyl]-2-imidazolidinone (ZYY-B-2) based on the structure of the second-generation ALK inhibitor ceritinib. ZYY-B-2 exhibited impressive anti-proliferative effect in the EML4-ALK positive H2228 cells and ceritinib-resistant H2228 (H2228/Cer) cells. Meanwhile, ZYY-B-2 inhibited the activation of p-ALK in a concentration-dependent manner, and inactivated its downstream target proteins p-AKT and p-ERK to inhibit cell proliferation. Subsequently, we found that ZYY-B-2 blocked H2228 cells and H2228/Cer cells in G0/G1 phase and induced cells to undergo apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway. The ability of its anti-proliferation and pro-apoptosis was significantly stronger than the second generation ALK inhibitor ceritinib. In addition, high expression of P-gp was found in H2228/Cer cells compared with H2228 cells. ZYY-B-2 could inhibit the expression of P-gp in a dose-dependent manner to overcome ceritinib resistance, and the suppression effect of ZYY-B-2 on P-gp might be related to its inhibition of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. In summary, ZYY-B-2, a promising ALK inhibitor, shows potent activity against ceritinib-resistant cells, which provides experimental and theoretical basis for the further development of new ALK inhibitors.
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- Ying Gao
- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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Huang WZ, Liu TM, Liu ST, Chen SY, Huang SM, Chen GS. Oxidative Status Determines the Cytotoxicity of Ascorbic Acid in Human Oral Normal and Cancer Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054851. [PMID: 36902281 PMCID: PMC10002971 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054851] [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: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) can arise anywhere in the oral cavity. OSCC's molecular pathogenesis is complex, resulting from a wide range of events that involve the interplay between genetic mutations and altered levels of transcripts, proteins, and metabolites. Platinum-based drugs are the first-line treatment for OSCC; however, severe side-effects and resistance are challenging issues. Thus, there is an urgent clinical need to develop novel and/or combinatory therapeutics. In this study, we investigated the cytotoxic effects of pharmacological concentrations of ascorbate on two human oral cell lines, the oral epidermoid carcinoma meng-1 (OECM-1) cell and the Smulow-Glickman (SG) human normal gingival epithelial cell. Our study examined the potential functional impact of pharmacological concentrations of ascorbates on the cell-cycle profiles, mitochondrial-membrane potential, oxidative response, the synergistic effect of cisplatin, and the differential responsiveness between OECM-1 and SG cells. Two forms of ascorbate, free and sodium forms, were applied to examine the cytotoxic effect and it was found that both forms had a similar higher sensitivity to OECM-1 cells than to SG cells. In addition, our study data suggest that the determinant factor of cell density is important for ascorbate-induced cytotoxicity in OECM-1 and SG cells. Our findings further revealed that the cytotoxic effect might be mediated through the induction of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and the reduction in cytosolic ROS generation. The combination index supported the agonistic effect between sodium ascorbate and cisplatin in OECM-1 cells, but not in SG cells. In summary, our current findings provide supporting evidence for ascorbate to serve as a sensitizer for platinum-based treatment of OSCC. Hence, our work provides not only repurposing of the drug, ascorbate, but also an opportunity to decrease the side-effects of, and risk of resistance to, platinum-based treatment for OSCC.
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- Wei-Zhi Huang
- School of Dentistry, Department of Dentistry of Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
- Division of Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Pediatric for Special Need, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, Department of Dentistry of Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
- Division of Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Pediatric for Special Need, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
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Horibe S, Ishikawa K, Nakada K, Wake M, Takeda N, Tanaka T, Kawauchi S, Sasaki N, Rikitake Y. Mitochondrial DNA mutations are involved in the acquisition of cisplatin resistance in human lung cancer A549 cells. Oncol Rep 2021; 47:32. [PMID: 34935060 PMCID: PMC8717125 DOI: 10.3892/or.2021.8243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The efficacy of cisplatin (CDDP) has been demonstrated in the treatment of various cancers as monotherapy and combination therapy with immunotherapy. However, acquired CDDP resistance is a major obstacle to successful treatment. In the present study, the mechanisms underlying acquired CDDP resistance were examined using ACR20 cells, which are CDDP-resistant cells derived from A549 lung cancer cells. CDDP induces cytotoxicity by binding nuclear DNA and generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). Contrary to our expectation, ROS levels were elevated in ACR20 cells not treated with CDDP. Pretreatment with an ROS inhibitor enhanced the sensitivity of ACR20 cells to CDDP and prevented the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-кB signaling and upregulation of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs). Notably, evaluation of the mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate and mitochondrial superoxide levels revealed a deterioration of mitochondrial function in ACR20 cells. Mitochondrial DNA PCR-RFLP analysis revealed four mutations with varying percentage levels in ACR20 cells. In addition, in cytoplasmic hybrids with mitochondria from ACR20 cells, intrinsic ROS levels were elevated, expression of IAPs was increased, and complex I activity and sensitivity to CDDP were decreased. Analysis of three-dimensional structure data indicated that a mutation (ND2 F40L) may impact the proton translocation pathway, thereby affecting mitochondrial complex I activity. Together, these findings suggest that intrinsic ROS levels were elevated by mitochondrial DNA mutations, which decreased the sensitivity to CDDP via activation of NF-κB signaling and induction of IAP expression in ACR20 cells. These findings indicate that newly identified mutations in mitochondrial DNA may lead to acquired cisplatin resistance in cancer.
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- Sayo Horibe
- Laboratory of Medical Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada‑ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658‑8558, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‑8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‑8572, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke‑shi, Tochigi 329‑0498, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology and Metabolism, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke‑shi, Tochigi 329‑0498, Japan
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- Laboratory of Medical Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada‑ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658‑8558, Japan
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- Comprehensive Education and Research Center, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada‑ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658‑8558, Japan
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- Laboratory of Medical Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada‑ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658‑8558, Japan
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- Laboratory of Medical Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada‑ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658‑8558, Japan
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Han X, Zhang Y, Qiao O, Ji H, Zhang X, Wang W, Li X, Wang J, Li D, Ju A, Liu C, Gao W. Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Protective Effects of Yiqi Fumai Lyophilized Injection on Chronic Heart Failure by Improving Myocardial Energy Metabolism. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:719532. [PMID: 34630097 PMCID: PMC8494180 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.719532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Yiqi Fumai lyophilized injection (YQFM) is the recombination of Sheng mai san (SMS).YQFM has been applied clinically to efficaciously and safely treat chronic heart failure (CHF). However, the mechanism of YQFM is still not fully elucidated. The purpose of our study was to investigate the protective mechanism of YQFM against abdominal aortic coarctation (AAC) in rats by proteomic methods. After YQFM treatment, the cardiac function were obviously meliorated. One hundred and fifty-seven important differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified, including 109 in model rat compared with that in control rat (M:C) and 48 in YQFM-treated rat compared with that in model rat (T:M) by iTRAQ technology to analyze the proteomic characteristics of heart tissue. Bioinformatics analysis showed that DEPs was mainly involved in the body’s energy metabolism and was closely related to oxidative phosphorylation. YQFM had also displayed efficient mitochondrial dysfunction alleviation properties in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced cardiomyocyte damage by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Metabolic assay, and Mitotracker staining. What’s more, the levels of total cardiomyocyte apoptosis were markedly reduced following YQFM treatment. Furthermore, Western blot analysis showed that the expressions of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor co-activator-1α(PGC-1α) (p < 0.01 or p < 0.001), perixisome proliferation-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α) (p < 0.001)and retinoid X receptor alpha (RXR-α) were upregulated (p < 0.001), PGC-1α as well as its downstream effectors were also found to be upregulated in cardiomyocytes after YQFM treatment(p < 0.001).These results provided evidence that YQFM could enhance mitochondrial function of cardiomyocytes to play a role in the treatment of CHF by regulating mitochondrial biogenesis-related proteins.
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- Xiaoying Han
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tasly Pride Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Tianjin, China
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- Tasly Pride Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Chen SY, Chang YL, Liu ST, Chen GS, Lee SP, Huang SM. Differential Cytotoxicity Mechanisms of Copper Complexed with Disulfiram in Oral Cancer Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073711. [PMID: 33918312 PMCID: PMC8038175 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Disulfiram (DSF), an irreversible aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor, is being used in anticancer therapy, as its effects in humans are known and less adverse than conventional chemotherapy. We explored the potential mechanism behind the cytotoxicity of DSF-Cu+/Cu2+ complexes in oral epidermoid carcinoma meng-1 (OECM-1) and human gingival epithelial Smulow-Glickman (SG) cells. Exposure to CuCl2 or CuCl slightly but concentration-dependently decreased cell viability, while DSF-Cu+/Cu2+ induced cell death in OECM-1 cells, but not SG cells. DSF-Cu+/Cu2+ also increased the subG1 population and decreased the G1, S, and G2/M populations in OECM-1 cells, but not SG cells, and suppressed cell proliferation in both OECM-1 and SG cells. ALDH enzyme activity was inhibited by CuCl and DSF-Cu+/Cu2+ in SG cells, but not OECM-1 cells. ROS levels and cellular senescence were increased in DSF-Cu+/Cu2+-treated OECM-1 cells, whereas they were suppressed in SG cells. DSF-Cu+/Cu2+ induced mitochondrial fission in OECM-1 cells and reduced mitochondrial membrane potential. CuCl2 increased but DSF- Cu2+ impaired oxygen consumption rates and extracellular acidification rates in OECM-1 cells. CuCl2 stabilized HIF-1α expression under normoxia in OECM-1 cells, and complex with DSF enhanced that effect. Levels of c-Myc protein and its phosphorylation at Tyr58 and Ser62 were increased, while levels of the N-terminal truncated form (Myc-nick) were decreased in DSF-Cu+/Cu2-treated OECM-1 cells. These effects were all suppressed by pretreatment with the ROS scavenger NAC. Overexpression of c-Myc failed to induce HIF-1α expression. These findings provide novel insight into the potential application of DSF-CuCl2 complex as a repurposed agent for OSCC cancer therapy.
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- Ssu-Yu Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan; (S.-Y.C.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.-T.L.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan; (S.-Y.C.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.-T.L.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan; (S.-Y.C.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.-T.L.)
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- School of Dentistry, Department of Dentistry of Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (G.-S.C.); (S.-P.L.); (S.-M.H.)
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- School of Dentistry, Department of Dentistry of Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (G.-S.C.); (S.-P.L.); (S.-M.H.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei City 114, Taiwan; (S.-Y.C.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.-T.L.)
- Correspondence: (G.-S.C.); (S.-P.L.); (S.-M.H.)
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Gotti GC, Kikhia M, Wuntke V, Hasam-Henderson LA, Wu B, Geiger JRP, Kovacs R. In situ labeling of non-accommodating interneurons based on metabolic rates. Redox Biol 2020; 38:101798. [PMID: 33285412 PMCID: PMC7724199 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Maintaining high frequency firing of narrow action potentials puts a large metabolic load on fast spiking (FS), perisomatic-inhibitory interneurons compared to their slow-spiking, dendrite targeting counterparts. Although the relationship of action potential (AP) firing and metabolism is firmly established, there is no single method to differentiate interneurons in situ based on their firing properties. In this study, we explore a novel strategy to easily identify the metabolically active FS cells among different classes of interneurons. We found that the oxidation of the fluorescent free radical marker 2,7-dichlorodihydrofluorescein (H2DCF) preferentially occurs in interneurons both in slice cultures and acute brain slices. Despite their morphological heterogeneity, almost all DCF-positive (DCF+) neurons belonged to the cluster of non-accommodating FS interneurons. Furthermore, all FS interneurons expressing parvalbumin (PV) both in slice cultures and in acute slices from tdTomato-PVCre transgenic mice were also DCF+. However, only half of the recorded DCF + cells were also PV+, indicating that H2DCF-oxidation occurs in different interneuron classes characterized by non-accomodating AP-firing. Comprehensively enhancing spontaneous neuronal activity led to mitochondrial oxidation of DCF in pyramidal cells as well as interneurons, suggesting that the apparent selectivity towards interneurons represents differences in the underlying metabolic load. While radical-scavenging, inhibition of APs or NO-synthesis, and iron chelation had no effect on the staining pattern, exposure to the complex-I inhibitor, rotenone, prevented interneuronal DCF accumulation. We conclude that H2DCF oxidation is independent of free radicals but correlates with the intensive oxidative energy metabolism and high mitochondrial mass in interneurons sharing the non-accommodating FS phenotype. Fast spiking non-adapting interneurons preferentially oxidize and accumulate H2DCF. Labeling of interneurons correlates with mitochondrial mass and energy metabolism. Free radical formation does not contribute to DCF-labeling of interneurons.
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- G C Gotti
- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich - Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Charité Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
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Andreasen M, Nedergaard S. Effect of acute mitochondrial dysfunction on hyperexcitable network activity in rat hippocampus in vitro. Brain Res 2020; 1751:147193. [PMID: 33157100 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Metabolic stress imposed by epileptic seizures can result in mitochondrial dysfunction, believed to act as positive feedback on epileptogenesis and seizure susceptibility. As the mechanism behind this positive feedback is unclear, the aim of the present study was to investigate the causal link between acute mitochondrial dysfunction and increased seizure susceptibility in hyperexcitable hippocampal networks. Following the induction of spontaneous interictal-like discharges, acute selective pharmacological blockade of either of the mitochondrial respiratory complexes (MRC) I-IV induced seizure-like events (SLE) in 78-100% of experiments. A similar result was obtained by uncoupling the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) but not by selective blockade of MRCV (ATP synthase) which did not induce SLE. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl (tempol, 2 mM) significantly reduced the proconvulsant effect of blocking MRCI but did not reduce the proconvulsant effect of OXPHOS uncoupling. These findings indicate that acute mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to a convulsive state within a short timeframe, and that increased ROS production makes substantial contribution to such induction in addition to other mitochondrial related factors, which appears to be independent of changes in ROS and ATP production.
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- Mogens Andreasen
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Xu A, He P, Ye C, Liu Z, Gu B, Gao B, Li Y, Dong H, Chen D, Wang G, Yang S, Ding G. Polarizing Graphene Quantum Dots toward Long-Acting Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Evaluation and Tumor Detection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:10781-10790. [PMID: 32048821 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b20434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The evaluation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) would greatly deepen the understanding of cell metabolism/proliferation and tumor detection. However, current long-acting level tracking techniques for intracellular ROS remain unsuited to practical applications. To solve this problem, we synthesized cyclotriphosphazene-doped graphene quantum dots (C-GQDs) whose quantum yield is highly sensitive to ROS (increased by 400% from 0.12 to 0.63). Electron cloud polarization of oxidized cyclotriphosphazene rings in C-GQDs is confirmed to account for this novel optical property by density functional theory calculations and experimental results. In combination with excellent biological stability, C-GQDs achieve a long-acting evaluation of intracellular ROS level (more than 72 h) with an accuracy of 98.3%. In addition, recognition rates exceeding 90% are demonstrated to be feasible for eight kinds of tumor cell lines cultured with C-GQDs, which can also be expanded to in vivo detection. C-GQDs also show a high recognition rate (82.33%) and sensitivity (79.65%) for tumor cells in blood samples.
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- Anli Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies and Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China
- College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Chen C, Zhou Y, Hu C, Wang Y, Yan Z, Li Z, Wu R. Mitochondria and oxidative stress in ovarian endometriosis. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 136:22-34. [PMID: 30926565 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Endometriosis is associated with inflammatory reaction, and reactive oxidative species (ROS) are highly pro-inflammatory factors. Mitochondria are responsible for the production of ROS and energy. However, little is known about how mitochondria regulate ROS generation and energy metabolism in endometriosis. In our study, we investigated mitochondrial structure and function of ectopic endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) in ovarian endometriosis. We found mitochondria in ectopic ESCs generated more ROS and energy than controlled groups. Mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (SOD2), as an antioxidant enzyme, was found highly expressed in ectopic endometrium compared with normal endometrium. Due to its antioxidant role, SOD2 promoted the development of endometriosis by maintaining functional mitochondria to support high energetic metabolism of ectopic ESCs. We also showed that SOD2 promoted cell proliferation and migration in ovarian endometriosis. Inhibiting SOD2 expression reduced proliferation and migration of ectopic ESCS, and increased cell apoptosis. Therefore, understanding the role of mitochondrial dysfunction and SOD2 in ovarian endometriosis may provide new strategies to treat this disease.
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- Chaolu Chen
- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, China.
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Darbinyan LV, Hambardzumyan LE, Simonyan KV, Chavushyan VA, Manukyan LP, Badalyan SA, Khalaji N, Sarkisian VH. Protective effects of curcumin against rotenone-induced rat model of Parkinson's disease: in vivo electrophysiological and behavioral study. Metab Brain Dis 2017; 32:1791-1803. [PMID: 28695411 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-017-0060-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Curcumin is a naturally occurring phenolic yellow chemical isolated from the rhizomes of the plant Curcuma longa (turmeric), and is a major component of the spice turmeric. Curcumin has protective effects against rotenone-induced neural damage in Parkinson's disease (PD). The present study aims at providing new evidence for the validity of the rotenone rat model of PD by examining whether neuronal activity in the hippocampus is altered. Male albino rats were treated with rotenone injections (2.5 mg/ml intraperitoneally) for 21 days. We examined the effects of curcumin (200 mg/kg) on behavior and electrophysiology in a rat model of PD induced by rotenone. Motor activity was assessed by cylinder test. The electrical activity of neurons was measured in hippocampus. Rotenone causes significant reduction of neuronal activity. The results show that curcumin can improve the motor impairments and electrophysiological parameters and may be beneficial in the treatment of PD.
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- L V Darbinyan
- Sensorimotor Integration Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Sensorimotor Integration Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Neuroendocrine Relationships Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia.
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- Neuroendocrine Relationships Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Sensorimotor Integration Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Sensorimotor Integration Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Uremia University of Medical Sciences, Uremia, Iran
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- Sensorimotor Integration Lab, Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
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Miyata Y, Matsuo T, Sagara Y, Ohba K, Ohyama K, Sakai H. A Mini-Review of Reactive Oxygen Species in Urological Cancer: Correlation with NADPH Oxidases, Angiogenesis, and Apoptosis. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18102214. [PMID: 29065504 PMCID: PMC5666894 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18102214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress refers to elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and NADPH oxidases (NOXs), which are one of the most important sources of ROS. Oxidative stress plays important roles in the etiologies, pathological mechanisms, and treatment strategies of vascular diseases. Additionally, oxidative stress affects mechanisms of carcinogenesis, tumor growth, and prognosis in malignancies. Nearly all solid tumors show stimulation of neo-vascularity, termed angiogenesis, which is closely associated with malignant aggressiveness. Thus, cancers can be seen as a type of vascular disease. Oxidative stress-induced functions are regulated by complex endogenous mechanisms and exogenous factors, such as medication and diet. Although understanding these regulatory mechanisms is important for improving the prognosis of urothelial cancer, it is not sufficient, because there are controversial and conflicting opinions. Therefore, we believe that this knowledge is essential to discuss observations and treatment strategies in urothelial cancer. In this review, we describe the relationships between members of the NOX family and tumorigenesis, tumor growth, and pathological mechanisms in urological cancers including prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and urothelial cancer. In addition, we introduce natural compounds and chemical agents that are associated with ROS-induced angiogenesis or apoptosis.
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- Yasuyoshi Miyata
- Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Urology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
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Little AC, Sulovari A, Danyal K, Heppner DE, Seward DJ, van der Vliet A. Paradoxical roles of dual oxidases in cancer biology. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 110:117-132. [PMID: 28578013 PMCID: PMC5535817 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dysregulated oxidative metabolism is a well-recognized aspect of cancer biology, and many therapeutic strategies are based on targeting cancers by altering cellular redox pathways. The NADPH oxidases (NOXes) present an important enzymatic source of biological oxidants, and the expression and activation of several NOX isoforms are frequently dysregulated in many cancers. Cell-based studies have demonstrated a role for several NOX isozymes in controlling cell proliferation and/or cell migration, further supporting a potential contributing role for NOX in promoting cancer. While various NOX isoforms are often upregulated in cancers, paradoxical recent findings indicate that dual oxidases (DUOXes), normally prominently expressed in epithelial lineages, are frequently suppressed in epithelial-derived cancers by epigenetic mechanisms, although the functional relevance of such DUOX silencing has remained unclear. This review will briefly summarize our current understanding regarding the importance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and NOXes in cancer biology, and focus on recent observations indicating the unique and seemingly opposing roles of DUOX enzymes in cancer biology. We will discuss current knowledge regarding the functional properties of DUOX, and recent studies highlighting mechanistic consequences of DUOX1 loss in lung cancer, and its consequences for tumor invasiveness and current anticancer therapy. Finally, we will also discuss potentially unique roles for the DUOX maturation factors. Overall, a better understanding of mechanisms that regulate DUOX and the functional consequences of DUOX silencing in cancer may offer valuable new diagnostic insights and novel therapeutic opportunities.
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- Andrew C Little
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States.
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Reiter RJ, Rosales-Corral SA, Tan DX, Acuna-Castroviejo D, Qin L, Yang SF, Xu K. Melatonin, a Full Service Anti-Cancer Agent: Inhibition of Initiation, Progression and Metastasis. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E843. [PMID: 28420185 PMCID: PMC5412427 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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There is highly credible evidence that melatonin mitigates cancer at the initiation, progression and metastasis phases. In many cases, the molecular mechanisms underpinning these inhibitory actions have been proposed. What is rather perplexing, however, is the large number of processes by which melatonin reportedly restrains cancer development and growth. These diverse actions suggest that what is being observed are merely epiphenomena of an underlying more fundamental action of melatonin that remains to be disclosed. Some of the arresting actions of melatonin on cancer are clearly membrane receptor-mediated while others are membrane receptor-independent and involve direct intracellular actions of this ubiquitously-distributed molecule. While the emphasis of melatonin/cancer research has been on the role of the indoleamine in restraining breast cancer, this is changing quickly with many cancer types having been shown to be susceptible to inhibition by melatonin. There are several facets of this research which could have immediate applications at the clinical level. Many studies have shown that melatonin's co-administration improves the sensitivity of cancers to inhibition by conventional drugs. Even more important are the findings that melatonin renders cancers previously totally resistant to treatment sensitive to these same therapies. Melatonin also inhibits molecular processes associated with metastasis by limiting the entrance of cancer cells into the vascular system and preventing them from establishing secondary growths at distant sites. This is of particular importance since cancer metastasis often significantly contributes to death of the patient. Another area that deserves additional consideration is related to the capacity of melatonin in reducing the toxic consequences of anti-cancer drugs while increasing their efficacy. Although this information has been available for more than a decade, it has not been adequately exploited at the clinical level. Even if the only beneficial actions of melatonin in cancer patients are its ability to attenuate acute and long-term drug toxicity, melatonin should be used to improve the physical wellbeing of the patients. The experimental findings, however, suggest that the advantages of using melatonin as a co-treatment with conventional cancer therapies would far exceed improvements in the wellbeing of the patients.
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- Russel J Reiter
- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica de Occidente, Del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan, Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, UT Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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Galadari S, Rahman A, Pallichankandy S, Thayyullathil F. Reactive oxygen species and cancer paradox: To promote or to suppress? Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 104:144-164. [PMID: 28088622 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 601] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS), a group of highly reactive ions and molecules, are increasingly being appreciated as powerful signaling molecules involved in the regulation of a variety of biological processes. Indeed, their role is continuously being delineated in a variety of pathophysiological conditions. For instance, cancer cells are shown to have increased ROS levels in comparison to their normal counterparts. This is partly due to an enhanced metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer cells. The escalated ROS generation in cancer cells contributes to the biochemical and molecular changes necessary for the tumor initiation, promotion and progression, as well as, tumor resistance to chemotherapy. Therefore, increased ROS in cancer cells may provide a unique opportunity to eliminate cancer cells via elevating ROS to highly toxic levels intracellularly, thereby, activating various ROS-induced cell death pathways, or inhibiting cancer cell resistance to chemotherapy. Such results can be achieved by using agents that either increase ROS generation, or inhibit antioxidant defense, or even a combination of both. In fact, a large variety of anticancer drugs, and some of those currently under clinical trials, effectively kill cancer cells and overcome drug resistance via enhancing ROS generation and/or impeding the antioxidant defense mechanism. This review focuses on our current understanding of the tumor promoting (tumorigenesis, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis, and chemoresistance) and the tumor suppressive (apoptosis, autophagy, and necroptosis) functions of ROS, and highlights the potential mechanism(s) involved. It also sheds light on a very novel and an actively growing field of ROS-dependent cell death mechanism referred to as ferroptosis.
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- Sehamuddin Galadari
- Cell Signaling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, P.O. Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Al Jalila Foundation Research Centre, P.O. Box 300100, Dubai, UAE.
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- Cell Signaling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, P.O. Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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- Cell Signaling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, P.O. Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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- Cell Signaling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, P.O. Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Wallace L, Mehrabi S, Bacanamwo M, Yao X, Aikhionbare FO. Expression of mitochondrial genes MT-ND1, MT-ND6, MT-CYB, MT-COI, MT-ATP6, and 12S/MT-RNR1 in colorectal adenopolyps. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:12465-12475. [PMID: 27333991 PMCID: PMC5661973 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-5101-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Despite improvements in treatment strategies, colorectal cancer (CRC) still has high mortality rates. Most CRCs develop from adenopolyps via the adenoma-carcinoma sequence. A mechanism for inhibition of this sequence in individuals with a high risk of developing CRC is urgently needed. Differential studies of mitochondrial (mt) gene expressions in the progressive stages of CRC with villous architecture are warranted to reveal early risk assessments and new targets for chemoprevention of the disease. In the present study, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to determine the relative amount of the transcripts of six mt genes [MT-RNR1, MT-ND1, MT-COI, MT-ATP6, MT-ND6, and MT-CYB (region 648-15887)] which are involved in the normal metabolism of mitochondria. A total of 42 pairs of tissue samples obtained from colorectal adenopolyps, adenocarcinomas, and their corresponding adjacent normal tissues were examined. Additionally, electron transport chain (ETC), complexes I (NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase) and III (CoQH2-cytochrome C reductase), and carbonyl protein group contents were analyzed. Results indicate that there were differential expressions of the six mt genes and elevated carbonyl protein contents among the colorectal adenopolyps compared to their paired adjacent normal tissues (p < 0.05). The levels of complexes I and III were higher in tumor tissues relative to adjacent normal tissues. Noticeably, the expression of MT-COI was overexpressed in late colorectal carcinomas among all studied transcripts. Our data suggest that increased expressions in certain mt genes and elevated levels of ROS may potentially play a critical role in the colorectal tumors evolving from adenopolyps to malignant lesions.
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- LaShanale Wallace
- Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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Bakalova R, Georgieva E, Ivanova D, Zhelev Z, Aoki I, Saga T. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Activity, Accompanied by Overproduction of Superoxide. ACS Chem Neurosci 2015; 6:1922-9. [PMID: 26367059 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This study shows that a mitochondria-penetrating nitroxide probe (mito-TEMPO) allows detection of superoxide and visualization of mitochondrial dysfunction in living cells due to the effect of T1 shortening in MRI. Mitochondrial dysfunction was induced by treatment of cells with rotenone and 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME/Rot). The MRI measurements were performed on 7T MRI. The 2-ME/Rot-treated cells were characterized by overproduction of superoxide, which was confirmed by a conventional dihydroethidium test. In the presence of mito-TEMPO, the intensity of MRI signal in 2-ME/Rot-treated cells was ∼30-40% higher, in comparison with that in untreated cells or culture media. In model (cell-free) systems, we observed that superoxide, but not hydrogen peroxide, increased the intensity of T1-weighted MRI signal of mito-TEMPO. Moreover, the superoxide restores the T1-weighted MRI contrast of mito-TEMPOH, a noncontrast (diamagnetic) analogue of mito-TEMPO. This was also confirmed by using EPR spectroscopy. The results demonstrate that superoxide radical is involved in the enhancement of T1-weighted MRI contrast in living cells, in the absence and presence of mito-TEMPO. This report gives a direction for discovering new opportunities for functional MRI, for detection of metabolic activity, accompanied by overproduction of superoxide, as well as by disturbance of the balance between superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, a very important approach to clarify the fine molecular mechanisms in the regulation of many pathologies. The visualization of mitochondrial activity in real-time can be crucial to clarify the molecular mechanism of the functional MRI in its commonly accepted definition, as a method for detection of neurovascular coupling.
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- Rumiana Bakalova
- Molecular
Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Science, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Medical
Faculty, Trakia University, 11 Armejska Str., Stara Zagora 6000, Bulgaria
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- Medical
Faculty, Trakia University, 11 Armejska Str., Stara Zagora 6000, Bulgaria
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- Medical
Faculty, Trakia University, 11 Armejska Str., Stara Zagora 6000, Bulgaria
- Institute of Biophysics & Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 21 Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Sofia 1114, Bulgaria
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- Molecular
Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Science, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Molecular
Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Science, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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Li L, Dong X, Shu B, Wang Z, Hu Q, Zhong G. Iron-sulfur protein in mitochondrial complexes of Spodoptera litura as potential site for ROS generation. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 71:21-29. [PMID: 25257538 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Mitochondrial complex I is the main source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, but the exact site of superoxide generation or their relative contribution is not clear. This study aims to determine the function of iron-sulfur clusters (ISCU) in the initiation of ROS generation. ISCU2 and ISCU8 were cloned from Spodoptera litura which shared the conserved amino acid sequence with other insects. The expressions of the two genes were ubiquitous throughout the whole development stages and tissues. Knockdown of ISCU2 and ISCU8 resulted in the decline of the ROS, whereas rotenone and azadirachtin treatment up-regulated ROS levels by increasing mRNA expression. Furthermore, antioxidant enzyme activity of SOD and POD were up-regulated by rotenone and azadirachtin treatment and then declined after ISCU was silenced. Our results suggest the possibility that the molecules of ISCU2 and ISCU8 in complex I may serve as potential sites in the initiation of ROS generation.
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- Liangde Li
- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Insect Toxicology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Insect Toxicology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Insect Toxicology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Insect Toxicology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Insect Toxicology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Insect Toxicology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, PR China.
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Pan J, Zhang Q, Liu Q, Komas SM, Kalyanaraman B, Lubet RA, Wang Y, You M. Honokiol inhibits lung tumorigenesis through inhibition of mitochondrial function. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2014; 7:1149-59. [PMID: 25245764 PMCID: PMC6010030 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Honokiol is an important bioactive compound found in the bark of Magnolia tree. It is a nonadipogenic PPARγ agonist and capable of inhibiting the growth of a variety of tumor types both in vitro and in xenograft models. However, to fully appreciate the potential chemopreventive activity of honokiol, a less artificial model system is required. To that end, this study examined the chemopreventive efficacy of honokiol in an initiation model of lung squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). This model system uses the carcinogen N-nitroso-trischloroethylurea (NTCU), which is applied topically, reliably triggering the development of SCC within 24 to 26 weeks. Administration of honokiol significantly reduced the percentage of bronchial that exhibit abnormal lung SCC histology from 24.4% bronchial in control to 11.0% bronchial in honokiol-treated group (P = 0.01) while protecting normal bronchial histology (present in 20.5% of bronchial in control group and 38.5% of bronchial in honokiol-treated group. P = 0.004). P63 staining at the SCC site confirmed the lung SCCs phenotype. In vitro studies revealed that honokiol inhibited lung SCC cells proliferation, arrested cells at the G1-S cell-cycle checkpoint, while also leading to increased apoptosis. Our study showed that interfering with mitochondrial respiration is a novel mechanism by which honokiol changed redox status in the mitochondria, triggered apoptosis, and finally leads to the inhibition of lung SCC. This novel mechanism of targeting mitochondrial suggests honokiol as a potential lung SCC chemopreventive agent.
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- Jing Pan
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Chemoprevention Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Lanju X, Jing X, Shichang L, Zhuo Y. Induction of apoptosis by antimycin A in differentiated PC12 cell line. J Appl Toxicol 2013; 34:651-7. [PMID: 23868660 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xu Lanju
- College of Medicine; Tianjin 300060 China
- CSPC The Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Shijiazhuang; Hebei 050051 China
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- College of Medicine; Tianjin 300060 China
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- College of Medicine; Tianjin 300060 China
- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital; Tianjin 300070 China
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- College of Medicine; Tianjin 300060 China
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Ni Y, Eng C. Vitamin E protects against lipid peroxidation and rescues tumorigenic phenotypes in cowden/cowden-like patient-derived lymphoblast cells with germline SDHx variants. Clin Cancer Res 2012; 18:4954-61. [PMID: 22829200 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-1055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE Cowden syndrome (CS), a Mendelian autosomal-dominant disorder, predisposes to breast, thyroid, and other cancers. Germline variations in succinate dehydrogenase genes (SDHx) occur in approximately 10% PTEN mutation-negative CS and CS-like (CSL) individuals (SDH(var+)). We previously showed that SDHx variants result in elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS), disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) equilibrium, and destabilization of p53 hence apoptosis resistance in CS/CSL patient-derived lymphoblastoid cells. In the present study, we sought to address the tumorigenic impacts of increased ROS and the potential of protecting SDH(var+) cells with antioxidants. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We measured the lipid peroxidation levels in patient-derived SDH(var+) lymphoblastoid cells and sequenced 74 controls or SDH(var+) germline DNA samples for mitochondrial hypervariable region II (HVRII) polymorphisms. SDH(var+) lymphoblastoid cells were treated with various antioxidants to check p53 expression and sub-G(1) cell population with cell-cycle analysis. RESULTS We showed that elevated ROS results in higher lipid peroxidation in SDH(var+) cells. Accumulation of polymorphisms in mitochondrial HVRII was observed in SDH(var+) samples. Interestingly, α-tocopherol (vitamin E) treatment, but not other antioxidants, rescued SDH(var+) cells from apoptosis resistance and protected SDH(var+) cells from oxidative damage such as decreased lipid peroxidation as well as partially recovered p53 expression and NAD/NADH levels. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that disruption of complex II because of SDHx variants leads to increased ROS generation, specifically accompanied by lipid peroxidation. The lipid soluble antioxidant α-tocopherol can selectively protect SDH(var+) cells from oxidative damage, apoptosis resistance, and rebalance redox metabolites NAD/NADH.
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- Ying Ni
- Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NE-50, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Xiong N, Long X, Xiong J, Jia M, Chen C, Huang J, Ghoorah D, Kong X, Lin Z, Wang T. Mitochondrial complex I inhibitor rotenone-induced toxicity and its potential mechanisms in Parkinson's disease models. Crit Rev Toxicol 2012; 42:613-32. [PMID: 22574684 DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2012.680431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. The development of PD reportedly involves mitochondrial impairment, oxidative stress, α-synuclein aggregation, dysfunctional protein degradation, glutamate toxicity, calcium overloading, inflammation and loss of neurotrophic factors. Based on a link between mitochondrial dysfunction and pesticide exposure, many laboratories, including ours, have recently developed parkinsonian models by utilization of rotenone, a well-known mitochondrial complex I inhibitor. Rotenone models for PD appear to mimic most clinical features of idiopathic PD and recapitulate the slow and progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons and the Lewy body formation in the nigral-striatal system. Notably, potential human parkinsonian pathogenetic and pathophysiological mechanisms have been revealed through these models. In this review, we summarized various rotenone-based models for PD and discussed the implied etiology of and treatment for PD.
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- Nian Xiong
- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei 430022, China
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MiADMSA reverses impaired mitochondrial energy metabolism and neuronal apoptotic cell death after arsenic exposure in rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2011; 256:241-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oliva CR, Moellering DR, Gillespie GY, Griguer CE. Acquisition of chemoresistance in gliomas is associated with increased mitochondrial coupling and decreased ROS production. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24665. [PMID: 21931801 PMCID: PMC3170372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Temozolomide (TMZ) is an alkylating agent used for treating gliomas. Chemoresistance is a severe limitation to TMZ therapy; there is a critical need to understand the underlying mechanisms that determine tumor response to TMZ. We recently reported that chemoresistance to TMZ is related to a remodeling of the entire electron transport chain, with significant increases in the activity of complexes II/III and cytochrome c oxidase (CcO). Moreover, pharmacologic and genetic manipulation of CcO reverses chemoresistance. Therefore, to test the hypothesis that TMZ-resistance arises from tighter mitochondrial coupling and decreased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), we have assessed mitochondrial function in TMZ-sensitive and -resistant glioma cells, and in TMZ-resistant glioblastoma multiform (GBM) xenograft lines (xenolines). Maximum ADP-stimulated (state 3) rates of mitochondrial oxygen consumption were greater in TMZ-resistant cells and xenolines, and basal respiration (state 2), proton leak (state 4), and mitochondrial ROS production were significantly lower in TMZ-resistant cells. Furthermore, TMZ-resistant cells consumed less glucose and produced less lactic acid. Chemoresistant cells were insensitive to the oxidative stress induced by TMZ and hydrogen peroxide challenges, but treatment with the oxidant L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine increased TMZ-dependent ROS generation and reversed chemoresistance. Importantly, treatment with the antioxidant N-acetyl-cysteine inhibited TMZ-dependent ROS generation in chemosensitive cells, preventing TMZ toxicity. Finally, we found that mitochondrial DNA-depleted cells (ρ°) were resistant to TMZ and had lower intracellular ROS levels after TMZ exposure compared with parental cells. Repopulation of ρ° cells with mitochondria restored ROS production and sensitivity to TMZ. Taken together, our results indicate that chemoresistance to TMZ is linked to tighter mitochondrial coupling and low ROS production, and suggest a novel mitochondrial ROS-dependent mechanism underlying TMZ-chemoresistance in glioma. Thus, perturbation of mitochondrial functions and changes in redox status might constitute a novel strategy for sensitizing glioma cells to therapeutic approaches.
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- Claudia R. Oliva
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Thaakur S, Sravanthi R. Neuroprotective effect of Spirulina in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2010; 117:1083-91. [PMID: 20700612 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0440-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2010] [Accepted: 07/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Epidemiological studies indicate that the intake of Mediterranean-style diet is inversely associated with risk of stroke, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Spirulina is widely used nutritional supplement rich in proteins and antioxidants. Evidence demonstrates that the impaired energy metabolism and the excessive generation of reactive oxygen radicals contribute to the brain injury associated with cerebral ischemia. In the present study, the protective effect of Spirulina was investigated in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)-induced focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Male albino rats were divided into six groups: control, sham-operated group, ischemic control group, and Spirulina-pretreated groups (45, 90 and 180 mg/kg/p.o.). Spirulina was administered once a day, for 7 days. The rats were subjected to a 2-h right MCAO via the intraluminal filament technique and 22 h of reperfusion. Pretreatment with Spirulina significantly reduced the histological changes and neurological deficits. Spirulina at a dose of 180 mg/kg significantly reversed the elevated brain malondialdehyde (MDA) content and restored the decreased activities of brain superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and reduced glutathione (GSH) indicating that Spirulina has the protective potential against cerebral ischemia injury and its protective effects may be due to its antioxidant property.
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- Santhrani Thaakur
- Division of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupathi 517502, Chittoor dist., Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Kim DY, Vallejo J, Rho JM. Ketones prevent synaptic dysfunction induced by mitochondrial respiratory complex inhibitors. J Neurochem 2010; 114:130-41. [PMID: 20374433 PMCID: PMC3532617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06728.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ketones have previously shown beneficial effects in models of neurodegenerative disorders, particularly against associated mitochondrial dysfunction and cognitive impairment. However, evidence of a synaptic protective effect of ketones remains lacking. We tested the effects of ketones on synaptic impairment induced by mitochondrial respiratory complex (MRC) inhibitors using electrophysiological, reactive oxygen species (ROS) imaging and biochemical techniques. MRC inhibitors dose-dependently suppressed both population spike (PS) and field potential amplitudes in the CA1 hippocampus. Pre-treatment with ketones strongly prevented changes in the PS, whereas partial protection was seen in the field potential. Rotenone (Rot; 100 nmol/L), a MRC I inhibitor, suppressed synaptic function without altering ROS levels and PS depression by Rot was unaffected by antioxidants. In contrast, antioxidant-induced PS recovery against the MRC II inhibitor 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP; 1 mmol/L) was similar to the synaptic protective effects of ketones. Ketones also suppressed ROS generation induced by 3-NP. Finally, ketones reversed the decreases in ATP levels caused by Rot and 3-NP. In summary, our data demonstrate that ketones can preserve synaptic function in CA1 hippocampus induced by MRC dysfunction, likely through an antioxidant action and enhanced ATP generation.
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- Do Young Kim
- Barrow Neurological Institute and St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013, USA.
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Xiong N, Huang J, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Xiong J, Liu X, Jia M, Wang F, Chen C, Cao X, Liang Z, Sun S, Lin Z, Wang T. Stereotaxical infusion of rotenone: a reliable rodent model for Parkinson's disease. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7878. [PMID: 19924288 PMCID: PMC2774159 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 10/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A clinically-related animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD) may enable the elucidation of the etiology of the disease and assist the development of medications. However, none of the current neurotoxin-based models recapitulates the main clinical features of the disease or the pathological hallmarks, such as dopamine (DA) neuron specificity of degeneration and Lewy body formation, which limits the use of these models in PD research. To overcome these limitations, we developed a rat model by stereotaxically (ST) infusing small doses of the mitochondrial complex-I inhibitor, rotenone, into two brain sites: the right ventral tegmental area and the substantia nigra. Four weeks after ST rotenone administration, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity in the infusion side decreased by 43.7%, in contrast to a 75.8% decrease observed in rats treated systemically with rotenone (SYS). The rotenone infusion also reduced the DA content, the glutathione and superoxide dismutase activities, and induced alpha-synuclein expression, when compared to the contralateral side. This ST model displays neither peripheral toxicity or mortality and has a high success rate. This rotenone-based ST model thus recapitulates the slow and specific loss of DA neurons and better mimics the clinical features of idiopathic PD, representing a reliable and more clinically-related model for PD research.
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- Nian Xiong
- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mailman Research Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
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Rajendran P, Ekambaram G, Sakthisekaran D. Effect of mangiferin on benzo(a)pyrene induced lung carcinogenesis in experimental Swiss albino mice. Nat Prod Res 2008; 22:672-80. [PMID: 18569708 DOI: 10.1080/14786410701824973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The present study is an effort to identify a potent chemopreventive agent against cancer, in which oxidative stress plays an important causative role. The modulatory effect of mangiferin on mitochondrial lipid peroxidation (LPO), tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle key enzymes and electron transport chain complexes was investigated against lung carcinogenesis induced by benzo(a)pyrene (50 mg kg(-1) b/w orally) in Swiss albino mice. Decreased activities of electron transport chain complexes and TCA cycle key enzymes such as isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (alpha-KGDH), in lung cancer bearing animals were observed. Pre- and post-treatment with mangiferin (100 mg kg(-1) b/w orally) for 18 weeks, prevented the above biochemical changes, which were inclined towards normal control animal values. This study further confirms the chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effect of mangiferin and these results are consistent with our hypothesis that mangiferin is a promising chemopreventive agent.
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- P Rajendran
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Madras, Chennai 600 113, India.
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Vali S, Mythri RB, Jagatha B, Padiadpu J, Ramanujan KS, Andersen JK, Gorin F, Bharath MMS. Integrating glutathione metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction with implications for Parkinson's disease: a dynamic model. Neuroscience 2007; 149:917-30. [PMID: 17936517 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Revised: 08/02/2007] [Accepted: 08/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED Oxidative/nitrosative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction have been implicated in the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra during Parkinson's disease (PD). During early stages of PD, there is a significant depletion of the thiol antioxidant glutathione (GSH), which may lead to oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and ultimately neuronal cell death. Mitochondrial complex I (CI) is believed to be the central player to the mitochondrial dysfunction occurring in PD. We have generated a dynamic, mechanistic model for mitochondrial dysfunction associated with PD progression that is activated by rotenone, GSH depletion, increased nitric oxide and peroxynitrite. The potential insults independently inhibit CI and other complexes of the electron transport chain, drop the proton motive force, and reduce ATP production, ultimately affecting the overall mitochondrial performance. We show that mitochondrial dysfunction significantly affects glutathione synthesis thereby increasing the oxidative damage and further exacerbating the toxicities of these mitochondrial agents resulting in neurodegeneration. Rat dopaminergic neuronal cell culture and in vitro experiments using mouse brain mitochondria were employed to validate important features of the model. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Using a combination of experimental and in silico modeling approaches, we have demonstrated the interdependence of mitochondrial function with GSH metabolism in relation to neurodegeneration in PD.
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- S Vali
- Cell Works Group Inc., AECS Layout, Marathahalli, Bangalore 560037, India
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Dutta S, Bendre R, Padhye S, Ahmed F, Sarkar F. Synthesis, Antioxidant Properties and Antiproliferative Activities of Tetrameric Copper and Copper‐Zinc Metal Complexes of Catecholamine Schiff Base Ligand. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1081/sim-200047494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Sabari Dutta
- a Department of Chemistry , University of Pune , Pune, India
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- a Department of Chemistry , University of Pune , Pune, India
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- b Wayne State University, School of Medicine , Detroit, MI, USA
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- b Wayne State University, School of Medicine , Detroit, MI, USA
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Dement GA, Maloney SC, Reeves R. Nuclear HMGA1 nonhistone chromatin proteins directly influence mitochondrial transcription, maintenance, and function. Exp Cell Res 2006; 313:77-87. [PMID: 17045586 PMCID: PMC1823039 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2006] [Revised: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that HMGA1 proteins translocate from the nucleus to mitochondria and bind to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) at the D-loop control region [G.A. Dement, N.R. Treff, N.S. Magnuson, V. Franceschi, R. Reeves, Dynamic mitochondrial localization of nuclear transcription factor HMGA1, Exp. Cell Res. 307 (2005) 388-401.] [11]. To elucidate possible physiological roles for such binding, we employed methods to analyze mtDNA transcription, mitochondrial maintenance, and other organelle functions in transgenic human MCF-7 cells (HA7C) induced to over-express an HA-tagged HMGA1 protein and control (parental) MCF-7 cells. Quantitative real-time (RT) PCR analyses demonstrated that mtDNA levels were reduced approximately 2-fold in HMGA1 over-expressing HA7C cells and flow cytometric analyses further revealed that mitochondrial mass was significantly reduced in these cells. Cellular ATP levels were also reduced in HA7C cells and survival studies showed an increased sensitivity to killing by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, a glycolysis-specific inhibitor. Flow cytometric analyses revealed additional mitochondrial abnormalities in HA7C cells that are consistent with a cancerous phenotype: namely, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increased mitochondrial membrane potential (Delta Psi(m)). Additional RT-PCR analyses demonstrated that gene transcripts from both the heavy (ND2, COXI, ATP6) and light (ND6) strands of mtDNA were up-regulated approximately 3-fold in HA7C cells. Together, these mitochondrial changes are consistent with many previous reports and reveal several possible mechanisms by which HMGA1 over-expression, a common feature of naturally occurring cancers, may affect tumor progression.
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- Gregory A Dement
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Rm. 639, Fulmer Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-4660, USA
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Saravanan KS, Sindhu KM, Mohanakumar KP. Acute intranigral infusion of rotenone in rats causes progressive biochemical lesions in the striatum similar to Parkinson's disease. Brain Res 2005; 1049:147-55. [PMID: 15936733 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2005] [Revised: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 04/19/2005] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We examined in Sprague-Dawley rats whether intranigral administration of complex-I inhibitor, rotenone, produces biochemical lesions in the striatum similar to those observed in Parkinson's disease (PD). Unilateral stereotaxic infusion of rotenone (2-12 mug in 1 mul) into substantia nigra (SN) pars compacta caused significant inhibition of complex-I activity and increased production of hydroxyl radicals in vivo as measured employing spectrophotometric and HPLC-electrochemical procedures, respectively. It also caused a significant time- and dose-dependent reduction of dopamine level, but not serotonin, in the ipsilateral striatum when assayed using an HPLC electrochemical method. This effect was found to be progressive for 90 days. A dose-dependent decrease in nigral glutathione level, as measured fluorimetrically, was also observed to be progressive till 90th day. A significant decrease in tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the striatum (73 +/- 8.4% as assessed by densitometric studies) or in SN ipsilateral to the side of infusion suggested nigrostriatal neuronal degeneration. A dose of rotenone (6 microg in 1 microl) that caused 55% striatal dopamine depletion when infused into the SN failed to affect serotonin levels in the terminal regions when infused into the nucleus raphe dorsalis, indicating rotenone's specificity of action towards dopaminergic neurons. Our findings suggest that unilateral infusion of rotenone reproduces neurochemical and neuropathological features of hemiparkinsonism in rats and indicate an active involvement of oxidative stress in rotenone-induced nigrostriatal neurodegeneration. The present study also demonstrates more sensitivity of dopaminergic neurons towards rotenone and establishes mitochondrial complex-I damage as one of the major contributory components of neurodegeneration in PD. The progressive nature of pathology in this model closely mimics idiopathic PD, and absence of mortality warrants the use of this model in drug discovery programs.
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- Karuppagounder S Saravanan
- Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Calcutta 700 032, India
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Bras M, Queenan B, Susin SA. Programmed cell death via mitochondria: Different modes of dying. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2005; 70:231-9. [PMID: 15807663 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a major component of normal development, preservation of tissue homeostasis, and elimination of damaged cells. Many studies have subdivided PCD into the three categories of apoptosis, autophagy, and necrosis based on criteria such as morphological alterations, initiating death signal, or the implication of caspases. However, these classifications fail to address the interplay between the three types of PCD. In this review, we will discuss the central role of the mitochondrion in the integration of the cell death pathways. Mitochondrial alterations such as the release of sequestered apoptogenic proteins, loss of transmembrane potential, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), disruption of the electron transport chain, and decreases in ATP synthesis have been shown to be involved in, and possibly responsible for, the different manifestations of cell death. Thus, the mitochondria can be viewed as a central regulator of the decision between cellular survival and demise.
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- M Bras
- Apoptose et Systeme Immunitaire, Institut Pasteur, CNRS-URA 1961, Paris 75015, France
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Pelicano H, Carney D, Huang P. ROS stress in cancer cells and therapeutic implications. Drug Resist Updat 2004; 7:97-110. [PMID: 15158766 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2004.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1606] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2004] [Accepted: 01/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are constantly generated and eliminated in the biological system, and play important roles in a variety of normal biochemical functions and abnormal pathological processes. Growing evidence suggests that cancer cells exhibit increased intrinsic ROS stress, due in part to oncogenic stimulation, increased metabolic activity, and mitochondrial malfunction. Since the mitochondrial respiratory chain (electron transport complexes) is a major source of ROS generation in the cells, the vulnerability of the mitochondrial DNA to ROS-mediated damage appears to be a mechanism to amplify ROS stress in cancer cells. The escalated ROS generation in cancer cells serves as an endogenous source of DNA-damaging agents that promote genetic instability and development of drug resistance. Malfunction of mitochondria also alters cellular apoptotic response to anticancer agents. Despite the negative impacts of increased ROS in cancer cells, it is possible to exploit this biochemical feature and develop novel therapeutic strategies to preferentially kill cancer cells through ROS-mediated mechanisms. This article reviews ROS stress in cancer cells, its underlying mechanisms and relationship with mitochondrial malfunction and alteration in drug sensitivity, and suggests new therapeutic strategies that take advantage of increased ROS in cancer cells to enhance therapeutic activity and selectivity.
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- Helene Pelicano
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Box 89, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Hwang IK, Yoo KY, Kim DS, Jeong YK, Kim JD, Shin HK, Lim SS, Yoo ID, Kang TC, Kim DW, Moon WK, Won MH. Neuroprotective effects of grape seed extract on neuronal injury by inhibiting DNA damage in the gerbil hippocampus after transient forebrain ischemia. Life Sci 2004; 75:1989-2001. [PMID: 15306166 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2004] [Accepted: 05/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Grape seed extract (GSE) possess cardioprotective abilities by functioning as in vivo antioxidants and by virtue of their ability to directly scavenge ROS including hydroxyl and peroxyl radicals. In the present study, we investigated the neuroprotective effects of grape seed extract (GSE) in the gerbil hippocampus after 5 min transient forebrain ischemia. Neuronal cell density in GSE-treated ischemic animals was significantly increased as compared with vehicle-treated ischemic animals 4 days after ischemic insult. In the GSE-treated groups, about 60% of pyramidal cells of the sham-operated group were stained with cresyl violet 4 days after ischemic insult. In this study, we found that GSE had neuroprotective effects on neuronal injury by inhibiting DNA damage in the CA1 region after ischemia. In vehicle-treated groups, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) immunoreactivity was significantly changed time-dependently, whereas the immunoreactivity in the GSE-treated group was similar to the sham-operated group. In addition, we confirmed that astrocytes and microglia did not show significant activation in the CA1 region 4 days after ischemia-reperfusion, because many CA1 pyramidal cells were not damaged. Therefore, these results suggest that GSE can protect ischemic neuronal damage by inhibiting DNA damage after transient forebrain ischemia.
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- In Koo Hwang
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, 200-702, South Korea
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Pelicano H, Feng L, Zhou Y, Carew JS, Hileman EO, Plunkett W, Keating MJ, Huang P. Inhibition of mitochondrial respiration: a novel strategy to enhance drug-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells by a reactive oxygen species-mediated mechanism. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:37832-9. [PMID: 12853461 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301546200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cancer cells are under intrinsic increased oxidative stress and vulnerable to free radical-induced apoptosis. Here, we report a strategy to hinder mitochondrial electron transport and increase superoxide O2. radical generation in human leukemia cells as a novel mechanism to enhance apoptosis induced by anticancer agents. This strategy was first tested in a proof-of-principle study using rotenone, a specific inhibitor of mitochondrial electron transport complex I. Partial inhibition of mitochondrial respiration enhances electron leakage from the transport chain, leading to an increase in O2. generation and sensitization of the leukemia cells to anticancer agents whose action involve free radical generation. Using leukemia cells with genetic alterations in mitochondrial DNA and biochemical approaches, we further demonstrated that As2O3, a clinically active anti-leukemia agent, inhibits mitochondrial respiratory function, increases free radical generation, and enhances the activity of another O2.-generating agent against cultured leukemia cells and primary leukemia cells isolated from patients. Our study shows that interfering mitochondrial respiration is a novel mechanism by which As2O3 increases generation of free radicals. This novel mechanism of action provides a biochemical basis for developing new drug combination strategies using As2O3 to enhance the activity of anticancer agents by promoting generation of free radicals.
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MESH Headings
- 2-Methoxyestradiol
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Arsenic Trioxide
- Arsenicals/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Estradiol/analogs & derivatives
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Mitochondria/drug effects
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Oxides/pharmacology
- Oxygen Consumption/drug effects
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Rotenone/pharmacology
- Superoxides/metabolism
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- Hélène Pelicano
- Department of Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Kalivendi SV, Kotamraju S, Cunningham S, Shang T, Hillard CJ, Kalyanaraman B. 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)-induced apoptosis and mitochondrial oxidant generation: role of transferrin-receptor-dependent iron and hydrogen peroxide. Biochem J 2003; 371:151-64. [PMID: 12523938 PMCID: PMC1223270 DOI: 10.1042/bj20021525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2002] [Revised: 12/18/2002] [Accepted: 01/10/2003] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)) is a neurotoxin used in cellular models of Parkinson's Disease. Although intracellular iron plays a crucial role in MPP(+)-induced apoptosis, the molecular signalling mechanisms linking iron, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and apoptosis are still unknown. We investigated these aspects using cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs) and human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. MPP(+) enhanced caspase 3 activity after 24 h with significant increases as early as 12 h after treatment of cells. Pre-treatment of CGNs and neuroblastoma cells with the metalloporphyrin antioxidant enzyme mimic, Fe(III)tetrakis(4-benzoic acid)porphyrin (FeTBAP), completely prevented the MPP(+)-induced caspase 3 activity as did overexpression of glutathione peroxidase (GPx1) and pre-treatment with a lipophilic, cell-permeable iron chelator [N, N '-bis-(2-hydroxybenzyl)ethylenediamine-N, N '-diacetic acid, HBED]. MPP(+) treatment increased the number of TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end-labelling)-positive cells which was completely blocked by pre-treatment with FeTBAP. MPP(+) treatment significantly decreased the aconitase and mitochondrial complex I activities; pre-treatment with FeTBAP, HBED and GPx1 overexpression reversed this effect. MPP(+) treatment increased the intracellular oxidative stress by 2-3-fold, as determined by oxidation of dichlorodihydrofluorescein and dihydroethidium (hydroethidine). These effects were reversed by pre-treatment of cells with FeTBAP and HBED and by GPx1 overexpression. MPP(+)-treatment enhanced the cell-surface transferrin receptor (TfR) expression, suggesting a role for TfR-induced iron uptake in MPP(+) toxicity. Treatment of cells with anti-TfR antibody (IgA class) inhibited MPP(+)-induced caspase activation. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase activity did not affect caspase 3 activity, apoptotic cell death or ROS generation by MPP(+). Overall, these results suggest that MPP(+)-induced cell death in CGNs and neuroblastoma cells proceeds via apoptosis and involves mitochondrial release of ROS and TfR-dependent iron.
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- Shasi V Kalivendi
- Biophysics Research Institute and Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- L V P Korlipara
- University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom, NW3 2PF
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Xu G, Perez-Pinzon MA, Sick TJ. Mitochondrial complex I inhibition produces selective damage to hippocampal subfield CA1 in organotypic slice cultures. Neurotox Res 2003; 5:529-38. [PMID: 14715437 DOI: 10.1007/bf03033163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The effects of mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors and the excitotoxin N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) on cell death in hippocampal subfields CA1 and CA3 were examined in hippocampal organotypic slice cultures. Slice cultures, 2-3 week old, were exposed for 1 h to either the Complex I inhibitors, rotenone or 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridium (MPP+), the Complex II inhibitor 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP), or the excitotoxin NMDA. Cell death was examined 24 and 48 h following treatment, by measuring propidium iodide (PI) fluorescence. Treatment with 1 micro M Rotenone caused greater cell death in hippocampal subfield CA1 than CA3. Exposure of hippocampal slice cultures to 10 micro M rotenone, to MPP+ or to NMDA resulted in damage to both CA1 and CA3 subfields. 3-NP produced little damage in either subfield. The data suggest that mitochondrial Complex I inhibition can produce selective cell damage in hippocampus and in this regard is similar to that observed following hypoxia/ischemia.
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- Guangping Xu
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Mitochondria play important roles in cellular energy metabolism, free radical generation, and apoptosis. Defects in mitochondrial function have long been suspected to contribute to the development and progression of cancer. In this review article, we aim to provide a brief summary of our current understanding of mitochondrial genetics and biology, review the mtDNA alterations reported in various types of cancer, and offer some perspective as to the emergence of mtDNA mutations, their functional consequences in cancer development, and therapeutic implications.
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- Jennifer S Carew
- Department of Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Howard S, Bottino C, Brooke S, Cheng E, Giffard RG, Sapolsky R. Neuroprotective effects of bcl-2 overexpression in hippocampal cultures: interactions with pathways of oxidative damage. J Neurochem 2002; 83:914-23. [PMID: 12421364 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Overexpression of bcl-2protects neurons from numerous necrotic insults, both in vitro and in vivo. While the bulk of such protection is thought to arise from Bcl-2 blocking cytochrome c release from mitochondria, thereby blocking apoptosis, the protein can target other steps in apoptosis, and can protect against necrotic cell death as well. There is evidence that these additional actions may be antioxidant in nature, in that Bcl-2 has been reported to protect against generators of reactive oxygen species (ROS), to increase antioxidant defenses and to decrease levels of ROS and of oxidative damage. Despite this, there are also reports arguing against either the occurrence, or the importance of these antioxidant actions. We have examined these issues in neuron-enriched primary hippocampal cultures, with overexpression of bcl-2 driven by a herpes simplex virus amplicon: (i) Bcl-2 protected strongly against glutamate, whose toxicity is at least partially ROS-dependent. Such protection involved reduction in mitochondrially derived superoxide. Despite that, Bcl-2 had no effect on levels of lipid peroxidation, which is thought to be the primary locus of glutamate-induced oxidative damage; (ii) Bcl-2 was also mildly protective against the pro-oxidant adriamycin. However, it did so without reducing levels of superoxide, hydrogen peroxide or lipid peroxidation; (iii) Bcl-2 protected against permanent anoxia, an insult likely to involve little to no ROS generation. These findings suggest that Bcl-2 can have antioxidant actions that may nonetheless not be central to its protective effects, can protect against an ROS generator without targeting steps specific to oxidative biochemistry, and can protect in the absence of ROS generation. Thus, the antioxidant actions of Bcl-2 are neither necessary nor sufficient to explain its protective actions against these insults in hippocampal neurons.
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- Sarah Howard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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