title: Lactacystin inhibits cathepsin A activity in melanoma cell lines.
abstract: We describe the inhibitory effect of the proteasome inhibitor, lactacystin, on cathepsin A activity in murine melanoma cell lines. In vitro lactacystin metabolite, beta-lactone, at a concentration of 1 microM, significantly suppressed cathepsin A activity in B78 melanoma cell lysates by about 50%. Exposure of three murine melanoma cell lines with different metastatic potential to lactacystin at a concentration of 5 microM for 6 h caused a significant reduction in the carboxypeptidase activity of this enzyme, while the inhibitory activity remained unchanged for at least 12 h. Other proteasome-specific inhibitors, e.g. epoxomicin and N-benzyloxycarbonyl-Ile-Glu(O-tert-Bu)-Ala-leucinal (PSI) at a concentration of 1 microM did not affect cathepsin A activity in melanoma cell line lysates. These data support our previous proposal that lactacystin is not a specific inhibitor of the proteasome. Since cathepsin A is also a tumor-associated enzyme, further research is needed to clarify its role and the significance of its inhibition by lactacystin in tumor biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Medical Academy, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stoklosa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wójcik
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Wojtukiewicz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Worowski
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ostrowska
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D043402:Cathepsin A; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009842:Oligopeptides; C090535:benzyloxycarbonyl-isoleucyl-glutamyl(O-tert-butyl)-alanyl-leucinal; C067713:lactacystin; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043402:Cathepsin A; D000111:Acetylcysteine; C078846:epoxomicin