Some, but not all, of a series of novel pyrrolo-1,5-benzoxazepines (PBOXs) induce apoptosis as shown by cell shrinkage, chromatin condensation, and DNA fragmentation in three human cell lines, HL-60 promyelocytic, Jurkat T lymphoma, and Hut-78 s.c. lymphoma cells. This chemical selectivity, together with the lack of apoptotic activity against rat Leydig cells, argues against a general cell poisoning effect. PBOX-6, a potent member of the series, caused activation of a member of the caspase-3 family of proteases. In addition, the caspase-3-like inhibitor z-DEVD-fmk, but not the caspase-1- like inhibitor zYVAD-fmk prevented PBOX-6-induced apoptosis, suggesting that caspase 3-like proteases are involved in the mechanism by which PBOX compounds induce apoptosis. The release of cytochrome c into the cytosol in HL-60 cells in response to PBOX-6 suggests that this cellular response may be important in the mechanism by which PBOX-6 induces apoptosis. However, reactive oxygen intermediates do not play a key role in PBOX-6-induced apoptosis because neither the free radical scavenger TEMPO nor the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine had any effect on PBOX-6-induced apoptosis. The apoptotic induction seems independent of the mitochondrial peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) that binds these pyrrolobenzoxazepines with high affinity, due to the lack of correlation between their affinities for the receptor and their apoptotic potencies, their high apoptotic activity in PBR-deficient cells such as Jurkats, and their lack of apoptotic induction in PBR-rich rat Leydig cells. These PBOXs also can overcome nuclear factor-κB- mediated resistance to apoptosis. This suggests an important potential use of these compounds in drug-resistant cancers.

Zisterer, D.M., Campiani, G., Nacci, V., Williams, D.C. (2000). Pyrrolo-1,5-benzoxazepines Induce Apoptosis in HL-60, Jurkart, and Hut-78 Cells: A New Class of Apoptotic Agents. THE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS, 293(1), 48-59.

Pyrrolo-1,5-benzoxazepines Induce Apoptosis in HL-60, Jurkart, and Hut-78 Cells: A New Class of Apoptotic Agents

Campiani, Giuseppe;Nacci, Vito;
2000-01-01

Abstract

Some, but not all, of a series of novel pyrrolo-1,5-benzoxazepines (PBOXs) induce apoptosis as shown by cell shrinkage, chromatin condensation, and DNA fragmentation in three human cell lines, HL-60 promyelocytic, Jurkat T lymphoma, and Hut-78 s.c. lymphoma cells. This chemical selectivity, together with the lack of apoptotic activity against rat Leydig cells, argues against a general cell poisoning effect. PBOX-6, a potent member of the series, caused activation of a member of the caspase-3 family of proteases. In addition, the caspase-3-like inhibitor z-DEVD-fmk, but not the caspase-1- like inhibitor zYVAD-fmk prevented PBOX-6-induced apoptosis, suggesting that caspase 3-like proteases are involved in the mechanism by which PBOX compounds induce apoptosis. The release of cytochrome c into the cytosol in HL-60 cells in response to PBOX-6 suggests that this cellular response may be important in the mechanism by which PBOX-6 induces apoptosis. However, reactive oxygen intermediates do not play a key role in PBOX-6-induced apoptosis because neither the free radical scavenger TEMPO nor the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine had any effect on PBOX-6-induced apoptosis. The apoptotic induction seems independent of the mitochondrial peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) that binds these pyrrolobenzoxazepines with high affinity, due to the lack of correlation between their affinities for the receptor and their apoptotic potencies, their high apoptotic activity in PBR-deficient cells such as Jurkats, and their lack of apoptotic induction in PBR-rich rat Leydig cells. These PBOXs also can overcome nuclear factor-κB- mediated resistance to apoptosis. This suggests an important potential use of these compounds in drug-resistant cancers.
2000
Zisterer, D.M., Campiani, G., Nacci, V., Williams, D.C. (2000). Pyrrolo-1,5-benzoxazepines Induce Apoptosis in HL-60, Jurkart, and Hut-78 Cells: A New Class of Apoptotic Agents. THE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS, 293(1), 48-59.
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