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Electrochemical Determination of Enzymes Metabolizing Ellipticine in Thyroid Cancer Cells - a Tool to Explain the Mechanism of Ellipticine Toxicity to these Cells

POLJAKOVÁ, J. ECKSCHLAGER, T. CINATL, J. KIZEK, R. FREI, E. STIBOROVÁ, M.

Original Title

Electrochemical Determination of Enzymes Metabolizing Ellipticine in Thyroid Cancer Cells - a Tool to Explain the Mechanism of Ellipticine Toxicity to these Cells

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The antineoplastic alkaloid ellipticine is a prodrug, the pharmacological efficiency of which is dependent on its cytochrome P450 (CYP)- and/or peroxidase-mediated activation to species forming DNA adducts in target tissues. Here, we found that this compound is cytotoxic to human BHT-101, B-CPAP and 8505-C thyroid cancer cells and blocks one or more phases of cell cycle in these cancer cells. Ellipticine toxicity to the thyroid cancer cells corresponded to levels of DNA adducts generated by the CYP- and/or peroxidase-mediated ellipticine metabolites, 12-hydroxy- and 13-hydroxyellipticine, in these cells. Cultivation of all tested cells under hypoxic conditions (1 % oxygen) led to a decrease in ellipticine toxicity. Such a lower sensitivity of cells to ellipticine correlates with a decrease in the formation of ellipticine-derived DNA adducts in these cells. Using Western blotting, the expression of CYP1A1, 1B1, 3A4, thyroid peroxidase (TPO), cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cytochrome b(5), the enzymes that catalyze, and/or influence ellipticine metabolism, was investigated in the cancer cells. Furthermore, the effects of ellipticine treatment on the expression levels of these proteins in thyroid cancer cells were also examined. The results indicate that the highest expression levels of cytochrome b(5) together with CYP1A1 and 3A4 determine the highest DNA adduct formation and cytotoxicity of ellipticine in B-CPAP cells. They also demonstrate that formation of covalent DNA adducts by ellipticine is the predominant mechanism responsible for its cytotoxicity in studied cells.

Keywords

Ellipticine; Thyroid Cancer Cells; Cytotoxicity; Cytochrome P450; Peroxidase; Protein Expression; Western Blotting; DNA Adducts

Authors

POLJAKOVÁ, J.; ECKSCHLAGER, T.; CINATL, J.; KIZEK, R.; FREI, E.; STIBOROVÁ, M.

Released

1. 2. 2013

ISBN

1452-3981

Periodical

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE

Year of study

8

Number

2

State

Republic of Serbia

Pages from

1573

Pages to

1585

Pages count

13

BibTex

@article{BUT145263,
  author="POLJAKOVÁ, J. and ECKSCHLAGER, T. and CINATL, J. and KIZEK, R. and FREI, E. and STIBOROVÁ, M.",
  title="Electrochemical Determination of Enzymes Metabolizing Ellipticine in Thyroid Cancer Cells - a Tool to Explain the Mechanism of Ellipticine Toxicity to these Cells",
  journal="INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE",
  year="2013",
  volume="8",
  number="2",
  pages="1573--1585",
  issn="1452-3981"
}