title: Phenoxodiol treatment alters the subsequent response of ENOX2 (tNOX) and growth of hela cells to paclitaxel and cisplatin.
abstract: Phenoxodiol is an experimental anticancer drug under development as a chemosensitizer intended to reverse multidrug resistance mechanisms in ovarian and prostate cancer cells to most standard cytotoxics. The putative molecular target of phenoxodiol is a cell-surface, tumor-specific NADH oxidase, ENOX2 (tNOX), with phenoxodiol having no apparent effect on the constitutive form of this enzyme ENOX1 (CNOX). Using ENOX2 as the target, this study was conducted to explore the temporal relationship between phenoxodiol and paclitaxel or cisplatin in achieving chemosensitization in HeLa cells which are relatively resistant to both paclitaxel and cisplatin. Sequential addition of phenoxodiol and paclitaxel or phenoxodiol and cisplatin showed greater inhibition of HeLa cell ENOX1 activity and growth compared to adding the drugs simultaneously or individually. In parallel, a similar chemosensitizing response of phenoxodiol for cisplatin was observed. ENOX1 was not affected and trans-platinum had no effect. With spent media from phenoxodiol-treated cells sensitivity was enhanced to both paclitaxel and cisplatin if the cells were first pretreated with phenoxodiol. Similar results were obtained with ENOX2-enriched preparations stripped from the surfaces of phenoxodiol-treated cells. In keeping with a speculative prion model, it seems as though the ENOX2 "remembers" the phenoxodiol and "teaches" other ENOX2 molecules to respond to paclitaxel and cisplatin as if phenoxodiol were still present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN 47907-2064, USA. morre@pharmacy.purdue.edu
authors.forename: D James
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Morré
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McClain
authors.forename: L-Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Dorothy M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Morré
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D007529:Isoflavones; C471183:phenoxodiol; C427863:ENOX1 protein, human; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; C431909:tumor-associated NADH oxidase; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin