Abstract
Cryptotanshinone (CTS), a natural product isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, demonstrates anticancer effect. Previous reports showed that CTS induced caspase-independent cell death. Here, we reported that CTS induced pro-death autophagy in human lung cancer cells. CTS inhibited the proliferation of A549 cells in a time- and concentration- dependent manner. CTS triggered autophagy as confirmed by monodansylcadaverine staining, transmission electron microscopy analysis, as well as western blot detection of microtubule-associated protein light-chain 3 (LC3). CTS induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, which was reversed by N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), catalase, diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), pyrrolinodimethylthiocarbamate (PDTC), and dicumarol. Furthermore, CTS-induced autophagy was inhibited by NAC, JNK siRNA and SP600125. NAC reversed CTS-induced JNK phosphorylation. NAC, 3-methyladenine (3-MA), and SP600125 partly reversed CTS-induced cell death. In addition, CTS (10 mg/kg) dramatically inhibited tumor growth by 48.3% in A549 xenograft nude mice, which was completely reversed by NAC (50 mg/kg) co-treatment. Our findings showed that CTS induced pro-death autophagy through activating JNK signaling mediated by increasing intracellular ROS production.
Keywords: Autophagy, cancer, cryptotanshinone; JNK, reactive oxygen species.
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Cryptotanshinone Induces Pro-death Autophagy through JNK Signaling Mediated by Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Lung Cancer Cells
Volume: 16 Issue: 5
Author(s): Wenhui Hao, Xuenong Zhang, Wenwen Zhao, Hong Zhu, Zhao-Yang Liu, Jinjian Lu and Xiuping Chen
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Keywords: Autophagy, cancer, cryptotanshinone; JNK, reactive oxygen species.
Abstract: Cryptotanshinone (CTS), a natural product isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, demonstrates anticancer effect. Previous reports showed that CTS induced caspase-independent cell death. Here, we reported that CTS induced pro-death autophagy in human lung cancer cells. CTS inhibited the proliferation of A549 cells in a time- and concentration- dependent manner. CTS triggered autophagy as confirmed by monodansylcadaverine staining, transmission electron microscopy analysis, as well as western blot detection of microtubule-associated protein light-chain 3 (LC3). CTS induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, which was reversed by N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), catalase, diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), pyrrolinodimethylthiocarbamate (PDTC), and dicumarol. Furthermore, CTS-induced autophagy was inhibited by NAC, JNK siRNA and SP600125. NAC reversed CTS-induced JNK phosphorylation. NAC, 3-methyladenine (3-MA), and SP600125 partly reversed CTS-induced cell death. In addition, CTS (10 mg/kg) dramatically inhibited tumor growth by 48.3% in A549 xenograft nude mice, which was completely reversed by NAC (50 mg/kg) co-treatment. Our findings showed that CTS induced pro-death autophagy through activating JNK signaling mediated by increasing intracellular ROS production.
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Hao Wenhui, Zhang Xuenong, Zhao Wenwen, Zhu Hong, Liu Zhao-Yang, Lu Jinjian and Chen Xiuping, Cryptotanshinone Induces Pro-death Autophagy through JNK Signaling Mediated by Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Lung Cancer Cells, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 16 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871520615666150907093036
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871520615666150907093036 |
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