The anticancer activity of 3- and 10-bromofascaplysins is mediated by caspase-8, -9, -3-dependent apoptosis

Bioorg Med Chem. 2010 Jun 1;18(11):3834-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.04.043. Epub 2010 Apr 21.

Abstract

3- and 10-Bromofascaplysins was previously found to possess cytotoxic activity. In this study, we investigated their cancer preventive and proapoptotic properties. These effects were tested on mouse skin epidermal JB6 P(+) Cl41 cell line, its stable transfectants, and human tumor HL-60, THP-1, SNU-C4, SK-MEL-28, DLD-1, MDA-MB-231, and HeLa cells using a variety of assessments, including a cell viability (MTS) assay, flow cytometry, anchorage-independent soft agar assay, luciferase assay, mitochondrial permeability assay, and Western blotting. 3- and 10-Bromofascaplysins were effective at submicromolar concentrations as the anticancer agents, which exerted their action, at least in part, through the induction of caspase-8, -9, -3-dependent apoptosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Caspase 8 / metabolism
  • Caspase 9 / metabolism
  • Caspases / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Permeability / drug effects
  • Skin / cytology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspase 8
  • Caspase 9
  • Caspases