Effects of the microtubule stabilizing agent peloruside A on the proteome of HL-60 cells

Invest New Drugs. 2011 Aug;29(4):544-53. doi: 10.1007/s10637-010-9387-5. Epub 2010 Jan 27.

Abstract

Peloruside A, isolated from the marine sponge Mycale hentscheli, has a similar mechanism of action to paclitaxel (Taxol®), a drug used clinically to treat tumors of the breast, ovary and lung. Paclitaxel and peloruside stabilize the polymerized form of tubulin and arrest cells in G₂/M of the cell cycle. We have therefore used two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins to examine the effect of peloruside A on the human HL-60 promyeloid leukemic cell line. Our goals included investigation whether affected proteins could be mapped onto pathways that predicted the cellular effects of this compound. In response to 100 nM peloruside A treatment for 24 h, seventeen identified proteins showed significant change in abundance with fourteen increases and three decreases. Use of Ingenuity Pathways Analysis confirmed that peloruside A affected pathways consistent with the known effects on microtubules and apoptosis. Our results also indicate a potential role of c-Myc in the cellular actions of peloruside consistent with an induction of aneuploidy seen at low concentrations of peloruside.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Western
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemistry
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Cycle / drug effects
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / pharmacology*
  • Microtubules / drug effects*
  • Microtubules / metabolism
  • Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proteome / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Tubulin / metabolism

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Lactones
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Proteome
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
  • Tubulin
  • peloruside A