Bauer Joseph A, Lupica Joseph A, Szugye Heidi, Morrison Bei H, Haney Rebecca M, Masci Rhonda K, Lee Rebecca M, Didonato Joseph A, Lindner Daniel J
Taussig Cancer Center, Center for Hematology and Oncology Molecular Therapeutics, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2007 Dec 12;2(12):e1313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001313.
Nitrosylcobalamin (NO-Cbl) is a chemotherapeutic pro-drug derived from vitamin B12 that preferentially delivers nitric oxide (NO) to tumor cells, based upon increased receptor expression. NO-Cbl induces Apo2L/TRAIL-mediated apoptosis and inhibits survival signaling in a variety of malignant cell lines. Chemotherapeutic agents often simultaneously induce an apoptotic signal and activation of NF-kappaB, which has the undesired effect of promoting cell survival. The specific aims of this study were to 1) measure the anti-tumor effects of NO-Cbl alone and in combination with conventional chemotherapeutic agents, and to 2) examine the mechanism of action of NO-Cbl as a single agent and in combination therapy.
Using anti-proliferative assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), immunoblot analysis and kinase assays, we demonstrate an increase in the effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents in combination with NO-Cbl as a result of suppressed NF-kappaB activation.
Eighteen chemotherapeutic agents were tested in combination with NO-Cbl, in thirteen malignant cell lines, resulting in a synergistic anti-proliferative effect in 78% of the combinations tested. NO-Cbl pre-treatment resulted in decreased NF-kappaB DNA binding activity, inhibition of IkappaB kinase (IKK) enzymatic activity, decreased AKT activation, increased caspase-8 and PARP cleavage, and decreased cellular XIAP protein levels.
The use of NO-Cbl to inhibit survival signaling may enhance drug efficacy by preventing concomitant activation of NF-kappaB or AKT.
亚硝酰钴胺(NO-Cbl)是一种源自维生素B12的化疗前体药物,基于肿瘤细胞受体表达增加,它能优先将一氧化氮(NO)递送至肿瘤细胞。NO-Cbl可诱导Apo2L/TRAIL介导的细胞凋亡,并抑制多种恶性细胞系中的生存信号传导。化疗药物常常同时诱导凋亡信号和NF-κB的激活,而NF-κB的激活会产生促进细胞存活的不良作用。本研究的具体目的是:1)测量NO-Cbl单独使用以及与传统化疗药物联合使用时的抗肿瘤效果;2)研究NO-Cbl作为单一药物及联合治疗时的作用机制。
通过抗增殖试验、电泳迁移率变动分析(EMSA)、免疫印迹分析和激酶试验,我们证明了由于NF-κB激活受到抑制,化疗药物与NO-Cbl联合使用时疗效增强。
在13种恶性细胞系中,对18种化疗药物与NO-Cbl的联合使用进行了测试,结果显示78%的测试组合产生了协同抗增殖效应。NO-Cbl预处理导致NF-κB DNA结合活性降低、IκB激酶(IKK)酶活性受到抑制、AKT激活减少、caspase-8和PARP裂解增加以及细胞XIAP蛋白水平降低。
使用NO-Cbl抑制生存信号传导可能通过防止NF-κB或AKT的同时激活来提高药物疗效。