title: Role of caspases, Bid, and p53 in the apoptotic response triggered by histone deacetylase inhibitors trichostatin-A (TSA) and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA).
abstract: Histone deacetylase activity is potently inhibited by hydroaximc acid derivatives such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) and trichostatin-A (TSA). These inhibitors specifically induce differentiation/apoptosis of transformed cells in vitro and suppress tumor growth in vivo. Because of its low toxicity, SAHA is currently evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of cancer. SAHA and TSA induce apoptosis, which is characterized by mitochondrial stress, but so far, the critical elements of this apoptotic program remain poorly defined. To characterize in more detail this apoptotic program, we used human cell lines containing alterations in important elements of apoptotic response such as: p53, Bcl-2, caspase-9, and caspase-3. We demonstrate that caspase-9 is critical for apoptosis induced by SAHA and TSA and that efficient proteolytic activation of caspase-2, caspase-8, and caspase-7 strictly depends on caspase-9. Bcl-2 efficiently antagonizes cytochrome c release and apoptosis in response to both histone deacetylase inhibitors. We provide evidences that translocation into the mitochondria of the Bcl-2 family member Bid depends on caspase-9 and that this translocation is a late event during TSA-induced apoptosis. We also demonstrate that the susceptibility to TSA- and SAHA-induced cell death is regulated by p53.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia, Universita' di Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100 Udine Italy.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizzau
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paroni
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maestro
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brancolini
mesh_terms: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051023:BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D053143:Caspase 2; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7; D053181:Caspase 8; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D056572:Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077337:Vorinostat
chemical_list: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins; D051023:BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; C494814:BID protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D056572:Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C012589:trichostatin A; D000077337:Vorinostat; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; C505520:CASP7 protein, human; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; C506433:CASP9 protein, human; D053143:Caspase 2; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7; D053181:Caspase 8; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases