Activation of the p38 and JNK/SAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways during apoptosis is mediated by a novel retinoid.
6-[3-(1-Adamantyl)]-4-hydroxyphenyl]-2-naphthalene carboxylic acid (CD437) is a novel retinoid which induces apoptosis in the retinoic acid-resistant HL-60R human leukemia cell line. CD437-mediated poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage and apoptosis of HL-60R cells does not require gene transcription or protein synthesis since it occurs in the presence or absence of either actinomycin D or cycloheximide. Marked activation of both the p38 and the JNK/SAPK serine and threonine kinases occurs at 1 h of exposure to CD437 with subsequent PARP cleavage at 2 h and apoptosis noted at 4 to 6 h. CD437 concentrations as little as 10 nM result in p38 activation and apoptosis of HL-60R cells. However, inhibition of p38 activation utilizing the specific inhibitor SB203580 does not block CD437-mediated PARP cleavage or apoptosis. In addition, p38 activation is dependent upon the activation of the caspase system since p38 activation is blocked by the pan ICE inhibitor Z-VAD fmk, which also inhibits CD437-mediated apoptosis and PARP cleavage in these cells. CD437-mediated activation of JNK/SAPK is not inhibited by Z-VAD fmk, suggesting that it lies upstream of CD437 activation of caspase activity and subsequent apoptosis. The role of JNK/SAPK activation in CD437-mediated apoptosis remains to be defined.
Zhang
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Department of Medicine and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932, USA.
Huang
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Rishi
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Sheikh
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Shroot
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Reichert
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U
Dawson
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M
Poirer
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Fontana
J A
JA
D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012176:Retinoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
C099555:CD 437; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D012176:Retinoids; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020169:Caspases