title: Dimethylaminopyridine derivatives of lupane triterpenoids cause mitochondrial disruption and induce the permeability transition.
abstract: Triterpenoids are a large class of naturally occurring compounds, and some potentially interesting as anticancer agents have been found to target mitochondria. The objective of the present work was to investigate the mechanisms of mitochondrial toxicity induced by novel dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) derivatives of pentacyclic triterpenes, which were previously shown to inhibit the growth of melanoma cells in vitro. MCF-7, Hs 578T and BJ cell lines, as well as isolated hepatic mitochondria, were used to investigate direct mitochondrial effects. On isolated mitochondrial hepatic fractions, respiratory parameters, mitochondrial transmembrane electric potential, induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore and ion transport-dependent osmotic swelling were measured. Our results indicate that the DMAP triterpenoid derivatives lead to fragmentation and depolarization of the mitochondrial network in situ, and to inhibition of uncoupled respiration, induction of the permeability transition pore and depolarization of isolated hepatic mitochondria. The results show that mitochondrial toxicity is an important component of the biological interaction of DMAP derivatives, which can explain the effects observed in cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: telmasbernardo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Telma C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bernardo
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cunha-Oliveira
authors.forename: Teresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Serafim
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holy
authors.forename: Dmytro
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krasutsky
authors.forename: Oksana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kolomitsyna
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krasutsky
authors.forename: António M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Paulo J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019069:Cell Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000083162:Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; D010539:Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053978:Pentacyclic Triterpenes
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000083162:Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; D011725:Pyridines; D014315:Triterpenes; C480546:lupane; D053978:Pentacyclic Triterpenes
keywords: 28-(4′-dimethylaminopyridinium-1′-acetoxy)-3β-hydroxylup-20(29)-ene chloride; BSA; Breast cancer cell lines; CsA; DMAP; DMEM; DMSO; Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium; FCCP; HEPES; Liver mitochondria; MPT; Mitochondrial depolarization; Mitochondrial permeability transition; N-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine-N′-(2-ethanesulfonic acid); OXPHOS; PBS; PBS Tween; PBST; QSARs; RCR; ROS; SEM; SRB; Sulforhodamine B; TPP(+); Triterpenoid derivatives; betulin 30-[4′-(dimethylamino) pyridinium-1′-yl]-3β,28-di[4′-(dimethylamino)pyridinium-1-yl acetoxy)] tribromide; betulin 3β,28-di[(4′-dimethylaminopyridinium-1′-yl)acetoxy] bromide; betulinic acid 28-(4′-dimethylaminopyridinium-1′-yl) bromide; bovine serum albumin; carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone; compound (1); compound (2); compound (3); compound (4); compound (5); cyclosporin A; dimethylaminopyridine; dimethylsulfoxide; lup-20-(29)-ene-3β-(4′-dimethylaminopyridiniumacetoxy)chloride; mitochondrial permeability transition; mitochondrial transmembrane electric potential; oxidative phosphorylation; phosphate buffered saline solution; quantitative structure–activity relationships; reactive oxygen species; respiratory control ratio; standard error of the mean; tetraphenylphosphonium cation; ΔΨ(m)