title: A novel synthetic drug, LB-18, closely related to lembehyne-A derived from a marine sponge, induces caspase-independent cell death to human neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: Neuroblastoma is a common solid tumor of children that arises from the sympathetic nervous system. Much work has consequently focused on the possibility of inducing marked cell death in neuroblastoma, and the new effective drugs are required. We have newly synthesized LB-18, closely related to lembehyne A (LB-A), a polyacetylene derived from a kind of marine sponge. LB-A has been shown to induce p21/WAF1 and causes G1 phase arrest in mouse neuroblastoma Neuro2A cells; however, we show here that LB-18 causes cell death in human neuroblastoma KP-N-TK cells in a dose-dependent manner. TUNEL assay and flow cytometric analysis showed that the cell death caused by LB-18 was associated with the DNA damage but the pan-caspase inhibitor, zVAD-fmk, could not prevent the cell death. Western blot analysis and cleavage of the caspase-3 or -7 substrate assay showed that LB-18 could not activate caspases 3, 7, 8 and 9. These results suggest that LB-18 causes caspase-independent cell death in human neuroblastoma cells. In the future, LB-18 may be useful for cancer therapeutics, especially for neuroblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular-Targeting Cancer Prevention, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
authors.forename: Moriatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yogosawa
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Hirotsuna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamiyama
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.forename: Motomasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047129:Haliclona / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; C521622:LB-18 compound; C444641:lembehyne A; D020169:Caspases