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Query: EC:2.4.2.30 (PARP)
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Androgen withdrawal induces the regression of human prostate cancers, but such cancers eventually become androgen-independent and metastasize. Thus, deciphering the mechanism of androgen withdrawal-induced apoptosis is critical to designing new therapies for prostate cancer. Previously, we showed that in the rat, castration-induced apoptosis is accompanied by a reduction in the expression of the apical caspase inhibitor FLICE-like inhibitory protein (FLIP). To test the functional role of FLIP in inhibiting prostate epithelial cell apoptosis, we employed the rat prostate epithelial cell line NRP-152, which differentiates to a secretory phenotype in a low-mitogen medium and then undergoes apoptosis following the addition of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1), mimicking androgen withdrawal-induced apoptosis. FLIP levels decline with TGFbeta1 treatment, suggesting that apoptosis is mediated by caspase-8 and indeed the caspase inhibitor crmA blocks TGFbeta1-induced apoptosis. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of FLIP recapitulates and enhances TGFbeta1-induced cell death. NRP-152 cells stably transfected with constitutively expressed FLIP were refractory to TGFbeta1-induced apoptosis. TGFbeta1-induced caspase-3 activity is proportional to the level of cell death and inversely proportional to the level of FLIP expression in various clones. Moreover, neither caspase-3 nor PARP is cleaved in clones expressing high levels of FLIP. Furthermore, insulin, which inhibits differentiation, increases FLIP and inhibits TGFbeta-induced death in a FLIP-dependent manner. Although neither Fas-Fc, sTNFRII-Fc, nor DR5-Fc blocked TGFbeta1-induced cell death, there is a significant increase in tumor necrosis factor mRNA following TGFbeta stimulation, suggesting both an unexpected role for tumor necrosis factor in this model system and the possibility that FLIP blocks another unknown caspase-dependent mediator of apoptosis.
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PMID:FLICE-like inhibitory protein blocks transforming growth factor beta 1-induced caspase activation and apoptosis in prostate epithelial cells. 1831 84

Besides its preventive action on bone resorption the third generation bisphosphonate zoledronic acid (ZOL) has been shown to display potent inhibitory action on the formation of bone metastases of various human cancers. Recent research also indicates an antitumoral effect on primary tumors and visceral metastases. Here we investigate for the first time the effect of ZOL on the human colon carcinoma cell line HCT-116. ZOL strongly inhibited the proliferation and soft agar colony formation of HCT-116 cells and caused a G1 cell cycle arrest in a population of ZOL treated cells. This cell cycle arrest was accompanied by an induction of apoptosis via a caspase dependent mechanism. Activation of Caspases 3, 7, 8 and 9, cleavage of PARP as well as the release of cytochrome C into the cytosol were detected in HCT-116 cells treated with low micromolar concentrations of ZOL. The induction of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis was accompanied by a translocation of Bax into the mitochondria, Bid activation and a decrease of overall Bcl-2 expression. We also detected a cytosolic increase of apoptosis inducing factor (AIF), a trigger of caspase-independent apoptosis. Taken together, our data indicate a potent antitumoral and apoptosis inducing effect of ZOL on HCT-116 colon carcinoma cells.
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PMID:The bisphosphonate zoledronic acid inhibits the growth of HCT-116 colon carcinoma cells and induces tumor cell apoptosis. 1843 76

Malignant melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer due to its highly metastatic nature. Untargeted therapies are ineffective for treating metastatic disease, leading to the development of agents specifically inhibiting proteins or pathways deregulated in melanoma. The deregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is one such event occurring in melanoma, and is correlated with poor survival. Current iNOS inhibitors, such as PBIT [S,S'-1,4-phenylenebis(1,2-ethanediyl)bis-isothiourea], require high concentrations for clinical efficacy causing systemic toxicity. To develop more potent agents effective at significantly lower concentrations, a novel isosteric analogue of PBIT was synthesized, called PBISe [S,S'-1,4-phenylenebis(1,2-ethanediyl)bis-isoselenourea], in which sulfur was replaced with selenium. PBISe kills melanoma cells >10-fold more effectively than PBIT, and cultured cancer cells are 2- to 5-fold more sensitive than normal cells. Like PBIT, PBISe targets iNOS but also has new inhibitory properties acting as an Akt3 pathway inhibitor and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade activator, which causes decreased cancer cell proliferation and increased apoptosis. Inhibition of cellular proliferation mediated by PBISe induced a G2-M phase cell cycle block linked to excessively high MAPK activity causing decreased cyclin D1 and increased p21 as well as p27 levels. PBISe promotes apoptosis by inhibiting Akt3 signaling, elevating cleaved caspase-3 and PARP levels. Compared with PBIT, PBISe reduced tumor development by 30% to 50% in mice inducing a 2-fold increase in apoptosis with negligible associated systemic toxicity. Collectively, these results suggest that PBISe is a potent chemotherapeutic agent with novel properties enabling the targeting of iNOS, Akt3, and MAPK signaling, thereby promoting melanoma cell apoptosis and inhibition of proliferation.
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PMID:PBISe, a novel selenium-containing drug for the treatment of malignant melanoma. 1848 17

The antineoplastic properties of gallium are well documented. Owing to their robust accumulation of gallium, melanoma cells should be amenable to gallium-based anticancer drugs. With the aim of improving the disappointingly low activity of inorganic gallium salts, we have developed the orally bioavailable gallium complex KP46 [tris(8-quinolinolato)gallium(III)] that had already been successfully studied in a phase I clinical trial. To assess its therapeutic potential in malignant melanoma, its antiproliferative effects were investigated in series of human cell lines and primary explanted melanoma samples by means of the MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay and the Human Tumor Cloning Assay, respectively. When compared with other cell lines, the majority of melanoma cells rank among the KP46-sensitive cell lines (50% inhibitory concentration values: 0.8-3.7 micromol/l). Clinically achievable concentrations of KP46 proved to be highly effective in melanoma cells from primary explants of cutaneous and lymph node metastases. Colony growth was inhibited in 10 of 10 specimens by 5 micromol/l KP46 (corresponding to the steady-state plasma concentration measured earlier in a study patient) and in four of 10 specimens by 0.5 micromol/l KP46. In-vitro potency of KP46 is higher than that of dacarbazine or fotemustine and comparable with that of cisplatin. The effects induced by KP46 in melanoma cell lines involve cell-cycle perturbations (S-phase arrest) and apoptosis (activation of caspase-9, PARP [poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase] cleavage, formation of apoptotic bodies). No effects on DNA secondary structure could be observed in an electrophoretic mobility shift assay using double-stranded plasmid DNA. Thus, further studies on the therapeutic applicability of KP46 in malignant melanoma are warranted.
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PMID:The gallium complex KP46 exerts strong activity against primary explanted melanoma cells and induces apoptosis in melanoma cell lines. 1958 67

Our study is concerned with comparative analysis of diethylnitrosamine (DENA)-induced carcinogenesis in PARP-1 knock-out female mice PARP-1(-/-) and wild type animals PARP-1(+/+). No difference was recorded in relation to total tumor incidence (88 and 95%, respectively): cardia (87 and 84%, respectively), liver (80 and 66%, respectively). However, experimental animals PARP-1(-/-) tended to reveal incidence of cardia tumors with invasion as deep as the serosa higher than in PARP-1(+/+) mice (100 and 81%, respectively) and metastases to the liver and lung--27 and 7%, respectively. Relative incidence of angiosarcoma and holangiocarcinoma among liver tumors from PARP-1(-/-) mice was higher than that in wild type mice. Hence DENA induced the most aggressive tumors in PARP-1(-/-) knockout mice more often than in PARP-1(+/+) ones. Our results confirm the significance of the role of DNA repair in carcinogenesis.
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PMID:[Diethylnitrosamine-induced carcinogenesis in PARP-1(-/-) and PARP-1(+/+) mice]. 2002 Jun 58

We have earlier shown that the 9.2.27 Pseudomonas Exotoxin A (PE) immunotoxin (IT) efficiently kills melanoma cells through inhibition of protein synthesis followed by some morphologic and biochemical features of apoptosis, a different cell killing mechanism than the one caused by Dacarbazine (DTIC), a chemotherapeutic drug used to treat malignant melanoma. To examine whether induced DTIC resistance also is a determining factor for the effectiveness of 9.2.27PE IT, we developed a DTIC resistant subline, FEMX-200DR, from the DTIC sensitive cell line FEMX. The cell variants were treated with 9.2.27PE, an IT binding to the high molecular weight-melanoma associated antigen (HMW-MAA) expressed on most malignant melanoma cells. The IT was equally effective in killing the FEMX-200DR and the FEMX cells, and the cell death was primarily caused by inhibition of protein synthesis. The DNA repair enzyme and apoptotic marker PARP, a substrate of caspase-3, was inactivated, although we observed only a minor activation of caspase-3 and caspase-8, intracellular proteases involved in apoptosis. In addition to being DTIC resistant, the FEMX-200DR cells were also more resistant to apoptosis than the parent cells as a 3 times higher concentration of the apoptotic inducer Staurosporine was needed to obtain IC50. Furthermore, in early passage malignant melanoma cell lines established from lymph node metastases, the 9.2.27PE caused a time-dependent and dose-dependent decrease in cell viability independent of their DTIC sensitivity. These findings show that the 9.2.27PE IT efficiently can cause cell death in malignant melanoma cells independent of their level of resistance to apoptosis and DTIC.
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PMID:Anti-melanoma activity of the 9.2.27PE immunotoxin in dacarbazine resistant cells. 2044 47

Approximately 25% of patients with colorectal cancer develop metastases to the liver, and surgery is currently the best treatment available. But there are several patients who are unresectable, and isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) offers a different approach in helping to treat these patients. IHP is a method used for isolating the liver and delivering high doses of chemotherapeutic agents. The efficacy of IHP has been improved by combining hyperthermia not only with chemotherapeutics but with other deliverable agents such as tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). In this study, we used human colorectal cancer CX-1 cells and treated them with hyperthermia and TRAIL, causing cytotoxicity. We were able to demonstrate that the numbers of live cells were significantly reduced with hyperthermia and 10 ng/ml of TRAIL combined. We also showed that the effect of hyperthermia on TRAIL in our studies was enhancement of the apoptotic pathway by the promotion of JNK and Bim(EL) activity as well as PARP cleavage. We have also used our CX-1 cells to generate tumors in Balb/c nude mice. With intratumoral injections of TRAIL combined with hyperthermia at 42 degrees C, we were able to show a delayed onset of tumor growth in our xenograft model.
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PMID:Effect of hyperthermia in combination with TRAIL on the JNK-Bim signal transduction pathway and growth of xenograft tumors. 2054 95

Carcinoids are slow growing neuroendocrine tumors that often cause debilitating symptoms due to excessive secretion of hormones such as serotonin. Surgery is the only potentially curative treatment, but many patients have unresectable metastatic disease. Lithium is a non- competitive inhibitor of GSK-3 with an established safety profile. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of lithium on carcinoid cell growth in vitro. Lithium treatment caused a dose-dependent reduction in carcinoid cancer cell (BON and H727) growth. Western blot analysis revealed increased expression of cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), indicating the induction of apoptosis. Lithium treatment also suppressed cellular levels of serotonin and chromogranin A. In summary, lithium inactivates GSK-3, induces apoptosis, and suppresses carcinoid cancer cell growth in vitro. The drug has been used clinically since the 19(th) century to treat a variety of diseases including bipolar disorder, and its safety profile is well documented. Therefore, based on these findings, we have undertaken a clinical trial of lithium chloride in the treatment of patients with unresectable carcinoid cancer.
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PMID:Lithium inhibits carcinoid cell growth in vitro. 2058 65

Recently there have been significant advances in rational drug design for the treatment of breast cancer, especially in the area of targeted drug therapy. These include drugs which target the HER2 receptor and angiogenesis and the novel class of drug the PARP inhibitors. Some of these agents, for example, trastuzumab used in the treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer are already established as the standard of care. However, the duration of adjuvant trastuzumab, whether to continue it beyond progression in metastatic disease and the mechanism for developing trastuzumab resistance, remain to be determined. There is also much still to be learnt regarding other targeted therapies; the efficacy of different agents, the optimal duration of use and combination of therapies. Many of these agents are already in clinical trials, the results of which are likely to change clinical practice.
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PMID:New drugs for breast cancer. 2087 Jun 69

Melanoma is a highly aggressive malignant tumor with an exceptional ability to develop resistance and no curative therapy is available for patients with distant metastatic disease. The inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family has been related to therapy resistance in cancer. We examined the importance of the IAPs in the resistance to the commonly used chemotherapeutic agent dacarbazine (DTIC) and the apoptosis inducer TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand) in malignant melanoma. The data presented show that the expression of IAPs is universal, concomitant and generally high in melanoma cell lines and in patient samples. Depleting IAP expression by siRNA tended to reduce cell viability, with XIAP reduction being the most efficient in all four cell lines examined (FEMX-1, LOX, SKMEL-28 and WM115). The combined treatment of XIAP siRNA and DTIC showed a weak improvement in two of four cell lines, while all four cell lines showed enhanced sensitivity towards TRAIL (AdhCMV-TRAIL) after XIAP depletion. In addition, cIAP-1, cIAP-2 and survivin down-regulation sensitized to TRAIL treatment in several of the cell lines. Cells exposed to TRAIL and XIAP siRNA showed increased DNA-fragmentation and cleavage of Bid, procaspase-8, -9, -7 and -3 and PARP, and change in the balance between pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins, indicating an enhanced level of apoptosis. Furthermore, the combined treatment reduced the ability of melanoma cells to engraft and form tumors in mice, actualizing the combination for future therapy of malignant melanoma.
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PMID:Targeting inhibitor of apoptosis proteins in combination with dacarbazine or TRAIL in melanoma cells. 2150 72


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