Cycloprodigiosin hydrochloride activates the Ras-PI3K-Akt pathway and suppresses protein synthesis inhibition-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells.
Cycloprodigiosin hydrochloride (cPrG-HCl), a member of the prodigiosin family of compounds, has been reported to act as an H(+)/Cl(-) symporter. This compound induces apoptosis in several cancer cells and acts as an antitumor drug in animal models. In this study, we found a novel function of cPrG-HCl; to suppress cell death in PC12 cells, which is caused by protein synthesis inhibitors cycloheximide and actinomycin D. cPrG-HCl activated Akt and suppressed apoptosis, and this was accompanied by inhibition of caspase-3 activity and DNA fragmentation independently of its H(+)/Cl(-) symporter activity. Wortmannin, a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, and dominant-negative Ras attenuated the anti-apoptotic activity of cPrG-HCl, which indicates that cPrG-HCl activated the Ras-PI3K-Akt pathway suppressing apoptosis. On the other hand, serum-deprivation-induced apoptosis was not suppressed by cPrG-HCl.
Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan. kawauchi@nms.ac.jp
Keiko
K
Kawauchi
Kei
K
Tobiume
Kimi
K
Iwashita
Hiroko
H
Inagaki
Tetsunori
T
Morikawa
Yukinao
Y
Shibukawa
Yoshinori
Y
Moriyama
Hajime
H
Hirata
Hideaki
H
Kamata
D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000187:drug effects; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016716:PC12 Cells; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077191:Wortmannin; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D000730:Androstadienes; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D011758:Pyrroles; D003609:Dactinomycin; C108328:cycloprodigiosin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D053148:Caspase 3; D018631:ras Proteins; D000077191:Wortmannin