Mechanism of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction by conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a mammalian DNA polymerase and topoisomerase inhibitor

  • Authors:
    • Yuko Yonezawa
    • Takahiko Hada
    • Keisuke Uryu
    • Tsuyoshi Tsuzuki
    • Kiyotaka Nakagawa
    • Teruo Miyazawa
    • Hiromi Yoshida
    • Yoshiyuki Mizushina
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  • Published online on: May 1, 2007     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.30.5.1197
  • Pages: 1197-1204
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Abstract

Conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid (cEPA) selectively inhibited the activities of mammalian DNA polymerases (pols) and human DNA topoisomerases (topos). cEPA inhibited the cell growth of two human leukemia cell lines, NALM-6, which is a p53-wild type, and HL-60, which is a p53-null mutant, with LD50 values of 37.5 and 12.5 µM, respectively. In both cell lines, cEPA arrested in the G1 phase, and increased cyclin E protein levels, indicating that it blocks the primary step of in vivo DNA replication by inhibiting the activity of replicative pols rather than topos. DNA replication-related proteins such as RPA70, ATR and phosphorylated-Chk1/2 were increased by cEPA treatment in the cell lines, suggesting that cEPA led to DNA replication fork stress inhibiting the activities of pols and topos, and the ATR-dependent DNA damage response pathway could respond to the inhibitor of DNA replication. The compound induced cell apoptosis through both p53-dependent and p53-independent pathways in cell lines NALM-6 and HL-60, respectively. These results suggested the therapeutic potential of cEPA as a leading anti-cancer compound that inhibited activities of pols and topos.

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Yonezawa Y, Hada T, Uryu K, Tsuzuki T, Nakagawa K, Miyazawa T, Yoshida H and Mizushina Y: Mechanism of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction by conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a mammalian DNA polymerase and topoisomerase inhibitor. Int J Oncol 30: 1197-1204, 2007
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Yonezawa, Y., Hada, T., Uryu, K., Tsuzuki, T., Nakagawa, K., Miyazawa, T. ... Mizushina, Y. (2007). Mechanism of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction by conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a mammalian DNA polymerase and topoisomerase inhibitor. International Journal of Oncology, 30, 1197-1204. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.30.5.1197
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Yonezawa, Y., Hada, T., Uryu, K., Tsuzuki, T., Nakagawa, K., Miyazawa, T., Yoshida, H., Mizushina, Y."Mechanism of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction by conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a mammalian DNA polymerase and topoisomerase inhibitor". International Journal of Oncology 30.5 (2007): 1197-1204.
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Yonezawa, Y., Hada, T., Uryu, K., Tsuzuki, T., Nakagawa, K., Miyazawa, T., Yoshida, H., Mizushina, Y."Mechanism of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction by conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a mammalian DNA polymerase and topoisomerase inhibitor". International Journal of Oncology 30, no. 5 (2007): 1197-1204. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.30.5.1197