GP7 can induce apoptotic DNA fragmentation of human leukemia cells through caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways

  • Authors:
    • She-Ning Qi
    • Akira Yoshida
    • Zi-Ren Wang
    • Takanori Ueda
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  • Published online on: January 1, 2004     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.13.1.163
  • Pages: 163-167
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Abstract

GP7 (4-[4''-(2'',2'',6'',6''-tetramethyl-l''-piperidinyloxy)amino]-4'-demethyl epipodophyllotoxin), a new spin-labeled derivative of podophyllotoxin, is a promising anticancer drug of podophyllotoxin class. The primary effect of GP7 is the anticancer activity on transplanted mouse tumors and cultured tumor cells. However, its molecular mechanism of action is still obscure. In this study, we investigated the activity of GP7 to induce apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 and Jurkat cells. Apoptosis was determined by detection of DNA fragmentation in agarose gel electrophoresis. GP7 induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation of HL-60 and Jurkat cells in time- and dose-dependent manner. We further investigated the activity of caspase-3 in GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation of HL-60 and Jurkat cells. GP7 also induced time- and dose-dependent caspase-3 activation in both cell lines, and the kinetics of caspase-3 activation induced by GP7 was well correlated with that of apoptotic DNA fragmentation. To determine the role of caspase-3 in GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation, we examined the effect of specific caspase-3 inhibitor, Ac-DEVD-CHO, on GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation. Ac-DEVD-CHO prevented GP7-induced caspase-3 activation in both HL-60 and Jurkat cells, however, it only inhibited GP7-induced apoptotic internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells. We then employed L-carnitine to investigate the role of caspase-3 in GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation. L-carnitine treatment prevented GP7-induced caspase-3 activation in both cell lines in a dose-dependent manner. Similar to Ac-DEVD-CHO, L-carnitine only inhibited GP7-induced apoptotic internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells. These findings suggest that GP7 exerts an anti-leukemic effect by both caspase-3-dependent and -independent apoptotic signaling pathways.

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Qi S, Yoshida A, Wang Z and Ueda T: GP7 can induce apoptotic DNA fragmentation of human leukemia cells through caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways. Int J Mol Med 13: 163-167, 2004.
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Qi, S., Yoshida, A., Wang, Z., & Ueda, T. (2004). GP7 can induce apoptotic DNA fragmentation of human leukemia cells through caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 13, 163-167. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.13.1.163
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Qi, S., Yoshida, A., Wang, Z., Ueda, T."GP7 can induce apoptotic DNA fragmentation of human leukemia cells through caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 13.1 (2004): 163-167.
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Qi, S., Yoshida, A., Wang, Z., Ueda, T."GP7 can induce apoptotic DNA fragmentation of human leukemia cells through caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 13, no. 1 (2004): 163-167. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.13.1.163